Drop Shipment to the Subcontractor

An enclosure drop shipment to a subcontractor can be assigned in the Master BOM, Document BOM, or Construction Order Line and processed in the Subcontracting Prod. Order page as a Purchase Order. The subcontractor vendor location address is copied to the Ship-to fields and the subcontractor Vendor Location Code is copied to the Location Code field on the line.

The process for handling the enclosure drop shipment for an external production is generally the same as without the drop shipment, except that a Drop Shipment Purchase Order is also created, which must be processed before the Purchase Order.

To create the production order with enclosure drop shipment

  1. Open the Master BOM, Document BOM, or Construction Order Line.
  2. Ensure that the Enclosure and Enclosure Drop Shipment checkboxes are selected on the enclosure item(s) to be drop shipped to the vendor.
    Note

    If the Reordering Policy for the item(s) is not <Blank>, a warning message opens when the Enclosure Drop Shipment checkbox is selected.

  3. Ensure that a vendor has been assigned to the enclosure item(s).
  4. Create the sales order, document BOM/construction order, and corresponding released production order.
  5. In the Released Production Order page, choose the Subcontracting action to open the Subcontracting Prod. Order page.
  6. Choose the Create Subcontracting Worksheet action and then go back to the Subcontracting Prod. Order page.
  7. Choose the Create Purchase Order action to:
    • delete the Subcontracting Worksheet line
    • create a Transfer Order
    • create a Drop Shipment Purchase Order
    • create a Purchase Order
    • update the related fields in the Subcontracting Prod. Order lines

To process the enclosure drop shipment

  1. Open the Transfer Order from the Transfer Order field on the line or from the Open Transfer Order action on the Subcontracting Routing Lines FastTab.
  2. Post the enclosure Transfer Order.
    The Posted Transfer Order field contains the number of the posted transfer order (you may need to refresh the page).
  3. Open the Enclosure Drop Shipment Purchase Order from the Encl. Drop Shipment field on the line or from the Open Encl. Drop Shipment action on the Subcontracting Routing Lines FastTab.
    The Location Code field is set to the value from the Location Code Subcontracting field (assigned to the subcontracting Vendor Card) and the Ship-to address fields are populated with the subcontracting vendor location.
  4. Post the Enclosure Drop Shipment purchase order and go back to the Subcontracting Prod. Order page.
    The Encl. Drop Shipment field displays the purchase receipt number, indicating that the purchase order was posted (you may need to refresh the page).

When the subcontractor delivers the completed item, the main subcontracting purchase order can be posted.

  1. Open the Purchase Order from the Purchase Line field on the line or from the Open Purchase Order action on the Subcontracting Routing Lines FastTab.

    Note

    All related subcontracting purchase receipts and transfer orders can be opened from the main subcontracting Purchase Order by choosing Order > Enclosure on the Related menu.

  2. Post the Purchase Order and go back to the Subcontracting Prod. Order page.
    The Posted Purchase Receipt field displays the purchase receipt number, indicating that the purchase order was posted (you may need to refresh the page).


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