On Jun 4, 2008, at 8:35 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
Hi all,
I would like to add support for the status for non serialized
inventory items (right now the status is used only for serialized
items).
The idea is to add a new status item for "Damaged" inventory (and
maybe "On Hold" for inventory under inspection); the inventory items
with this status will be excluded by the inventory counting
algorithm and also by the inventory reservation service.
The main goal is to add the ability to keep into the warehouse non
serialized inventory items but don't use them in orders etc... (at
least until they are fixed), but don't just remove them from the
system (as it happens when you do a manual inventory variance).
What do you think? Can I go on with this?
It's an interesting idea. Right now all damaged/held/etc inventory is
treated per unit, ie as serialized inventory. When returns are
received each item is evaluated individually and tracked that way.
If I understand where you are coming from, this becomes a problem when
you receive 1000 damaged widgets and would have to create a record for
each one.
With that in mind, perhaps this might be a good way to make the
management easier without any data structure change, though there
could be a number of code changes needed.
-David
