1. Implementing Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management
  2. Overview of Outside Processing Setup

Overview of Outside Processing Setup

The key setups required for using the outside processing feature are as follows:

  • Purchase Requisition Trigger plant parameter must be set up using the Manage Plant Parameters task in the Setup and Maintenance work area.

  • To derive the Purchase Order Charge Account, rules for the work order mapping set must be defined using the Define Transaction Account Rules and Manage Mapping Sets tasks in the Setup and Maintenance work area.

  • Outside Processing Service Items must be created using the Create Item task in the Product Information Management work area.

  • Suppliers must be created using the Create Supplier task in the Suppliers work area.

  • Standard operations can be optionally created using the Manage Standard Operations task in the Work Definition work area.

  • Work definitions must be created using the Manage Work Definitions task in the Work Definition work area.