Consumption Location Code for Subcontracting

BUSINESS VALUE / REQUIREMENT

Usually, location codes for production components will be filled from manufacturing setup or stockkeeping unit. Nevertheless, if you are working with subcontractors, you might want a different setting for that.

Therefore, we introduce the possibility to assign location code according to the configuration on a work center card if you selected a subcontractor on this page.

Work Center Settings

  1. Search for work center using the tell me search

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  1. Click on the work center you want to configure

  2. On the work center card make sure you enter a subcontractor no. and a component location

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Item Settings

Make sure the product that you want to produce fullfill this requierements

  1. Associated Routing No. has to include the workcenter you configured and a Routing Link Code needs to be set

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  1. At least one component in Production BOM is linked to the work center you configured. To do so please set a Routing Link Code

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Production order

During the production order calculation and planning it will be checked if a routing line involves the configurated work center and that Production BOM is linked to this work center through a Routing Link Code. Is this the case then the location code from the corresponding work center card will be taken for the corresponding components

  1. Fill Head Fields as usual and then click on refresh production order 2021-12-06 08_51_50-Edit - Released Production Order - 1011002 ∙ Tourenrad - Dynamics 365 Business C.png

  2. Check Prod. Order Components (Line\Components) 2021-12-06 11_15_55-Edit - Prod. Order Components - 101004 Test Routing 70061 - Dynamics 365 Busines.png

As you see, the components that were linked to a work center through a Routing Link Code are to be produced in the configured location code.

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