Dynamics 365 Business Central: Supply Chain Management - Set up and explore subcontracting more easily

<h2>Business Value</h2> <p>Subcontracting requires coordinated setup across work centers, vendors, locations, prices, and production BOMs. A guided starting point and actionable warnings help administrators find the required setup and correct missing information before it interrupts production work.</p> <h2>Details</h2> <p>Clearer demonstration data also makes it easier to evaluate intermediate and final subcontracting operations and compare more than one subcontractor.</p> <p>The <strong>Subcontracting Setup</strong> assisted setup guide, available after the Subcontracting app is installed, organizes initial configuration into three steps:</p> <ol> <li>Review an introduction to subcontracting.</li> <li>Review company defaults such as the worksheet template and batch, production-order information lines, component costs, and transfer lead time.</li> <li>Open the related pages to set up work centers, vendors, locations, subcontractor prices, component supply methods, and supporting documentation.</li> </ol> <p>Additional improvements make setup and discovery clearer:</p> <ul> <li>From the <strong>Work Center Card</strong>, open <strong>Subcontractor Prices</strong>, <strong>Subcontracting WIP Entries</strong>, and <strong>Subcontractor - Dispatch List</strong> for configured subcontractor work centers.</li> <li>From routing lines and production order pages, review subcontracting comments, prices, work-in-process entries, related purchase documents, transfer orders and entries, return transfers, and linked components. You can also create subcontracting orders and adjust WIP from supported released production order pages.</li> <li>When you open the obsolete Subcontracting Worksheet in an online environment without the app installed, a notification explains that the app replaces the worksheet. Choose <strong>Install</strong> to get the new experience or <strong>Don't show me again</strong> to dismiss future notifications.</li> <li>When you assign a subcontractor vendor to a work center and the vendor has no <strong>Subc. Location Code</strong>, a notification explains why the location is needed for components and WIP items.</li> <li>Contoso Coffee demonstration data includes <strong>Bulk Assembly</strong> and <strong>Local Assembly</strong> subcontractors, locations, and work centers. The <strong>Airpot - Subc. Mid-Routing</strong> and <strong>Airpot - Subc. Final Op</strong> routings demonstrate intermediate and final subcontracting operations.</li> <li>Standard tasks and detailed work instructions provide more realistic manufacturing examples. Routing operations use different direct costs so that you can compare scenarios without relying on preconfigured subcontractor price records.</li> </ul>