Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Hi All,I am about to schedule the Perform ABC, Frequency and Lifecycle Classification job, and I was curious as to how often others schedule this job to run, and what is the typical number of periods you use? Initially, I had planned to schedule the job to run once per month and use 12 periods. Thank you!

I got the below error when I tried to create an inventory part in APP9.“domain index is marked LOADING/FAILED/UNUSABLE”I tried dropping the index for search domain “inventory parts” and rebuild but still the error persists. Please help to resolve the issue. 

We are in the process of integrating with PLM and ingesting data inside the IFS , but we are facing the issue of Part Number column size, which is currently accommodating only 25 alpha numeric character where as we want to enter more than this size. Is there any other customer also facing the same situation?   

Hello,I am trying to create Inventory Part in IFS Application 9 but it raise error.“domain index is marked LOADING/FAILED/UNUSABLE”kindly help me to resolve this issue. error log attached.

Hello all, I am seeing an issue from Shop Floor Workbench related to Approve Op qty reporting. It appears that users are enabling the Report Previous Operations flag during the Approve Op process:From what I read in the help section, the box is enabled if the Qty to report is greater than the qty on the previous operation. This is very problematic as the default qty to report is automatically populated, which will enable the Report Previous Operations box. If the Site setting is disabled, the Qty to Report is blank, but turning this off results is By-Product calculations not being done.Is it possible to prevent the Report Previous Operations box from being enabled, or can the Default Quantity to Report be disabled at the Site, but still allow for By-Product calculations to occur at Approve Op?

The costs for the DOP order is different from the   costs of the corresponding shop Order.  What parameters are creating this difference?  

Our customer is having a situation where a structure mismatch created in a higher level appears under the preliminary conformance log of a latter module.I believe this is an incorrect representation as the conformance log should provide structure mismatches within that level/module.

Hi all, I am currently carrying out an investigation in the ‘Routing’ window.Issue is: Not being able to edit the phase out date. What could be the reason for the phase out date to be disabled?

When approve the last operation of a MRO shop order using shop floor workbench,  receive inventory check box is disabled although the work center setting is enabled for receive into inventory on last operation.Any reason why this is not working for MRO type shop orders? Thank you.Regards,Naveena

HelloWe are using shop orders, and are now looking into standard operations and routing operations. Everything works well and looks good.  The only thing not suitable for us, is the need of manually report operations / or manually close operations. At least for now we don’t need this. When we try to recieve inventory without reporting operations we get this Error Message, but I can’t seem to figure out how to find or how to use auto report functionality. Please help. :)   

I’m trying to enter in a default value for a parameter used in one of my lobby elements. The only issue is where do I enter it in? Trying to achieve exactly like below. I checked both the lobby element and data source pages, but to no avail. I checked under the personalize page in the My Elements section but nothing.  

Hi everyone, Is there a way (in V8) to know the tool instance which has been used in operations of a shop order ?

I want to know our average time from need to released purchase order (and possibly more data points).The big challenge here is to know the first date a purchase requisition line was created. If nothing happens, the daily MRP will recreate it again next day.Is there any possibility to track when it first was generated?

Afternoon can anyone explain why the manufacturing time and expected lead time would be difference as below? i have read the HELP tabs description for both but still don't actually understand the difference. Can anyone help?regardsJamie 

When a shop order is moved to a new operation block, any rework or alternate materials applied to the shop order are not being maintained.   For example:  Shop orders on operation block B6510 were moved from operation block B6387 on 9/21.When the shop orders were on operation block B6387, item 100XXXA was change to an inclusion of 0 and item 100XXXB was added in its place.  Once the shop orders were moved to the new operation block, this change was no longer in place.  Due to severe raw material shortages we are working through right now, we need to ensure the reworks applied are being maintained. Any ideas on how to fix this is greatly appreciated.

I have created a Element List, with SUM SQLs as columns, is their a way i can navigate to the total for one site, when i try now i get a error message saying group by function not allowed, below is screen shot of my list element and data source. Thank you  

Even when the "Schedule Direction" on Operations tab in Shop Order is set to "Manual Scheduling" and once the user reschedule the shop order with APB, "Schedule Direction" of Operations tab in Shop Order gets automatically changed to "Backward Scheduling”. Any reason why this happens?Moreover, is it a problem to change "Schedule Direction" of Operations tab in Shop Order to "Manual Scheduling" when using APB?

We currently are only using manufacturing shop orders. We wondering when to use a Repair Shop Order and understand how it is different?

Would like to know how each one works . Appreciate if someone can give me resource link or manual regarding how CRP/RRP AND MRP works in IFS.

Hello,Problem when printing shoporder document (APP10):We need to know exactly whether a shoporder document has been printed (and how often). The IFS already counts the print preview as printed. This is very annoying. Do any of you have a idea how to handle this?RegardsUrs

We use the shop floor workbench to manage priorities at a work center. As soon as a partial qty is reported complete on an operation, it appears as executable at the next operation.  Work cannot begin on the next op until the previous op is fully reported. Is there any functionality in App 10 to make the subsequent op executable only when the previous op is fully reported complete?  Thanks!

Ok so i am having a massive brain cramp and know that this will probally be a easy fix. LOL i am trying to create a column that register if something is in bay 1 with a WDR of bay 2, below is what i thought was the answer but i keep getting error messages, Any help would be greatly appreciated CASE WHEN (BAY_NO = 'LM' and WAIV_DEV_REJ_NO = 'G%') THEN '1' ELSE '0' END)

What is the workaround to receive the shop order quantity that is greater than the quantity reported in outside operation (outsourcing) 

Hello,We are using Apps 10, UPD11. Does anyone know if there is a certain step in the process or place where the Supply Type can be changed? We are reviewing the Shop Order process to integrate into the Buyer role and looking for the correct handoffs in the process. We are finding that no Requisitions are created from components that need to be ordered and are investigating how to get these to create as part of the handoff. On a Shopo Order we want to be able to identify materials to be rerouted in and use Purch Order Trans as that seems to create requisitions for us.  Our only option right now looks to be use MRP on PM A items to be able to see the demand and have requisitions be created to bring parts in for that SO. Thank you,Joann

GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS is a NA Defense contractor whose entire business process is driven by Project ID since each one ties back to a Government contract.  Their Quality Dept. is asking if IFS has any future plans to incorporate Project into the Control plans such that a control plan could be created by Part Number, Supplier and Project ID.