Greetings Experts,
I have a couple of subcontracting scenarios I would really appreciate some input on. My facility is currently using a 'SUBCONTRACT' material in the BOM and routing that works for our needs, but through this fashion it is not possible to see what materials are actually issued to Vendor stock and regardless of the item we are working with, SUBCONTRACTING is always sent out for external processing.
I am in the process of implementing a more standard SAP process where we have one material produced in house, then sent out for the external processing and received back to inventory as a different material. We are a production facility and this process will be a combination of a production order and a purchase order for subcontracting. I have recently been given a requirement to handle a couple of different processes and I am not sure how to properly address the requirements.
1. An item is manufactured at our facility, then sent out to vendor A for a process. Before the item comes back to us, it is then sent to vendor B for yet another process. The item is then sent back to us from Vendor B and used in the remaining production process.
2. We manufacture an item in house, then send it out for an external process. When the item comes back from the vendor, we paint it internally before it is complete.
I would like to avoid creating a ton of additional materials and the final part number can not change due to its use in service manuals, etc. What we have do handle the standard process will work, but these variations from standard are really causing an issue.
Please explain if you have a solution for such scenarios.
Thank You