Thanks Hans, much appreciated. Regards Scott
On 7/05/2010, at 5:58 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > 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 >>>>>> >> > > -- > Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz > Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak > Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >
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