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Can you use Business Central for a Subcontract Resource?

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Posted on by Subcontract resources 5

Hi All,

I'm looking for a way to set up a sub-contract resource. Ideally I'd like to have the subcontractor fill in timesheets & have this link to the purchase invoice as a 'double check'.

I need to be able to distinguish between employee & subcontract time & have the costs posted to different sections in COGS.  There are occasions when both employees & subcontractors are working on the same job so I'm struggling to resolve this with 'Job Posting Groups' as these are allocated per job.

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!

Sarah

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    keoma 32,729 on at

    add the subcontractor as normal resource, set a different resouce posting group.

    add timesheet as pdf or excel in the purchase invoice link list.

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    Subcontract resources 5 on at

    Hi Archer,

    Thank you so much for your reply! This is the thought process that I was trying to follow.

    I can't find resource posting groups in the 'tell me' search. Is it hidden somewhere or have a different name?

    Also, ref the timesheet & purchase invoice... I'd like to raise a PO to a subcontractor for eg 10 days & then have them invoice us incrementally eg 2 days a month. Hence, I'd have multiple invoices against the 1 PO & I'd like to establish the delta easily to post as an accrual. Do you have any suggestions for this?

    Kind regards

    Sarah

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    keoma 32,729 on at

    you can use field "product posting group". use different groups with different accounts (setup) for interal and external ressources.

    you can post/invoice a purchase order with a quantity less then the total line qty. value by setting field "Qty. to Invoice". in field "qty invoiced" you should see the quantity, which is already invoiced. 

    additional you could have a look at:

    https://community.dynamics.com/nav/f/microsoft-dynamics-nav-forum/164703/resource-line-on-a-purchase-order/401568

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