Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

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 Structure Information Report Structure/Routing ReportWhat happens now?This deprecation will be communicated officially via the release notes in I

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 manually reported transactions to be considered for Labor and Operation postings.Is it possible to achieve this using the Shop Floor Workbench?A

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 the Customer

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 StructureCreate a list of items: Create a list of items that you want to import.Configure External Layout with DelimiterCreate a construction item: If the construction item does not exist, create one.Are there existing parts?Connect to the construction item: Connect the imported items to the construction item.Check the import result: Check the import result to ensure that the import was successful.

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 

Planning Method E+F uses Order Overhead in the MRP calculation. Can someone explain in detail how the Order Overhead is calculated? Is it related to Cost Buckets/Elements. It seems that the Ordering Costs in Inventory Part are also will be considered for manufactured Parts. 

Is it possible to define the start number of a serial no and have the number system in a specified format?  i.e.  SN123456-01 without  Setup:IFS Cloud 25R2IFS Managed Service

Hello,I am creating a few new parts that I get from another site, for some reason, the new parts that I am creating are not getting a Purchasing Req when I run MRP. I get an error saying that it needs a DO coordinator. I can get the DO if I add the coordination, but I want it to be PO/CO instead. Not sure what I am missing here. Thank you!

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? 

Hello, is there a way to store dimensions of a part in IFS i.e the length and width of a part?

Is there a particular way to address the alphanumeric fields while sorting?I feel restricted in effectively sorting my data currently. In the attached screenshot, the alphanumeric fields make it impossible to sort the values in an ascending order.Is my only option then is to use some other header column ? 

Hi, In some IFS screens (Ex : Shop order Material Tab), it’s impossible to apply a filter by [Part description]. Only [Part code] is available. But sometimes (ex : Shop Orders vue), we can apply a filter by [Part description]. So users have to swith between différent screens in IFS. Thanks

When a product structure (With components) header has notes and the components are Buildable, the notes are added to the shop order header as soon as the part is added and the shop order header is saved. Product Structure Header Shop Order Notes This is happening only when components are added to the product structure and it is Buildable. What is the reason for this behaviour? I have seen an explanation for an older version of IFS which states that“Notes on the Product Structure Header are added hoping it contains common information related to the Specific Revision of the product and displayed in the Tracking and History Tab hoping these notes will be useful when manufacturing the product”. In Cloud, this is not observed in tracking or History, instead directly transferred to the shop order notes. Please explain.  Thanks!

Kit Article (25R2):i got a question regarding KIT articles:It doesnt matter which part type the kit article is right?Can be either manufactured or purchased → it will not create any shop order proposals or Purchase Requisition.there are just mrp action proposals which will indicate that there is not enough on stock for exampleKind regards 

We are currently experiencing an issue in our shop order processing where an Operation Deviation Qty appears, even though:No over‑reporting took place No bypass quantity was reported No additional scrap was recorded at the affected operation All previous operations provided consistent and correct quantitiesThe deviation was created solely because the Operation Qty of a downstream operation was probably automatically reduced by the system, without any corresponding user action, feedback transaction, or log entry explaining this adjustment.As soon as the operator reported the correct Completed Qty, the system created a deviation. The downstream operation inherited the same reduced Operation Qty and continued to show the same deviation, even though the actual physical quantity was correct.Here are some process details: A prior operation reports 100 pcs, with 1 scrap, leaving 99 good pcs. → All data confirms the correct remaining quantity: 99 pcs. The next operation (let’s call it Operat

We are currently researching the application of IFS Manufacturing Scheduling Optimization (MSO) within the CAMRO and CRO workspaces, as we operate as a CAMRO and CRO service provider using IFS.We would appreciate insights from: CAMRO organizations that have already implemented IFS MSO in a CAMRO or CRO environment IFS Consultants who have experience implementing the MSO solution within the MRO/CRO domain Specifically, we would like to understand: The key challenges faced during implementation The level of customization required to align MSO with CAMRO/CRO operational processes Any lessons learned or best practices that could help ensure a smoother implementation Your feedback and shared experiences would be highly valuable as we evaluate the feasibility and approach for introducing MSO into our CAMRO/CRO operations.Thank you in advance for your support.Best regards,