Yes, with the new enhancement in V12, now it is possible to better manage services in Purchasing and decide whether it is for subcontracting or not.

In Product category, a service category can be used for Bought services and the determination is made by the user on the Lines tab of the document, such as a purchase order.

There is a new parameter DEFITMKND at the user level that allows the user to define the default service type as a subcontract or as a service.

Also, a Product type is now available on several entry transaction windows such as Purchase request, Purchase order and Open order, Purchase receipt/return and Purchase invoice. For the purchase order only, you can choose to enter, display, or hide the product type during data entry. For all others, only display or hide is available.

When a product is entered as a service on a purchase order, the Product type field is accessible with two values: Subcontracting or Service. Otherwise, the field is skipped if the product is a standard product.

The three values of Product type field mean the following:

• The “Standard” value is for a product that is not a service.
• The “Subcontracting” value is for a product that is a service but used in subcontracting. It can be a service in subcontracting Bill of Material.
• The “Service” value is for a product that is a service and used as a service. In this situation, the entry is like a product without stock management or a generic one and the type of line is “Normal”.