With standard functionalities it is difficult to navigate to subcontracting documents related to a production order.
Add buttons to show related documents directly from production order cards. On prod. orders, provide link to related subcontracting documents (Purchase Orders and Purchase Receipts).
For Handling Subcontract Manufacturing see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/production-how-to-subcontract-manufacturing.
The Subcontraction Management is planned by a Work Center, which is linked to a Vendor. Then this Work Center is used for a Routing Operation. If you calculate a Production Order with this Routing the Work Center / Operation is transfered to the Production Order. If you Release these Production Order you are able to cretae Purchase Orders for the Subcontractor. If you are Invoiceing the Purchase Order the Production Order are booked with Capacitiy Ledger Entries for this Work Cneter with the Value of the Purchase Invoice.
Create Work Center with a Subcontractor No.
Create Routing with the above Work Center
Link the above Routing with an item. Fill field "Routing No." on Replenishment FastTab on Item Card with the No. from Routing above.
Create Production Order where the above item is used. Change the Status to Released (or create directly Relesed Production Order).
Only Production Orders with Status Released can be Purchased as Subcontractors.
Open Released Production Orders Lines.
Fill all mandotory fields and refresh production order.
To Create Purchase Orders from Released Procution Orders the Subcontracting Worksheets are used. You can calculate the Subcontracting Operations.
Open Subcontracting Worksheet Lists and Calculate Subcontracts
->the above Production Order with the Routing Line for the above Work Center has to appear
Carry Out Action Message for the Subcontracting worksheet line with our above Production Order
-> a new purchase order is created
Open Purchase Orders Lists and open the new purchase order
In the Purchase Order Line, "Line"-Section, the new button "Production Order" appears and when the user clicks the button the related Production Order will open.
In the Released Production Order, "Line"-Section, the new button "Purchase Order" appears with two sub buttons for "Order" and "Receipts".
