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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Subcontracting</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Subcontracting</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>Subcontracting is an arrangement with a third party to carry out a part or all of the work order (activities).</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>The subcontracting item is a cost item or a service item that is used to identify the work order activities that are subcontracted. You must use an item because you cannot add an activity to a purchase order line.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>You can define a subcontracting item in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/wcs" role="module">Work Control System</GUIRef> module or you can link a cost item or a service item to a <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000065" role="glossary">required activity</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/acm" role="module">Activity Management</GUIRef> module to identify the subcontracting item. If you select this reference activity when you create a work order or a work order activity, the subcontracting item is automatically entered. The subcontracting item is used to identify the activity on the purchase order line.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>During the planning phase of the work order, you must specify the cost price for the subcontracting item in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/wcs/tswcs4130m000" role="session">Work Order Other Resources (tswcs4130m000)</GUIRef> session. The specified cost price is also used as the purchase price that is entered in the purchase order line which is created for every subcontracting item.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If the work order is released, a purchase order line is created for all work order activities that are created.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>When the subcontracting item is delivered, the related activity is completed.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If additional items that are required to carry out the activities must be sent to the buy-from business partner, you must create material resource lines for the items in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/wcs/tswcs4110m000" role="session">Work Order Material Resources (tswcs4110m000)</GUIRef> session. The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/domains/wcs.dltp#subcon.req" role="enum">Subcontracting Requirement</GUIRef> delivery type must be selected. If a purchase order is created for the additional items, the corresponding material resource lines are printed to the purchase order header text.</Paragraph>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListItem>Subcontracting items and buy-from business partners (subcontractors) are defined on the work order. You can define other subcontracting items for the buy-from business partner on the related work order activity lines.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>If the buy-from business partner is deleted, the related subcontracting items are also deleted. You can only delete the buy-from business partner if the work order has the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/domains/wcs.stat#free" role="enum">Free</GUIRef> status.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>You cannot create additional activities for a released work order.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</Note>
	</GeneralSection>
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