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Manufacturing · 4 steps

Subcontract production to a vendor

Send components to a vendor, have them assemble the finished goods, and receive the result back with the full cost.

Before you start: The finished good needs a BOM, and the vendor must exist in your vendor list.

1Open Subcontracting and start an order

Open Manufacturing → Subcontracting. The list shows each order's Vendor, Finished good, Charge and Status. Choose New Order.

Scalar360 screen: Open Subcontracting and start an order
Numbered outlines show what to click, in order.

2Enter the vendor, product and charge

Pick the Vendor and the Finished good, then enter the Quantity and the Subcontract charge (total). Choose the warehouses to Send materials from and Receive finished into.

Scalar360 screen: Enter the vendor, product and charge
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3Check the components to send

Open an order to see Components to send from the BOM, with what is Required and Available. A Short on stock badge appears if anything can't be sent.

Scalar360 screen: Check the components to send
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4Send materials and receive the goods

Choose Send materials to consume the components from the warehouse. When the vendor delivers, choose Receive to add the finished goods to stock. The side panel shows Material cost, Subcontract charge and Total cost.

Scalar360 screen: Send materials and receive the goods
Numbered outlines show what to click, in order.
Create a bill of materialsRecord what a finished product is made from, how many units one run makes and the operations it goes through, with an estimated material cost.Turn a shortfall into a purchase orderReview what a production plan is missing, then raise purchase orders to the items' preferred vendors.

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