Subcontracting in Purchasing (SAP Library

Subcontracting in Purchasing

Use

Using subcontracting items (SC items) in purchase requisitions and purchase orders, you can order material to be produced in subcontracting. If you procure AFS materials using subcontracting, the type and quantity of the components to be provided are dependent on the stockkeeping unit that you order. For each SKU that you order from your vendor, you can

manually enter / change, or
create the necessary components to be provided via a bill of material (BOM) explosion (if the ordered material has a BOM).

Features

The AFS system supports the procurement of AFS materials using subcontracting at SKU level and enables you to create and change SC purchase requisitions and SC orders:

Creating SC Purchase Requisitions and SC Orders

Changing SC Purchase Requisitions and SC Orders

If you frequently or exclusively procure a material using subcontracting, you should make specific settings in the master data.

AFS Restrictions

When creating or changing an SC purchase requisition or an SC order, an ATP check for the components can be carried out in the standard. This functionality is not supported if the header material is an AFS material.

In the AFS system, the functionality SC purchase requisition or account assign SC order are only supported for the account assignment to cost centers.

The creation of an SC purchase requisition from a production order is not supported for AFS materials.

You cannot create scheduling agreements with the item category Subcontracting in the AFS system.

Requests for quotations and quotations with the item category Subcontracting are not possible in the AFS system.

The manual creation of planned orders for the special form of procurement subcontracting is not supported by AFS.