Basic setup for Subcontract Orders

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Subcontract products are products that are purchased from a third party vendor, sold and managed in stock. Unlike the manufactured product, raw material will be required but with no internal operations.

Parameters associated with Subcontracts:

There are five basic setup steps needed:

1. Setup a product category that uses a Type of Flow which includes Subcontract at Common data, Products, Product categories

2. Setup a Subcontract Location type and Location at Common data, Product tables, Location types

3. Setup a Subcontractor supplier at Common data, BPs, Suppliers and Customers (subcontract suppliers are both Suppliers and Customers)

  • Assign a subcontract location to the subcontract supplier on the Ship-to Customer tab of the BP Customer record

4. Create a Subcontract Product assigned to a subcontract category at Common data, Products, Products

  • Assign a subcontract supplier to the product of the Suppliers tab

5. Create a Subcontract Bill of Material (BOM) at Common data, BOMs, Sub-contract BOMs

After setup of the Subcontract then a Subcontract Order can be created. I will cover those steps in my next blog!