So should we create a new "INV_CANCELLED" or "INV_UNAVAIL"
status which basically means that this item is no longer available?
And show it be of the INV_SERIALIZED_STTS
type as well, or a new "INV_NONSERIAL_STTS"? Which would you prefer
semantically--to call them "cancelled" or "unavailable" (which is
what they are, but then other status items may imply they are
unavailable as well.)
Si
On Jul 7, 2006, at 12:07 PM, David E. Jones wrote:
Not that I'm aware of, but it is an interesting idea... For a
serialized type inventory item you can set the status so the II is
not available for reservation.
For non-serialized type items the status is not used, but I suppose
we could introduce something there...
-David
Si Chen wrote:
Is there any other way to mark an inventory item as "off limits"
for inventory reservations? I had thought an expiration date
might be what I'm looking for, but it didn't work the way I
thought, and I'm not sure I have time to do all of this right now.
Si
On Jul 7, 2006, at 9:59 AM, David E. Jones wrote:
Christian Geisert wrote:
Si Chen schrieb:
Hi.
Just noticed that if inventory items with
InventoryItem.expireDate in the past are still being reserved
against order items. Is this a bug?
I'd say yes. As an example companies producing food or drugs
will be in
trouble if they are selling stuff with an exceeded expire date
but I
could imagine there are companies who sell stuff even if the
expire date
has been reached.
So I think the default should be that inventory with an expire
date in
the past shouldn't get reserved but maybe add an option (global,
store
or product) to allow this.
I agree, for some products it may be important to still be able
to sell it after expiration. Perhaps there are a few options that
could be configured with an enum on the Product entity:
1. Ignore Expiration Date
2. Don't Sell After Expiration
3. Sell At A Discount After Expiration
4. ...
On the other hand, maybe a true/false for allow sale after
expiration is sufficient because the inventory can be re-assigned
to another Product that represents the expired inventory and is
sold in a special store or at a special discount.
Either way, I'd say we shouldn't add a rule that makes it
impossible to sell expired inventory unless it is configurable
with a per-Product option (and like Christian said, perhaps with
per-Store or other defaults).
-David
