Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Hello, In 24R2 - MS 1 is always creating the Supply request (Shop Ord Req) considering the product structure revision based on the Due date even though ‘Use Current Revision for Past Due Supplies’ check box is enabled at Site level. With the Same setup at site level, we tried the below scenarioCreated manual Shop Ord Req with the due date as in the MS generated Shop Ord Req, it is picking up the latest revision, not considering the due date of the shop order.  Manually updating the quantity in MS 1 generated Shop Ord Req, the Product structure revision changed to the latest revision in the Shop requisition Conclusion: MS1 is not working as expected with ‘Use Current Revision for Past Due Supplies’ check box is enabled at Site level. I am not sure whether i need to setup some thing more to Use this feature for MS1. Appreciate your help in advance. Thanks,Siva 

Hi all,We work in IFS App 10, and I’m looking for a ‘get’ method ! My starting point is the shop order operations list, and I need to retrieve the start date of the ‘next operation’ based on a given operation number… there doesn’t seem to be a ready-made ‘get’ method for this, so I’m trying to find a workaround / combining a couple of ‘get’…I have already identified this method : SHOP_ORDER_OPERATION_API.GET_OP_START_DATE  for retrieving a given operation’s start date ; however, I am struggling to find a method that retrieves the number of the ‘next operation’ based on a given operation number ! Can anyone help me with that ?

I have a couple of clients in 25R1 that are using or want to use Visual Shop Order Operations Planning to drag and drop operations from a  workcenter to another workcenter;  However, we are finding a few oddities:We have resources within a workcenter that are blocked yet the resources still appear in the Gannt chart.  Why? The calendar has definite time periods per day that the operations can be assigned .  However, Gannt chart still shows the full 24 hours.  Can we filter out th enon-working time and if so, how? How can I filter out particular work centers so I don’t even see them as them on the Gannt.chart even though the work center is active?Thanks!

Is there any documentation on the plot setting tab  of the scheduling settings in the advanced planning board. I was exploring the Characteristic Code Values, but I don’t know what the exact “codes” are and what to use to make it work correctly.. I was wondering if there instructions or a list to go off to code? 

 Hello,I am in production at my client's site. He upgraded yesterday to version 25R1, and I am getting this error message when receiving an OF. Have you ever seen this message before?  ORA-01400: impossible d'insérer NULL dans (\"IFSAPP\".\"SO_COST_DISTRIBUTION_TMP\".\"COST_BUCKET_PUBLIC_TYPE\")"}]

How can I set up a purchased part to only drive purchase req’s from created shop orders?

I have several top level assemblies that consist of a few sub-assemblies. I am getting the components of each sub-asseb,ly when I print the Work Instructions but I am not getting the routing for them. Is there a way that I can :A: Have the routings for each sub-assembly show with the top level shop order. orB: Have the system link all the routings together 9Meybe with the sequesce?

I have a customer that has a requirement to send detailed cost information of their parts manufactured in Mexico to the Mexican Government.  To do this, they use an excel spreadsheet that is used to load into a customs broker system called Aranxel. The standard report, “Cost Build-Up Report - High Detail”, contains all the necessary information but it is meant to be printed; not into Excel.  The “Structure Multi-Level” display shows all the breakdowns but it does not include the cost bucket breakdowns. The “Part Routing Costs per Cost Bucket” display does not explode through the product structure. Does anyone know of a standard query that can exreact multilevel cost information by bucket?  Alternatively, has anyone developed such a query?   Here is the format used currently: 

Hi together,I got a question.Is there a specific reason why a direct transfer of eng parts is not allowed in standard for multiple positions?(mask: Engineering Revision Transfer Status)all positions are in status assigned and single position direct transfer is possible all for positionsKinds regards 

Hello,When working in a team on the shop floor workbench and an operation is started there is the option to select team members. With this option I would expect the shop floor clockings would only be created for those team members. But when Im checking the shop floor clockings after stopping the production, the clockings are created for all team members. Am Im missing a setting or can this be a bug? Kind regards, Willem

We are using control plan for purchasing receipt inspection, there is option to trigger type of manual with help document description like below:Manual - This is not triggered by any existing value in the system, instead it can be used to create custom defined triggering points and connect them to this trigger type.Given the above help description, we still don’t know how to and where to create this custom define triggering. Is there further instruction and support document for help? Thanks a lot.Semon

Suppliers have non conforming material that they want us to disposition before we receive. What is the best way to do. Would like to go through the material review board but can’t create MBR since part is not received

Hello,  Is there a possibility to use 1 serial sequence for all manufactured serialized parts, auto generate in IFS cloud? Kind regards.Willem

Hello,I need help. I get an error message when I try to split a work order, but it doesn't happen every time. Also, my customer doesn't use handling units.Can you tell me if you've ever seen this message? It's really just a standard split.Thank you for your help.        

Dears,  I have a question. We have tried the reservation from the specific location on the shop order which is possible once the following choices are made:   However when I try to do this for configuration structure instead of the product one, the automatic reservation is not an option. To be fair, I am not using the floor stock.  Can you please advise? Thank you,Best RegardsPetaKu 

Hello   from the documentation, I understand that the IFS instance has to be set up exclusively either as 1) enabling copy from Project Deliverables to Asset or 2)to Copy to Equipment. This setup being based on property COPY_TO_MAINTENANCE. Does it mean that once it’s defined for an IFS instance, and that Project Deliverables has been used, then it should stay as it is? Does it means that it’s not possible to run both flows in the same instance? Thanks

Hello, A brief question regarding the 2 views mentioned “Operation Statistics” and “Labor and Operation History”. We are aiming to get the correct data from our shop floor regarding what has actually been produced during a given time period. What we experience is that “Operation Statistics” does not provide the same information as “Labor and Operation History”. Wheras the latter also requires us to manully filter out duplicates, cancelled operations etc. Operation Statistics seems to be the way to go, but I am uncertain that we use it correctly. Whereas if I want to check on yesterday’s shop floor results. I miss out on partially reported shop orders due to there is not actual finish dates. Does anyone have any tips on how to procede?My first though is that we need to “start production” and use clockings more thorughly in production. Which gives us the possiblity to filter on “actual start date” instead. We currenlty using IFS10, but in September we are implementing IFS - CloudBest Reg

Why would the duration be different on two clocking when the start and stop times are the same?  Note the screen shot below… the duration on 11/6 is 3.87 hours, but the duration on 11/10 is only 1.48 hours.  It appears that the system is doing something different on Mondays but it’s only impacting certain employees.  

(Cloud) Is there a function where there is routing operations logic? What we are seeing is when we run the Advanced Planning Board (ABP), is that our operations are not scheduling directly after each other once the previous operation is completed. For example,We have Tool T1473 that has 2 instances (1733 and 1744)Our Routing is setup 10 (Prep)- Uses Tool T147320 (Mix) - Uses Tool T147330 (Cure) - Uses Tool T147340 (Remove supports)- Uses Tool T147350 (Test) - No Tool usedWork Center is all the same (expect 50) with 1 Resource And what I’m seeing is that during scheduling, the tool jumps from one tool instance to another tool instance instead of keeping with the same instance. And then also it starts Op 40 days later after Op 30 is done. Is there a way to fix this? In other systems I’ve used, I’m used to seeing something like “Absolute Start after previous operation”, or “Delay start after operation”   Or do we need to look at setting up the router differently? I was exploring the WC’s

Dear all,We have IFS10 and when MRP is executed, IFS removes all Shop Orders Requisitions with status “Proposal Created” even if it as Balance Id assigned.It seems that this is the standard behavior, but sometimes the planning person is doing the Batch Balancing and has several Shop Order requisitions already with Balance Id assigned to do the creation of the Shop Orders and left them from one day to another, during the night MRP executes and all Shop orders are removed and he needs to do all the balance again.Can someone tell me if in IFS Cloud the behavior is the same?Thanks & Regards,André Lima

The feature of allowing an operation quantity on a shop order to be less than the lot size of the shop order was introduced in Cloud 23R2. This is controlled on individual shop order operations by the new attribute Manual Operation Qty (Yes/No). This will be beneficial when a partial quantity needs to run through a one-off rework operation on the same manufacturing shop order.Manual Operation Qty can be set on Standard Operations, Routing Template Operations, and Routings of type Repair, Disassembly, Remanufacturing and Disposition.Why is this feature not available on Routings of type Manufacturing? A common use case is when testing is its own operation, but the full lot size will never need tested and reported as the completed quantity. The ability to set this in the Routing rather than manually on the manufacturing shop order would be an improvement.

Using the “Compare Shop Order with Structure and Routing” option on a shop order shows blowthough phantom items strangely. I get that its doing a 1 to 1 with the product structure so it shows the phantom as being “absent” on the shop order structure and the blow-through components as being “additional”.But I don’t like how the default action is to “remove” the additional components, when they really should be there. We had a change order come through and a planner went through this screen to update shop orders and removed many components without realizing. If we use the “Update Structure Revision and/or Alternate” or “Mass Update Shor Order Structures” it updates the shop orders correctly. Just wondering if I’m missing something with a setting or something. Or if anyone knows if there is any plans to make the Compare feature a little “smarter” in regards to phantom structures.

Hi,We are working on a solution for a manufacturing metal fabrication customer who would do multiple cutting operations for different products using an Operation Block. They are not using clockings to track start and end operations, only manual approving operations.Cutting Example:Cutting 10 Shop orders are created to fabricate 10 different pipe products of 10 different diameters. Each and every shop order has a cutting operation is their operation list. For all the cutting operations planners use one cutting resource. All the cutting operations from 10 shop orders combine into 1 operation block. Then the operator uses shop floor workbench to approve the operations in the operation block. When the operator tries to approve, he has to enter, machine, labor and quantities manually for each operation. What they expect is to enter quantity, labor and machine time total quantity and distribute.We find that distributing quantity is confusing because it is different quantities and can even be

Hello community,  I am facing a question here… how to calculate the lead time for all routing alternates with status buildable at once in IFS Cloud?   I can do it one by one but when I mark two or more, the option disappears. I was thinking about BPA but as I am not an IT girl, I asked GPT for help. Can somebody confirm that this would be doable or propose suitable adjustements?  START (Scheduled or Manual)routing_alternatives =  SELECT contract,         part_no,         routing_revision,         alternative_no  FROM Routing_Alternative  WHERE objstate = 'Released'FOR EACH routing_alternative IN routing_alternativesLOOP   CALL Routing_Alternative_API.Calculate_Manufacturing_Lead_Time(        contract          => routing_alternative.contract,        part_no           => routing_alternative.part_no,        routing_revision  => routing_alternative.routing_revision,        alternative_no    => routing_alternative.alternative_no   )END LOOPEND Thank you for your support, BRPetra

Hi I was wondering if there was some documentation or suggestions for dealing with First Article Inspection for manufacturing on IFS. I was hoping for something that would help for implementating.Thanks