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matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Control Plan Analysis Norms and Test Result

In the Analysis Norms page in Quality Control, what information should a user see in the Test Result column? I have looked in numerous environments, Apps10 thru Cloud, and in all instances this column is blank for all records.

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Duration of Downtime Clocking

How is the duration of a downtime clocking calculated? Is this determined by the calendar on the Work Center, the Manufacturing Calendar on the Site, or something else? Is the available/theoretical capacity of the Work Center Resource accounted for?

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Disassembly Cost Calculations for Parts Manufactured Internally

I have a buildable manufacturing structure/routing and a buildable disassembly structure/routing for one part number, MW-M-103.The manufacturing structure uses these component parts:The disassembly structure produces these disassembly component parts (each inventory part type is Disassembly Component):I have calculated the standard manufacturing costs for MW-M-103 in Cost Set 2 and copied to Cost Set 1 using the standard template M-110.Each Disassembly Component has cost template D-110, with Use Distribution Cost 'on', attached in all Cost Sets.When I performed the Disassembly Cost Calculation for MW-M-103 in Cost Set 2, no material costs from bucket 110 were distributed to the components, only operation costs. Should these material costs have been distributed to the Disassembly Components?From the documentation:The disassembly cost calculation is performed by Disassembly Cost Calculation. Before calculation of disassembly cost it is important that the cost for the disassembled product

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Supply Chain

Intraday Planning and Customer Order Dates

Version 22.2.1I have a sales part/inventory part setup for Plan Manufacturing Supply on Due Date.The customer order line Planned Ship Date/Time = 12/30/22 2:00 PM.I do not have a Delivery Route configured for this.The customer order line Planned Due Date = 12/30/22 12:00 AM. I expected this to also be 12/30/22 2:00 PM.Is a Delivery Route required to have the Planned Due Date correspond to the Planned Ship Date/Time?

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Documentation on Intraday Planning with Master Scheduling

The latest documentation on Intraday Planning with Master Scheduling reads as:When a part with this setting enabled is master scheduled, the demand and planning time fences are shifted one day earlier. I.e. if you have 0 as demand time fence, current day is considered outside the demand time fence with this setting enabled and within the demand time fence with this setting disabled.This is either written incorrectly or the system is not behaving as designed.Version 22.2.1Observed behavior:With DTF = 0 and Plan Manufacturing Supply on Due Date = NO Run MS 1 Calc on 12/7 DTF = 12/7 (current day = DTF) With DTF = 0 and Plan Manufacturing Supply on Due Date = YES Run MS 1 Calc on 12/7 DTF = 12/6 (current day is inside DTF)

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Supply Chain

Availability Check with Supply Code of Shop Order Not Changing Delivery Dates

23.1.4.Sales Part 123 with Supply Code = Shop Order.Inventory Part 123 shows Mfg Lead Time = 7 and Expected Lead Time = 7.Fixed and Variable Lead Times by Hour = 0.Zero on hand inventory.Distribution Calendar = 5 day M-F.Picking Lead Time = 2.Today is 10/17/23.Enter a customer order line with a Wanted Delivery Date = 10/18/23.Availability Check returns “The due date is earlier than today’s date. Earliest possible delivery date is 2023-10-31.”But, the dates on the customer order line do not change. Wanted Delivery/Target/Planned Delivery/Planned Ship dates remain 10/18/23.Is this standard behavior with Supply Code of Shop Order?

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Complete Where Used vs. Products Per Component

I have a raw material (DUP-BATCHCOMP-1) used in multiple finished goods. The Complete Where Used is shown below.When I look at Products Per Component, though, the intermediate level parts DUP-4000-A and DUP-5000-A are listed. Why are these listed as the other three -A parts shown in the tree above are not listed?

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

MRB Case and Lot Batch Master History

Apps10 Upd15From the documentation on Create MRB Case:If a serialized and/or lot/batch tracked part is submitted to the MRB case, a record will be saved in the part serial history and/or lot batch history indicating its submission to the MRB.I have a lot/batch tracked part in inventory. I created an MRB Case for this quantity in stock and completed the case, but I do not see an entry for this in its Lot Batch Master > History.Is the documentation not correct?

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Framework & Experience (Infrastructure, Cloud, Integration, Dev Tools)

Add Standard Fields in LOV and Find Dialog

23.2.3When editing the Person on a step in the Approval Process on a Change Request, there are two shortcomings.In the drop-down list, the only attribute to select by is the Person ID (first image below), which for some customers may not be obvious to whom this refers. Can the Name column be added here or would this need an Idea request? When using Find in this drop-down list, the only attribute to select by is the Person ID (second image below). Can the Name column be added here or would this need an Idea request?

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Missing Operation Number in Production Schedule Material History

Apps10 Update15I have a production schedule part with four routing operations (10, 20, 30, 40).This part is connected to a production line for which I have defined a Progress Point with a Last Operation No = 20.I report production of (5) at the progress point.I report a partial scrap of (2) at the progress point.In Production Schedule Material History, though, I do not see operation 20 in the Operation No column for the Scrap Product WIP or the Issue Material material history actions.Should operation 20 be listed for these? If not, when would one ever see a value in this field?

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Link between Shop Order Priority Category and Inventory Part

I have a customer in Apps9 that is seeing the following behavior.When a shop order is created from a shop order requisition for some parts, the Priority Category on the shop order is systematically being assigned a value.How would this be possible?It is not possible on the Inventory Part to define a default Priority Category. These parts are not using any Shop Order Auto Processing types. There are no custom actions performing the insert of this value.They are using history logging of Insert and Update of PRIORITY_CATEGORY in SHOP_ORD_TAB, but looking at a shop order for which the Priority Category has a value, this history log record for insert shows as:

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Manual Operation Quantity not on Manufacturing Routings

The feature of allowing an operation quantity on a shop order to be less than the lot size of the shop order was introduced in Cloud 23R2. This is controlled on individual shop order operations by the new attribute Manual Operation Qty (Yes/No). This will be beneficial when a partial quantity needs to run through a one-off rework operation on the same manufacturing shop order.Manual Operation Qty can be set on Standard Operations, Routing Template Operations, and Routings of type Repair, Disassembly, Remanufacturing and Disposition.Why is this feature not available on Routings of type Manufacturing? A common use case is when testing is its own operation, but the full lot size will never need tested and reported as the completed quantity. The ability to set this in the Routing rather than manually on the manufacturing shop order would be an improvement.

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Data Migration

Document Migration Best Practices

I am looking for recommendations on how best to manage the migration of documents (300gb+) from an Apps9 database to Cloud. Primary concern is the ‘what to avoid’ type scenarios and also how to monitor during the migration process that the process did not stop or error out and, if it did, what to do next.

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Intraday Planning - Adjust Shop Orders Need Date to Demand Logic

The latest Cloud documentation for this reads:First the shop orders for the parts with the highest low level is reviewed. Then it continues with the next level, and then the level after that until all levels have been reviewed.The phrase ‘highest low level’ is ambiguous. If my list consist of parts with low levels 2, 3, and 4, which one is the highest, 2 or 4? 2 is the highest looking at it from a structure perspective, while 4 is the highest value.If this is a bottom-up approach, e.g., starting with parts at level 4, then moving up to 3 , then 2 and so on, could this be written simply as being a ‘bottom-up’ method? If it is a top-down approach, then the same applies.

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Operation Subtask Signoff Icon in Card View

Version 22.2.1I have an operation for which no signoffs are required on a subtask. In Card View, though, there are icons that can be misinterpreted that a sign-off is required. Why are these visible?

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Document Management (DocMan)

Document Access after Migration

23.1.4Post-migration of documents and document files from Apps9.I have a document revision where the Responsible Person = BSCOTT (connected to User BSCOTT). The History tab shows that an access line for BSCOTT was inserted at migration for Administrator: 1, Edit Access: 1, View Access: 1 and there is no record in the history tab that this line was ever removed. There are no records in the Access tab of the document revision page. The View Document command is not available to BSCOTT at the document revision page. Run the Generate Results in the Access tab and the only result is User IFSAPP has Admin Access as a DocMan Administrator. Connect the document revision to a Sales Part. Sales Part is not used to control access to documents. At the Sales Part, user BSCOTT can View the document file per the screenshot below.Anybody ever encounter this discrepancy in access?Any idea what could have been missed in the migration?

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Calculation of General Overhead in Disassembly Costing

In the documentation for About Disassembly Cost Calculation, in the second example it states:Gen OH = ((Mtrl1 Est Cost+ Mtrl2 Est Cost+ Mtrl2 Est Cost * Mtrl2 Del OH + Machine Cost+MOH1+ MOH2+ Mtrl1 Est Cost * Mtrl OH) * OH factor) / (1 - Scrap factor).To result with the values listed in the table for MK-DISASS1 and MK-DISASS2 of 351.94 and 234.63 you would need to use an OH Factor of 15% and 10%, respectively. These values, however, are not listed anywhere in the diagram.What should be used for the OH Factor, highlighted in the equation above?

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Cannot Enter Order Number for Split Shop Order

Cloud 22.2.1.When splitting a shop order, users cannot enter the Order Number for the new order as they could in Apps9 and Apps10. Is this working as designed or is it a bug?

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Error with Inner Min Value in Capability Indices

Cloud 22.2.1.I have a manufacturing control plan data point with:Inner Min = 0.98 Nominal = 1.00 Inner Max = 1.02When I open Capability Indices for this line, I get an error ‘Invalid value for property ‘InnerMin’’.Any thoughts why?

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Need Date not Copied when Duplicating Shop Order Header

23.1.4In the Shop Order and Shop Orders pages, when a shop order is duplicated, the Need Date is blank and must be selected.Why is this field not duplicated?

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Sequencing Multiple Operations in Visual Operations Planning

23.2.4In Visual Shop Order Operations Planning, I am trying to sequence operations with characteristics in a Work Center in the Machine Operations Scheduling Gantt.The documentation reads as:To sequence all operations for a resource or work center loaded in the Gantt chart, open the card for the resource or day and click Sequence. To sequence all operations for a resource or work center on one or several days, select the relevant day(s) for the resource and click Sequence. To sequence specific operations, select the relevant operations and click Sequence.For #2, how can a user select the days in the Gantt, where should a user click for this?For #3, when I select one operation in the Gantt the Sequence command is available, but when I select multiple operations the Sequence command is not available.

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Cannot Merge Shop Orders or Shop Order Requisitions for Serial Part

Apps8I have two shop order requisitions for a serialized part that uses Date Effectivity. I am unable to merge these requisitions into an existing shop order or into a new shop order as the context menu item Merge Into Shop Order(s) is grayed out.In the documentation there is nothing stated in the Prerequisites of any restriction due to serialization.Would this have been a bug, or was this not possible in Apps8?

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Framework & Experience (Infrastructure, Cloud, Integration, Dev Tools)

Two Search Attributes Labelled as Site in Same Page

Cloud 22.2.4.In the Purchase Requisition Lines page and Customer Order Lines page, and possibly other pages, there are two search attributes labelled as ‘Site’. This is causing confusion as it is not clear which attribute to use for searching for records in a user’s site. Is this a bug?

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Framework & Experience (Infrastructure, Cloud, Integration, Dev Tools)

Recent Pages in Cloud - what is the logic for arrangement?

Version 22.2.1Looking at the Recent Pages, what determines the arrangement of the pages? In EE, it was logical, left-to-right then top-to bottom.In Cloud, I just moved from Document Revision to Technical Drawing, and my recent pages looks like this.

matt.wattersSuperhero (Partner)

asked in Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Downtime Cause not entered for Clocking

As of 22R2, a Downtime clocking can be started without providing a Downtime Cause.At what point in the production clocking/reporting process is it required to have a value in the Downtime Cause field, e.g., a value must be entered before ‘X’ occurs or before ‘X’ can happen. What is ‘X’?This field cannot remain blank forever, or can it?

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