Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

We are currently using a process where we use Warehouse Data Collection to issue a serialized part to a shop order. The part in question can be used up to 4 times with 4 different serial numbers. In our application, once we issue the 4 serial numbers, the part is built and those serial numbers are permanently covered and will not be able to be seen again without completely destroying the part.The question I have is if anyone has an idea of how we can sequence the issue of these parts to know which order they were scanned in? The reason is that I want to know the orientation of the serialized parts in the final assembly (Ex: Left to right is serial 2, 4, 7, 5). I would ideally want some sort of way for my operator to identify that this scan is the left most position, this scan is the second from left, and so on.Let me know if you need any clarification or is you have any ideas. Anything would help!

This post is relevant for manufacturing customers using operational reports. It is a heads-up that we are planning to deprecate below listed operational reports. BackgroundAlthough the transition to paperless manufacturing is still in progress, the demand for printed documentation or reports shared as PDFs has noticeably decreased. We have several reports that we believe are either not used or have numerous alternative options available in IFS Cloud for sharing such information. Maintaining these reports still consumes time that could be better spent developing new functionality. Therefore, we plan to deprecate these reportsReports planned to be deprecatedKanban Audit Report Kanban Supplier Receipt History Report Capability Graph Data Qman Sample Value SPC Graph Sample Data for Variables Analysis Result History Recipe Print Out Routing Report

Hi, In the customer order screen - the full delivery address is only visible by selecting the Order Addresses tab.Is there a way to have this address visible in the Header so its visible at all times? ThanksCharlotte

In IEE Apps10 - having profile issues.   1st issue - trying to add a Custom Field to base profile and it looks like it is going into the right spot until you hit Apply or OK and it disappears - cannot get it to stick 2nd issue - Estimate screen is overlapping (product screen overlaps where components and operations are added) - once I try to fix - adjust margins - hit OK - the margins fix however the fields below all get scrambled and unusable

We have a scenario where we sometimes need to rework a purchased component.For this purpose we use repair shop order with repair structure and routing. This works fine except that no cost for machine/labor time is captured by shop order cost. Only purchase cost related to cost template used for part (P-140 in my example) are captured.As a test I created a manufactured structure/routing for same part number. Then created and reported shop order.  This works fine, system captures labor and machine cost despite same cost template (P-140) is used!I tried different settings to get this to work also for repair shop order. The only way I managed to capture cost is by adding cost bucket (e.g. 300) used for manufacturing to template P-140. This is not a good solution and causes a risk for wrong cost in cost calculation.Any ideas if/how this can be solved?

What are the proper workflow to delete or set to Obsolete existing Purchase Structure, which was created for unknow reason or by mistake for Inventory Part with setting Part Type = Manufactured?Now there are two identical structures: Manufacturing and Purchase and both are active and Buildable.

Hello,We use the comprehensive split function to split large shop orders into smaller batches. As an example, we mix ingredients in 1000 lb. batches as that is the max capacity of the mixing machine, however, the full shop order is for 10,000 lbs. so we split the larger shop order into 10 x 1,000 lb. shop orders. When we do that, though, setup time is planned for on each split shop order when in reality we only set up once and then all subsequent shop orders that were split into do not need set up. The result is large cost variances.I understand the reason why this would happen, but is there a way to remove this setup time from 9 of the 10 shop orders in the example above? Does anyone else have a similar situation where they were able to solve for this issue?

In our business we experience yield loss on shop orders. For example, we mix ingredients together and for a 1000 lb. shop order, we know we will experience x lbs. of yield loss and the shop order will yield, for example, 960 lbs. instead of the 1000 lbs. lot size. I have been researching yield loss and am struggling to find an answer to answer my questions.We want to use scrap factor to increase the requirements for ingredients. For example, if we know we are going to experience 4% yield loss on a shop order, we want the required ingredients to be inflated by 4%. I have seen scrap factor in multiple places within IFS, but am not sure how to do what we are after, without adding, in this example, 4% scrap factor to each ingredient in the product structure. The second part of this question is that we don’t actually scrap anything out in IFS. We just receive less than the required amount on the shop order. Does that affect the scrap factor use?

Hello everybody, Does anyone know the exact formula used to calculate the ADU based on transactions history? It seems that for the number of horizon days from the Start Date (Today - (DLT + horizon)), the system takes the sum of the quantities issue / horizon. However, for the period corresponding to Today - DLT, it adds a quantity for which I can't find the formula. In fact, does anyone have the exact formula for the ADU based on transactions history?Thanks in advance.  Laurent

Hi is there a method to transform an inventory stock part from planning method A to planning method K after we use this inventory part into already closed shop order? 

When I scrap material I have an errordo you have any idea how I can solve this “Report component scrap on material history :P1 will result in not enough material issued to satisfy the receipts and or operation scrap already made on this shop order.”

Hello IFS community, Under the Purchase Requisition Lines, there are fields labeled Order Ref1, Order Ref2, and Order Ref3. From other pages, I know that Order Ref2 corresponds to the Line No and Order Ref3 to the Release No. However, could you tell me what Order Ref1 refers to? I’m certain it isn’t the PO No, as that field already exists in the Purchase Requisition Lines.Additionally, in previous versions of IFS, you could press F1 or access the Help menu to see definitions and explanations about fields. Is there a similar feature in IFS Cloud for quick field definitions? 

Community, I see IFS Cloud introduced a new order called “Shipment Order”, from what it described, it is pretty much like APP10 Distribution Order. anybody has any experience with it, what’s the difference between these two? Thank you.

Bonjour l’équipeJe tente d’installer les deux modules IFS reporter et Analytics sur le même poste mais ça ne passe pas,Avez-vous une idée svpPeu importe l’ordre d’installation le même message apparaîtDe coup, je ne peux avoir que IFS Analytics ou reporter, mais pas les deux

Hi, Does anyone know of a way to monitor Quick Reports in order to detect which reports are effectively used? Thank you and Regards, Rui Resende.

I was testing this combination a bit and it seems the only way to change the unit cost of a part in this case is to manually use Modify Cost Level Details, by part and condition. Which means that there is no way of recalculating the costs in bulk for several parts? You can do the cost calculations and copy to cost set 1, but the standard part cost will not be used. Am I missing something?

Do you have any idea whats wrong in this record formulaI always wrote this way but this time its doesnt work  

I have a question about the functionality of the "Cf C Pa1" switch on the inventory part. There is no description of the function of this field. Thank you for your support.  

We’re working with a client where we are planning to use Product Structures for their Manufacturing business. However there are a series of Products where they can use either a combination of Parts A, B, C, or, the they can use a combination of parts C, D.We’ve proposed that these should be identified as being different parts with separate Product Structures but the client has rejected this as the completed Product is 100% identical both visually, technically and structurally, so irrespective of the item combination used to make them, from a Sales and Storage perspective the completed Products are the same.The only option we seem to have (as we can’t use Alternate Parts to manage this), is to use Recipe rather than Product Structures to manage this, but this leads to a series of questions:Is it possible to combined both Product and Recipe Structures in a Single Site in IFS (Previous questions in the community appear to indicate that it is)

Not entirely sure what our expectations should be here… We have a user who has copied/pasted material rows from Shop Order A onto Shop Order B.  Parts are in stock on the relevant site; Supply type on Shop Order B showing as Invent Order. User then attempts to directly Issue material to the rows newly pasted onto Shop Order B (select row/Manual Issue).  Manual Issue Shop Order Material screen comes up blank. If the parts are entered onto Shop Order B by a new line being created, Manual Issue Shop Order Material comes up with stock available to be issued as expected. If we run the ‘Redefine Supply Code’ and change to Project Inventory  and then run the ‘Redefine Supply Code’ again and change back to Invent then the Manual Issue… screen is populated correctly.     Ha

IFS V.9I’m facing an issue with a Shop Order. After opening the Shop Order and right-clicking to change its status to "Release," a popup message appears with a warning "The work center xxxxx is not assigned to the same procution line as part xxxxxxxxxxxx." . Has anyone encountered this issue before? I’d appreciate any advice or suggestions. Thank you. 

Hi All,During shop order creation it cannot be saved because of this error message.(Scrap factor is mandatory).But In product structure the Scrap factor is set to zero(0). It also in Inventory part u der manufacturing TAB Scrap factor set to (0). May be this zero value (0) can not be fetched from BOM/Inventory part.what could be the possible solution? 

Hello Community,I would like to know how is it possible to change automatically the Phase In date of the revision while we create an inventory part ?I check another topic, where it is mentionned that I can do this thing by Custom Events.SO I created a custom events that is triggered well while Invdntory Part is created. But I think something is wrong with my custom action see below :I tried both of these solutions :That is the error while creating an inventory part :Maybe I’m trying to update something that is not existing for now. S

We’re working with a client in the Construction Materials sector. When carrying out Product costing on one of their main product lines, they use a concept the call “Equivalence”, under which for example, the standard product is an 8x8x12 block which has an equivalence value of 1 and a cost of $10, another version of the product is an 8x8x9 block which has an equivalence value of 0.75 and a cost of $7.50, and a third product will be an 8x8x15 block which has an equivalence value of 1.25 and a cost of $12.50.We’re trying to find a way of representing this costing method in IFS but none of the standard models in the system appear able to support it, has anyone encountered anything similar previously and does anyone have any suggestions on how this can be approached 

Dear Colleagues,I would like to ask you for information about the functionality of the field "Buildable Alternate Exists" in the overview task "Engineering Revision Transfer Status" - PDM environment.The importance of the field setting, what it affects. Thank you.