| Generate Subcontracting Purchase Orders (tisfc2250m000) |  |
| ERP LN treats subcontracting as buying an operation. Therefore a purchase order must be created when subcontracting is carried out. The order status of the operations that you select must be Released or Active. Use this session to create subcontracting orders, which are processed in the Purchase Control module. A purchase-order line is created for each subcontracted operation. You can use this session for the following types of subcontracting: Subcontracting without material flow. Operation subcontracting with material flow. You cannot use this session for item subcontracting. Unit effectivity and subcontracting A subcontracted item can be unit effective, or can be part of a unit effective main item. In those cases, the effectivity unit is displayed on the purchase order of the subcontracted item. If the subcontracted items encompass more than one effectivity unit, which means that more than one distribution line is present in the Order Distribution (tisfc0105m000) session, the effectivity unit displayed on the purchase order is 0 (zero). Note If you regularly subcontract to a work center within your own organization but in a different company, it is better to set up a shared work center relationship, which avoids the need for purchase orders. For more information, refer to Shared work centers. Related topics Overview of subcontracting Operation subcontracting without material flow support Shared work centers
Fields | Description
Selection Range
Subcontractor | The buy-from business partner from which you purchase the subcontracted service.
Project | An endeavour with a special objective to be met within the prescribed time and money limitations and that has been assigned for definition or execution.
Production Order | The production order of which one or more operations are subcontracted. The order status must be Released or Active.
Operation | The subcontracted operation.
Start Date | The date the operation is planned to start.
Options
Previous Operation Must be Completed | If this check box is selected, the previous operation must be completed before the subcontracting order is generated for the current operation.
Combine Operations when no Material Flow | If this check box is selected, and you apply subcontracting with no material flow, ERP LN combines multiple consecutive subcontracting operations for the same subcontractor to a single purchase order line. If this check box is cleared, ERP LN generates a separate purchase order line for each operation. If ERP LN combines successive operations, ERP LN uses the item for the last operation as the purchase order line's item. The combined purchase order line will only reflect the subcontracted operations within the selection range you entered. Related topics Operation subcontracting without material flow support
Skip Blocked Operations | If this check box is selected, ERP LN does not generate purchase orders for operations with the operation status set to Blocked. Important! If you use subcontracting with material flow support, successive subcontracted operations for the same subcontractor result in a single purchase order line. In that situation, if this check box is selected and any of the operations is blocked, ERP LN also does not generate a purchase order line for the other operations for the same subcontractor.
Check Business Partner Status | If this check box is selected, ERP LN checks the status of the business partner on the date in the Status Check Date field.
Status Check Date | The date for which ERP LN checks the status of the business partner. If you want to use this function, you must select the Check Business Partner Status check box.
Purchase Order
Purchase Order Series | The purchase order series to which the generated subcontracting orders will belong. You can define a default value in the Order Series for Subcontracting field in the Purchase Order Parameters (tdpur0100m400) session. Related topics To use number groups and series
Purchase Order Type | The generated purchase order's purchase order type. Enter a purchase order type for which the Subcontracting Order check box in the Purchase Order Types (tdpur0194m000) session is selected. Subcontracting Order You can define a default value in the Order Type for Subcontracting field in the Purchase Order Parameters (tdpur0100m400) session. Related topics Purchase organizational data