You can create purchasing requisitions for outside processing items automatically or manually depending on how you set the WIP parameter Requisition Creation Time.
If you set the parameter to At Job/Schedule Release, a purchase requisition is created for all outside processing operations on a job or schedule when you release the job or schedule. If you set the parameter to At Operation, a purchase requisition is created when you move into Queue of an outside processing operation. If you set the parameter to Manual, you must create purchase requisitions manually. You also must manually create purchase requisitions for work orders with a resource charge type of PO Move or PO Receipt that are added to the work order after it is released.
The Requisition Import process automatically runs when using PO Move and PO Receipt resource types. However, only PO Move initiates the Intermediate Shipment workflow.
If Oracle Shop Floor Management is installed, and you are using lot based jobs with network routings, the PO Receipt transaction moves the items to the last operation-not the next operation. Network routings define different paths for the next operation according to the results of the last operation. The next operation cannot be determined before receiving because the routing is dynamic. See: .Creating a Network Routing in the Shop Floor Management User's Guide.
When a requisition is automatically triggered by a move transaction into an outside processing operation, Work in Process 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.
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 pre-specified intervals. See: Defining Default Options and Submitting a Request.
When creating approved 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.
You can manually define a purchase requisition that 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 that has a charge type of PO Move or PO Receipt. See: Entering Outside Processing Information.