Outside Processing-1

Introduction:

In manufacturing an assembly, organizations could run into scenarios where one or more operations are performed by an external supplier. Though these operations could vary by industry some examples are Powder Coating, Color blasting etc. In an outside processing scenario, a Semi-Finished assembly is sent to the supplier.

Below are the high-level steps in Outside Processing Flow:

• Create an Outside Processing Service Item
• Create a Supplier Operation
• Define a Work Definition Including Supplier Operation
• Review Plant Parameters
• Create a Work Order and Release
• Review the Supply Orchestration
• Receive the Purchase Order

In this first we will review the steps up to reviewing plant parameters.

Create an Outside Processing Service Item

Outside Processing Service Item is used in the Purchase Order line and systematically received from the supplier. This is a non-Inventory, Service item, used for tracking the Supplier services.

Product Hub provides a seeded item template- Outside Processing Item can be used to create these items.

Create a Supplier Operation: 

Operation Type needs to be selected as Supplier for these operations. In Supplier Operation Details, Outside Process Item created in the earlier step is associated along with the Supplier and Supplier Site.

Define a Work Definition with Supplier Operation

In the below example, outside processing operation is preceded by an in-house operation.

Review Plant Parameters

Purchase Requisition trigger for an Outside Processing Item is based on the value setup at Plant Parameters. In Work Execution Tab in Plant Parameters, the parameter Purchase Requisition Trigger has two possible values – Work Order Release and Prior Operation Completion.

In case of multiple Outside Processing Operations, Requisition is triggered for all the operations at the same time if plant parameter is set to Work Order Release. If parameter is set to Prior Operation Completion, Requisition is triggered after the prior operation is completed.