Hello fellow users -
We have many parts that have consecutive subcontract operations. Supplier A is local and delivers the completed operation materials to us, and we in turn ship them to Supplier B. Our issue is that the receiving people don’t know that the parts need to go out on another subcontract PO rather than going into stock or on a job cart. Is there a systematic way to signal upon receipt that the part needs to stay in the outgoing subcontract area?
Unfortunately, we don’t keep work order travelers or any kind of labels with the product, so that takes away any helpful information that could be found or customized on either.
How are other companies handling this? Are there Epicor best practices for this situation?
Thanks, Tina
Sorry no answer… just curious.
If subcontracted Parts that are received from Supplier A…
don’t need to be inspected before shipping to Supplier B?
then… I’d wonder if purchasing could make arrangements for Supplier A to ship completed materials directly to Supplier B?
How may parts/suppliers involved?
Might get “interesting” figuring out how purchasing could track PO status and deal with the accounting dept but…possibly reducing unnecessary shipping/handling on your end?
I am with Bruce here. Every subcontract op we have is followed by an in-house inspection op that must be done before the parts can be sent to the next SC. I would also agree that if it doesn’t need this inspection step, then just have your SC ship it directly to the next SC.
Hi Bruce - No, there’s no inspection between subcontract due to the nature of our business. I suggested drop shipping from supplier A to supplier B, but was told that since most of the supplier A’s are local they deliver to us and wouldn’t want to ship LTL. Each subcontract part is usually for a qty of 1 or 2 - we are a large equipment manufacturer and don’t run production here.
I’m taking a look at a method directive that could produce a popup when receiving is done, but not being super familiar with C#, I’m getting nothing but errors. (story of my Epicor life…)
Drop-shipped subcontracts are the bane of my existence. So many users complaining “where is my serial number”. Well, system says it’s still back at the first vendor.
I’ve suggested ways to automate the requisite dummy shipment, but they won’t change MOM’s to accommodate a reliable solution.
Thanks Nate - I think I will push back on the drop shipping a bit and see where that takes me.