Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Customer needs to use Kanban but don't want it to move any stock with any Availability Code on that stock. Customer knows there is a setup within Availability Code to "Not Allow" on Part Movement Control, but don't want to stop moving items with an Availability Code. Customer just don't want Kanban to use that stock. Is this something has seen before and is there any way round it. How does it work in IFS10?

Kanban Reorder point does not create transport task line to move a part/lot batch no from a location with different or no availability controls id to the destination location. Not all the stock is to be available for MRP or automatic reservation; this is achieved by the application of availability controls ids. It is then sometimes necessary to replenish either the maintenance or research location (Kanban or manually) and it not possible to move if only one lot/batch is in stock.With the new tick box in the Site > Extended Site info > Inventory > Transport task tabA new tick was introduced, [ Allow Deviating Part Availability Control] it enables the transport task to be executed irrespective of what availability control ID in source and destination location.This was only valid for manually created transport tasks.A customer is looking for this same control for a transport task created via Kanban replenishment. (auto). Would like your feedback in handling this scenario?

Hi, I am looking to create a production run book that the factory line operator can click on & produce a Crystal report showing relevant IFS data (part description, pack weight, bbe etc. etc.) and then also pull in the pallet stacking pattern PDF and the pack artwork PDF. Both PDFs are attached to the inventory part record for the packaging part. I can pull all of the IFS data no problem, but i am struggling to get the doc man attachments. Can someone point me in the right direction please? Thanks Steve G    

In IFS 8, is it possible to calculate the stock ageing if the raw material is maintained in a single line(not lot batch wise, material is shown in a single line,lot batch as “*”)? I have seen if we use the FIFO method for the costing, it properly costed as the first in first out. If there is any table used for this what is the name of it? so i can use that table and calculate the stock ageing in the BI Tool.

Are there any recommendations for a 3rd party software package to use for bar coding ability in SSRS 2008 r2?

when is the EOL support for IFS 8 ?  Also is there anybody implemented other than Oracle as a backend… It would be great if you could drop a line. We would be happy to get an assistance from you.     

Hello.  When using component parts across a multiple lot size, say 10, IFS wants to split the Qty Per Assembly if the split is not “all”. For example, lot size 10, qty req per assembly is 1, if we use 5 qty of alternate component part, the qty per assembly is 0.5.  In the case where the part cannot be physically split, i.e. a bolt, then i’d want to issue all 10 to the shop order and use qty per 1 per assembly, and just use 5 of part A and 5 of part b.  Is this possible? Apps9-upd15.  Dave  

I will take an order for 96,000 lbs and will have multiple shipments against that 1 line.  How do I know which lots went with each shipment?  I have checked Lot Batch History and this shows all Lots for the Customer Order, not the individual shipments.  

Is there an option to set an Engineering Revision not to transfer until the Revision status is Released? There is no other way to check whether Approval completed, all required documents is attached, etc. before the transfer.

Hi, I come across an error when adding a new Shop Order. The error is as below. Server error messages: 6737a415-d237-4619-a979-f1b1db266565 Ifs.Fnd.FndSystemException: Unexpected error while calling server method AccessPlsql/Invoke ---> Ifs.Fnd.FndServerFaultException: ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error Failed executing statement (ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error ORA-06512: at line 16 ORA-06512: at "MELL1APP.ERROR_SYS", line 259 ORA-06512: at "MELL1APP.ERROR_SYS", line 1059 ORA-06512: at "MELL1APP.SHOP_ORD_API", line 24428 ORA-06512: at "MELL1APP.SHOP_ORD_API", line 24468 ORA-06512: at "MELL1APP.SHOP_ORD_API", line 17474 ORA-06512: at "MELL1APP.SHOP_ORD_API", line 17499 ORA-06512: at "MELL1APP.SHOP_ORD_API", line 17519 ORA-06512: at line 10) at Ifs.Fnd.AccessProvider.FndConnection.ParseErrorHeader(FndBuffer buffer, FndManualDecisionCollection decisions) at Ifs.Fnd.AccessProvider.FndConnection.UnMarshalResponseHeader(Stream responseStream, FndManualDecisionCo

Hi, does anyone know if it is possible to generate a report that is exportable to Excel of the information on the IPAP / Planning Info tab for all/many parts? In other words, a table view of all/many parts (query’able) that lists inventory part no, last year in/out, current year in/out etc etc. I need to be able to get the usage information (for all parts transacted) into Excel to be further analysed. Thanks!

When we make the forecast status as active budget we can use an approval template to authorize the budget as an active budget. But this can be removed by users.Is there a better way to handle this as in Purchase Requisition authorization where authorization is enabled via a rule.

Hello,Due to the nature of contracts and human mistakes, sometimes it will be extremely useful to be able to change the Status of a Sales Contract from LOST to something else. Also, sometimes the customer in a contract will change and if the contracts has move to an status Awarded we cannot change the customer. In general, we have found that the IFS Sales contract are fairly rigid once you reached certain status in their workflow. I will appreciate your comments regarding any potential workarounds changing the status of a sales contract from LOST and also changing the customer after the contract has been awarded.Many thanks and  kind regardsMig

I am trying to see a Non Conformance Report attached to a customer order from the B2B portal. I see it attached to the CO in IEE or Aurena, but not in the B2B. Is there any particular classification of the NCR may I need to do?

I have been approached by an existing customer, who has a specific problem that they need to address and are struggling to find a direct solution. They currently use Project Delivery to delivery different configured items to their customers. However the delivered product can comprise various combinations of parts and revisions within the product structure along with different alternatives for the structure. They have attempted to use Phase in Date (Using a Custom RMB) to align the dates for the different alternatives (which represent the different Engineering Part Revisions, however the revision increment upwards i.e. 1 to 2 to 3, but in many instances there revisions are 2 way alternatives) for the structures, however the issue that they experience is how to determine which Inventory part meets the requirement to 'build' the required product as they cannot determine the 'Revision' of the Inventory part needed to build the product at time of reserving or issuing to the shop-order. Has

Just to provide some insight on IFS replication monitoring and data repairing for replication issues that is being performed for most deepwater drilling customers who maintain a replicating system(s). By definition, Replication makes it possible for several installations of IFS Applications to share basic data. One instance of IFS Applications can be the owner (master) of some basic data and other instances (slaves) can share the master’s data. Whenever data is created or modified at the master site the data is replicated to the slaves and the slave instances are updated.    When data is not replicated properly this will result in errors,   e.g. - Error:                      RecordNo=3 - ORA-20111: PurchaseRequisition.NOTEXIST2: The Requisition object does not exist.   If the above error arises in the Central/Onshore vessel then it has to be determined on whether the requisition object does not exist for real. If it does exist in the offshore/slave vessel (other instance) you can exc

We have multiple sites reporting this issue today after 12am - has anyone else seen this and know what might be causing it/how to fix it? (see attached)Error message will now allow user to save in Production Schedule by Line with information message pop-up: “The field [Schedule Firm?] has a value that is not in the list of approved values”We have not had any system changes in the last 12 hours that would cause this, that we are aware of.

I am wondering if anyone has run into this or has some insight on how to resolve an issue we have. We are in environment IFS 9. We have a serialized part that has a configuration attached to it. At some point we duplicated the serial in the live system. (Same serial number two different config numbers attached) due to the part numbers being connected one was the superior of the other someone decided to scrap the incorrect part out of the system. This made the serial number still in inventory unusable  we do not have the part physically so we need to get this off the books and out of inventory. The part has a current position of Unlocated and operational status of Scrapped, and operation condition non operational when looking in the part serial screen. Any one have suggestions on how to remove from inventory? I have already tried to scrap, count out and issue out the part.

Hi there:  any one have experience or use SSO on IFS APP9?

In IFS 10 FAP17 Posting Control not avaible, could you please please suggest another way. In IFS 8 it is available. 

We often pre-define product routings based on traditional routing operations for all lot sizes. However, what if the ERP application can select the correct routing for the defined lot size in your shop order? IFS Applications has the ability to simulate ‘Unit Cost Per Alternate’.Now, if we can gain cost benefit via Economies Of Scale, then why not use a selection of routing alternates to cater the varying scale of your operation.Solution: Unit Cost Per Alternate functionalityDefine several Alternates in your Routing; Simulate Cost Per Unit based on the Cost Set (2); Define alternate recommendation for the varied range of lot sizes.

When comparing shop_order_operation with routing_operation not all fields are considered/updated. E.g note_text. You have to delete the shop order operations first. Is there a way to compare all fields?

There is  ‘Shop order Allocations Per Part’ window in APP8. What is the window similar to this in APP10?

When deploy database files using IFS Solution Developer when do patch merging for IFS App10, we mostly get “Database code generation failed” Error as below and files are not deployed correctly in internal environments. Is there any workaround for this to get deployed the database files after patch merge?

Business process automation is a hot topic for few years now. Automate routine, high-volume tasks that are prone to human error and consume valuable staff resources will provide lot of benefits to companies, and in turn a good business opportunity for ERP vendors. In the "Accounting" field what are the main areas that we can think of Automation? > for. e.g. Supplier Invoicing Process - 3 way matching Very much interested in knowing the possibilities of how we can automate Accounting processes.