Hello,

We are new IFS users, just started a month ago. Our sales is struggling how to have realistic lead time on sales quotations. How other users have solved this? We work in multisite environment - we have two manufacturing sites, which both store semifnished and finished parts (sales parts), and one warehousing site that just store sales parts. In addition we have sales offices. We have both make-to-order and make-to stock parts.

They can use capability check in some cases but there are limitations.

According to IFS documentation: 

”To run capability check from Customer Order or Sales Quotation, the supply code must be Shop Order, DOP Order, Invent Order, Int Purch Trans or Int Purch Dir.

If the supply code is Int Purch Trans or Int Purch Dir, then the sourcing option on the sales part at the supply site must be Shop Order, Inventory Order or DOP Order, and for sourcing option Shop Order the part must be of part type Manufactured.”

Availability check is not possible on sales quotation. On customer order we run either automatic capability check or availability check in order to have as realistic lead time on customer order as possible.

But how do the same on sales quotation? How other IFS users determine lead time in quotation phase. At least for our customer it’s very important information and affect in their purchase decision.