Our employer has opted down this "Lean" path. The way we cope is by having a Part number placeholder in the bom for the subcontract - and have no true subcontract operation. The place holder part number has a $1 value, so if subcontract for a part costs $8.60, then we use x8.6 of the placeholder.
The major drawback of this method is traceability. I do not endorse this method, unless you have a very very special relationship with your outsource partner. There is no longer an order number, and no longer a direct link between the purchase orders and the job.
Put as much thought into tracking as possible, because Vantage will suddenly become rather impotent if you go this way.
The major drawback of this method is traceability. I do not endorse this method, unless you have a very very special relationship with your outsource partner. There is no longer an order number, and no longer a direct link between the purchase orders and the job.
Put as much thought into tracking as possible, because Vantage will suddenly become rather impotent if you go this way.
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, robertb_versa@... wrote:
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> It doesn't. PartRev methods only support reference to the subcontract supplier - not to a specific pre-established linked subcontract PO.
> Kanban Receipts are reported after production is complete (automatically creating the job, backflushing all materials & OPs labor, and receiving to specified receive to whse-bin).
> No way (I'm aware of) to get at the 'black box' app BO methods involved to establish a link to the needed subcontract PO (that probably - with some PO entry tinkering - could be established in advance to act as the cost chain).
> If (for kanban items) you abandon the subcontract PO paradigm and treat it like a stock PO (kanban PO+service spec code as purchased pn), you could have a 3 step kanban process.
> 1. Kanban card triggers raw mtl transfer to supplier against an open, pre-established PO line rel representing a month or quarter's est qty's.
> 2. Partial receipt puts needed 'stock' qty in stock.
> 3. Kanban rcpt is reported (in same qty - fully consuming PO rcpt qty via backflush).
> Other option might be to train someone (in production) to create a quick job, eng/sched/rel & trigger true subcontract PO entry/link. Setup method to backflush everything possible. (Not true kanban but maybe 'kanban enough' for your process & skill sets.)
> Rob Brown
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> Subj:[Vantage] Kanban and Subcontract Operations
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> Our Materials Manager (soon to join this group) is looking at the use of Kanban for some of our products. Does anyone have advice/best practices on how this works when the product also has a subcontract operation?
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