Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Hi all,I came across a statement in the documentation for the Catch Unit feature which says that enabling “Negative On-Hand Allowed” on the inventory part is mandatory.However, in my testing:I enabled Catch Unit on the part Did not enable “Negative On-Hand Allowed” Completed the full Order-to-Cash flow (Customer order→ Shop Order  → CO delivery → invoicing)I did not receive any validation or error, and the process worked fine.Is the “Negative On-Hand Allowed” setting truly mandatory? Or is it only required for specific scenarios (e.g., shortages, partial picking, or certain transactions)? Has anyone experienced a situation where not enabling it causes issues?Would appreciate any clarification or real-use examples.Thanks in advance!

We have a part which is usually purchased, but occasionally has to be manufactured. How do we set the Cost Template so it picks up both manufacturing and purchase order info. 

Hi, I want to hide the Corrective and Preventive Actions section only for some users. I could not find any permission set that can be used to hide this.  

Hi,window “Standard Operation”, Register “Standard Operation Work Guidelines” field “Guideline Text”.In this field it is not possible to open the Detail text as for example in the “Routing Operation Work Guidelines”.Example:If I need to do a change it is really hard to find the correct postion or if I need a paragraph it is not possible to create it. For example on window “Routing Operation Work Guidelines” it is much easier to do that.Is there a setup for that to have the same solution as in window “Routing Operat

Process to create Customer Sales Invoice for materials issued on Work Order.  The materials that have been issued on Work task are “Invoiceable”.  Followed the steps below:Generate Invoice preview Did ‘Approve-Online’ of Invoice Preview Customer Order was created and released Customer Sales Invoice was created Invoice was Cancelled Invoice before printing  Customer Order now shows status of Delivered Work Task Sales line status = Transferred Problem is my Customer Sales Invoice is now cancelled and the status of the Customer Order is Delivered.  How to I generate another invoice for the Work Task Sales lines?Any help would be greatly appreciated.ThanksShelley  

Hi Everyone, We have been told via BSI audit that we need to capture manufacturing tooling used (serialised and that it’s calibrated) per part used. We have tested configuratons in IFS and reporting tooling- but we’ve hit a couple of snags.Firstly- we can report an operation fully without reporting a tool used even though it assigned to an operation. Does anyone know of a way to make this mandatory? Secondly- It will allow us to use non-calibrated tools. It does give us a warning but we’d like for it stop the operator reporting using it. Is that possible? Any advice/ideas will be greatly appreciated! ThanksAlex

Hello.We got reported an issue on splitting a shop order operation, the error message is :Field [ENG_CHG_LEVEL] in Shop order may not be modifiedWe are not trying to change the revision, we don’t know what to do to fix the issue.Do you have any idea? It’s a manufacturing type shop orderThanks.IFS APPS 10 UPD 5

We have started testing MSO and many questions are coming up. One of the questions is whether MSO supports the scheduling of parallel operations. From the initial results, it seems that it does not. Is there a parameter that needs to be set somewhere to enable this? The testing was done in the 25R1 environment. 

We have come across a difference in how RoHS-related information is presented between IFS Cloud versions 24R2 and 25R2.In 24R2, RoHS information was available under the RoHS Directive section. However, in 25R2, this information appears to have been moved under Compliance Information, and there seem to be structural or functional changes.We are observing the following: Some RoHS-related data available in 24R2 is not directly visible or matching in 25R2 For Example: Data that was in the RoHS Directive in 24R2: 2011/65/EU+2015 - 2011/65/EU + 2015/863/EU amending Annex II was previously available but cannot be located in the same way It is unclear whether this data needs to be reconfigured, activated, or accessed differently in 25R2

Hello all, When a Shop Floor Employee logs in, the user is automatically identified and logged in as that employee. Is there an option to log in as the employee’s default team instead of the individual employee in the Shop Floor Workbench?  Kind regards, Willem 

We have a scenario where employees will work on two operations which are on the same Shop Order, at the same time.  We would like the time split either in half or split based on operations run time Units/Hr of each operation.It does not matter if they Select both Operations, then Start Prod and when completed, Select both Operations, then Stop Production/Approve, it still reports the same amount of time on both Operations, doubling the time.  Example:  Employee works 2 hours to do both operations, simultaneously.  The results are each operations shows 2 hours of labor time for both operations, but it should be 1 hour labor time for each.Is there somehow that we can set up the Operation, Work Center, etc to make this happen?We are on 24R1TYIA,Joy  

Hi community. In IFS Cloud you can use shop order process types for manufactoring inventory parts for create the shop order, release the shop order and reserve the material from the shop order automatically.Now I wanna create the shop order report and print it automatically. There is no standard function in IFS Cloud 25R2. Right? I think I could use a custom event with an action with workflow. I have never worked with workflows in IFS Cloud. I have tried to design it with 2 IFS API tasks. But I have no idea, how to set the parameters. Maybe there is an easier way. I hope someone can help me ^^ 

In Cloud there is this new Co-Product functionality allowing you to receive different PART_NO from a shop order.Let say we have a Shop Order for a Left PART_NO and we have setup the Right PART_NO as a Co-Product.When generating the handling units (HU), only HU of the parent part are generated.Could  the HU for the Left PART_NO (parent part) and Right PART_NO (Co-Product) be generated at the same time?We are printing the Shop Order HU labels in advance and we need both of them to be printed at the same time.Thanks,David

Good Morning everyone, we use IFS Cloud and thinking about, to optimize our processes with the Transport Task handling.Is it possible to set on a Location an automatically Transport task for goods, which has to be deliver back on stock?Idea is, if we deliver Raw Material for the production and they have finished the order, the balance has to be go back in stock. We have separate Location Names for this goods. Plan is to create a TT from Location 1 to Stock automatically, based on the Handling Units. Hope someone can help me!BRThorsten

In Shop Order Cost, Actual Cost tab, we have “Total Accumulated Cost.”In Shop Orders Costs, there are “WIP at Aggregation Date”, and “Actual Accumulated Costs Total” fields.All of these fields have different values on some shop orders.What are the differences between each?Which field is best to use to determine the current actual accumulated cost of a shop order?Thanks,Eric

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

We have an internal process that dictates that customer orders received after a certain time cannot be processed and shipped until the next day. Is there a way to configure this is IFS? In specific, we want to see that the planned ship date lands on the following workday. So for example, any customer orders that land on Friday after the cutoff time will not be processed or shipped until Monday.

One of our IFS Cloud 25R1 customers has a somewhat unusual requirement. They would like to use the Shop Floor Workbench (or any other suitable functionality) solely to track the progress of Shop Order Operations — for example: Whether an operation has started If it has been interrupted Actual production start and end times Whether the operation is currently ongoing Similar status-related information typically tracked via the workbench However, they do not want to report quantities or scrap through the Shop Floor Workbench.In addition, they do not want the machine and labor times recorded through Shop Floor Clocking to be transferred to the actual cost of the Shop Order (they are using the weighted average valuation method). Instead, they prefer to report operation quantities and times directly through the Shop Order and want only those manu

We get a lot orders where customers do not indicated exactly when they want the product delivered because only really indicate they want the product shipped using the cheapest shipment code (i.e. Ground), so they just simply submit the order and the order is entered into IFS. These orders are either entered manually or done electronically. The issue is that we cannot have customer service reps go through every single order to determine what the Wanted Delivery should be for these orders, so IFS calculates the Wanted Delivery Date the same date as the Created Date. We don’t will call or do same day delivery, so the Wanted Delivery Date should never be the same as the Created Date.We have created pick and external transport leadtimes for all customer ship-to’s in the Customer Supply Chain Matrix. However, these only work if the Wanted Delivery is not the same same date as the Created Date. Some customers do indicate future Wanted Delivery Dates in which case the leadtimes in th

Hello,I want to start using a scrap factor for some purchase components. I’ve been testing  the two options.1)Inventory part, planning data , scrap factor field. This looks like it only applies the scrap factor to purchase requirements and PO’s qty. No demand is created, nor does it change the qty available in stock.  2)Change the product structure to include the scrap factor. Adding the scrap factor to the BOM looks like it will create additional demand, reduce the available inventory qty and require purchase action to satisfy the assembly + scrap factor.I don’t see any advantage to using #1 since it will not recalculate the current inventory available qty or shop order demands. I see the only change that will take place is on the purchase order level if a purchase order does exist. Is anyone using the scrap factor in the Inventory part screen with good results?  

Import External Product Structure in IFS CLOUD it’s the best solution?IFS Cloud Documentation Prepare the file for import: The file should be in Excel format and contain the items you want to import. Ensure that the file is ready for import by removing any headers and saving it as a CSV file with semicolon as the delimiter.File without headersConfigure the external layout: Be sure to configure the external layout correctly by paying attention to the conversion of the file to CSV or TXT format.Open Import External Product Structu

Hi community, I’m looking for a way to synchroize a subcontract from Company A, sent to a sister Company B with the sales contact B; something working like MHS between purchase order and customer order. When company B submit the AFP, it should generate automatically the Received Application in subcontract of company A.When Company A make the certification it should be automatticaly received on Company B.Etc... Any kind of information will be appraciate. Thank in advance. BR, Jean-Christophe 

Hi,I tried to build a link to another window within a column in a Quick Report, so that after running the report, the link would be clickable (highlighted) in the browser. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to achieve this, as it seems that the data in Quick Reports is always displayed as plain text.Has anyone managed to get this working?For example, imagine we have a report with customer orders, and the last column contains a constructed link. When clicked, it should take the user directly to the order with the corresponding number.  

Hi,Lets assume we are using MSO in automatic.We have shop orders outside of the planning horizon in the future.The planning is rolling and reaches the next day.The corresponding shop order are now within the planning horizon.Will the automatic MSO run consider them and plan them as soon we reach the next day?what happens in automatic mode?Kind regards