Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

We recently migrated from Apps 9 update 8 to Apps 9 Update 16.  We have since been experiencing a problem with how our Shop Orders select a “Proposed Location” when entering the shop order.  In order to troubleshoot this issue, does anyone know how the proposed location is supposed to be populated upon shop order creation?  The IFS basic help does not address this functionality very well.  Thanks!    

Hello all. Is there anyway to change the unit of measure setup for an inventory part record? Over the years when changes have happened to a part or simple data entry issues, this has come up and we have not found a good solution.   Thanks, Rich  

Hi guys,    Is there a way our site can render a previously used work center obsolete?   I don’t believe it can be deleted, since now closed works orders were actioned at said resource, so deleting it leaves an incomplete historical record. I need a way to raise an error message (if not purely prevent) us from assigning work to that loading cell.   Does IFS have this functionality i.e. equivalent to turning a work center off-line or inactive? if so, what window is this?     Many thanks, Jay  

We have an issue with stock availibility The MRP system works well, creating new shop orders when customers place an order giving an availibility date that is generally correct. However, we have an issue if the products fail testing. The customer orders cannot be honoured and its quite a task to undo and warn the customer. We have created a quick report which shows customer orders affected when shop order dates are changed. Now we would like an event which fires when dates are changed on the shop order, it runs the quick report and emails it to users. Is it possible for an event to run a quick report and email out?

Hi folks, I’ve found .ppts for Apps10 S&OP (which has a ton of features I covet, but we’re not in a place right now to upgrade), but I’ve not found any eLearning for the screen in Apps9.  I can obviously read the help screens, but they’re failry bare bones.    What am I missing? I’m missing the step-by-step data reqs for S&OP as they pertain to IFS. I realize we need the demand plan (we use demand forecaster client) but I’m unclear of all the screens of necessary data to use the inborn dashboard.

During our manufacturing process, we produce scrap. This is anticipated, as it is a result of stamping processes on our shop floor. A part will be stamped out, and the metal skeleton is collected and then sold to a metal scrapping facility. We have been setting this up as a by-product for each type of metal (stainless, copper, etc.). The issue we are running into is that our operators have to manually receive all by-product on the shop order. Is there a way to automatically receive by-product without having an operator need to report it during the Shop Order? Should by-product even be used for this scenario? I believe we needed to use by-product for the financial transaction of selling the scrap material: PN: 123456 produced 10,000 lb of scrap as a result of the mfg process, and it was sold to company XYZ for $6,000. 

Hi, I have created a Packing Instruction in terms of Pallets and Cartons that can automatically create a packing structure to ship a variable large qty of a part. The way it can create the packing structure is really neat. But does anyone know if there is a way for IFS to automatically procure the Pallets and Cartons (and any other packing materials) that would be needed for a Shipment. There doesn't seem to be a way of defining what’s needed in terms of Inventory Parts that would get picked up as a Demand in the system. I would like these to be ordered as and when required, in advance, so the packing structure for the Shipment could be created and the Pallets/Cartons ordered prior to actually packing the Parts. Unless I’m missing something it appears as if the actual packing materials are always assumed to be on hand in the warehouse. But I can’t believe that’s the case, knowing the capability of IFS. Thanks for your help!

Hi guys, In ‘Shop Order Requisitions’, there are two columns called ‘Original Due’ and ‘Planned Due’. This determine the ‘Need Dates’ for the works orders that are raised by accepting the requisitions in question. In turn, dictating to APB (our CBS engine) what to prioritize when a trade-off is required given resource limitations.   How can those dates be changed? Namely, for SST items under planning method B/C.  For demand released by a customer or projects that would involve editing the required date, performing MRP and alignment via MRP Action Proposals.   How can we change the Orig. and PLD Due dates for SST items so they are called for now.    thanks, jay  

We want to provide a document with an Approval Template for the Sales Quotation and Customer Order. We have investigated that at the Document Revisions screen there is the possibility to assign a copy Approval template to the relevant document. Is it possible to have this function directly on the screen below? If so, in what way?  

Hi all, I would like to have some guidance over the development approach for the following layout in Aurena. I need to populate the details table on the basis of manually entering part no(s) . User may fill any of four part no.  and check-uncheck checkboxes in header and then click on search. After clicking on search , these values should go only in where clause of detail table (as the part no. in header is not directly linked with detail table below)   Do we have any such screen already available in Aurena? Thanks in anticipation    

We used to use the IFS Integration module but stopped when we could not agree licensing for Integration or OPG with Oracle i.e. it was going to be too expensive for us. We are currently looking at writing a custom interface (probably using APEX) but need to avoid the Oracle Primavera API's. Rather than writing everything from scratch have you information on the IFS Integration API's : What can we / cannot use by way of the API's, which ones call Primavera API's and which ones wholly use IFS code OR do you call some Primavera API's from within your code, if so what do we need to avoid? I thought we might be able to call some of your code from say APEX to create a custom integration instead of starting from scratch. Any information you can provide would be gratefully received. I hope I have explained the issue sufficiently."

We were using the ScanIT App and came across the following error:    Unexpected http status code: 500   Can anyone advise.

We have an error message that we are struggling to get past when creating shop orders via SFWB: 'Issuing could not be done because no inventory locations exist to drive negative without reservations for M-FACTOR’.   I have checked through the setup, nothing has changed - settings allow negative qty:   Setup is exactly the same in our DEV environment and all working fine there. Any thoughts?

Hello. When i am writing in custom block PL/SQL : Error_SYS.Record_General(‘This program was executed ’,’Some text’) ; then application show popup window whith this two texts, but block "pl/sql" is return/exit and not execute.   How show in application only popup window whith this information, but don't stoping the block pl/sql ?  

I’m working in the Apps10 demo environment (both IEE and Aurena). I have set up Shop Floor Employees, assigned them to companies/sites and created Shop Orders for them to work on. I can see the Shop Orders in the workbench in IEE, but cannot see them in Aurena. I’ve attempted creating Filters and selecting ‘Filter By’ > Shop Order to select the SO individually, but that has not been successful either. Has anyone else seen this issue and can help explain the error in my setup? IEE vs. AurenaThanks!

Hi guys,   I’m experimenting with the field ‘Priority Category’ in Shop Order. The aim is to see how APB schedules works orders with values plugged into this field.   Can somebody indicate the relevant UoM? What are valid inputs (1,2,3  or A,B,C assuming values are pre-configured). What is greater (i.e. 1 or 2).   many thanks, jay      

I'm trying to test this feature under Shop Floor Workbench but it is always greyed out. I've tried looking at Help and it implies you would RMB-Assign... but there must be some pre-requisites that aren't defined in the F1 Help. The AppOwner never sees this option so I don't think it is a security issue.  There seems to be some link to Competency - which we do not have setup - but it doesn't say this is required to use it. Go to Shop Floor Workbench, Enter As an employee with SFW access, RMB on any operation but Assign Employee/Team to Operation is grey..

Hi guys,  This was posted a while back. A ton of people viewed it but gave no answer - despite  me requiring one desperately! Since then I posted ‘more simple’ kinds of questions, and received a reply soon after. But, to be frank, that’s no good. Surely I should get some indication for the more complex stuff without recourse to a consultant? I’ve got a query about how to use APB. An example is apt here. Consider an MPS consisting of 2 items. Lets stipulate the structure for each is: Level 0 = end-item (GA), Level 1 = SA (x2), Level 2 = 4 piece parts & Level 3 = 10 piece parts. Let’s also imagine 0 overlap between recipes (thus no requisition to merge supply). The relevant ‘Priority Rule’ is ‘Earliest Possible Due Date’ (with all operations selected) since we’re looking to schedule both projects to finish asap, with no spare capacity gaps. 2 options arise at this stage. Either, schedule both proj

Hi guys,   Can I get an overview of what DOP is and its expected benefits (say, as contrasted to standard MRP or pMRP) in APPS 10.   thanks,

Hi, What is the functionality of ‘Planning Structure’ in IFS Apps 10?  I pasted a part no. into the initial search and received nothing. So, assuming it’s relevant to scheduling, what are the data requirement necessary to run it?   thanks,  

I have created a Crystal Report version of the PURCHASE_ORDER_PRINT_REP Operational Report for Purchase Orders. However, on the Purchase Order line there is a field PROMISED_DELIVERY_DATE.  We wish to print this field but it isn’t available in PURCHASE_ORDER_PRINT_REP.  Is there a way of adding this field to the report?  I initially tried creating a link to PURCHASE_ORDER_LINE_PART but this invalidates the report and it fails.  I know you cannot add custom fields to the PURCHASE_ORDER_PRINT_REP.   Can you advise how I can achieve adding other field(s).   Can I create a IAL and link this to the PURCHASE_ORDER_PRINT_REP?  

Hi, Is there a way of running the “calculate MS level 1” in a smart way. We have multiple sites and we are distrubuting slaes parts betwen them all. To get the drive thrue the system now i need to run them all two times. Sie 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 and then again Site 1 Site 2 etc So All sites has shared Theres needs to each other. We hare sending parts from site 1 to site 2 and 3 and we are sending parts from site 2 to 1 etc. Is this the right way or?   (I posted the same question in bying as well, no respons there)   Br Jerker

Hi, Is there any way to control “Document No” sequence  per Object?     Thank, Aida.

When looking at the Engineering Part Navigator I can see the Engineering  Revision for the structure that am reviewing.  When I create an equipment object I provide a Part No: for the piece of equipment.   How do I know the Engineering Revision for the Part that is linked to the Equipment?

Hi guys, Can somebody define ‘Proposed Start' and 'Planned Due Date’ as fund in Shop Order Requisitions? In other words, how is the dates in those respective fields determined? What inputs and calculation principles figure for each? The definitions found in the Help button don’t elaborate. Many thanks, jay