Hi all,For a Manufactured Part, we can define several Structure Alternates (*, 1, 2...), which is a very useful feature. Normaly we would define the default product structure, the most used one, in Structure Alternate *.We are increasingly using this feature to define alternative ways to manufacture the parent part based on changes on supply chain, etc. When we have many Structure Alternates available, MRP, Shop Order creation, etc,… will take the default * Structure Alternate. If we want to choose another option, we can do so manualy (not very efficient) or use the Structure Lot Size “trick”,… where we specify that any Lot bigger than “zero” should be manufactured using the Structure Alternate “x” (1, or 2 or whatever). Basicaly, we are using the Structure Lot Size feature to point towards the Structure Alternate we want to select by default. Problem: if the parent part is Planning “P” type, Phantom, there will not be any need to manufacture it, and therefore the Structure Lot size t
When we create a new Structure Revision, IFS automaticaly asigns a phase-out date (“yesterday”) to the previous revision, while stamping a phase-in date (“today”) to the new revision. This seems practical but has some drawbacks:The new revision is born as “Tentative”, as we plan to make changes on it. That is why we are making a revision ;-)If the new revision is not finished in the same working day and set to “Buildable”, if it remains as work-in-progress for a while (“Tentative”), and MRP is run meanwhile, the Part we are revising is found to have “Not Buildable” revision. And MRP considers there are no components for that part in the structure and triggers a lot of order cancellations as the materials are no longer required. In my view, a more logical approach would be to set the Phase-out of the previous revision and Phase-in of the current revision when changing the status of the structure revision from Tentative to Buildable. That is, dates are stamped when there is a new revi
We frequently change parts for other parts, a replacement part,... normaly to introduce a new component and phase out an old component. A revision change, a product improvement, a better cost, etc.When doing these changes, on a product structure, we increase the revision (with the new component included in the BoM),... but we would like always to consume all inventory of the old component, so that we do not leave "obsolete components in stock" ... with no future demands.We are investigating into the Alternate Components MRP Netting functionality, and miss one important thing: The MRP will account for the existing Qty on Hand (for calculating the needs for the new components), but will not use any of the projected stock of the old component. We many times face situation on serial manufacturing, where the new component will take some time to arrive, and we have current POs of the old components on the way (that cannot be migrated/changed to the new component). That is, a ramp down on the
When creating new inventory parts, Phase In is defined by default to the day the Inventory Part is created. In many cases, this poses some problems, for example, when incorporating that new inventory part to a product structure which was started the day before (phase in “yesterday”), or when including the inventory part in shop orders where required date is in the past…. The fix is easy but tedious, updating the Phase in in the inventory part to sometime in the past. Is there any way to set in IFS that al new inv Parts created are created with a pre-determined phase in? Thanks in advance, Iker A
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