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Customer Consignment Stock - Consumption Project Activity

  • March 20, 2026
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Chamath Kuruppuarachchi
Hero (Partner)
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Hi All,

I am using customer consignment stock functionality. 

As part of the solution I am trying to capture the consumption stock value to the project. I understand that when the customer consignment stock is in use, IFS does not allow to connect to a Project activity.

But in the customer consingment stock consumption page shows an activity ID. But I cannot identify the purpose and how to connect an activity to this.

Ideally I want to capture the consignment stock consumption to the project and capture the actual consumption based on the usage.

 

Any plans or work arounds for this please?

Highly appreciate any support on this requirement.

Thanks,

Chamath

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    Do Gooder (Partner)
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    • Lingesan08
    • Do Gooder (Partner)
    • April 2, 2026

    Hi ​@Chamath Kuruppuarachchi ,

    What’s actually happening

    Customer Consignment Stock in IFS is designed as:

    • Customer-owned stock
    • Used for logistics / availability
    • Not tightly integrated with Project Costing

     That’s why:

    • You can’t connect it directly to a Project Activity
    • Even though you see an Activity ID field, it’s not functionally used for project posting

     About the “Activity Sequence” field

    From experience:

    • The Activity Sequence in this screen is not the same as Project Activity
    • It’s more of a technical/reference field
    • It does not drive cost collection to projects

     In most implementations, it’s:

    • unused
    • or system-controlled (not something you link manually to projects)

     Why your requirement doesn’t work standard

    IFS limitation (standard behavior):

    • Consignment consumption:
      • Does not create project cost postings
      • Because ownership is still customer-side until consumption/invoicing

     So there is no native bridge to Project Activity

     What people usually do (workarounds)

    ✔ Option 1 (most common)

    • Handle project costing via:
      • Normal inventory issue to project
      • Not via consignment flow

     i.e.:

    • Move/convert stock → then issue to project

    ✔ Option 2

    • Use:
      • Manual cost posting to project
      • Or project miscellaneous cost

    Then:

    • Keep consignment purely for stock tracking

    ✔ Option 3 (custom/advanced)

    • Custom event or posting:
      • Trigger on consignment consumption
      • Push value to project activity

     Requires:

    • customization
    • careful finance validation
    Lingesan R , www.linkedin.com/in/lingesanr86
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