Subcontracting

Often, one company does not deliver the entire offering of Service, as is the case of products. In some cases, the entire service of a product is subcontracted to a supplier. The customer still has the advantage of one main contractor as contact.

The following functionality handles activities carried out by a subcontractor in Service Order Control:

A procedure is available that automatically generates a purchase order for subcontracting purposes. This procedure proceeds synchronously with the purchase procedure for materials that are acquired by purchase (see delivery type: By Purchase Order).
The subcontractor who will carry out the activity, and the item that identifies the subcontracting in purchase, can be recorded for each activity.
The purchase order is generated when subcontracting is defined as another cost line in the Service Order Estimated Other Costs (tssoc2140m000) session. The global SRP automatically generates the purchase order when additional purchase data is entered.
The agreed period in which the subcontracting must be realized and can be recorded as an appointment under the activity.

Note:

You cannot include these time boundaries as purchase data.
You can define subcontracting as other requirement by planned activity.
If you only enter the item in the Item field and you leave the Buy-from B.P. field empty, a vendor rating/selection can be carried in Purchase Control.