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	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Subcontracting</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Subcontracting</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<AimSection><Paragraph>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.</Paragraph>
	</AimSection>
	<GeneralSection><List><ListIntro>The following functionality handles activities carried out by a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#Subcontracto.td" role="glossary">subcontractor</Link> in Service Order Control:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>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).</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The subcontractor who will carry out the activity, and the item that identifies the subcontracting in purchase, can be recorded for each activity.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The purchase order is generated when subcontracting is defined as another cost line in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/soc/tssoc2140m000" role="session">Service Order Estimated Other Costs (tssoc2140m000)</GUIRef> session. The global SRP automatically generates the purchase order when additional purchase data is entered.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The agreed period in which the subcontracting must be realized and can be recorded as an appointment under the activity.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListItem>You cannot include these time boundaries as purchase data.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>You can define subcontracting as <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#OthReqPlaAct.ts" role="glossary">other requirement by planned activity</Link>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>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 <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur" role="module">Purchase Control</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</Note>
	</GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>
