Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

This will include the questions related to Manufacturing, Projects, Engineering, and Warehousing (WaDaCo).

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Sidekick (Customer)
jrauhSidekick (Customer)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Email Event for Purchase Order and Customer Invoice to multiple individuals

We have a need to send purchase orders to multiple people at the supplier (procurement and quality group for example).  How do we do this with an Event?  We have the same issue with Customer Invoices needing to go to Customers (Procurement, Quality and Finance).  If we have one, we would be able to figure out the other.

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mfrejik
Sidekick (Customer)
4 years ago
HOOJEWINL
Sidekick (Customer)
HOOJEWINLSidekick (Customer)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

SQL query builder lobby: how to sort

Hi, We have created a lobby element with the SQL query builder. However, we cannot enter an order by here. By default, it sorts by machine number (but we have not set this ourselves) and we want to sort by zip code. How can we solve this?  

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Sidekick (Customer)
4 months ago
D
Do Gooder (Customer)
dpatDo Gooder (Customer)
posted in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Inventory Count common practices

Hi all, We are looking to optimize the way we perform our Inventory count of the Finished goods product in our warehouses.  Currently, we hold shipping for about 3 days to complete performing the inventory and then resume shipping on the 4th day.  Just wondering what some of the different ways in which you are counting your Finished goods inventory.  Do you utilize a 3rd party team?  Do you count/freeze warehouse-by-warehouse?   Any other ways to shorten the time for performing the inventory count? Thanks in advance!D

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PRODQ
Hero (Customer)
5 months ago
A
Do Gooder (Partner)
AIDA LOTFIDo Gooder (Partner)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Redline Comment

I am looking at how Comment Functionality works for different File types as Redline? currently I have defined “doc” as view and “docx” as Redline type and expect to open comment with MS Word. however I still manually change the Redline copy from “Doc” to “Docx”. The errorI get is “Can not start external Viewer application”. This is just one example, I am trying to find out how Redline app works for each individual file type. for example for a word file,Excel or Autocad? Thanks, Aida.

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ntaylor
Sidekick (Customer)
3 years ago
E
Do Gooder (Customer)
eric.lacailleDo Gooder (Customer)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

How to set conditionnal default value to a custom field

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 ?

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A
Hero
3 years ago
B
Sidekick (Customer)
BillatREMSidekick (Customer)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Printing Attached Documents in reports or emails

Does anyone know if a document attachment in IFS can be added to a report or automated email?  Here is our situation, but the applications are many.  We have approval drawings attached to parts in IFS.  If the part is entered on a Business Opportunity or Customer Order, we want that approval drawing as part of the Quotation Document generated by the Business Op or the Order Acknowledgement. btw - we are on Apps 10.

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dsj
Superhero (Partner)
3 years ago
J
Do Gooder
JoherMDo Gooder
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

'Need Dates' - MRP Scheduling

Hi, I don't fully understand the date logic in the time-phased supply proposals created by IFS for an end-item (in an engineer-to-order setting). Can you outline the key types of dates (or 'offsetting inputs') that figure within scheduling. From specifying when the user desires said item, to all the subsequent dates that are generated after BoM explosion. The 'tools' at are disposal are IFS Apps 10, namely, MRP that executes 'Infinite Scheduler' and 'APB' (our method to CBS schedule items to reflect 'live' capacity constraints such as the current load at a given work centre). I'll provide a brief description of our current practice and raise questions alongside that. If there's any misuse, do say so. Overview: A 'Required Date' is specified when demand is created, used to say when project 'X' is desired. Does this input need to be constrained by a lead time, whether plausible or not? For instance, can you specify the Required Date for X as 1/1/15? I'm not asking whether the system has

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Manxmano
Sidekick (Customer)
3 years ago
D
Do Gooder (Customer)
Dawn.WallaceDo Gooder (Customer)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Subcontracting purchase order

My company is on Apps 9 and I have an issue with a subcontracting purchase order. The purchase order was created from a purchase requisition whose demand came from an outside operation on a shop order. The purchase requisition generated one line for the total quantity on the shop order. When our purchasing department converted it to a purchase order they added additional lines, reduced the quantity on the original line and all lines now total the original first line. By doing this, the original demand code was changed from Demand Code “Shop Order" to Demand Code "Non Inventory” on the added lines. Now when we Register Purchase Order Arrivals for the added lines, they are not connected to the shop order and we are unable to complete the operation on the shop order. What can we do to enable us to receive in the purchase order and have it connected to the shop order. Example: Purchase Requisition generated from Shop order for 500 EA. Purchase order created for 5 lines of 100 EA. Received

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J
Hero (Employee)
4 years ago
T
Do Gooder (Customer)
TomP442Do Gooder (Customer)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

IFS10 Kanban Automation

Has anybody implemented the full automation Kanban program?  I want to set it up to automatically calculate ROP’s and generate req’s but I need to know a few things first.

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GPIE
Hero (Customer)
4 years ago
C
Do Gooder (Employee)
Chathuri SenanayakeDo Gooder (Employee)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

STUCK thread while executing native sender: 'null'

Hi , I’m getting following error when   a large file with multiple data sets is imported , only one data set/line can be imported without an error message.STUCK thread while executing native sender: 'null'  Caused by: ifs.fnd.connect.senders.ConnectSender$TemporaryFailureException: STUCK thread while executing native sender: 'null' Any suggestion to solve this? BR, Chathuri

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arebbeadle
Hero (Customer)
22 days ago
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Superhero (Partner)
RutJWhalenSuperhero (Partner)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Printing Barcodes and GS1 Barcode Font Provider

IFS Setup:  IFS Apps 10 Barcode Printer:  Zebra ZT-420 Crystal Reports:  2016 I am trying to create the inventory part barcode label in GS1 format.   This looked to have worked in IFS Report Designer by using a custom field to generate the code required and using the DataMatrix label format.   However, although I have amended the page layout to be 10cm x 7cm it still appears to be printing as per A4, the label prints in the centre of the width of the page.  If I look at the layout in report designer layout it still specifies A4 and will not let me change the value.   How can I do this? Secondly, can anyone recommend a GS1 Barcode Font provider that can be used in Crystal Reports as that was my second choice to create the barcode label. If we have to purchase from a GS1 Barcode Font provider, how is this implemented into IFS.  I think the ‘plugin’ would have to be installed on the middleware server.  Is there a specific folder that the font needs to be in? Lastly, how would I get IFS to

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R
Superhero (Partner)
4 years ago
B
Do Gooder (Partner)
BLGBEDo Gooder (Partner)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

RMA processing on IFS - from customer return to reconditionning for resale or manufacturing

Hi, For a specific client need in IFS (not FSM solution) we have the following requirements : 1) RMA advance replacement : the company does not await for items under RMA to be returned before to exchange the part and send the new one to the customer2) RMA item quality inspection at arrival : the items need to be inspected (parts are company owned now, not client property anymore)3 options after inspection : A)  ScrappingB)  To be reconditionnedC)  Supplier return if the part is still under warranty (The part can not be directly send to the supplier by the customer, previous analysis by the company is a mandatory step)3) If the part can be reconditionned, a repair action must be launched.4) Once the repair operations has been performed, the item must be identified as a repaired one and available to be resaled to another client or used for a maintenance operation (not necessalery for the same client as the one who requested for initial RMA)We are facing different topics : 1) RMA flow in

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M
Do Gooder (Partner)
2 years ago
D
Sidekick (Customer)
DanTraytonSidekick (Customer)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

MRB Module

Hi Everyone,We are currently in the process of reviewing the Material Review Board module on IFS9.Was just wondering what the benefits of the MRB module are? And how anyone else has successfully enforced the module within their company. Are there any training document that we could use within a test environment?Many Thanks  

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S
Superhero (Customer)
2 years ago
R
Superhero (Partner)
RutJWhalenSuperhero (Partner)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

IFS Report Designer - ascii CHR(29) problem

I am trying to generate a GS1 QR Code in IFS Report Designer but cannot find a way to create a group separate to separate the columns that will create the QR Code.   Wadaco Configuration has been created so that FNC1 code 10 = LOT_BATCH_NO and code 241 = PART_NO.   I therefore created a READ ONLY custom field that using the following SELECT statement:   SELECT '10'||lot_batch_no||chr(29)||'241'||part_no FROM INVENTORY_PART_BARCODE WHERE objid = :objid   If I copy and paste the value from the custom field into Wadaco GS1 Barcode 1 on clicking SAVE the the value of the LOT_BATCH_NO is displayed in the Lot Batch field and the value of PART_NO is displayed in the Part No field. Unfortunately, adding the custom field to IFS Report Designer the ascii value appears to be ignored as copying the value displayed on the report and pasting it as above the full value appears in the Lot Batch field. Can someone please advise on how to get the group separator ascii value 29 - CHR(29) to work. Many th

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K4uPierreT
Do Gooder (Partner)
2 years ago
S
Do Gooder (Customer)
SivaDo Gooder (Customer)
posted in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

IFS APP8 end of support

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.     

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Amila Samarasinghe
Superhero (Partner)
4 years ago
eqbstal
Superhero (Partner)
eqbstalSuperhero (Partner)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Using Siemens TeamCenter with IFS

We have a request for implementing an interface between TeamCenter, the PLM system of Siemens with IFS10. Do you have it up and running or have you looked at it. I don’t need full specs here, more a sense of how difficult it would be to prepare such an interface or that it can be bought from a partner or Siemens. Thanks in advance.

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ElmRicarT
Do Gooder (Partner)
3 years ago
S
Sidekick
signilsSidekick
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Prerequisites to take care of prior to Implementation

Hi, I have just joined a manufacturing/defence company that has chosen IFS apps 10 as their erp of choice. I have supported users in the past but never been part of an implementation. They are asking me to put together a list of information we need to gather from the users that will help the implementation and config. Does anyone have any pointers/document?The only info I have is that IFS has listed these modules as within the scope: Distribution, Engineering, Finance, Project, Human Resources, Health & Safety, Maintenance, Program Management, Production (work orders etc.)

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KristenGastaldo
Superhero (Employee)
2 years ago
Saman K
Hero (Employee)
Saman KHero (Employee)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

One manufacturing work center , registered in two sites, how to plan shop order operations ?

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

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S
Superhero (Customer)
3 years ago
M
Do Gooder (Customer)
mpillundeDo Gooder (Customer)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Access to view all in History Log

We’re on APPS10 UP6.   I’ve configured the IFS History Log to show changes to a specific field on the inventory Part.  The logging works and as an administrator I can see all changes,  but when a user on the Inventory Part does View - Record History  they can only see the changes they made not the field changes that another user made.  To me that defeats the purpose of the Record History - to see who changed a field and to what value.  If I set system Privilege = Administrator in their Role, then they can see changes from all users.  But we don’t want to give Administrator Access to any users.   Is this by design or is there a setting in the Roles that allow this action without setting as Administrator?   I’ve tried to give access through the role but can’t get it to work. 

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J
Hero (Customer)
3 years ago
J
Do Gooder
JoherMDo Gooder
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

'Manual Pegging of Shop Order Material Line'

Hi, I’ve been experimenting with 'Manual Pegging of Shop Order Material Line'. I’ve grasped the basic mechanics, which is to search for a part and assign it (by allocating the full qty. ‘available’ to the level above (selecting the relevant order no).   The only discernible change is when I check ‘Inventory Part Availability’ the ‘Pegged’ column is whatever qty. you assigned (both for the supply and demand elements). Are there other benefits besides this? I hope there is, otherwise, you wonder what the point of this somewhat manual practice is.   Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.   Many thanks, Jay

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mfrejik
Sidekick (Customer)
2 years ago
P
Do Gooder (Customer)
PatrickCukaDo Gooder (Customer)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Perform ABC, Frequency and Lifecycle Classification

I ran Perform ABC, Frequency and Lifecycle Classification for the first time in a test environment.  We have been on IFS for 15 months.  A majority of our items changed to C even though Inventory Basic Data is set to I aggregate inventory every month.  Is there anything else I need to do before running Perform ABC, Frequency and Lifecycle Classification?  Do I need to close Statistics Periods?  Is there any way to print the logic that was used in calculating the new ABC code?  This is our first time doing this and I’d like to this information for documentation purposes and for audit purposes.

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Superhero (Customer)
3 years ago
Dilmi Gunasiri
Hero (Employee)
Dilmi GunasiriHero (Employee)
posted in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

FIFO Costing Method Inventory Part Revaluation

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.

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Praveen Wijetunge
Sidekick (Former Employee)
4 years ago
R
Hero (Customer)
ronhuHero (Customer)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Multi-Company Project Reporting Step-by-Step Required

Hi, We are global company, and start using APP10 to set up multiple company reporting. We need knowledge on this. we have bunches of engineers from Canada are working on a Belgium project. They are trying to use the Belgium report code to do the time reporting, but not be able to. We know that could be resolved by MCPR setup,  your step-by-step documentation is very much appreciated. Thank you.

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Vibhusitha Jananjaya
Hero (Employee)
2 years ago
CheSusumY
Do Gooder (Partner)
CheSusumYDo Gooder (Partner)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Inventory parts management

Dear Sirs;Please advice me  where the calculation method is located at the menu? Regards;Yasuda

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Asela Munasinghe
Superhero (Customer)
2 years ago
C
Superhero (Customer)
cjohnsonSuperhero (Customer)
asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Copy Part function question

Hello,  I’m attempting to use the Copy Part feature to copy an Inventory Part, Routing, and Product structure to another site in my system. Currently, we are creating parts in an estimating site that houses all of our work centers, labor classes, etc. Once the parts are finalized, I would like to use the Copy Part function to move those parts to the correct manufacturing site. I have noticed that the Copy Part function works, however it does not bring over my routing steps. I’ve tried changing the status to Build, but the routing steps still do not appear after the copy. I’m not sure if there is something I’m missing, or if this is how the Copy Part function works when you try to copy to another site.  The final item I’ve noticed is that you are not able to copy a new Product Structure component part to a new site unless you manually copy the part prior to running the Copy Part from the top level Inventory Part. My assumption was that if you run the Copy Part from the top level, if

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C
Superhero (Customer)
3 years ago

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