Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

We would like to be able to assign shop order labor to expense and not to the balance sheet.   Example. Shop order has two components – a part and 2 hr of labor: Material $100 Labor $20 The goal is to have $100 in Finished Goods (balance sheet) when the shop order is complete and $20 on a P&L account. With the current setup, the labor cost rolls into inventory cost, which results in the total of $120 going into inventory. Since we are not sure what makes up the current set up - we don’t know what needs to be changed in IFS. Any ideas on set up/configuration that needs to be done to accomplish our example?

Hi guys,   In IFS (Apps 10) there are pages called  ‘Production Schedule by Line’ & ‘Production Schedule by Line Part’. Can somebody provide a description of what they are intended for. It’s evident I’m not using it properly. Because when I search by Site (and nothing else) the returning values is N/A (i.e. nothing found). See below -   On the same token, when I paste the list of parts that have orders in WIP (i.e. the range of data necessary to identify objects in the current plan) that also returns N/A. So, in addition to the question above, what preliminary ‘data requirements’ must be satisfied to render this page usable in the first place. Assuming this is not a straight-forward search error!   thanks, Jay

We have a customised layout for the customer statements which displays the discount if they pay by X date. Its being quite difficult to manage, as the discount calculation appears to be out! Question is, does IFS have some standard functionality I can take advantage of instead??   Thanks

Hi Everyone,   I’m currently updating the shipment handling unit label report which is a built in report and I need to obtain the printer name and number of copies within the pl/sql RDF file for the report.  I wish to use this information in conditional branches in the report.      When a user selects the printer and enters the number of copies on the report format and output dialog box is there any way to extract this extract the information?     Thank you, William Klotz  

Morning, I know we can stop different parts being stored in the same location by ticking ‘Mix of Part Numbers Blocked’ on the Warehouse Navigator, but is there a way in Standard Apps 9, to prevent a part being stored in more than one location? i.e Limiting every part in a warehouse / bay to only 1 Pick Location.   Thanks, Chris.  

We are in the process of setting up Aurena so our techs can log their time in there however we cannot find Time Type (Regular, Double, Over etc etc).   Any help would be appreciated

if there was a way to only choose certain part categories to copy - Copy Part - from user: Just to clarify. I was.wondering if there can be a default where to ones that never get used can be unlocked when I open copy part, or even removed/hidden. I know they can be clicked off. I'd love to just open one and adjust the two or three changes needed depending on if it's a purchased part or a manufactured part.  

We are looking to see what others may be doing when creating the ACH files out of IFS and then encrypting them before they are sent to the bank.   When we generate an ACH File  in APPS10, the file is created properly and it is placed in a specific location on the network.  They would then need to run it through an program to encrypt it, before they send it to the bank.  However, they would like to eliminate the need to have that file on the network first.  This would make it more secure knowing that no one could have opened it and changed it.    

Is it possible to create recipes in Engineering parts? Our business uses a mixture of both - raw materials going into recipes (stuff) and the stuff going into discrete packages for sale (things).   It would be helpful to have a ‘sandbox’ to work on recipes prior to their transfer over to inventory parts and structures.  I can’t seem to find any documentation on this so apologies if i’m missing something simple. We’re using apps 9.

Does anyone know if there is an ability somehow to reopen a closed Business Opportunity

Hi, Can somebody provide a detailed description of how Need Dates figure in production planning and MRP logic? I posted something a while ago, but the answer didn't tackle my question. I'd like something comprehensive i.e. how are they assigned, how can the be changed, what they actually reflect, and the role in CBS scheduling such as APB?    Many thanks, Jay

Hello, IFS Heroes… I have found in IFS official documentation this description: ‘If using the PM Grouping Rule on PM actions, the PM actions with same values for grouping rule parameters defined and that fall due at same time will be generated into one work order. This will result in all work list lines planned on the PM actions becoming work tasks on the generated work order. “ Key words of these statement  “fall due at same time will be generated into same work order”  I  consider this as if works should be done at a same day it will be grouped to one work order. But, unfortunately, all works grouped in one work order from start of a month and to a end of the month. Is it feature or bug? What do you think?

Hi, Would like to know if its possible to create a baseline in the engineering part structure? And then compare it to other baselines? Using IFS ver 8 at the moment.

Hi, What does ‘adjustment factor weight’ mean in APB? A definition with examples would be hugely appreciated. And if certain background conditions (i.e inputs or system parameters) are needed to use it, do say.   Many thanks, Jay    

We are using IFS BA version 3.1.46. and Oracle SmartView excel addin. We have noticed that there are errors when using both plugins.  Users get errors when rendering BA reports back to IFS and the error message notions a conflict between the two plugins Sometimes the error are popped up when using SmartView Are there any known/reported issues related to the two plugins? If yes are there any patches?

Is there any way to get MRP run date and the user information who run the MRP for a purticular part? Actually i can get these two information from background job but there is no option of part query. please suggest if there is any window or any sql view where i can get these information.

when user create new part revision, i would like to set a CF to “A Value” or “B value” depends on revision number (eng_chgt_level). Actually, i do it by an event and a background job but users have to refresh the screen to see value affected. An another option is to do it by an Oracle Trigger BEFORE INSERT by it is not a IFS “best practice”. What is the best way to set and display default value on screen while you’re typing data of a new record ?

Hi All,   I want to understand the use and functionality of Planned Period Units in Manufacturing Standard. If I dont define the periods in this screen, then what is the implication of this.   Also, are they defined automatically while doing in installation of application.   If these are defined manually then in how much time duration we need to define this. as in my system they are defined toll 2024, first day wise , then week wise and then quarter wise from 2018.   Thanks and Cheers  

We have started using Consignment Stock for Supplier-owned stock. We want to be able to identify such stock within the “Inventory Part In Stock” data. I could join to Inv Trans Hist using the Part_no/contract/Lot_batch_no to get the CO-ARRIVAL record, but at 75 million Inv Trans Hist rows, even forcing an index takes a very long time in an SQL statement. Any ideas as to how I can include/exclude within some of our Inventory Part In Stock reports? We are running IFS2003!

Dear All,   We are getting following Stuck Thread error in "SFTP_SENDER1" & "HTTP_SENDER1". Error screen shot attached. Please advise us how to overcome this issue.   SFTP_SENDER1- ERROR Message “STUCK thread while executing native sender: 'SFTP_SENDER1' Caused by: ifs.fnd.connect.senders.ConnectSender$TemporaryFailureException: STUCK thread while executing native sender: 'SFTP_SENDER1'”   HTTP_SENDER1- ERROR Message “STUCK thread while executing native sender: 'HTTP_SENDER1' Caused by: ifs.fnd.connect.senders.ConnectSender$TemporaryFailureException: STUCK thread while executing native sender: 'HTTP_SENDER1'” Regards,

My job includes creating APQP/PPAP packages and sometimes just a basic Process Flowchart, PFMEA, and Process Control Plan. I can see that IFS (8) has functionality for PFMEA, any ideas or guidance on how to use this? We do have access to the PFMEA Module, but have no idea what it does or how. Bonus for being able to create the Process Flowchart and Control Plan.   Thanks, Kris...

Does anyone know if there is a process by which we can undo a customer order delivery for something from a project?  When we try to use Undo Customer Order Delivery, we get an error message - Customer order delivery has not been undone.  Please let me know if additional information is needed to help answer this question.  I’m not sure what else would be helpful.   Thank you.  

Hello people. I am an IFS user in Brazil and work in the logistics area. We have few things working using the IFS system and I would like to make better use of the system's potential. I am currently looking for some kind of material, manual, booklet, presentation or something similar that is geared towards logistics. I am trying to implement automatic refueling and I believe it is on the right track. Thanks to everyone who can help!

We have some document attachment opening issue, its opening for one time out of 3-4 times rest of the times it is throwing an error “Received an unexpected EOF or 0 bytes from transport stream”. To diagnose this we want to enable N/W Trace in IEE, Please suggest how can we. 

Hello we are looking for a way to restrict some customers to place drop ship orders. Is there a way in IFS or someone have some tip/trick to do so.  so, when sales try to place drop ship order for that specific customer ,which is not allowed to place drop ship orders, they get error message. any ideas? Thanks