multilevel BOM in subcontracting PO

[alisa_schlossberg-majer]

hello all

I have seen several answers to this question but none is suitable or complete. I will try my luck.

we have a multilevel BOM that we want to use in a subcontracting PO.

meaning:

We are sending material 1234 to subcontracting vendor ABC.

This vendor transforms this material in 4567.

Same Subcontracting Vendor, creates an additional material, 890, with 16 pcs of material 4567.

So our BOM would be: Header 890

item 4567 16 pcs

and BOM header 4567

item 1234 1pc.

The PO is ordered on the level of 890 but material 1234 is not considered.

The reason we need the middle material 4567, is for the vendor to understand the design since he produces both 4567 and 890.

In one answer, someone suggested making 4567 a dummy material but it is not clear how this would work.

Can someone help? have any additional ideas?

[alisa_schlossberg-majer]

Hello Andy

we also already thought about these solutions. Having 4567 in stock is not a necessity hence one PO is sufficient but 4567 must appear in the subcontracting PO. We were thinking of using it as dummy material but I am not sure how to do that