Requisitioning Outside Processing Items
Work in Process automatically requisitions outside processing items linked to outside resources when you move assemblies into Queue of operations with outside resources. You can also manually requisition outside processing items by including them on requisition lines and linking each line to a discrete job or repetitive schedule.
Work in Process Move Transactions
When you move assemblies into Queue of an operation with an outside resource, Work in Process automatically creates a pending requisition in the PO_REQUISITIONS_INTERFACE table for the outside processing item linked to the outside resource. If you define several outside resources in an operation, Work in Process creates a separate pending requisition for each outside processing item linked to each resource.
If you move into any intraoperation step other than Queue, Work in Process does not create a pending requisition. Also, if you move backwards into Queue, Work in Process does not create a pending requisition.
If you have an outside resource in the first operation of your routing, you should manually create a requisition and link it to your job or repetitive schedule, since Work in Process cannot automatically generate a pending requisition in this case.
Submitting Requisition Import
You can submit the Requisition Import process through the Submit Requests window in Purchasing to generate approved requisitions created by Work in Process. You must specify WIP as the Import Source when you submit the process. You have several choices for grouping your requisitions including All, Buyer, Category, Item, Location, and Supplier. For example, you can group your requisitions by Item to create a separate requisition for each item. Or, you can group your requisitions by All to include multiple items on a single requisition. Purchasing creates a separate requisition line for each line in the interface table. See: Requisition Import Process.
You can specify a default Group By option for Requisition Import in the Purchasing Options window. You can also automate the approval of pending requisitions by using the resubmit functionality of the Submit Requests window to automatically submit the Requisition Import process at prespecified intervals. See: Defining Default Options and Submitting a Request.
Creating Approved Purchasing Requisitions
Purchasing automatically checks for supplier sourcing rules when it creates a requisition line for an outside processing item. If you defined a supplier sourcing rule, Purchasing defaults the primary supplier you specified. If you have a blanket purchase agreement active for the item/supplier combination in the Approved Supplier List, then Purchasing also defaults the price associated with the outside processing item on the blanket. If no price exists, then Purchasing defaults the List Price from the item master.
The need by date on the requisition comes from the preprocessing, postprocessing, fixed and variable item lead time elements in the Items window. Work in Process adds the sum of these lead time elements to the move transaction date and passes the incremented date to Purchasing. If the incremented date is a non-workday, Work in Process passes the next greatest workday based on the manufacturing calendar of the work in process organization.
The preparer for a requisition is the employee associated with the applications user who entered the move transaction in Work in Process.
For each requisition line, Purchasing automatically enters accounting flexfield information. The Charge Account for a requisition line comes from the outside processing valuation account on the accounting class associated with the job or repetitive schedule you are charging. The Budget Account is left null unless you use encumbrance accounting. The Accrual Account comes from the organization Inventory AP Accrual Account. And, the Variance Account comes from the organization Invoice Price Variance Account.
Manually Creating Requisitions
You can manually define a purchase requisition which includes one or more outside processing items. For each requisition line, you must specify a job or repetitive schedule to charge. You can charge any resource on a job or repetitive schedule which has an autocharge type of PO Move or PO Receipt. See: Entering Outside Processing Information.
Approving Requisitions
Purchasing automatically approves requisitions created by the Requisition Import program. You must approve any requisitions you define manually. Only approved requisitions become part of the requisition pool from which AutoCreate Documents creates purchase orders. See: Autocreate Purchase Order Options.
