let me see if i can accommodate your request. On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 21:08 +1200, Scott Gray wrote: > I'm pretty sure it can be accommodated without making it the default behavior. > > Hans, could you please either look at making it configurable or otherwise > revert the commit? > > Thanks > Scott > > HotWax Media > http://www.hotwaxmedia.com > > On 6/05/2010, at 3:28 AM, Joe Eckard wrote: > > > I haven't looked at the actual code changes in question, but this scenario > > seems fairly common - I would guess at least 10% of our POs are prepaid. > > Some vendors don't require you to prepay, but will give a substantial > > discount if you do. > > > > > > On May 5, 2010, at 1:38 AM, Sam Hamilton wrote: > > > >> Hey Adrian, > >> > >> While its true most don't go this way, if you bought some books from > >> Amazon then you would need to pay before they would ship ;-) > >> > >> This kind of interaction happens when the transaction is between 2 > >> businesses where the supplier is used to dealing with end consumers > >> rather than businesses that request credit. > >> > >> Cheers > >> Sam > >> > >> > >> > >> On 05/05/2010 13:14, Adrian Crum wrote: > >>> Yeah, that scenario sounds pretty specific. That's not how most US > >>> businesses work. > >>> > >>> -Adrian > >>> > >>> --- On Tue, 5/4/10, Sam Hamilton <s...@sh81.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> From: Sam Hamilton <s...@sh81.com> > >>>> Subject: Re: svn commit: r941132 - in /ofbiz/trunk/applications: > >>>> accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/payment/PaymentServices.xml > >>>> accounting/servicedef/services_payment.xml order/servicedef/secas.xml > >>>> To: dev@ofbiz.apache.org > >>>> Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 8:00 PM > >>>> Hi Scott, > >>>> > >>>> We will ring a supplier and get a quote for a product, > >>>> agree the terms > >>>> e.g. pay first then they send the goods or 30 days credit > >>>> or pay on > >>>> delivery of goods. Then create a Purchase Order and then > >>>> wire them the > >>>> payment, the goods will then be delivered to our warehouse > >>>> where we > >>>> receive against the PO. > >>>> > >>>> Sometimes the supplier can send too much or too little > >>>> goods at which > >>>> point either our purchasing department chases them for more > >>>> products or > >>>> we then send an additional wire for the extra cash or we > >>>> get credit from > >>>> the supplier to use against the next order. > >>>> > >>>> From my understanding of the flow of OFBiz you need to > >>>> create the > >>>> Purchase Order, approve it and then once the goods have > >>>> been received in > >>>> full the Purchase Invoice is generated which then kicks in > >>>> the > >>>> Agreements which you set during the creation of the > >>>> Purchase Invoice and > >>>> finally the Purchase Invoice is shown to the Accounts > >>>> Payable team for > >>>> payment. > >>>> > >>>> Yes I agree that this seems the wrong way round but this is > >>>> how the > >>>> business is done here and I can't change that - China can > >>>> seem very > >>>> inefficient at times. > >>>> > >>>> Perhaps a On/Off switch for this code could be made - then > >>>> it suits all > >>>> companies? How best to make this work for everyone? > >>>> > >>>> Cheers > >>>> Sam > >>>> >
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