Hi all,
We are using the standard IFS Outside Operation / Subcontracting process and have a question regarding the creation and management of purchase requisitions and purchase orders.
When a shop order is released, IFS automatically creates the related purchase requisitions or purchase orders for the outsourced operation, depending on the selected supply type.
In practice, we often face situations where:
- Previous operations are delayed and the planned quantity is not yet available for outsourcing.
- Only part of the quantity can be shipped to the supplier due to transportation capacity constraints/ delays in previous operations.
- The standard approach is to split the shop order, which updates the purchase requisitions/orders and creates new requisitions/orders with a later delivery date.
However, managing these splits requires significant effort because it is difficult to determine exactly:
- How much quantity has already been reported as Ship WIP to Supplier.
- How much quantity is still waiting to be outsourced.
Our questions are:
- Is there a standard way in IFS to postpone the creation of purchase requisitions or purchase orders until the Ship WIP to Supplier transaction is actually reported?
- What is the most efficient way to obtain visibility of the quantity that has already been reported as WIP to Supplier versus the quantity that is still waiting to be shipped?
- How do other companies handle partial shipments to subcontractors without repeatedly splitting shop orders? ( I understand it is the correct way to split shop orders to have good insight in the supply chain )
We would appreciate any best practices or standard IFS solutions that have worked well in similar scenarios.
Thanks in advance!
