Sage 100

Does anyone have a slick way of handling manufacturing steps that are completed by a third party? I have a client who has various work order steps completed by an outside vendor and is looking for a way to correctly show what items are at that third party and then receive them back and capture the new cost of the item. They are currently using purchase order and separate warehouses to accomplish this, but I'm wondering if there is an extended solution or something more fancy-pants. Any ideas?

Set up a WO step called outside processing. Set up a misc PO code for the outside processing step. Issue a PO for the amount of the outside processing cost and reference the WO job # and step. When the item is returned with the added processing, receive against the PO (ROG) and the value is added to the WO job. To report on what is at the outside processor, use the open PO report as a reference. Not extremely pretty, but workable. You do have to make sure the PO has been received/paid before closing the WO though. Maybe @DebThomas has a better process.

I have not found anything else though a custom programming that triggers a completion entry with the receipt of a certain item might help the process. We have used scripting to accomplish it through Production Entry in BOM.

I actually have the client define the WC as Outside Processing and then create an operation for each of the Vendors. No dollars for the Operations, but it gives you the ability to know what's purchased by WO Step. Each subcontractor has their own step. I've also created a Product Line for Subcontract and Part Numbers. Shows then that there's a demand and with the PO tied to the WO, the value flows into the WT as Jeff indicated previously. But you'll have to complete the step once the PO has been received. Does any of this make sense?