Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

We want to be able to default the supply code for a configurable part to “Invent Order”. The system won’t allow it. Does anyone have a work around or suggestions for how to accomplish this?

We are using Apps10 UPD9 and are starting to work with KanBan.  We did a kanban supplier receipt and we needed to receive with a lot/batch number.  Is this possible?Thanks, Elaine

We are researching the manual pegging option for pegging shop orders to customer order lines. Does anyone have any feedback regarding the benefits vs. the issues/limitations of using this feature?

Is there a way to disconnect a work order and customer order if postings from the work order were transferred to the customer order as order lines?

I have created the Following permission set firstly from the Aurena client using IFSAPP login.Then I followed below steps in order to give access for Product Structured windows. Step 1:Click on Projections and Lobby pages.Then click on Manage by Navigator button.Step 2:Click on the Expand Button.Step 3:Then click on the Navigator Tree, Main.Step 4:Then click on the Filter Button and filter the records with Product Structure.Step 5:Then Click on the Product Structure line & press the button Edit Projections Access for Selected Pages.Step 6:Then click tick on the product structure line, press the button Set All Full and press OK.Then the permission set will look like below.Then logout from the Aurena Client and log in IEE using IFSAPP.Step 7:Navigate to Create User window and query for the user that wanted to give access.As you can see earlier full access were given through IFSAPP_FULL permission set  to use TLASLK.Then I remove IFSAPP_FULL and gave the access to newly created permis

We would like to give Project Teams access to specific sub-projects as standard when we create any new project. If you click the ‘Access to New Projects’ box on the Project Teams form, for a specific team, this adds them to the Define Team Access page of the New Project Wizard. However, this gives them access to all sub-projects within the project. We would like that certain teams only have access to a few of the sub-projects within a project, without having to go into each sub-project and grant them access every time. We tried creating a template project with the correct access and always copying from that template, however the specific team access does not copy over. Any thoughts would be welcomed.

Hi,A customer having standard costing changed over to Weighted Average and now shop order closing is having a slowness. Is there a patch or anything for this performance issue? Kindly advise.The below error is coming when trying to close“"The update could not be performed since the Shop Order record is currently locked. Please retry operation."  

Hi,I have 2 questions for you.1, I want to transfer an purchased inventory part from Warehouse location to a Production location but in doing so once the inventory part arrives into the production location the inventory qty and value is zero i.e. consumed at the point of transfer? 2, Following the above question the next stage would be to make an inventory part and book into stock (receive). Is there a method / set upof being able to book a newly formed inventory part into stock without any consumption of materials?

HiIn a scenario where we are purchasing lot/batch controlled parts for our manufacturing processes we want to have a high-level report per lot/batch.The report needs to provide an overview of a given lot/batch or several lot/batches for customs authorities. In essence the report must tell what quantity of the lot/batch do we havein inventory  in inventory as a  component in a manufactured part (at any level of the structure of the manufactured part in inventory) in WIP (that is when 1. the lot/batch itself or  2. a part containing the lot/batch as a component is issued to a Shop Order where the product is not yet finished) Issued to customer through Customer Order or ProjectI’m aware of the lot-batch master but finds that this provides a way to find the non-aggregated details.Hope someone can help.BR Kristian

Hi Everyone, I have an end user request for Return Completed RMA Lines to be tracked to the point they have been returned to stock in IFS or scrapped etc. In terms of the RMA process - return completed for us on the line is to show the product has been returned to us. We were looking to see if we can track this to see the point in which the product is returned to stock (if able to do so). The closest I have got to is looking at Inventory Transaction History per Part for the part number and date and see what the transaction is that follows the RMA to see if the product has been returned to stock or scrapped etc. This isn’t the best approach as we cannot be sure that another transaction against the part will happen between the RMA and the part transaction we are interested in.Has anyone else encountered a similar scenario and if so what approach was best to take?I was thinking of using one of the existing fields when booking the RMA into a location to record the RMA number but wasn’t sur

 Hi tried to create a Kanban circuit but I was unable to save the circuit due to a an error message.We set the supply to location to a out bound location, Floor stock group within a work centre and replenish from location within stores which a picking group.  Does anyone know what this message means or what I am doing wrong?RegardsJamie 

I know how to copy quotation lines to use in another sales quote.  My question is how can we ‘hold onto’ the Description?  When I save I lose that information and need to recreate the wheel so to speak.  Don’t know much about computers so please answer in the least techy way possible. :) 

What is the maximum number of characters allowed in a Lot Number.

Hi does anyone know what the unit of measure used for ‘Order Gap Time’?I have set the order gap time to 1 (assuming 1 day) on a top level inventory part to prevent MRP scheduling multiple units to be assembled at the same time on the same day. my aim is to get MRP to schedule the assembly of 1 unit per day to level the manufacturing schedule. regardsJamie 

I am using IFS10, I have a question, there is a problem in the company with shipping racks that we are sending with our products. I have in the system all the products that I have to shipping to the customer but when i send those products they goes with a rack that is expensive and those racks have to come back to us just the product is going to take the customer but the rack’s not. So I don’t know if there is way to put in the system the racks that i am sending with the products to be sure that when they arrive, they come back to us. Each rack have their own serial number but I don’t know a way to putting in the system and for that they appear in a bill of lading or a customer order or some note that the customer can sign to be sure they have those racks and they have to return to us.if somebody have an idea for I can try to set up on the system,  steps to follow, or something please. I will appreciate it. I just want to those racks come back and they won’t disappear. 

We used the Estimate screen to develop product estimated material cost.  Each component has a direct material cost per unit.  We used Transfer Estimate Products to generate Inventory Parts.  Is there a standard method in IFS to set the estimated material cost for purchased Inventory Parts equal to the direct material cost per unit from the product Estimate?  If not, how do you do it? (circled field is what we are trying to populate via the Estimate screen) Thank you in advance for your response! Marty (cross-posted from Technology forum)

Apps10 UPD11 Aurena. I have a manufacturing Routing for part ZZ with one operation running through Work Center AA. I have all the lead times calculated, and I have run MRP and CRP. In Machine Load per Work Center, I see that there are two days next week for Work Center AA where I have a favorable Load % of only 30% and I want to know how much supply for ZZ I can createwithout overloading the Work Center. Without creating a shop order requisition with a Due Date that would have the operation run on those two days and then running CRP to see Requisitioned Load, or creating a planned Shop Order with the same information to see Planned Load, what method is available for a Planner to determine how many of ZZ could be manufactured on those two days to keep the Work Center loaded? There is simulation capability for material analysis, but what am I forgetting about simulation for short-term capacity analysis?

Hello,We are trying to determine the best way to support the following new process: Our manufactured product (MP) at Warehouse A is shipped (warehouse transfer?) to Warehouse B (3PL)Our off-the-shelf (OTS) product is inventoried at Warehouse B3PL company marries OTS to MP based on customer orders and ships to customer Any advice or experience to best create that communication between our company and the 3PL?  Main concerns revolve around inventory updates from 3PL, and having appropriate shipping documents for 3PL to correctly build and deliver customer orders, since it’s technically 2 shipments for the same order. Thanks in advance!

In apps 7.5 IFS had a screen called Operation Man Hours, what is the equivalent screen called in Apps 9?

When trying to add a component in the structure of an Engineering Part Revision I get the error “sub part is of serial type and parent part is not of serial type!”. I don’t get that error when adding that same component into that same product structure of Inventory Parts :-(Is there any way to deactivate that check and avoid this error when I alter my Engineering Part Revision ? 

Our manufacturing quality group would like to trigger a Control Plan analysis once for each finished good roll (think roll of fabric) that is produced. Seems like a valid business requirement. I  have read the documentation on Sample Frequency Trigger and understand that you can’t create custom trigger types. I have read about Acceptance sampling and don’t think that will do the trick (but maybe I am just missing it.)has anyone done this before? Thanks 

Inventory Part has the Inventory Valuation method Standard Cost, Cost Per Lot Batch and Zero Cost Allowed  Business Purpose - I want to count in a new lot batch with zero cost. I know how to modify Cost Level Details in the Inventory Part and receive the part at zero cost for the cost modified Lot / Batch Number only.My question is how do I create a new lot batch with zero cost without having to go through modifying an existing lot batch no? When I try to do ‘Count Per Inventory Part’ entering a brand-new Lot number, I am unable to count in with zero cost. It automatically takes the Unit Cost assigned to other lot batches, and thereby creates an inventory transaction without zero cost. If I want to count in a new lot batch with zero inventory value, what should I do?

Hi, Currently , my Customer want to import CAD file(Dassult ENOVIA) into IFS.It means, IFS read the CAD file, recegozie the EBOM , import into IFS as product-stucture. I know there is a tools called “CAD Adapter” , and IFS can do API with that “CAD Adapter”.https://docs.ifs.com/techdocs/foundation1/050_development/024_integration/280_ifs_applications_business_components/060_CAD_Integration_API/default.htm My question is:For “CAD Adapter” , it is something customer need to buy by himself?   (IFS doesn’t offer) After customer buy “CAD Adapter”, the developer need developer an intergation tool  through the IFS-CAD-Intergration-API?      Is my understand correct?         Is there any more Out-Of-the-Box tool existing? Thanks,

Hi all,(Using IFS10, UPD7 - on the verge of updating to UPD9) We use the Multi-Company Project reporting mainly for  (Project) Time Registrations. Invoicing between companies is done manually through Instant Invoices (So far, preferred by the end-users) Now we are looking into using Project Invoicing to send the Invoices across. Creating the Invoice is all working fine. But the create Supplier Invoice is not auto-matched against the transactions.Posting Control PRJT11 is setup, but not automatically kicking in.We are using Message Class INVOICE and Media Code E-INVOICE to send the invoices. Anyone else using Project Invoicing to send such Invoices who can tell where to look?

I am trying to set a True false (checkbox ticked for true condition and not ticked for false condition) type of enumeration based custom field on Multilevel Availability Check Screen in IFS but due to some reason the logic works fine at sql developer it shows value as false for some records and true for some records but in Front end I can see all of it gets ticked even If it is true or falseThis bothers me because I am not able to tell why is this happening, Someone Please give me some insights I am running out of patience. I really hope you understand my situation.This is the query I have written in Custom Field Select Statement -SELECT (CASE  WHEN (MULTI_LEVEL_MSG_CONDITION IN ('Available + Open Supply covers Demand','Available covers Demand')) THEN 'TRUE' ELSE 'FALSE' END) "Availability" FROM PART_AVAIL_STRUC1931493261_CFV WHERE TOP_CONTRACT = :TOP_CONTRACT AND TOP_PART_NO = :TOP_PART_NO