Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Hi guys, one of our customers has asked a question which I hope you can help with. The customer is is running Apps9, Update 1 but their MWO version is currently UPD9 PS2, HF1. The question is: Android have recently released their new OS and we have found some issues with compatibility with our current version. I understand that at present IFS only support MWO 9 up to Android Version 8. I just wanted to confirm the status with regard to support and how we can resolve this issue. It is likely that going forward any new devices that we receive will be pre-configured with Android V10. Any help would be gratefully received.

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.

There are more than one occasions that I have come across that our users define one physical machine in 2 sites expecting to plan shop order operations seamlessly. But this set up sometime leads to very confusing consequences. Example : Company : A Site : X Site : Y Expensive CNC machine is installed in Site X ( defined as a manufacturing work center in Site X as "CNC-X"). But this usually runs under capacity ( lets assume that both sites runs on 8 hr calendar). So The company decides that they can put some shop orders registers in Site Y to be done in the under utilized work center in Site X. Therefore it is decided to define the work center in site Y as " CNC-Y" in IFS. Now lets assume that the manufacturing planner has access to both site X and site Y shop order operations. If you run CRP, since in IFS , CNC is 2 distinct work centers, the capacity available is 8 hr each. Which is not really the case. For both sites , the available hours are 8 in total per day. In such setup p

All, Has anyone done an interface between IFS Applications and a MES application? I am interested to find out more details. Thanks Antony

Is there a single screen to see all existing configurations ? Also can we export/import configurations from one environment to another ?

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?

There is a question regarding the possibility to disable the auto populate functionality on the Shop Floor Workbench when a user logs in.

In APP9 when customers are in the “Shop Floor Workbench” screen, customers can clock in labor on multiple shop orders at the same time, both on the same resource and not on the same resource without the system asking or warning. The system does continue to clock labor on each shop order that is running concurrently, and each shop order that is running continues to show the gear icon. Question: If customer have “ask” selected under the “allow concurrent operations” for the labor class, why isn’t the system asking before clock in under multiple shop orders?

A quick functional question related to DOP which I encountered with one of the customers. Questions: In APP9 DOP orders have the non-consumed items with the quantities. More specifically, unlike in APP8, when we bring in DOP structures in APP9, the structures come in with quantity for all non-consumed components. Like your advice and view point on this regards.

The customer is upgrading to APP9 and they are asking about the new History tab on the Shop Order. There is now an Order History tab and a Material History tab. I believe the Material History information was always available but now it is included under a History tab with Order History information. The customer wants to know that when they are tracking this Order History, how long will this information be available? Is this working with History Logging where they can have this automatically cleaned up based on the setup for History Logging or is this Order History on the Shop Order independent of that? The customer is also asking what is the impact that this additional history logging could have on our system.

Have a customer question related to FIFO as below: How is it possible to revalue FIFO costing method inventory parts? We updated the cost set 2 and copied to cost set 1 however the inventory value did not changed? Please advise me.

My customer has a Sales Contract with the valuation method "Quantity". However, the quantity is not shown in the Project Invoice. Why is this?

I have installed a delivery for an issue relate to Advanced Planning Board. I have manually copied the necessary .dll files and SchedServ.exe to the runtime folder. When trying to launch APB from IFS Application I get an error and it does not load. This was working before the delivery installation. What can I do to fix this issue?

When entering a Resource into a Project Resource Forecast, a warning is given that the Project Cost Revenue Element (PCRE) is mandatory. After ignoring the warning, looking at the Cost Element shows the PCRE has an entry. However, the checkbox for missing Code Part remains which prevents further processing.

One of the customers am working with have observed the following. Would request your assistance to help solve this issue. Note the customer is running application 9. The system is retrieving costs erroneously from Standard Costing for Employee Category when it should be using costs from the labor class. Flow to re-create the issue: 1. Have labor class set up for both run time and overhead costs. 2. Have employee set up for Employee Category General. 3. Have Standard Costs set for Employee Category General different than labor class so you can be sure what the system is doing. 4. Make sure that Company Details for Company i.e X are not checked to use Employee Costs. (This would be the signal to use Standard Cost) 5. Make sure that Site is not Checked for Override Employee Costs This determines which labor class costs the system should use. 6. Then report time for employee 1063 who is in employee category General. 7. Check the costs. Costs are bein

This question is raised by a customer asking how the PDM tool works and how to import CAD data into the IFS engineering module. Please assist if there is any guidance or link to share

The customer experiences the following issue and would like your advice on a resolution. Issue Encountered: When we create project deliverables from the project, the project ID is not defaulting. Issue to re-create: 1) Go to Project window. (Project Management > Plan and Excute > Project) 2) Right mouse button on the header and select the option > Project Deliverables > Create new 3) It opens the window Project Deliverables Definition window. Where the Project ID is left blank. 4) Even after saving the issue seems to be present.

In App10, Customers face with an issue of no vouchers being created after running "Transfer Project Multicompany Reporting" which should transfer Time and Project Transactions. Even though the transactions were approved, vouchers still weren't created. Please verify.

When the valuation method is Weighted Average (WA) , it takes longer time to receive 3000 serials through purchase order arrival registration ( issue occurs in In APP10 too) . System gives time out error. Do we have any suggestions to improve the efficiency?

Hi, I have the following issue. Please assist Issue: When a person is assigned to a Resource ID, that Resource ID should be retrieved when the employee charges time to an activity. In App10 I find that this did not occur. Steps: 1. Open Resource Group and verify that employee is assigned to the resource on the Person tab. 2. Open Project Time Registration screen and search for employee (in the relevant company ) - should retrieve. 3. Add a line on the Week tab for Activity Short Name (eg: CC002.B.20) select a Report Code - notice that Resource ID remains blank. I can select a resource, but none populates. It should populate with the primary resource the employee is assigned to.

The following question was raised by a customer: The customer would like to know if there is a way to include supplier material on a purchase order for an outside service. The customer encounters a scenario where another inventory part will need to be send to a supplier during an outside service (i.e. Heat treating). The customer would like to use supplier material for this, since it will never be charged to the supplier. When I attempt to make a product structure for the purchase part, I am unable to create the record for because there is no revision no (assuming this is because the outside service part is WIP and not inventory.) Is there any way to accomplish this?

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

A question is raised by one of our customers regarding App75 and App9 functionality. In App9, when we create shop order components which has "Not Consumed" lines with expense parts are no longer showing zero in the following columns: Quantity per Assembly, Comp Qty Req, and Qty Remaining But in App 75 those fields are shown as zeros. Please verify.

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

One of my customers are encountering the following issue. Would like your advice and feedback on the below issue. Use of QA trigger for production scheduled parts We are using IFS Production Schedules and would like to create QA control plans systematically for the QA analysis. IFS Control plans do not work for IFS production scheduled parts. Question: How can we create automatic creation of QA control plans for QA with using IFS Production schedules for the manufacturing process? Error Message: Sample Frequency trippers cannot be used for production schedule parts Test plan 1. Create a manufactured part that will be produced by a production schedule 2. Create a QA control plan for the part 3. Attempt to create Sample Frequency Trigger (tab) a. Any parameters b. Save and note error message Are there other alternatives to create the control plan? We would like to create this every ½ hour for each part on the productio