Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Noticed a SO series in a customer environment with the following issue.Issue: "Handling Unit Structure" is not updating when we add handling units in the "Shop Order Handling Unit Structure" screen. Any idea what might be the reason for this?I tried to recreate the issue by creating a new SO using the same part, but the SO Handing Unit structure updated when I added/ removed handling units.

Does anyone know if you can share quick reports created on Query Builder with other users? I see there is an option to “Send to”; however, when I use this my colleague get’s a blank message or an email with a link to “Explore Query Builder”, but my report is not available to them.  Thanks!! 

Community,would like to know Proper Procedure to disassemble a serial part from an object.Belgium branch always reports below issue, see the screenshot attached.I could reproduce it in the system, we are in APP10 Upd 9. below are the steps:Serial part B is the component of parent part A. part A is produced. part B is issued, serial no B1. then, factory QC reject this parent part A. component B is going to be disassembled from parent part A. Parent part is made maintenance aware. object is O_A. a work order is created to object O_A, and component B, serial B1 is disassembled from object O_A and received into inventory. Part B serial B1 is issued to another shop order, when doing receiving, the error is prompted, missing as-built structureso I presume, this is not the correct procedure to disassemble a serial part from an object. Part B, serial B1 is still in the object O_A structure. Thank you.

Hello, is it possible to give priority to a “Person Id” in the window “Manufacturing Labor Class” when for example we have several persons associated to a labor class.Thanks.

Is it possible to reschedule a single past due shop order?If we use the following option, then we have to reschedule all the past due Shop Orders belonging to a Site.Customer requirement is to reschedule specified past due SOs.  

Hiusing IFS Apps 10 and wanted to know if there was a best practice for issuing liquid raw materials to shop orders i.e. paints, glues and greasesWe have recently implemented the automated backflush and reserve function on IFS to reduce the requirement of stores to manually issue all material when the shop order was completed and sent to stores which was creating a bottleneck, due to the size of some of the routings material was being issues 2 weeks after actual consumption which also created a stock accuracy problem. The auto reserve and backflush method works great but does create an issue with stock discrepancy when we reserve and issue liquid raw material as each operator uses a slightly different amount to each other with is natural for this process (paint spraying)the system currently reserves the engineered required amount and auto issues the material when the operation is approve from the shop floor work bench but the operator might actual use a little more or a little less tha

Hi,I have an issue where the project -> demand-> misc.parts -> planned cost is calculated based on the company tax even though the project tax is already set to 0. 1. Company tax is set to 5.5% (address tab)2. Project window -> address tab -> the tax is set to 03. Project window -> demand -> misc.parts -> added a new line with a purchase part-> once saved the planned value is calculated with the company tax Tried the same thing in core but I was able to get the planned value without company tax.Any suggestions on windows/fields that I should check to identify possible setup differences ? 

Hi, I have a customer scenario where the by products created from one Recipe Structure becomes raw material to another Recipe Structure.When I tried some testing in Batch Balance window, I couldn’t see the Parent Part demand for the by-product.Is it possible to perform Batch Balancing against the by-product ? Thanks in advance ! RegardsYashodha

Hello, I have noticed some system behavior that is causing issues for us when users are reporting component scrap. On the Report Component Scrap screen in IFS, it appears that a user can simply type any value into the Scrap Reason field and save the record. This is problematic, as users are reporting scrap and typing in random numbers, which do not help identify the cause of the scrap. The LOV for Scrapping Causes is there and can be accessed. Is there a way to prevent free text entry into this field, similar to how the normal scrap action prevents this?Normal scrapping process will not allow this behavior: 

How do you get a custom report to display in Order Reports screen? The custom report is defind and printable but I can not get it to be listed in the Order Report screen.  Are there specific permissions or grants to assign to the presentation objects? Any suggestions? Thank you

Community, we have this weird issue, share with you, have you experienced before, any way to fix this? when doing shop order receipt, we come across the error message “ There are too few tracked components…...”, apparently, at our first thought, the as-built structure is not yet completed, so we go to window “Shop Order As-Built Structure” to rebuild the structure. But, line 10 is never showed up. line 10 is a serial controlled parts, Inventory Transaction History clearly showed it is issued to this shop order.The weird thing is when we open Part Serial window, to track this serial part history. please refer to the attached screen shot.below is the development of this part.this part ( serial no ends with MF470), as a component,  is issued to shop order 26686. parent part is 3110090 SO 26686 received into stock. serial no is SO_26686 this parent part is made maintenance aware , object id = 3110090-SO_26686  and being received into a WO 5842. this part is being issued to a new shop order

Does anyone know if it is possible to update several Shop Orders at once? I would like to adjust several Shop Orders to their feasible start dates so that in I P A P my colleagues could also plan accordingly. Any suggestions?

There seems to be a client error when trying to select specific columns in the graphs of Visual Capacity Requirement Planning screen. • Go to the Visual capacity requirements planning window• Then select search icon and select first 24 data• Then select visualize selected order or filtered order• Click any column in the graph.• You will see the client error

Hi all, We have an issue with our backflush settings. Previously the Backflush Part setting is set to All Locations for all parts. However, there are only some parts where we actively want to backflush. We are seeing cases where users select to backflush during receipt of shop order and unintentionally we consume stock. I have tried to prevent this by changing the settings to ‘Only Specified Location’ for all parts. On reading of the help and initial test this was perfect. It will prevent backflush, unless you specify a location for backflush on the shop order material or purchase components. However, the change in this setting appears to prevent automatic reservation of parts. This a a problem as we want parts to be freely reserved and picked via a pick list (or manual issue in some cases).  Our ideal solution is for backflush to be off completely, unless we specify a location where backflush can take place. Is this possible?

Hi Community,When a part is deactivated from the inventory Including sales and purchasing part, system shouldn't allow transactions for the respective part, so can someone suggest the ideal way to deactivate a part from the inventory?

The overhead needs to be allocated based on the product net weight. When I setup the material overhead, it’s not getting added to the product cost.I have done the setup as follows:Cost element; Cost Bucket; Cost Template; Part specific OH; Part cost window shows the part specific overhead but it’s not getting added to the product cost.  Does anyone know how to resolve this? 

Hi, what’s a good practice to ‘reserve’ production time in the future? For example: I want to produce some order on the 5th and 6th of January on a certain work center. I don’t know yet what I will produce, but I do want the workcenter to remain available, nothing can be planned there untill I’m ready to start filling that timeslot with shop orders. Any ideas?

Our Customer needs to know how to update the general overheads charged to shop order based on actual production before closing the shop order because currently it charges overheads based at shop order start based on the original lot size quantity. We need to know how to update the overheads charged based on the complete + scrapped qty without changing the original lost size.

I’m trying to set an a material OH that will be applied when an item is received from a SO (OOREC). Is there such a thing, and if so, how do I set that up? I have tried creating a cost element based on element source 110 (also one based on 500) and OH type Material OH. These have been added to a cost bucket, and a cost template, and the cost template added to a few different parts. So far, I have not yet been able to get these to roll up into the part cost. Any tips or ideas on what I could be missing? I am using IFS8 if that makes any difference.

How can I setup an Overhead to get absorbed to the completed qty. in shop order?The cost will be based on the net weight of the product. For example: Per kg overhead is Rs. 8 and if the product net weight is 5 kg then the overhead should be Rs. 40 (Rs. 8 * 5 kg).When I setup a General OH, it's getting absorbed to the Lot Size irrespective of the completed qty. in shop order.

Hi Community, If there are parts that utilized in many work centers (7 to 10)to reduce the setup work, is it possible to tie the control plan to the part, despite of the work center when the control plan is part only? Thanks in advance!

Hi Everyone, Is there a possibility to run Shop Order WIP report for a selected date rather than running it for currentday status which is the default setting in the application? Thanks,

Hi, it seems APB (Advanced Planning Board)has quite a few limitations, particularly around handling work centers with multiple resources. For example, scheduling a workcenter with 8 resources, how do you get the system to divide up the work and time it will take (perhaps 1/8 the time as a single resource)? Workarounds that have been floated include manually splitting up order lines as they come in (not scaleable) and fudging the efficiency factor to say, 800% in this example, also not great. Any other ideas that people have tried? If APB is not capable, have others used any third party scheduling software? Any recommendations?Thanks

Hi everyone, I am looking for some advise and real live example of the usage of MRB VS Control Plan. We are in the process of developing a solution for our QA inspection in IFS and our consultant recommends MRB instead of Control Plan. I am hoping someone can help me understand when should MRB be used in place of Control Plan.   Thanks

How do I flip the flag to have the default Factor Unit to be Units per Hour vs Hours per unit.   This is in the Routing, Routing Templates and the Shop Order Operations.Thanks for your help.