Feature
Subcontract Operations
Subcontract operations sit in the routing, with consignments out, receipts back and the price returning to the job.
Operational Problem
- 1OperationSits in the routing like any other
- 2Consignment outMaterial keeps its batch through the gate
- 3At the subcontractorThe hours are theirs, not loaded on your machines
- 4Receipt backQuantity and batch reconciled against what went
- 5Cost to the jobThe price returns to the works order that sent it
A simplified drawing, not a screenshot. Subcontract hours do not inflate the capacity loaded onto your own work centres.
Parts go out for heat treatment and the only record is a delivery note in a drawer.
The schedule treats the subcontract operation as if it happens on site, so the capacity board is wrong.
The subcontract invoice arrives and nobody matches it to the job it belongs to.
Capabilities
- 1.
Track work that leaves the building — Consignments out, receipts back, with delivery notes and certificates.
- 2.
Cost lands on the right job — The recorded consignment price contributes to the works order’s actual cost.
- 3.
Traceability survives the gate — Material keeps its batch through the subcontractor and back.
- 4.
Honest capacity — Subcontract operations sit in the routing without loading your own machines.
How It Works
Subcontract Operations Do Not Load Your Work Centres
An operation routed to a subcontractor is scheduled as elapsed time at the supplier, not as hours against a work centre of yours. Your capacity figures therefore show only work you have to resource, and the plan states how many operations were excluded for this reason.
Lot Records Survive Subcontract
Material that goes out and comes back keeps its lot, so the lot history does not break when the work leaves site.
Subcontract Cost Lands On The Job
The consignment price lands on the job that sent the work, not in a general overhead.
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