Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Hi,Is there any option or module in IFS 9 that allows me to automatic send an alert when my stock arrives on minimum? Thanks,

Hello,We are thinking about some changes inside our daily routines with the refill of our production areas.We are working with 25kg bags(between 500 and 1000kg /pallet) and have not so much space inside our production area to handle 10 pallets there.Now we have build up each item into single handling units and would like to create a automatically process if the qty inside the prod area is lower than 50kg , please refill with a transport task from stock warehouse.Is here somewhere how can help to fix this process, to make the handling easier for all employer inside production and internal logistics? 

In our flat sheet processing dept we run multiple parts per sheet (nesting).  So the employee will Start Production on multiple Shop Orders (same WC on Shop Orders).  Example:  Employee is working on 3 Shop Orders.  Total time = 3 hoursCurrently 3 hours is added to each Shop Order for a total of 9 hoursWe would like to to split the time either evenly across (1 hour for each Shop Order) or split up based on qty/est.  I’m sure there is a set up we are missing, but I’ve been searching for an answer without luck.We are on Cloud 23.1.7Thank you, in advance for your help.JoyGCX 

As part of a redesign of one warehouse we are looking for a way to have a single Kanban pull result in a two-step material move that can be handled by WADACO.The situation is that production cells trigger the kanban, pulling material from the warehouse.  However for the new warehouse design the material must be picked from the warehouse locations and put into a single staging location, and then a separate move needs to be done from the staging location to the production cell.Is there a way to handle this natively inside IFS, accurately reflecting the true material locations and without any of the warehouse team waiting on material that is not yet in staging?  We use Transport Tasks today so that’s where we’ve been focusing to try to solve but maybe there is a different approach?If there’s no standard way to achieve this in IFS, the best thought I have at this time is as follows but it seems like overkill:Use an event to kill any Transport Task that gets created to pull from the new war

Hi,we work in multisite environment. We have manufacturing sites A & B. Both sites uses components in production that the other site manufactures. Components are transferred between sites with distribution orders. We have defined in supplier for purchase part supplier manufacturing lead time and site to site parameters transport time. Can someone explain the logic of DO schedules?Case: Shop order is created on site B and it requires component from site A. MRP create first DO from site A to B and then shop order request on site A. It seems that MRP does not take into consideration supplier manufacturing lead time at all but only tries to fullfill site B shop order component need even if component is not available on site A and manufacturing would take X days. What’s the point of supplier manufacturing lead time in case MRP does not use it in calculation?

Hi Alldoes anyone know of a quicker way of entering analysis results on a control plan on Shop Order in cloud. Looks like the change from APPS10 is too laborious having to enter and confirm line by line, especially when several lines to complete.  I know you can filter to view by Data Type on the Analysis Results window, but looks like your unable to enter results on that page.If you were able to enter results here it speed up the process.   Thanks in advance for any help!

I have an alternate component set up and the product structure has the Alternate Exist checkbox checked on the component line.  There is no inventory of the original part and there is inventory of the alternate component part.  But when I try to process a shop order the Alternate Exist checkbox is not checked on the shop order and when I right mouse on the line and choose Alternate component/replace, I get an error that No alternate component is defined or component qty required is zero, but that is not true, what am I missing? 

In IFS Cloud, we have serialized subcomponents set to Manual Issue so that the manufacturing team can issue the components as they are installed on the assembly. The challenge is that sometimes the team under-issues the required quantity, since Manual Issue allows the shop order to progress without fully issuing the required qty.Is there a standard setting or configuration in IFS Cloud that would prevent under-issuing, so that the team must issue the full required quantity before closing (or finishing) the shop order — while still keeping Manual Issue as the issue method?

Hi All,     One of our group businesses has been grappling with APB for a few years, unable to produce a realistic, reliable schedule, at least not without significant manual rework. The ability of APB to function in our environment has been called into question, i.e. can it ever be made to work? And I have been tasked with finding a customer, in a similar industry / use case, willing to talk to us, to try and answer that question. A brief outline of our business:-A provider of engineering services; predominantly offering a make-to-print service for high-complexity, low-volume part production requiring CNC machining and grinding processes to produce. This results in a Job Shop environment configured to deal with a high-variety of products mainly seeing strangers, with few repeaters or runners. Stats:- 7.5 operations per routing (mean), 995 open shop orders, 517 unique parts across those orders, and a median lot size of 2 off. The business has recently moved to IFS Cloud after running A

We want to receive labels with serial numbers, but we do not want to register these serial numbers during purchase order receipt or keep them in inventory.The label is only used when a second serial number is required for the end product (as a customer-selectable CTO option).If this label is included in the product structure/shop order materials, the system should force serial number registration when the part is backflushed / issued into the tracked structure. With the current part-level serial tracking settings, I cannot find the right solution.Has anyone solved this requirement?

Hi, We are implementing parts of IFS Quality.  We’d like to load our historical Non-Conformance Reports.  currently IFS Cloud doesn’t allow backdated NCRs to be entered.   Short of doing a mod, is there a way to load these?  A data migration job that bypasses field validation? Has anyone done this?

I have a query regarding the Change Order window.There is no field to check the Performed Date and Completed Date for an Engineering Change Order. Below is where the CO Approved Date and Analyzed Date can be checked. We need to know where the Performed Date and Completed Date can be found.Could you please suggest or advise on this issue?  

Hello.I  need a little help about how to set up work centers in IFS, if there is 3 or more persons per one assembly step/area.For example:Step 1 - 3 operators are doing 3 separate assemblies in the same area. After that, all assemblies move simultaneously to the next step. Lets say this is Work Center AStep 2 - 4 or 5 operators are taking previously prepared assemblies and work on them simultaneously also (now its 2 persons for 1 assembly). Lets say this is Work Center BStep 3 - I got 2-3 operators and 12 spots for testing the assemblies. Machine run time is 230 minutes: operators are doing about 40 min per assembly before machine’s independent run time - 180min (meanwhile they can start with other assembly) - and after that, 15 minutes for finishing. Lets say this is Work Center C For planning, which way is it showing correct result in shop order scheduling?Should I add separate resource under each work center (3 for A, 4-5 for B,  12 for C or 2-3?)or should I put resource efficiency

I have a configuration formula that takes input from Characteristics to derive a number.  However some of the characteristics are removed based on sales rules, then then causes those to have a value of NULL - this then makes the formula error. Here is the example of what we face when the formula runs: I’ve glanced through the Function, but I didn’t see a IsNULL and I can’t find a definition for the Function list. 

I am performing some trialing in our test environment and want to simulate work completed over a period of time. Is it possible to manually change the date and time to be able to perform this trialing all at once? 

 I am going into Report Definitions, entering the required information, refreshing the cache, and then accessing my dialog that calls the report. However, when I click 'OK', this error appears. Could anyone please help me?Ifs.Fnd.FndSystemException: Explorer: An Unhandled Exception has occurred ---> Ifs.Fnd.FndSystemException: Unexpected error while calling server method PrintReport/ReportFormatRequest ---> Ifs.Fnd.FndServerFaultException: Serverifs.fnd.base.FndTranslatableText@486e244Server was unable to process request. ---> Object reference not set to an instance of an object. No actions were executed.   at Ifs.Fnd.AccessProvider.FndConnection.ParseErrorHeader(FndBuffer buffer, FndManualDecisionCollection decisions)   at Ifs.Fnd.AccessProvider.FndConnection.UnMarshalResponseHeader(Stream responseStream, FndManualDecisionCollection decisions)   at Ifs.Fnd.AccessProvider.FndConnection.HandleHttpSuccessResult(HttpWebResponse result, FndManualDecisionCollection decisions, Strin

 We are utilizing Shop Floor Workbench, and will be issuing material point of use. Is there a way to hide material in specific Location Groups / Location Types from the Manual Issue page based on the person who is issuing material / if they accessed the manual issue page from Shop Floor workbench / something else to hide the available material lines in locations we dont want people issuing from?

Hi,Does anybody know if the way IFS handles Estimate Item  > Required Date for components of BOM’s has changed from Apps10 to Cloud?In Apps 10, when I add an Item Type of PRODUCT (Part with BOM) and enter a Required Date, the subcomponent dates are planned. When I perform the same process in Cloud (24R2), my entered Required Date is populated into all sub-components. They are not planned like Apps10. I cannot find any reference to this functionality changing. Does anybody know if and when it was changed? 

Hi, There is a WO for the Object connected to the Work Center Resource. However, the Maintenance Import job is not creating a Resource Break.  Cloud version Data setup Site enabled for APBScheduling Horizon is 8hrs to 365 days. (Work Task days are within this horizon) Object Connected to the WC Resource WO/and Work Task are both for the same above Object Task Site is the same  Duration, Planned Start/Finish dates are specified Operational Status of the task object is “Obstructive” Task status is “Released” (tried with “Started” as well)  Executed the Job Already tried executing for the entire site as well  No Resource Break created for this WC Resource Any idea what am I missing here ?

Hi,Could somebody help me to set up the Cost Source for Posting type M42?I checked the transaction results on the accounting tab of Labor History and found that the journalized row posting type M42 was status 99 due to  not contain the cost source ID. The error description says 'There is no Cord part B value for Posting type 42 Control type C90, Company TS' The following are the set values: Is there something missing in the setup to properly use the cost source?Any information you could give me about the use of cost sources would be great help! Thanks,Sammmy  

Community, Does anyone know IFS Auto Reservation will consider the part revision?we are on APP10. Thank you.

We are looking at our options deploying the standard Shop Floor Workbench interface in IFS Cloud vs the app version with the command buttons.  I attached an image of the shop floor workbench app.We are going to launch in IFS Cloud 24R1, is there a way to add buttons to this interface?  I’m looking to add shop order analysis capabilities and routing operation work guideline printing capability.

If a repair shop order is created from component repair order is there any way in IFS to attach the shop order material to project inventory supply type? After that we want PMRP job to create demand for those materials. IFS does not seem to have anyway to convert consumed materials to Project Inventory.

My issue is that DOP/Configured parts manufactured costs that have setup time on routings are bouncing around based on quantity lot size.  When the cost changes for a new order of the same configuration, the shop order standard cost is updating with a new standard based on the effective date.  The result of having a standard cost associated with a quantity of 2 being applied to a different order for 672 creates a significant variance for margin calculations.  We use DOP orders for our configured parts, so our planning method is “A”.  Even though they are configured, we manufacture like parts and therefore we want to smooth out setup costs by a fixed std lot size.  I processed an item for a quantity of 1 but have the std. lot size set to 62.  When the DOP and pegged shop orders calculate cost, it is based off of a unit of 1 and not by the 62.  Is there a way to have a different denominator for setup on DOP parts for calculating costs and related standards?

Hello Community,We have a scenario where a Shop Order with a lot size of 100 pcs is scheduled using APB.For Operation 10, all 100 pcs are planned to be completed in 21 hours.Considering an 8-hour workday, the operation 10 would take roughly 3 days to complete.My question is: Where in IFS Cloud can we see the per-day planned quantity for such operations?I am looking for a way to monitor the breakdown (e.g., daily planned output) instead of only seeing the total planned hours or duration for the operation.Any guidance, best practices, or navigation tips would be highly appreciated. ​@Björn Hultgren ​@matt.watters would appreciate your input.