Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

All,The idea of manufacturers adopting more of a more circular economy is not new, we have been discussing it for years (“Every end is a new beginning” - Volvo Remanufacturing (ifs.com))With our latest IFS Cloud 23R2 release, we have added more capabilities to support customers wanting to expand in this area, so I wanted to ask the question as to which of you are either operating a circular economy, or plan to in the next 12 months.Please add your comments below so that as a community we can learn from each other as to how it is affecting you and others.Thanks,Antony

We need to add below yellow highlighted column in Operation schedule  Gantt chart.I am not sure how do we edit the gantt chart columns, can anyone help in that. Thanks in advance for help !!

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?  

Hi, We are trying to automate our planners tasks for the start of the day and to use a task chain for the repeatable actions:calc ms lev 1 run mrp automatic shop order processingThis runs but we don't get any requisitions created for the current day. When we re-run MRP manually we get the SO requisitions as expected.  We are on Apps 8 (moving to Cloud) and have spread the tasks out so they don't overlap and run at the same time. We are not sure why auto vs manual running would result in a different result - any ideas? Thanks for any help and considering, Regards,James 

Hi,IFS pulls out the part description from Inventory Part>Identification>Inventory Part Description even though we ticked Use Part Catalog Description for Inventory Parts in the Site setup. I was wondering whether I was missing something.Cheers ! 

When a Handling Unit is attached to a Shop Order, Why does it gets detached when closing the Shop order.

Hello, I am hoping to understand MRP Action Proposals better. I thought MRP would propose reschedule days for actions, however, there are instances where I see both fields are blank. As an example, I have a part with action proposals for Plan Supply is Past Due and Demand is Past Due. Would the system not propose I move the MRP SOR to make the stock sooner? Would this field be blank, in the event that the proposed move is before today’s date? We do not have availability check enabled for our parts, so a lot of this is self inflicted, I am trying to best understand how to properly use action proposals to make the best planning decision possible. Any guidance would be appreciated.

hiI occurred something strange,I have got a pallet in system, Status Of this pallet is reserved ( Pallet in Stock Overview), I Checked “inventory Part in Stock” overview and seen Reserve Quantity Has Got Value For that pallet, but when I check the “inventory Part in Stock Reservation” overview, there is no reservation for that pallet.how can resolve this issue? and why this scenario has happened in system?thnx  

Hi,In my company we assemble and sell machinery. The machines are configured in the IFS configurator but we have a challenges with adding functions that are pure software.The goal is that the client can choose a software function to the configuration and then this is added to the product structure or the routing to ensure that the software engineers remembers to add the feature during manufacturing. Any ideas on how to do this? BR Thomas

Is there a way to create a repair shop order without needing a repair product structure and routing?  Repair is a non-standard process. Routings are standard data.In our organization, routings are maintained and controlled by a different group than those that create shop orders.  If a special repair PS and Routing are required to create the repair order, this creates inefficiencies in the process of creating the shop order.Please let me know if there are ways to create the repair shop order without creating a repair PS and routing.Thank you for your help!Robin

Hi Community,When I try to create a “New Repair Work Order” (this is in the cloud) for a Serial/Non-serial part, it only shows serials that are only in inventory (current position = in inventory).But in Apps 10, it shows issued serials also for repair.Is this a bug or a new setting in the new release of Cloud? Thank you! 

Hi everyone, we are urgently looking for production-based IFS customers who have implemented S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) with the associated connections to RRP and Master Planning.It would be a bonus if the IFS business planning were also linked to the tactical planning.We and our international manufacturing customer want to get insight into the companies that have already implemented strategic and tactical planning in IFS. We would really appreciate it if there was an opportunity to exchange some information about the approach and setup during a short call.Thank you, Willy

Hello, I’ve set up a calendar where I have a shift pattern like this:Shift 1: 10pm - 6amShift 2: 6am - 2pmShift 3: 2pm 10pmWhere I’m using the “Last Period Belongs to Next Day” flag as follows: Schedule looks like this: This works fine/as expected for capacity generation. However, I’ve tried to create a Period Template using this calendar (set as site manufacturing calendar) and I get an error message. I think this is because ‘Sunday’ does not exist in the calendar, because the working period belongs to Monday. However the period start date is Sunday, so this is what the system is trying to use to start each period.

I had a customer ask me to provide a 10,000 foot overview of the Cost Value Analysis and frankly, this is the first time I have ever encountered it.  Does anyone have any knowledge of  what it is, how it works and the data prerequisites.  The help text is woefully inadequate but if I had an existing example, I could reverse engineer its functions. Thanks!

I am helping one of our sites clean up information and during the pandemic they made the decision to make more parts PMRP planned, now that lead times are not as long, we would like to revert parts back to standard planned on the part.I have been able to test out breaking the connection on Purchase Orders and Shop Orders that have been created. We have Projects that are showing PMRP Planned demand, and when I flip the requisition to an order the connection is still there.Is there a way to break that connection on projects for parts that have been switched back to standard planned?  There are numerous parts that need to be flipped that have future demand, we don't want to create issues down the road for parts that are connected to project that shouldn’t be. And would like to do one clean up not multiple. 

We are in IFS 10 update 19.  Since going live with the new update, we have encountered an information message:  You cannot modify value if Inventory Part already exists for this part! -  when trying to transfer part revisions for an expense part. The part is at site level already as an expense and is a revision to the part. The original part revision was transferred as an expense so there is no mismatch between the two-part types. We get the message when we are trying to change the part type to Expense from Purchased (raw), we are able to click through it and the part stays transferred as an expense part, but we would like to figure out why we are getting this message.  

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone else has come across this scenario before? The scenario is in Apps 10 EE. We have received some parts into stock from a shop order. The parts were marked as requiring an expiration date (mandatory expiration date check box checked on Inventory Part). So when we received them into stock they were given an expiration date. We then reopened the shop order and tried to unreceive it because we needed to make adjustments. However, when we were trying to do this we were presented with an error message saying that an expiration date is mandatory and requires a value. Why would the system check for an expiration date when you unreceive on the shop order? It doesn’t make sense to me? The only way we could get around this error was to uncheck the box for mandatory expiration date, then unreceive the goods, and then check the box again. Am I missing some logic here?Thank you in adva

The current IFS rental solution is set up to bill by chargeable days in Apps10.  This doesn’t work well for customers that rent for longer periods on a regular basis.  Our customer is interested in other options like weekly and especially monthly. Is this on the R&D roadmap?  If so, what release is it slated for?

Hi All, we are using IFS Cloud 23R1. We are having issues with configured items releasing 2 shop orders for 1 customer order line. The part is set to supply code - shop order.Example:S631487.1.1- configured panel customer order line createdS631487.1.1 - shop order created (this is normal)S631487.1.2 - shop order created (this is extra)The shop orders seems to be created when released from credit block but we’re not sure if this is the issue or not. This has worked in the past so we do not know where/why/when this started happening.We recently implemented Capability Check. Could that be part of the issue??Any help is appreciated.

In the Time Registration screen, when I select Shop Order and choose an operation from the LOV, I noticed that I cannot find any operations that are in ‘Parked’ status. Is there a way to populate those shop order operations? Even when I search for a specific Shop Order # that has an operation in Parked status - no data is being found. 

Hi, Have you encountered the following situation ?After scheduling with APB, the shop order start date is update accordingly. However, after 1 day, the date goes back to the initial shop order start date, without being rescheduled. What might be the issue behind it? Thanks!

We are using IFS 10 UPD 9,  we have a scheduled job to daily run Manufacturing Lead Time Calculation.  We are finding that it is very consistent from day to day unless the job runs on a day that is a calendar exception.  If it runs on the exception day, it is increasing the lead time on parts by 1-25 days.Can anyone explain why this is happening and if there is a way to prevent this?

Hi  Is it possible to log who has changed Status to “Buildable” in the Product Structure and or Routing?  BR Thomas

Hi,I’m getting a generic error “Database error occurred. Contact administrator.”  when trying to sequence  shop orders in Apps 10 Aurena Shop Order Operations Visualizer. It appears to be workcenter specific. Some work centers don’t have a problem and it works correctly. Any ideas are greatly appreciated. Here is the full error text (The XXXX fields show the correct data - being masked from the public). Url: https://SERVERNAME:PORTNUMBER/main/ifsapplications/projection/v1/ShopOrderOperationsVisualizerHandling.svc/GetWorkCenterOrderOperationsInRange(SessionId=4706,Contract='XXXX',WorkCenterNo='XXXXX',ResourceId='XXXXX',ProjName='Shop_Order_Operations_Visualizer_Handling_',IncludeAllLoad=IfsApp.ShopOrderOperationsVisualizerHandling.OperationSelection'All',LoadSource='Planned%5EReleased%5EStarted%5EParked%5EMaintenance%5EDop%5ERequisitioned%5EMasterSchedule%5EProductionSchedule%5EPromised%5EResourceBreak',PublisherParents=n

How is the “Required Date” calculated for parts used on an item that has unconsumed forecast quantities?  Why is is the date scaled to the quantity?In this example, compare:A forecast quantity on the top level product (MTA5519SER3) of 10 for 4/2/24, causing a required date on the part of 2/14 (2 months)A forecast quantity of 5 for 7/9/24, causing causing a required date on the part of 6/10 (1 month) Why does the date required depend on the quantity?  The logic we we are looking for would be a required date backed up by 1 day, regardless of the quantity.  Is there a setting somewhere we can change that controls this?We noticed this issue when we started using more phantoms.  For this part number, when used on another product (RS519GEN3) not using phantoms, the need date makes sense.