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Jacques Le Roux edited comment on OFBIZ-5542 at 2/3/15 5:19 PM: ---------------------------------------------------------------- The issues raised here link to OFBIZ-5282 raised by Hans and the subsequent comments raised by Simon was (Author: david hughes-owens): The issues raised here link to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5282 raised by Hans and the subsequent comments raised by Simon > Fixed Asset Management Functionality > ------------------------------------ > > Key: OFBIZ-5542 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5542 > Project: OFBiz > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: accounting > Affects Versions: Trunk > Reporter: David Hughes-Owens > > I have started looking at the Ofbiz capabilities for managing fixed assets > and capital expenditure. > The functionality around adding asset records seems ok in terms of data > capture, but there does not appear to be any provision for creating > background accounting transactions. > For depreciation, there are only two methods available and both charge on an > annual basis, whereas we charge depreciation monthly. They also charge > depreciation in year of acquisition, whereas we do not charge in period of > acquisition but do in the period of disposal. There does not appear to be > much user-definable flexibility in the depreciation functionality. In > addition there does not appear to be a process for performing a mass > depreciation run? It appears to calculate each asset individually once > acquisition date, expected end of life and depn method are provided. > There does not appear to be any obvious option for the disposal of an asset. > I see an actual end of life date, but cannot see what effect this has? No > transactions are created when a date is added? Also how does profit/loss on > disposal get calculated and charged to P&L? I see there are separate mappings > for profit on disposal and loss on disposal, but where are the proceeds? and > how does it know whether a profit or loss is to be generated? > For transfers, I assume that transfers between departments within the same > company are handled by changing ownership or assignment, and future > depreciation charges would post to the new owner. However, what about > transfers between group companies? (i.e. different legal entities). An > inter-company transfer should initiate a disposal in one company and an > addition to the other. > Finally, there is no reporting functionality at all currently. e.g. fixed > asset register, additons, depreciation reports etc.. > I would be interested to hear your thoughts on the issues I have raised and > if there are any plans to address any of these points in the immediate future. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)