Hi Jaroslv,

Thank you for the question, this is a general topic of interest.
Could you please elaborate more on the requirement/integration scenario with TRACES? What is the specific information that you want to pass to TRACES from IFS Cloud?
 

Generally I mean if I can transfer data let's say from suppliers to IFS and from IFS to TRACES system? This question is from one of our customers. And question was, if there is generally some support form IFS about this new legislation?

Main point is that I would expected some kind of support from IFS about this new legislation. Or should I look at it like, if there is no news from IFS about this legislation, than it has nothing to do with IFS?

When buying specific commodities, or products that contain these commodities, you must handle a specific reference number connected to the commodity.

Affected commodities can be found in Annex 1, in this link, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32023R1115

There is a need to register this additional EU DR reference number when receiving goods. This reference number need to follow the material through the whole production process and be communicated to the customer when the produced goods leave the factory. Any product that contains part of the material, that have a reference number, must inherit the reference number.

When you deliver any product, that contains such a reference number, this must be reported to EU - probably through the TRACES system.

Each batch of material you recieve, can contain one or multiple reference numbers. Each product you buy can contain one or multiple reference number. And thus any product you sell, can contain one or multiple reference number. This is in addition to any possible batch number connected to the raw material.

These reference number probably need to be printed on delivery notes or packing lists and customer invoice.

Is IFS aware of this new EU regulation that is valid from January 1 2025?

Hello, this regulation is a topic in our company aswell so we are asking the same question.

BR Johan

Hello,

The EU has introduced a new set of rules called the EU Deforestation Regulation, aimed at ensuring that products sold in the EU—derived from seven specified commodities, including cattle—have no links to deforestation.

For example, this new regulation requires us to track the raw rubber components used in the formulation of finished rubber compounds. Specifically, we must be able to identify which raw rubber lot numbers were used to produce each finished compound.

When raw rubber is received through a Purchase Order, the supplier will provide both .json and .pdf files detailing the origin of the material. These files must be retained and made available at the time of shipment of the finished goods.

This is now a critical requirement for many of our customers.

Hello IFS Community, just to refresh the subject,

I’m reaching out to ask if anyone is aware of any planned or upcoming changes in IFS (Cloud or Apps versions) related to the new EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which will be enforced soon.

Has IFS announced any development plans to support this kind of end-to-end lot/batch-level traceability?
Or has anyone in the community already worked on solutions or customizations aligned with EUDR compliance?

Any insights, roadmap updates, or shared experience would be greatly appreciated.

Hi ​@Vinu 

Could you please advise on the follow up, please?

Hello, any news on the IFS side? These regulations apply to many of our customers running IFS Cloud. I cannot find any information on the roadmap, while this directive applies to the whole European Union.

No updates on community but I wanted to share one comment from my side,

IFS has accepted my case ( CS0417883 - EUDR IFS readiness) and provided response that they plan to release fix not early than may 2026. Taking it into consideration I must admit that we have no other option but to prepare a customization that will cover the EUDR requirements ourselves.
regards
Łukasz

We made the decision, early, to not wait for a (possible) solution from IFS. 

We have prepared a customization where we can add the EUDR reference number, with verification number, when receiving goods. The EUDR number/numbers will follow through production into the new produced lot/batch. This information can then be printed on customer invoice or delivery documents if needed.

Our biggest challenge is to introduce full traceability through the whole production chain, which is standard IFS functionality. We are in the process of adding lot tracking on everything, which is a pain in the a** to add during production and when there is active stock (7 companies).

We have not yet addressed the possible EU TRACES integration that seems to be needed. Retrieval of a new EUDR number and verification number when you deliver a product that includes one or more EUDR materials.

Would be interesting to know what this fix contains and how they plan to solve it. I bring this up everytime I speak with IFS, so far without any progress. I’m going to bring this up with our IFS contact and see if I can get an insight into how the release fix is supposed to work.

Hello and thx for sharing the info , we certainly did the same - already raise a new project to use customisation and brought some ideas or imagination of the project and again we get stuck with the same point how to keep traceability within whole supply chain process , we have also few companies and few external warehouses , so definitely won’t be too easy to combine all together and keep it posted in line with new requirement. Luckily our system is mostly customise in every aspect so we see the chance to add few bricks there too.
good luck
regards
Łukasz

Hello,

I would like to hear more precisely what kind of customization you have prepared? And you’re taking lot tracking in use as well? 

​@Tea Hassinen, lot tracking is a pre-requisite. If we don’t have full traceability we don’t know which material batch that is used in the final product. This is the biggest challenge that we have currently, introducing lot tracking on all parts.

We have added a custom field to ‘Part Lot Batch’, to contain the EUDR number and the verification number. This has to be filled in when raw materials are received. There are indicators (custom fields) on Inventory Part where you can select if the EUDR number is mandatory on the part or not. (Here we would need a simpler better way of entering the data in the arrival screen, still to be solved)

Then there is a custom event triggered when new records are created in Inventory Transaction History. If it is reporting of a shop order we loop through all material batches used and concatinate the EUDR fields from those lot batches into the created lot batch from production. Lot batch master will then carry the EUDR information.

There are also custom fields on customer order line, that reads the EUDR field from lot batch master, so that EUDR can be printed on various documents.

We are probably going to add something on shipment as well, depending on what the requirements are around EU Traces integration - we probably need some sort of trigger in picking to communicate with EU Traces to get a new EUDR number…

I hope that this simplified description makes sense