Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

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

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, Vivek NR.

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

Any of you have any experience in storing a report from the Report Archive to Document Management (Apps8) ? We are searching a solution that automatic connects a printed reports in IFS report Archive to any business object. For instance, if you print a purchase order (PO) we would like it to be connected to the PO as a document in IFS Doc Mng or a printed customer invoice to be connected to a invoice. Thanks for your help

Hi, I’m reaching out to the community to help me. I want to assess a number of sites as to how mature their PMRP and MRP processes are. Are there any key indicators that would give a good indication of how these sites are managing with MRP?  Such as the number of manual transfers, the number of PMRP orders vs MRP orders, the number of duplicate parts in project inventories, etc. Your help would be appreciated? Thanks guys!

Could someone confirm if we can see shop order load against the “Person” please? I assume we can’t because we connect the labor class to the resource group.  I guess it will be same with production schedule and CRP calculated loads too. Tried to find a documentation to check if there are prerequisites but it was not successful.  Nav. path -Resource Management\Analysis\Resource Analysis   

Hi,   I’m looking for a procedure to get the shipment id from the customer order lines screen. I can’t find one in shipment_api, shipment_line_api, or anything that looks like it remotely has anything to do with shipments.   Does anyone know how I can pull this?   Thanks, Mike    

What are the IFS Services available in IFS Applications 9 . How these differs from IFS Applications 8. How these services could be managed.

Hi, Is it possible to use comment feature of AutoVUE  when opening Drawings on “Instant View”? or the only functionality will be view Drawings? this will remove the need of using RX- Highlight as integrated Comment Application?    Thank you, Aida.

We are trying to count down an inventory part to 0 using the count by inventory part and now receive an error Counted Qty must be greater than 0 Error  when approving the count, not sure what would drive this.  

We recently began utilizing IFS from a manufacturing stand point.  We have run into our first scenario where a customer is providing a Sub Component for the Shop Order to be included.  Does anyone have a good process for this?     Thank You

I recall I posted this in December but did not get a response and cannot find the original post. We used to use the IFS Integration to P6 however due to Oracles licensing changes we can no longer afford the license so are looking to create a custom interface. Therefore we are looking for documentation on the IFS integration API’s (PROJX) but have so far drawn a blank. This has become quite urgent as we would rather not investigate / write everything from scratch.   It would be good if we could understand what we can/ cannot use by way of the API's, which ones call Primavera API's etc. and therefore understand what we need to avoid. Thanks in advance

What solutions can be offered to maintain annual sales plan and sales forecast in IFS?  How Annual Business plan / Sales Plan / Sales forecast can be maintained in IFS and what functions can be used to cater to this requirement.

Is there a way to store incomplete products (When there is a situation to stop a shop order temporarily) in a location so that it will not be visible as a usable quantity for other shop orders? (Except using an Arrival location or a QA location)