Operation subcontracting with material flow supportComplete the following steps to subcontract one or more operations. Together with the subassemblies, material is sent to the subcontractor. The data setup for subcontracting with material supply is described in Setting up operation subcontracting. Step 1. Create production order For an item with one or more subcontracted operations, you need a production order. Create a production order manually in Shop Floor Control, or create a planned production order in Enterprise Planning, and transfer it to Shop Floor Control. For planned production orders in Enterprise Planning, you can view the production order operations in the Capacity Use by Planned Order (cprrp2100m000) session. If applicable, information about subassemblies is indicated on the operation line. Use the Print Subcontracting Forecast (cprrp2402m000) session to print a list of all subassemblies that are planned to be received from the subcontractor. Step 2. Release production order Release the production order in Shop Floor Control. In the Production Order (tisfc0101m100) session, on the Estimated Materials (ticst0101m000) tab, click Show Subassembly to view the subassemblies included in the estimated materials:
Step 3. Generate subcontracting purchase order A subcontracting purchase order is required to administrate the subcontracting process. From the Production Orders (tisfc0501m000) session, start the Generate Subcontracting Purchase Documents (tisfc2250m000) session to generate a purchase order. If the Previous Operation Must be Completed check box in this session is selected, you must first complete the operations that precede the subcontracted operation before you can generate a purchase order. In the Generate Subcontracting Purchase Documents (tisfc2250m000) session, enter a purchase order type. The activities linked to the purchase order type determine the handling of the subcontracting purchase order. For example, you can choose to insert the Generate Supply Orders for Subcontracting (tdpur4216m000) session, and select the Automatic check box, so that supply orders are automatically generated. View the generated purchase order in the Purchase Order (tdpur4100m900) session. The order line displays the subassembly that you will receive from the subcontractor after subcontracting. Step 4. Supply lines and supply orders After a subcontracting purchase order is generated, you can view the supply lines, in the Purchase Order (tdpur4100m900) session or the Purchase Order Material Supply Lines (tdpur4116m000) session. Supply lines represent the materials and subassembly that must be shipped to the subcontractor Supply orders are used to ship the subassembly and material from their warehouses at the manufacturer's site to the administrative warehouse. If supply orders are not created automatically (refer to step 3), run the Generate Supply Orders for Subcontracting (tdpur4216m000) session. Note that the subassembly's supply system, defined in the Warehouse - Item (whwmd2510m000) session, must be Order Controlled/Single. Step 5. Approve subcontracting purchase order In the Purchase Order (tdpur4100m900) session, click Approve to approve the subcontracting purchase order. For more information, refer to Purchase order approval. Step 6. Report preceding operations completed In the Report Operations Completed (tisfc0130m000) session, complete the operations preceding the subcontracted operations. If you defined a shop floor warehouse, the subassembly is automatically received in the shop floor warehouse. Without shop floor warehouse, the subassembly is received in the warehouse defined in the Items - Ordering (tcibd2500m000) session. In the Material to Issue for Production Orders (ticst0101m100) session, you can check whether the subassembly is issued. In the Inventory by Specification (whwmd2519m000) session, you can check in which warehouse the subassembly is received. Step 7. Transfer subassemblies To ship the subassembly from the shop floor or the shop floor warehouse to the subassembly warehouse, carry out the transfer order.
Step 8. Send subassemblies and material to subcontractor The manufacturer must send subassemblies and material to the subcontractor. In LN, the subassemblies and material are sent to the administrative warehouse using an outbound procedure. To do so, you must handle the subassembly's and material's supply orders.
In some cases, material for subcontracting activities is directly sent by the supplier to the subcontractor. In that case, complete the following steps:
Step 9. Receive purchase order in subassembly warehouse After subcontracting, the subcontractor sends back the subassemblies. To receive the subassemblies into the subassembly warehouse, you must handle the purchase order. Note that the name of the subassembly sent back by the subcontractor differs from the name of the subassembly you sent to the subcontractor. Complete the following steps:
Note that when the purchase order is received, LN automatically reports the subcontracted operations as completed. If applicable, the subassembly and the material that you sent with the subassembly are backflushed. Step 10. Transfer from subassembly warehouse to shop floor warehouse
or the shop floor You may work further on the subassemblies that you received from the subcontractor. Therefore, you must issue the subassemblies to the shop floor. In the Material to Issue for Production Orders (ticst0101m100) session, select the subassembly that was sent to you by the subcontractor, which is the subassembly that has a positive quantity. Issue the subassembly to the shop floor. If you use a shop floor warehouse, you must complete a transfer order to ship the subassemblies from the subassembly warehouse to the shop floor warehouse.
You can check in the Inventory by Specification (whwmd2519m000) session whether the subassembly is allocated inventory in the shop floor warehouse. Step 11. Report operations completed In the Report Operations Completed (tisfc0130m000) session, process the remaining operations and report them as completed. You can post the end items immediately to inventory. Step 12. Report production order completed Report the production order as completed in the Report Orders Completed (tisfc0520m000) details session. Step 13. Close production order Close the production order in the Close Production Orders (ticst0201m000) session.
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