Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Hello everybody,is it possible to create a new unit of measure in IFS?Unfortunately, I get an error message. 

Hi All, The following has been observed in a customer env (UPD 14). -> Navigate to MS level 1 part  > query for a certain part-> ‘Register Forecast’ tab: There are forecasts which exists for the 1st of Nov and Dec of 2023 as 100 and 200-> Navigate to import demand planning forecasts dialog > enter the part and change the time frame from 1/1/2024 to 17/10/2024 -> Leave the rest unchanged > OK -> Come back and refresh the page, the existing data for 2023 of Register Forecast tab are also changed.  Any idea on what could be causing this? Best regards,Devni

When I create the persistent field as a date format I am not given the option to add a default value, is there a reason for this ?  

Hi, 22R2 and onwards brings the MSO feature, to replace APB in the end. A major drawback of APB was the lacking integration with HR. Employee schedules and rules are not used for APB, which means that hollidays for example are not taken into account for the capacity calculation of a certain labour class. Is this resolved with MSO? Practical example:We have labour class “Welders”. The labour class consists of 2 persons, Person A and Person B,, each working 8h/days 5 days/week. That means, we have a capacity of 16h/workday in the labour class Welders.Person B will go on leave in week 43. This is entered in IFS, in the HR module. However, APB will not see this drop in capacity. In week 43, you will still have 16h/day capacity for labour class welders, while in reality you will only have 8h.Will MSO be able to solve the issue?

Hi Guys,  I have a question in relation on how to be able to include a BOM if another BOM isn't included. I am currently working to fix our IFS machine configurator.Is it possible to add a rule for this? - even though is only possible to add a AND // OR in the “LOG op” condition  Thanks in advance 🙌 Kind regards Nikolaj Pelle from GM in Denmark. 

Hi, Anyone ever encountered the same case with me? When I applied control plan template to a control plan, acceptance sampling detail on header and line were copied incomplete. Where Acceptance Sampling, AQL, Inspection Level and other details. I tried to reproduce with different scenarios, the result always the same.Was it happened to IEE as well?Control Plan Template with Setting of Acceptance Sampling for Attribute and VariableAcceptance Sampling of applied template ID did not copied properly (incomplete) to Control PlanControl Plan Template Line with detail of Acceptance Sampling (AQL)Applied Control Plan Template Line did not fully copied to control plan. Especially Acceptance sampling, AQL and inspection level.  

A cycle count was mistakenly generated in Apps 10, now all cycle counting displays the message “counting result rejected approval needed”. Is there a way to cancel all cycle counting and clear this out?

What is the difference between the purchase_receipt and dme_purchase_receipt either API or TAB? We recently installed DME in our APP9 version and are having issues with receiving some type 6 POs. In register PO arrivals screen, Error Message: Field [RECEIPT_NO] is mandatory for Dme Purchase Receipt and requires a value. Receipt No is assigned by IFS at the time of receipt so we cannot receive some PO’s but the majority are received with no error. 

Hi,Please refer the test plan below (attached with screenshots) and Advise.This was observed in 23R1.Create a Product structure with a manufactured part consisting of two or more purchase parts.Create an operation for the manufactured part under routing and link the two purchase parts for the operation  Create a shop order for the part and release the shop order Go to shop floor workbench and attempt to issue materials for the operation in the relevant shop order Notice that the system only allows the user to issue only one material at a time.  If the user needs to issue the other material to the operation, they have to start over from the beginning as there is no option to select multiple materials to be issued at the same time. For an operation with a considerable number of materials this could cause more time to the shop floor workbench user as they have to move back and forth to issue materials.Could this be considered for a future enhancement where the user would be able to issue

Hi,Is it possible to give a set of users access to split shop orders while removing access to create new shop orders?My initial idea was to revoke SHOP_ORDER_API.NEW_ database object, but this would prevent them from splitting shop orders too.Any idea how to restrict creation of new shop orders while retaining access to split existing orders? Thanks,Dulshan. 

Hello Community,we have the following question: Company A has recently acquired Company B, and now Company B is to be integrated into the IFS system. In the past, Company B had the flexibility to change bill of material (BOM) positions in production orders when items were not available (e.g., alternative products). Since some assemblies now are produced for A, and have regulatory requirements, it is crucial to prevent parts from being replaced without the knowledge of Company A.Testing it with Control Plan does not recognize such replacements and allows the complete posting of the production order. Even restrictions on allowed BOM changes in Site level do not lead to the desired outcome, as material positions in the Shop Order can still be easily modified.Is there a way to achieve the desired behavior differently? How can Company A be informed or Company B prevented from making changes to material positions in the production orders?Many Thanks,Alex

Community,any experience on below error message? I am doing manual shop order unissue. 

Hi,We are looking to deploy Timeclock for shop floor reporting. Looking to see if anyone is willing to share what type of equipment they are using for said process.[ what type of readers as well as what cards/badges given to employees] Ideally we would like a USB reader that we can attach to the many Windows workstations already deployed throughout. 

Hi all,I have a situation where we need to be able to issue a minimum of 90% of the material required for the Shop order Lot size and enable Operation reporting and receipt of the full Shop Order Lot size.Simplified Material Check enables us to receive the full lot size even when less than the required material has been issued but does not have an allowance setting.  Any help would be appreciated.ThanksPaul

Hi, From a DOP, we can net into a inventory supplied purchase order. However, only if that order is in a planned or released status. Once it’s confirmed, IFS will not net it. You can manually peg it, but no netting. Is this normal behaviour, or somewhere a setting? It doesn’t sound logical to me why IFS skips confirmed purchase orders in the netting proces?  

Hi Community, We have come across an ‘’issue’’ with inter site orders being raised under the buyers site part Rev A on the PO,  then being sent to the supplier site via MHS and approved by the supplier. This then creates the Customer Order with the sales part line but does not consider the Revision Number (normal behaviour)When using MHS the system will ‘stop’ the incoming order if the sales part number does not exist on the supplier site. My first question is, is there a parameter or setting that prevents a PO to CO conversion if the revision does not exist. In our case, the Engineering part exists as Rev B on buyer site and Rev A on supplier site. Without this being identified and the CO demand being released, the system generates the Supplier Shop Order to produce a Rev A part. This is and can be booked in and shipped off as Rev A against a Customer Order with a connected Purchase Order which stipulates a Rev B Part. When this arrives at the Buyer Site, the purchase order is booked

Hi,I have a question for you. Has anyone encountered this functionality?Where is this in the system? Where can I found more info?

Hello community, 1. When assigning operations to persons as resources in APB, these should further be reflected in SFW when logging in as the employee and when “My assigned Operations” is turned on. For example, I assigned operation no 102-*-*-45 to Alina in APB, but this is not reflected in SFW  - My Assigned Operations:  2.What happens when selecting this in APB? Load Options - Shop Floor Reporting. Thank you,Alina

Hi,we are using IFS10, EE-client. We have an issue, when closed SO must be reopen and it’s connected to CO-line which is ‘Invoiced/closed’.Error message dialog box appears with text: ‘Can not be reopen the shop order. Connected order line status is in state Invoiced/Closed’.Is there any option to reopen SO, execute needed additions and change status back to closed? Thank you in advance!/Timo    

How can I update the default (*) routing from a set of alternates?   For example, I have a new machine which is now the preferred manufacturing route.  The old machine is still in use and is a valid routing, so I won’t retire this routing and up rev.  I’ll create an alternate routing for the new machine at the current rev, but I want to make this my default.   Using IFS V9

We are looking to create a webhook in IFS. We are using SolarWinds Pingdom as a Web application monitoring system so whenever web app is down it generates an alert. Pingdom has capability to send a payload to Webhook with status change details from success to failure. Basically, we are trying to create IFS incident automatically when Pingdom generates an alert. Has anyone done something like this?

Hi all, I can’t seem to figure out how to use the “ProdStructureSet by key”. I get the following error when I try to fill out the BomType using either 'Manufacturing' or IfsApp.ProductStructureHandling.ShopOrdCode'Manufacturing'{"error": {"code": "ODATA_PROVIDER_ERROR","message": "An internal server error occurred. Contact administrator.","details": [{"code": "INVALID_KEY_PROPERTY","message": "The key property 'BomType' is invalid."}]}}Here’s an example of what the url looks likedomain/int/ifsapplications/projection/v1/myprojection.svc/ProdStructureSet(AlternativeNo='*',BomType=IfsApp.ProductStructureHandling.ShopOrdCode'Manufacturing',Contract='contract',EngChgLevel='1',PartNo='somepartno',LineItemNo=1). Any help will be appreciated. 🙂

Salute, I was working a couple of years with IFS 75 and IFS 10. For failure investigations, Quick Reports, custom attributres, I used to using the SQL Developer. I’m not bad to handle it.Also, to combine it with the debug console, to find the right API and find the function or process. Now the BUTSince November, I work as an IFS Consult for Arcwide. To use my known approach is not more possible.I have installed SQL Developer and am using it to build my scripts. Without access to a database. The buityfier supports me as it only does it nicely if the syntax is correct.I test the scripts in the quick report and than I copy it and adapt it in the customer attribute. Sounds complicated, it is complicated.Today, I got the course Query Designer. Brilliant.  MY QUESTION:Is there a tool lilke Query Designer from IFS to support my work.With API Explorer, I have my problems to find the right information. Process/ function, necessarry parameters, what is must, what is optional. Or is there a cours

Hello, I would like to know how to configure a part based on a color:The requirement is such that if i take color RED specified for part , the cost of the part should be 333.I did the configurations, however on my estimate whenever i chose the color red, the price is set to 0.00.  Do you have an idea please?Thanking you beforehand. BRLakshmi

Hi all,Often when we have created a shop order, we would like to change a work center.That is no problem, when there is no control plan.When there is a control plan, it seems to become a mammoth task, involving new control revision, new alternative/changing rountings, conflicting dates etc.What is best practice on this?