Definition

Location type for mapping subcontracting for multiple plants in SAP APO. While in the case of location type vendor you can only specify an assigned vendor, in the case of location type subcontractor you can specify both an assigned vendor and an assigned plant.

Use

If a subcontractor only processes a certain product for one plant, it is sufficient to map this subcontractor in SAP APO as a location with type vendor .

If a subcontractor processes the same product for multiple plants, it is not sufficient to use the location type vendor , since the system cannot distinguish between these plants and would mix up the receipts and requirements of the plants. In this case, you use the location type subcontractor .

You create an individual location with the type subcontractor for each plant-vendor combination. You assign the plant for which the subcontracting occurs and the vendor in which the subcontracting takes place to this location.

Planning takes place in the location with the type subcontractor for the relevant plant-vendor combination. You can create a location with the type subcontractor for as many plant-vendor combinations as you like.

You create the location with the type subcontractor manually in the location master data maintenance in SAP APO. This location type is not integrated with SAP R/3.