A subcontract is an operation in a manufacturing order that is purchased by an external supplier. The work center linked to the operation must be classed as Subcontract. The supplier linked to the work center must be assigned the Subcontract supplier role. Material supplier is standard, although a supplier can be configured to be both a material supplier and subcontractor.

The system always creates a Subcontract purchase order automatically when a manufacturing order that contains a subcontract is created. This also applies if an existing manufacturing order is re-planned, or an internal operation is re-planned and placed with a subcontractor when there is a temporary lack of capacity.

The order can be printed or e-mailed to the supplier. It is also possible to create comprehensive purchases, if several purchase orders are requested from the same supplier and grouped under a collective number, to facilitate management and reporting.

When printing subcontract purchase orders and delivery notes, you can choose to print the shipped quantity in the document, rather than the planned quantity. This is controlled via a document variant. This document variant can also be set as default for the supplier (supplier-specific documents).

Orders relating to subcontract purchases are confirmed in the same way as regular material purchases. If the date is updated in connection with confirmation of the purchase order, the system asks whether the entire manufacturing order should be re-planned in accordance with the new delivery date for the operation to which the subcontract purchase refers.

When the goods are to be sent to the supplier, the shipment can be reported, in order to keep track of what has been sent, and not returned.

On the subcontracting row, there is a purchase order which is generated when the purchase order is registered. After you have reported arrival of this purchase order, the subcontracting is reported with the quantity you have selected to report.

You can go to Register purchase order via the link and from there you can go to Reporter delivery and select quantity to deliver.