the other way is to link to the supplier of that item to see if they are a dropshipper
BJ Freeman sent the following on 1/25/2008 4:20 AM: > Thinking from a accounting perspective, you have LIFO or FIFO or average > cost. > So how would you handle a Drop ship different in each of these cases. > is there a need to differentiate a Drop shipped Item. > Also there are two types of Dropship, from what I am picking up. > You become the Dropshipper, and/or you are using a Dropshipper for your > orders. > There are different ways of accounting for COGS when you have some one > dropship to fill your orders than when you ship from inventory. > > My reason for taking this approach is to see if we need to evaluate the > whole structure to see if we meet the criteria to allow evalatuation for > the above. > > I thinks there needs to be a more definitive way to Identify those drop > shipped for a customer, and those that Dropship to a customer from > another source. > > Maybe look as assigning Warehouses (facilities) that are the Suppier > that we dropship from, and then use that as a indicator if this item is > dropshipped and how. > > > Jacopo Cappellato sent the following on 1/25/2008 3:52 AM: >> I've moved this thread to from the user to the dev list. >> I did some research on how to implement this (i.e. assign specific >> invoice item types for purchase invoices for drop shipped items) and >> maybe the easiest way is to define a new InvoiceItemType for each of the >> existing ones with DS_ prefix (or similar). >> The algoritm would be: >> 1) using the InvoiceItemTypeMap find the invoiceItemTypeId associated to >> the orderItemTypeId (as is now) >> 2) if it is a drop shipment, add the prefix DS_: "DS_" + invoiceItemTypeId >> >> What do you think? >> >> Jacopo >> >> >> Dave Tenerowicz wrote: >>> # 2 is a good suggestion - I'll try that and let the ml know the >>> results. Option 1 would not work because the same product could be >>> drop shipped, or shipped from the company warehouse. >>> -Dave >>> >>> Jacopo Cappellato wrote: >>>> As a first shot I'd say that: >>>> >>>> 1) you can try to use GL mappings for ProductCategories (and group >>>> your products in different product categories) or >>>> 2) we have to generate invoice items for drop shipped products with >>>> special invoiceItemTypes and use the Gl mappings for invoiceItemTypes >>>> to route them to the right accounts >>>> >>>> Just my 2 cents >>>> >>>> Jacopo >>>> >>>> Dave Tenerowicz wrote: >>>>> Does anyone have any experience setting up OfBiz accounting so that >>>>> the default GL accounts used varies according to the type of >>>>> Purchase (for example purchases to replenish stock, vs purchases >>>>> that are drop shipped?) >>>>> >>>>> For example, if a PO/Purchase Invoice is for goods for stock, use >>>>> one AP account and a corresponding cost of goods. However, if the >>>>> PO/Purchase Invoice is for product that was drop shipped, then use a >>>>> different AP account and a different purchase COG account. And >>>>> finally, if a PO/Purchase Invoice is for trans shipped goods, use a >>>>> different pair of accounts. (Trans ship means one company >>>>> organization issues the PO, the goods are received at a warehouse >>>>> owned by another internal organization and then shipped from that >>>>> warehouse to the end customer) >>>>> >>>>> After an hour of experimentation, I cannot find a way to get the >>>>> proper results. Has anyone solved a problem like this before? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> >> > > > >
