Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Is there an option to backflush operation steps within Shop floor Workbench module?

Our customer uses a prototype structure for cost demonstration, and their product structure includes multiple levels. I noticed that the "Cost Build-Up per Structure/Routing" page doesn't seem to support cost calculation for multi-level structures.Do you know if there's an alternative way to handle this, or any workaround you could recommend?Thanks in advance for your support!  

Hi, Is there any possibility to calculate the cost for ‘Prototype’ part with a prototype structure/routing ?   

Greetings!I am trying to add part number 45594 to the Configurate Structure but get an alert message “Phase in date of this component conflicts with parent revision date.” Does anyone know what I need to do to fix this in Apps 10?  

Hi! We are having difficulty with our Advanced Planning Board (APB).When we try to copy Shop Orders into APB from our instance of IFS Cloud 23R1, it times out at the point of “Loading Schedule”. Then we get an error message that states “A Task was Cancelled”.Eventually it’s possible to get in and we can see the correct number of Shop Orders identified on the “Count Hits” function when loading a couple of shop orders. However, it doesn’t show any of the work centres, shop orders etc.We think that APB is linked to IFS (as it can see the orders we want to pull across) but the orders never actually come across from IFS Cloud into APB.Any idea what could be causing this please?

Hi Using Apps 10 and have just created a new work centre, i have updated the relevant structure with the new work centre ID and then ran CRP but i keep getting the same ERROR message“ShopOrderScheduler.NOAVAILABLERESOURCECRP: No resource available on work center PW4F3 when scheduling load source and order MRP/50167495/*/ operation 50 with finish date 21/07/2022.”Does anyone know what is causing this? i have checked the work centre and have 1 resource connected at 100 % Efficacy.regardsJamie

We're experiencing performance issues with the Find and Connect process within the Export Control module.  We're shipping an assembly via Customer Order that contains approximately 2800 unique part numbers. We have licenses that match, but the act of checking the "Connected" checkbox takes about 9 seconds of processing time in the database for each row.  This results in around 7 hours of processing time to connect all licenses.  We've attempted this via DB script as well and the processing time is the same. Our licenses do not have a quantity or dollar amount limitation.  The license being connected to uses mostly wildcards (%) in the criteria.  Has anyone else encountered a performance issue with running find and connect against a large structure, and what workarounds are available?

Hi There All IFS Cloud will it be possible to automate the subcontract approvals? Similar to orders and PRsDoes anyone know of such ThanksMona

Hi,Has anyone had issues using the ‘Connect Characteristc to’ option in Apps10 CTO Configuration Characteristics. I have copied my part configuration revision so I have revision 2 with a status of tentative. I have then created a new configuration characteristic and used the ‘Connect Characteristc to’ option from RMB to connect it to the family and the tentative part configuration revision. It is correctly added to both family and the part configuration revision, but when I test the part configuration revision the new characteristic does not appear so value can not be entered???However if I now delete this newly added Characteristic from the part configuration revision, and then use the ‘Add New’ on the part configuration to add it back in, when I now test the part configuration revision the characteristc will appear and works as it should. I have also tried releasing the part configuration revision after adding a new characteristic using the  ‘Connect Character

We’ve created a list of exceptions for our company calendar:National exception scheduleWhich we’ve linked to our Company Calendar:But when we view our actual working times in the Company Calendar (for example May 26th 2025) the day shows as a regular work day with the standard working hours still showing:Exception has not been recognized within the CalendarIt would appear that we’ve missed something somewhere, does anyone have any suggestions regarding what may have been overlooked

Hi,We’re just getting started with IFS and I’m trying to understand how Manufacturing Part Attributes get populated. I can see that they are stored in ManufPartAttribute entity but can’t see how they qualify to get included in that entity. I can’t add a new one from Manufacturing Part Attributes screen so I guess that adding something to a Master Part is creating a ManufPartAttribute but I can’t work out what.Any help appreciated. 

This issue I am seeing is in IFS Cloud 24R1 both SU 10 and SU 11.  We have noticed a issue with our Remaining Labor Hours and Remaining Man Hours in IFS when having Shop Order Operations running concurrently.  For example, employee clocks onto Shop Order A and Shop Order B, because both are on the same machine (say a Laser or Press Brake).  Each Shop Order has 20 hours per unit planned, and Lot Size of 1, so 20 hours total planned on the Operation.  Employee works for a total of 10 hours for the day, clocked to both Shop Order A and Shop Order B at the same time (concurrent operations).   Now, after clocking out for the day, IFS will apply 10 Machine Hours on each Shop Order Operation, so the Remaining Machine Time for each Shop Order is 10 hrs.  And, for each Shop Order, it will take the employees Man Hours and divide it by two (as employee was on 2 Ops at the same time all day), so each Shop Order gets 5 Man Hours reported.  But, in Report Operations, it will show th

Dear all, i’m facing a customer need on which i can’t find any solution 😶The need is the following: the inventory parts UoM is Tons, but the UoM to use to declare shop order part issues and part receipt is m3.The immediate solution would be to use input UoM group to make the conversion, but i coundn’t find any possibility to use the density of the issued or received parts.Does anybody know how to use the part density in an input UoM group or have any alternative solution for this need? Thanks a lot for your help 😀

We’re trying to use Shop Orders of the type Repair to enable us to be able to manage the Receipt, Repair and Return to the Customer of faulty parts that have been either sold directly to them or delivered as part of another product.We can create a Purchase Order with the Part as a line item, and receive the part against the PO as Customer Owned stock, and when we create the Shop Order as type Repair, it automatically links the Part Number to the Order both as a Material and a Produced Part.However as these parts are normally serialized we need to manually select which of the Part Serials are to be Reserved and Issued but when the system displays the Parts that are available for Manual issuing, our Customer owned Parts are not visible.If we try to do a manual Issue of the Inventory Part, we can select the correct part serial number but when we try to Save the Issue, we receive an error message “You are not allowed to perform this transaction NISS on Customer owne

In IFS 9, we were able to run the demand plan server steps more than once per month. In IFS 10, we are getting a message that it is not allowed. Our steps require us to do this but we keep getting the message “The period has already been aggregated. Create forecast can only be ran once per period”. How do we get around this? We’ve been told to just “ignore the error” but that does not work. 

Hello, I am testing this newer function in IFS  (24.2.4)When I make disassembly Shop order for final goods I have a problem with serial numbers (how to get them).SN for semi-finish parts I have to find manually.The FG and SF parts were produced with serial tracking and multi level tracking (never leaved company)1 - SO - disassembly for FG2 - manual reservation of FG (Now I know SN of final, but I have to remember it)3 - issue FG4 - Receive disassembly component: how can I get SN for produced parts automatically ? Are there any        options ? Ifs Cloud 23R1What’s New in Manufacturing:  There is option put new or use origin SN number. But I can not see them. I was expected better way, than finding them in other modules. In SO I can not see / find information what SN of FG I choose. Maybe I am wrong and something missed me.Thank you

So I have finished part that we buy and we make. I was trying to use the supplier split functionality but it does not work for us. It based on fix percentages but we need to generate purchase supply requirements based on on what we can manufactured which varies in percentages from period to period. So a fixed percentage would not work unless we continuously update this split percentage regularly which is not ideal because you would need a good process of coming up with percentage estimates. Can IFS do an intelligent split whereby it will analyze supply (how much is purchased-external supplier and how much is being manufactured-internal supplier) for the forecast period and do a proper split instead just using the fixed percentages to meet demand for that period? How do we manage the qty’s we can manufacture in the Master Schedule and still drive the correct purchasing requirements for the same part?For example: we may have a period where the forecast asks for 1000 units but w

We have a common situation where we receive in Aviation Components for Repair that we send out for subcontract repair via a CRO Repair of type External Service Order, Order Type 6 (ESO) Purchase Order, component “Customer Owned”In some instances the component is returned back from the Repairer with a different Part Number due to the incorporation of a Service Bulletin or Modifcation (serial number is the same).On return the component is receipted into Inventory with the “new” Part Number,  as that is the Part Number on the Repairers Release Certificate.Issue arises that the Customer Order (Line 1) that is associated with the CRO Repair Line is for the Part Number that we received in from the Customer therfore we are unable to Reserve the newly modified item against that line. We can manually add a line to the Customer Order for the new Part Number, reserve and ship and then cancel the existing Line 1 on the Customer Order but this then disconnects the CRO

Hi All,  I have a question to advise a customer about how to perform a Production Support Form in IFS. Currently, they work with a Product Support Form, this should be integrated in IFS. This PSF contains about 100 different points.Since i`m only experienced yet in a little Control Plan knowledge, i need your help and advise. Every part the customer manufactures, will have a separate Shop Order with the amount of 1. So every produced product has its own, unique Shop Order.This form meets the following RequirementsSeveral Serial numbers must be registered (Used (purchase) parts that have a serial number must be tracked/traced and registered and be retrievalble to the manufactured part.) A series of control plan steps should be performed --> OK/NOK (control plan) (Unique) Measurement results must be registered (Control Plan?) Different Operations/work centers have to perform these steps (Assem

Hi,We want to create an event that alerts users if a Customer Order has been cancelled. This is to ensure that our manufacturing department doesn’t begin manufacturing without knowing that an order has been cancelled.So is it possible to create an event in Apps10 which either notifies a particular group of users by email when an order is canelled, or forces the cancellation of a Customer Order to have to go through an authorizastion process before being cancelled from the system?Either solution will surfice.Any help will be greatly appreciated.Many thanks in advance

Hi Experts We use the Multi-Company Project reporting mainly for  (Project) Time Registrations. Invoicing between companies is done manually through Instant Invoices Now we are looking into using Project Invoicing to send the Invoices across. Creating the Invoice is all working fine. The external supplier invoice gets created. But the create Supplier Invoice is not auto-matched against the transactions.Basically the PRJT7 and 8 should get reversed and trigger the PRJT11. I guess the same procedure as the M91/92 and M93.Posting Control PRJT11 is setup, but not automatically kicking in.We are using Message Class INVOICE and Media Code MHS to send the invoices. i also checked the connectivity box and it looks all fine, no warning or any kind of errors. Any Idea how to get it worked? Best RegardsSophal

Community, We always have this question, but not yet know how to resolve it. Below is the error message when we transfer the top parent part new revision to the inventory. We know the essence of this issue, i.e. child phase in date should be older than its parent and parent’s parents. This kind of error normally fix one component part but populate another component error. It is quite tedious to have it fixed.is there a strategetic way to handle this error? what is the best practice on this? 

We have users doing engineer part transfer. When they do this they press to execute transfer online and an inventory part is created from this form: However, the end users wish to have the “Cost Per Lot Batch” value defaulted when this transfer is done:Is there anything to be done to be able to set that value to a default when a new entry is made due to transfer? Default templates do not work

Hello, I'm working on a project to implement an IFS ERP and I would like to know if the LTU Shop Floor system includes the ability to consult lobbies. If this is currently permitted in version 24R2 SU1, is this right included permanently, without being affected by future updates and without affecting the LTU status? Thanks for your help   

which views are impacted when we link a customer_order_line with a shop order ? because in the view shop_ord we have a field customer_order_no but it is still empty after creation of a linked qty of 2 with a selected shop order …?? and I can still see that there is a link in the manual link but don’t understand which view is updated (i analyzed shop_ord and customer_order_line)...thanks in advanceFrédéric