Creating an Outsourced Manufacturing Item

Outsourced manufacturing items are the goods and services you sell to customers that have been produced in cooperation with your outsourcing vendor. You need to define the charge item used in the purchasing transaction.

To create an outsourcing charge item:

1. Go to Lists > Accounting > Items > New.

2. On the New Item page, click Other Charge for Purchase or Service For Purchase.

3. Enter a unique Item Name/Number.

   For example, Bike Production charge.

4. Complete the other fields in the page.

5. On the Purchasing subtab, enter a Purchase Price.

6. In the Cost Category field, select Outsourcing Charge.

   NetSuite recognizes this as an outsourcing charge item.

   Note:

   When you select Outsourcing Charge, the Can Be Fulfilled/Received box on the Preferences subtab is checked and cannot be cleared.

7. In the Vendors section, select a Vendor.

8. To designate this vendor as your default vendor, check the Preferred box.

9. On the Accounting subtab, select a Tax Schedule.

10. Click Save.

After you create the outsourcing charge item, you must perform the following tasks:

• Create a Bill of Materials (BOM). For example, Outsourced BOM. For more information, see Create a BOM.

• Create a BOM Revision. For more information, see Creating BOM Revisions.

  1. On the Bill of Materials Revision page, in the Item list, select the components you keep in inventory and will provide to the vendor. For example, bike seats and bicycle wheels.

  2. Select the Outsourcing Charge item.

  3. Enter the BOM Quantity per assembly. For example, 1 seat, 2 wheels, and 1 charge item.

  4. Click Save.

• Create an Assembly Item. For more information, see Creating Item Records.

  1. On the Manufacturing subtab, select the Bill of Materials.

  2. Optionally, click the Master Default box to designate this as your default BOM for this assembly.

  3. Click Save.

Related Topics

Configuring Outsourced Manufacturing

Setting up Outsourced Manufacturing

General Notices