Supply Chain

Hi,When a Customer Order (CO) header is blocked and the CO line inventory part is supplied through Purchase Order Transit (Purch Order Trans) from an external supplier, the demand is not considered in Inventory Part Availability Planning, (Not in MRP) even when Release for Material Planning is enabled.Is this the intended behavior in IFS?We have observed that the same blocked customer order demand is considered by planning when the supply code is set to Inventory Order, but not when the supply code is Purch Order Trans. Could you please clarify whether this is expected system behavior? Note: Customer Order block reason is having Exclude from Mtrl Planning as False in all above scenarios.Thanks!

Hi Everyone, for an implementation project at one of my customers, we have an USA site in scope.To support order delivery via Shipments we have to make use of SCAC codes, which are representing the service level of the transport company (like; FEDEX or UPS) This comes also with the configuration of Delivery Terms, Ship-Via Codes and Forwarders.  Can someone share a best practice with me how to deal with this? Especially because i cant find any ‘dedicated’ field to support SCAC codes.  Thank you. regards, Henk 

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Hi all,I'm trying to better understand how IFS expects dependent demand to be handled in S&OP.We have Planned Dependent Demand calculating correctly at MS Level 1, and MS Supply reflects the resulting production requirements. However, S&OP appears to aggregate the MS Level 1 Forecast separately and does not appear to add Planned Dependent Demand to that forecast.This becomes confusing when MS Supply is copied into the New Operations Plan. The Operations Plan includes production requirements driven by dependent demand, but New Forecast doesn't include that same demand. The Inventory Plan then shows inventory building because Operations Plan is greater than Forecast.A few questions:Is Planned Dependent Demand intentionally excluded from the S&OP forecast? Is MS Supply intended to be copied into New Operations Plan when MS Supply includes dependent demand? If so, how is Inventory Plan expected to remain meaningful when Operations Plan contains dependent requirements that New F

I am looking to adjust the Weight Value for the parts that roll into Demand Forecast. I found the setting on Advanced Server Setting specifically called WeightValue. What exactly do I need to enter here to force use of a different weight. Currently the filed is blank and Demand Forecast is in LBs for weight. I searched for documentation and couldn’t find this specific info.  Thanks

In IFS Cloud 26R1, the purchase authorization rules for purchase requisitions are based on the approval rules on the purchase requisition line.We want the rules to be based on the purchase requisition header level, so approval is driven by the total value of the requisition. Has anyone else run into this? How did you get around it?Any good reasons for justifying why this has been designed this way ? I notice we have some older posts for older versions of IFS for this same topic.

Is there a way to have demand planner round the qty numbers that are imported into forecast 0 similar to the way the site setting Qty Calc Rounding works at the site and part level?The parts loaded into MS1 have 16 digits to the right of the decimal point, but the site and parts are set to have a qty calc rounding set to 0.The data in the IPAP screen does not get rounded to 0 either. Please let me know.Thanks for your help. 

A. What is your idea?1) ClassificationOpportunity for improvement2) Brief descriptionIn Demand Planning, users with Evaluator or Collaborative access can currently modify the Adjusted Forecast, My Adjusted Forecast, and Events even for the current or immediately upcoming periods.This can create an issue when production plans for these periods have already been fixed and can no longer be adjusted accordingly. For example, towards the end of the current period, a sales planner can still change the forecast for that same period, although production quantities have already been planned or produced based on the previously available forecast.This may lead to discrepancies between the forecast visible in Demand Planning and the forecast that was actually available when production decisions were made. It can also create uncertainty regarding which forecast values were valid at the relevant planning cut-off.We would therefore like to have a Frozen Period functionality directly in Demand Plannin

We recently upgraded to IFS Cloud 25R1. Our sales people occasionally enter Call Center cases as type Customer instead of Global.  We just had this issue and I can’t figure out how to give myself access to this case in order to change the Case Type.I set the Customer to B2B CustomerI added myself to the Case Access Group I assigned the customer to myself in B2B User-Customer But I still can’t see the case.I have verified through the backend that the case does exist.What am I missing?

I have a part showing in transit and I do not know where to clear it from. I believe I know what Inventory location is stuck at (shows in transit in that location) I do not have any transport tasks for that part I don’t move the part inter-site. So I don’t show anything to receive from transit.

Hi,I have been trying to run automatic order processing with coordinator A (In coordinator group A with PO prefix defined as A) and to create a purchase order manually using a different coordinator (In coordinator group B with PO prefix defined as B). In both cases, I am getting the same PO prefix and there what I can see is, when we do the automatic order processing job, it does not consider the defined order prefix values for the coordinator groups? Is this correct ?Thanks and Best RegardsTharanga

We are running 25R2 SU5.  We would like to implement a supplier approval to track who is approving the supplier.Any assitance would be greatly appreciated.

The full error message is “The customer order is not allowed to be released. Interim orders exist but are in the past or they exist but the capability check has failed. Please run the capability check again.” The case i’m looking is this:Create a customer order with a line that has a CTP planned part. Release this order. You will get a date in “Latest release date” column and also the “Capability check” column is checked. let time pass so that the current date is passed “Latest release date”. Credit-block the customer Reserve the material to the customer order line. The customer order should be blocked when you reserve the material. Go to “Blocked info” from the CO and try to release the order; you will get the error message and the customer-order will remain blocked.There is to me no known way to release the customer order from the credit-block; and the order is now stuck and cannot be delivered and invoiced.Has anyone hit this issue and know of a workaround? It seems like it should b

We are getting a lot of Handling Units in the application that are empty. Has anyone been able to clean these up somehow? It seems not be possible to delete these:   

Hi all,We have recently started working more extensively with IFS Demand Planning and are currently building several reports based on planning data. We are running IFS Cloud 25R2.One of the data elements we would like to access is the System Forecast generated by Demand Planning. Ideally, we are looking for a way to retrieve this data through both:REST API (for integration with external reporting applications) Database objects/views (for reporting directly within IFS)While investigating the data model, I found the view SYSTEM_FORECAST and the table SYSTEM_FORECAST_RTB, but both appear to contain no data in our environment.I also tried accessing the SystemForecastSet projection through the REST API, but this entity set is currently returning no records as well.My questions are:Is there a supported way to access the System Forecast values generated by Demand Planning? Are there any prerequisites, jobs, or configuration settings required before data becomes available in the database objec

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Hello,Business is requiring solutions to have more visibility on amounts received in the Register Arrivals screens.As of now, they can only receive quantities with no visibility on amounts. Best solution would be to allow amount reception, but I dont think it is an option, so we are looking for at least visibility on amounts. Kindly let me know if it is feasible.Among the solutions we thought about : Add a "Unit price" column in the Register Arrivals table Add a "To be received amount" column in the Register Arrivals table Add Unit price in the "Receive" screen table Add a "To be received amount" in the "Receive" screen table line that is = Unit Price * Qty to receive 

Business Need / Current ChallengeWe currently maintain forecasts in Demand Planning using Combined Flows because planners forecast at an aggregate business level (product family, product code, customer group, etc.) and rely on Demand Planning to distribute demand to lower levels using established ratios.However, we have not found a standard method to bulk load or mass update Adjusted Demand directly into Combined Flows. Updating demand manually through Demand Client is extremely time-consuming and not scalable when hundreds or thousands of part/customer combinations are involved. QuestionsCan Adjusted Demand be imported directly into a Combined Flow? If yes, what is the recommended method? If no, what is the design rationale for this limitation? Does IFS provide a supported import, migration job, API, or interface to mass-update Adjusted Demand values at the Combined Flow level? What is the recommended approach for organizations that forecast at an aggregate level and need to bulk-lo

i didn't find any field in which it show approved quantity in receipt field

Hello everyone,I would like to ask whether anyone using IFS Demand Planner is working not only with a standard sales forecast but also with constrained demand.In our current setup, we are using Demand Planner where the forecast is maintained in the Adjusted Forecast. This forecast is then transferred to the Master Schedule and serves as the basis for both procurement and production planning.However, we are facing a common challenge:The forecast often represents unconstrained demand, i.e., what sales teams would like to sell, without reflecting actual production or capacity constraints. Alternatively, the planning team adjusts the forecast down to a constrained demand level, so that it better reflects what we are realistically able to produce and deliver.I would be interested to understand how others are handling this:Are you working with both unconstrained and constrained demand in parallel? How do you incorporate capacity constraints into your planning process? Do you manage this dire

In 26R1 has anyone successfully set up having one Shipment Type to handle the workflow for a Supplier Reject/Return and a different one to handle Supplier Material?  We manage Supp Matl using Purchase Component rather than Customer Order so are required to use Supplier Shipments in 26R1.   We’ve been using Shipment in our reject process for a while.  I say “use” - our reject process doesn’t need the multiple steps in a Shipment workflow so is currently set to get created and then skip directly to Closed.  Our Supplier Material process does need a pick to be generated, have someone report it, and create a ‘delivery note’ to accompany the parts.I have tried various combinations of Shipment defaults on Site/Supplier with no luck.Thanks in advance!

In 25R2, support for processing a package part as a whole in a Return Material Authorization (RMA) was introduced. However, the current functionality does not cover all return scenarios, limiting its practical value in the return process.For example, a package part containing three components, each costing £10, is added to the RMA lines and processed. However, the customer returns only two of the three components. In this scenario, the RMA process becomes blocked because the unreturned component line cannot be cancelled. Although the option to scrap the component is available, this does not recalculate the RMA total cost to reflect the actual returned components.Expected Behaviour:The system should allow the unreturned component line to be cancelled so that the RMA can proceed to the Returns Completed stage. The RMA total cost should then be recalculated based on the components actually returned, and the updated amount should be used to generate the credit invoice.Actual Behaviour:The

Hi all, Does anyone have experience with an interface between IFS(Cloud) and a TMS system?  We are curious about experiences so that we can make recommendations to our customers.  Thanks for sharing your experience with us. /Willy

Dear community,I am trying to scan a deliver note in IFS Cloud.I have found that it works well when the purchase order is in the 'Released' status.This means that it fetches all positions.It doesn't work if the purchase order is in the 'Confirmed' status.Can anyone confirm this?   Thank you in advance.

Hi, what is the standards functionality to track the budget expense, when initiating a Purchase requisition or a purchase order. There are scenarios at customer, where they will be approving their purchase requisitions based on the allocated budget for purchases for the year (as an example, to check if a certain purchase need exceeds the allocated department budget for the year, or how many is remaining etc).  Without going through a project connection, is there a standard functionality to cater this?Thank you