NetSuite enables customers to outsource their manufacturing efforts to vendors. Customers can outsource from either a purchase order or from a work order.
To outsource production from a purchase order
Go to the purchase order record( Transactions > Purchases > Enter Purchase Order).
On the Purchase Order page, in the Custom Form field, select the Standard Outsourced Purchase Order.
Select the outsourcing vendor name in the vendor field and fill up the other required field in the purchase order record.
On the Items subtab, click Items.
From the Assembly list, select the outsourced item and select the outsourcing Location also.
In the Item field, select the item charge and enter the item quantity.
NetSuite automatically completes the Rate, Amount, and Production Dates fields, but you can modify the values.
Select the Bill of Materials and bill of a material revision.
Click Add.
Continue to add lines based on what you are building in-house, and what you are outsourcing.
To automatically create a work order, check the Create WO box.
Click Save.
After you save the purchase order, a link to the new work order appears on the Items subtab.
Click the Work Order number link to display the work order details.
The Outsourcing subtab displays the following outsourcing information:
A checked outsourced box denotes that this order is outsourced
The vendor name
Outsourcing charge type
A link to the original purchase order
You can also click the Create WO link to let NetSuite automatically create a work order.
On the Purchase Order page, click Receive.
On the Item Receipt page, you can receive all the items or some of the items.
On the Items subtab, in the To Location field, select where you want to receive the final product.
Click Save.
NetSuite creates assembly-build transactions for the received number of items.
Click an Assembly Builds link to review assembly build details.