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 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.
- Complete the remaining fields.
- On the Items subtab, click Items.
- From the Assembly list, select the outsourced item.
- Select the outsourcing Location.
- In the Item field, select the item charge. For example, Bike Production Charge.
- 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.
- Select the Bill of Materials 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. Note: NetSuite automatically creates an Inventory Transfer and not a Transfer Order.
- Click Save.NetSuite creates assembly-build transactions for the received number of items. Click an Assembly Build link to review assembly build details.