Hi all,

We're just beginning to use subcontracting BOMs, and I'm actually having trouble working out why they exist. Aside from the negligible benefit of transferring raw materials supplied by us to a subcontracting location, I can't see any benefit to using these instead of a manufacturing BOM with subcontracted routing operations. They are more limited because, for example, we can't enter a reference price for a generic subcontracting operation, therefore we need to set up separate products for every variation of that operation and have them included in a purchase price list.

Any thoughts?

Cheers,

Ben.