Subcontracting Overview
Subcontract operations vary, depending on whether your company subcontracts WIP lot- or serial-controlled items, how many subcontractors you use to perform the same operation on the same item-site-routing combination, and where in the routing you use subcontract services.
If your company uses WIP Lot Trace (WLT) to control items, setup and transactions for subcontract operations may involve additional WLT-related steps.
If you typically use more than one subcontractor in your WIP operations, you can optionally activate features that improve visibility and efficiency in managing multiple subcontract operations.
If your subcontract services are the last operation in a WIP item’s routing, you can save processing steps by combining receipt and inventory placement of the finished item from the subcontractor.
Note: If WIP item components are lot/serial controlled, you must use the Advanced Repetitive Move Transaction (18.22.19) to record the WIP item placement into inventory. If only the WIP item is lot/serial controlled, then the placement of inventory occurs during receipt.
Subcontract processing requires the use of several modules. Although most of the processing occurs in the Advanced Repetitive module, you must complete setup steps in other modules as well as Advanced Repetitive. All setup tasks are described here.