Those of you who are actively managing subcon work in IFS; have you figured out a way to control the release of PR’s upon release of a shop order? Our subcon PR’s release the moment a Shop order is created, however the subcon portion on a routing may not come up for a week or two. Is there a way to control the release/unrelease of the subcon on the operation no? I’m guessing it might have something to do with Outside OP Supply Type, but I am not sure you can stop it by changing it. Thanks.
PR's for Subcon lines
Best answer by matt.watters
One signal that material is ready and the PO should be released soon could be searching for PR Lines where Requisitioner = SO - SHOP ORDER and the Latest Order Date is within X days from today.
Here is my shop order, and based on the run factor assigned to the Outside Operation (op 20), this op will take 80 hours to complete. I need to have it back from the supplier on 6/30 so I can complete the order on 7/2. So the supplier needs to start on 6/16, thus the PO should be in place before 6/16.

Using the Supplier LT of 14 days for this part, the Latest Order Date on the PR Line is 6/16. This line would not fall into my action window until maybe 1 day before 6/16. Then I would act on it and create/release the PO.

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