An odd-ball scenario here…
Let’s say I’m sending parts out to a subcontractor for an operation… I’ll use sand-blasting as an easy example.
The Subcontract PO can accept parts from multiple jobs, great. So we’re sending them (3) parts to get blasted based on job subcontract ops.
We also want to send them a part from one of our own production machines to get blasted/cleaned along with the parts tied to subcontract operations.
The PO allows for this. You can add a line for “Other” which is then a PUR-UNK transaction. So, our PO now has (3) subcontract lines, and (1) “Other” line.
The problem is, Subcontractor Shipment Entry won’t allow you to SHIP a part unless there is a related job number. So, event though the PO includes a Line for “other”… I can’t ship it.
Can anybody think of a clever way around this?
I can do a misc. shipment, which makes sense since I’m not receiving this “other” part back to a job or inventory. But, I’m hoping I don’t need (2) packing slips for (1) shipment. I could put all the parts on the misc. shipment, but then the subcontract flow breaks down. No “clear” record of the subcontract parts being sent out, not received to the job when they come back, etc.
I could create a random stock job with a placeholder part and a subcontract operation and potentially re-use that over-and-over again when scenarios like this pop up. The problem is we would have to close that job at certain intervals so the costs get passed through the system. But the costs would need adjusted anyway to get to the right GLs. In these cases the costs shouldn’t go to COGS GLs, but to operational/maintenance GLs instead. That’s the beauty of using a PUR-UKN PO line, we can steer the costs to the desired GL.
Any thoughts/insights?
probably after a po is approved check for an other line, then have a function which creates the misc slip.
