We’re running into recurring issues on subcontracted purchase orders (with linked Released Production Orders) where our co-manufacturers are reporting incorrect consumption/output, and we only find out 4-6 weeks after the manufacturing run ends. We’ve been leaving the RPOs open until all inventory is picked up, but this sometimes happens up to 2 months after the production run ends and it’s affecting down the line costing/financial reports.
The biggest issue is how this affects costing down the line. On the item ledger, the unit cost is only the subcontracted tolling price and does not include what was consumed, even though there was inventory consumed on the released production order. Is there a way to have the consumption cost flow through on the items manufactured BEFORE the released production order is closed?