Indicate Purchase Component Method
Explanation
The purchase component functionality is used when you are sending the supplier material or components needed to
either manufacture or pack the parts that you then purchase. You can choose to charge, i.e., sell the material or
the components to your supplier, or not charge the supplier for the material and components.
There are two different methods to use:
- Supplier material: A more simple way to reserve, pick, and ship the material, working only in IFS/Purchasing.
It is not possible to charge these items. This function will be used, for example, when handling outside
operations in IFS Manufacturing.
- Customer Order: A more complex variant where the purchase order will create a customer order. The customer
order flow will then be used to reserve, pick, and ship the material. It is also possible to choose whether the
material should be charged or not. This is decided at the moment of creation of the purchase part structure.
Prerequisites
- You either can indicate this option when entering the site or change the option on an already entered
site.
System Effects
If the customer order method is chosen, a customer order will be created when releasing the purchase order,
containing lines for the components that shall be sent to the supplier.
If the supplier material method is chosen, a demand towards inventory is created for the components that shall be
sent to the supplier.