How to: Calculate Subcontracting Worksheets and Create Subcontract Purchase Orders
The Subcontracting Worksheet window functions like the Planning Worksheet by calculating the needed supply, in this case purchase orders, which you review in the worksheet and then create with the Carry Out Action Message function.
Note
Only production orders with status Released can be accessed and used from a subcontracting worksheet.
To calculate the subcontracting worksheet
In the Search box, enter Subcontracting Worksheet, and then choose the related link.
To calculate the worksheet, on the Actions tab, in the Functions group, choose Calculate Subcontracts.
In the Calculate Subcontracts window, set filters for the subcontracted operations, or the work centers where they are performed, to calculate only the relevant production orders.
Choose the OK button.
Review the lines in the Subcontracting Worksheet window. The information in this worksheet comes from the production order and production order routing lines and flows to the purchase order when that document is created. You can delete a row from the worksheet without affecting the original information, just as you can with the other worksheets. The information will reappear the next time you run the Calculate Subcontracts function.
To create the subcontract purchase order
In the Search box, enter Subcontracting Worksheet, and then choose the related link.
On the Actions tab, in the Process group, choose Carry Out Action Message.
Select the Print Orders field to print the purchase order as it is created.
Choose the OK button.
If all subcontraced operations are sent to the same vendor location, then only one purchase order is created.
The worksheet line that was turned into a purchase order is deleted from the worksheet. Once a purchase order is created, it will not appear in the worksheet again.
See Also
Tasks
How to: Post Subcontract Purchase Orders