Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

In IFS 9, we were able to run the demand plan server steps more than once per month. In IFS 10, we are getting a message that it is not allowed. Our steps require us to do this but we keep getting the message “The period has already been aggregated. Create forecast can only be ran once per period”. How do we get around this? We’ve been told to just “ignore the error” but that does not work. 

Hello, I am testing this newer function in IFS  (24.2.4)When I make disassembly Shop order for final goods I have a problem with serial numbers (how to get them).SN for semi-finish parts I have to find manually.The FG and SF parts were produced with serial tracking and multi level tracking (never leaved company)1 - SO - disassembly for FG2 - manual reservation of FG (Now I know SN of final, but I have to remember it)3 - issue FG4 - Receive disassembly component: how can I get SN for produced parts automatically ? Are there any        options ? Ifs Cloud 23R1What’s New in Manufacturing:  There is option put new or use origin SN number. But I can not see them. I was expected better way, than finding them in other modules. In SO I can not see / find information what SN of FG I choose. Maybe I am wrong and something missed me.Thank you

So I have finished part that we buy and we make. I was trying to use the supplier split functionality but it does not work for us. It based on fix percentages but we need to generate purchase supply requirements based on on what we can manufactured which varies in percentages from period to period. So a fixed percentage would not work unless we continuously update this split percentage regularly which is not ideal because you would need a good process of coming up with percentage estimates. Can IFS do an intelligent split whereby it will analyze supply (how much is purchased-external supplier and how much is being manufactured-internal supplier) for the forecast period and do a proper split instead just using the fixed percentages to meet demand for that period? How do we manage the qty’s we can manufacture in the Master Schedule and still drive the correct purchasing requirements for the same part?For example: we may have a period where the forecast asks for 1000 units but we already

We have a common situation where we receive in Aviation Components for Repair that we send out for subcontract repair via a CRO Repair of type External Service Order, Order Type 6 (ESO) Purchase Order, component “Customer Owned”In some instances the component is returned back from the Repairer with a different Part Number due to the incorporation of a Service Bulletin or Modifcation (serial number is the same).On return the component is receipted into Inventory with the “new” Part Number,  as that is the Part Number on the Repairers Release Certificate.Issue arises that the Customer Order (Line 1) that is associated with the CRO Repair Line is for the Part Number that we received in from the Customer therfore we are unable to Reserve the newly modified item against that line. We can manually add a line to the Customer Order for the new Part Number, reserve and ship and then cancel the existing Line 1 on the Customer Order but this then disconnects the CRO Repair line from the Customer

Hi All,  I have a question to advise a customer about how to perform a Production Support Form in IFS. Currently, they work with a Product Support Form, this should be integrated in IFS. This PSF contains about 100 different points.Since i`m only experienced yet in a little Control Plan knowledge, i need your help and advise. Every part the customer manufactures, will have a separate Shop Order with the amount of 1. So every produced product has its own, unique Shop Order.This form meets the following RequirementsSeveral Serial numbers must be registered (Used (purchase) parts that have a serial number must be tracked/traced and registered and be retrievalble to the manufactured part.) A series of control plan steps should be performed --> OK/NOK (control plan) (Unique) Measurement results must be registered (Control Plan?) Different Operations/work centers have to perform these steps (Assembly/quality) Tests must be performed, and the results must be registered. Checklists must be

Hi,We want to create an event that alerts users if a Customer Order has been cancelled. This is to ensure that our manufacturing department doesn’t begin manufacturing without knowing that an order has been cancelled.So is it possible to create an event in Apps10 which either notifies a particular group of users by email when an order is canelled, or forces the cancellation of a Customer Order to have to go through an authorizastion process before being cancelled from the system?Either solution will surfice.Any help will be greatly appreciated.Many thanks in advance

Hi Experts We use the Multi-Company Project reporting mainly for  (Project) Time Registrations. Invoicing between companies is done manually through Instant Invoices Now we are looking into using Project Invoicing to send the Invoices across. Creating the Invoice is all working fine. The external supplier invoice gets created. But the create Supplier Invoice is not auto-matched against the transactions.Basically the PRJT7 and 8 should get reversed and trigger the PRJT11. I guess the same procedure as the M91/92 and M93.Posting Control PRJT11 is setup, but not automatically kicking in.We are using Message Class INVOICE and Media Code MHS to send the invoices. i also checked the connectivity box and it looks all fine, no warning or any kind of errors. Any Idea how to get it worked? Best RegardsSophal

Community, We always have this question, but not yet know how to resolve it. Below is the error message when we transfer the top parent part new revision to the inventory. We know the essence of this issue, i.e. child phase in date should be older than its parent and parent’s parents. This kind of error normally fix one component part but populate another component error. It is quite tedious to have it fixed.is there a strategetic way to handle this error? what is the best practice on this? 

We have users doing engineer part transfer. When they do this they press to execute transfer online and an inventory part is created from this form: However, the end users wish to have the “Cost Per Lot Batch” value defaulted when this transfer is done:Is there anything to be done to be able to set that value to a default when a new entry is made due to transfer? Default templates do not work

Hello, I'm working on a project to implement an IFS ERP and I would like to know if the LTU Shop Floor system includes the ability to consult lobbies. If this is currently permitted in version 24R2 SU1, is this right included permanently, without being affected by future updates and without affecting the LTU status? Thanks for your help   

which views are impacted when we link a customer_order_line with a shop order ? because in the view shop_ord we have a field customer_order_no but it is still empty after creation of a linked qty of 2 with a selected shop order …?? and I can still see that there is a link in the manual link but don’t understand which view is updated (i analyzed shop_ord and customer_order_line)...thanks in advanceFrédéric

Community, anyone has experience on below parameter “Allow Automatic Substitution of Parts” on below Customer window. If so, how to use it, what will be the scenario then? thank you. 

Hi every body. A customer ask me about the international certificacions of IFS like ISO… etc.It’s a aerospace customer…... Can give me anybody a list with this certification of IFSCloud. Thankssssss

All,In Apps9 if we create a repair structure we can have the part that is being produced as the component in the structure. Having tried to replicate this in IFS Cloud we are are getting the following error message. How are we to now handle sorting of bad parts or doing an extra op to completed parts to rectify a fault in IFS Cloud? We need to have traceability so use the shop order batch lot number, it seems very strange that the system is not allowing this. All help very much appreciated.Sarah  

Afternoon, I have gone to sign off a shop order operation before approving the operation but get the message below. not come across this error message before, does anyone know what has caused this and how to handle the error?thanks,Jamie 

Hello,I need a help to under Inventory Valuation Method and its types standard Cost, weighted avaerage, FIFO and LIfo. definition or the difference.Regards,Kruthika

Hello, I have a question why the sorting of the list suggestion works differently at different functionalities.  I am attaching a TEST PLAN for the functionality.So why is there a difference in terms of suggesting list values ​​for filters?Best regards, Mariusz

Hello IFS Team and Community, I am facing the following error when trying to perform a comprehensive Shop Order Split. In other instances I had this error pop up during Shop Order Report and it would simply stop happening if I would wait a couple minutes. Any idea what could cause this? It seems to be all properly set in Control Plan.Any help or guidance is much appreciated! Error during Shop Order splitControl Plan Tool - Properly setControl Plan Tool Connection 

Dear all, We are facing an IFS behaviour we actually can’t deal with. We have routings with “not parallel operation” folowing each other. Some of the “not parallel operations” have “parallel operations” connected to them. If the “non parallel operation” is closed, a new scheduling of the shop order will move the non closed “parallel operations” to another “not parallel operation”, which is completely modifying the sequence of work.  Is there any way in IFS cloud to take into account the presence of a “non parallel operation” during a Shop order scheduling, even if this “not parallel operation” is closed ? 

Community, What will be the issue that prevent the shop order sub contract job from being received? any idea?thank you. 

We are using the Advanced Planning Board to schedule resources within [certain] work centers. (The resource represents employees/workers rather than machines in our setup.) The APB tool is not loading the resource with its maximum capacity each day. Rather than loading a resource at the full 8 hours it can handle, we are seeing 4-6 hours being allocated per resource per day. Is there a setting or configuration needed per resources to achieve this?Because the resources are not scheduling to their full “potential”/capacity, the work center is also showing less 100% capacity each day (generally we are seeing around 60% capacity for the work center).We would like the APB tool to schedule these resources at their full capacity, resulting in work centers at [or close to] 100% capacity each day.

I do a lot of forecasting using S&OP.  I want to predict my future material requirements in MRP based on the MS set 2 forecasts.  How do I do that?

Recently, a customer asked how required quantity is calculated when using a scrap factor (%). Here's the scenario:You have two components in the shop order (lot size = 1), but UOM in YK-S-P1 is PCS and in YK-S-P2 it is pcs (decimal allowed, qty calc = 2). The problem customer had, why the required qty is not calculated as: (qty per assembly * scrap factor + qty per assembly)According to that, for the second part required qty = 1 × 0.1 + 1 = 1.1. He asked why it was 1.1112?The calculation here is done according to the equation: lot size/ (1-scrap factor)So, for the first part: 1/ (1-0.1) = 1.1112 but the qty UOM here is PCS(decimals not allowed). Therefore, required qty = 2.For the second part, the same calculation, since the decimals are allowed, qty required = 1.1112.What is this equation lot size/ (1-scrap factor) and from where does it come from?There are 2 ways you can derive this equation:Using Proportional Inverse Relationship Using Recursive Loss / Geometric Series (found this t

Community, Got this error, see below screenshot for MRP run. does it mean the PR generated by the system over the system allowable limit? i.e. 9999? How to fix this error? Thank you.

We would like a way to reverse “Database Saves” that have been committed via the Advanced Planning Board. There appears two ways to save a schedule locally using the APB; by using “File Save…” and “Save Workspace”.What is the difference between saving a file and saving a workspace [in the APB] locally to my machine? It appears that the only way to load a [previously saved] file/workspace is to set the APB’s Application Run Mode to “Simulation Mode”. However, once this file is loaded in, we are unable to perform a “Database Save” because we are in simulation mode. And when you switch back to “Scheduler Mode” any data loaded in is cleared out. Because of this we are unable to commit any previously saved/loaded in files/workspaces back to IFS via a “Database Save”. Is there a way to save previously stored schedules (either file or workspace) back to the database? If so, how can this be done considering the behavior of the Application Run Mode?Our main goal is to save the “old” schedule lo