Re: Rental
Hello James, While in OFBiz there is functionality regarding ordering and delivery (and invoicing) regarding 'rental services' the functionality regarding monthly invoicing is under developed. This issue appeared only once before (back in 2011). In order to enable the community to not forget about this feature (and follow it up with growing insights etc.), I suggest you raise a ticket in our Jira. This way the project can keep everything related in one environment and track progress. Met vriendelijke groet, Pierre Smits *Proud* *contributor** of* Apache OFBiz <https://ofbiz.apache.org/> since 2008 (without privileges) *Apache Trafodion <https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President* *Apache Directory <https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member* Apache Incubator <https://incubator.apache.org>, committer Apache Steve <https://steve.apache.org>, committer On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 7:47 AM Pritam Kute wrote: > Hello James, > > AFAIK, there is no direct support available in OFBiz which will help you > set up the exact requirement you mentioned. > > You can refer to the Rental Store in OFBiz[1]. This is an example of a > hotel reservation system that is not exactly as per your requirement but it > can help you get basic idea. > > [1] > > https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditProductStore?productStoreId=RentalStore > > HTH! > > Regards, > -- > Pritam Kute > > > On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 9:19 PM wrote: > > > Paul - How does the process work? How does the monthly invoicing work? > > How do you track the ins and outs of the assetwhat if there are > > multiple of the same asset that is rented? > > > > Original Message > > Subject: Re: Rental > > From: Paul Mandeltort > > Date: Tue, May 19, 2020 2:47 pm > > To: user@ofbiz.apache.org > > > > Haven’t used it but this might be a place to look, looks like you can > > configure products/rentals against an asset. > > > > > > > > > https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditProduct?productId=RoomStd > > < > > > https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditProduct?productId=RoomStd > > > > > > > > > > https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/accounting/control/ListFixedAssetProducts?fixedAssetId=RentalShip > > < > > > https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/accounting/control/ListFixedAssetProducts?fixedAssetId=RentalShip > > > > > > > > > --Paul > > > > > On May 19, 2020, at 3:23 PM, ja...@productive1.com wrote: > > > > > > Is there a OTB function in ofbiz to handle rentals of propane tanks? > > > How do the monthly invoice occur? Is it automated? How do you stop > > > rental charges when cylinder is returned? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > James > > >
Re: Rental
Hello James, AFAIK, there is no direct support available in OFBiz which will help you set up the exact requirement you mentioned. You can refer to the Rental Store in OFBiz[1]. This is an example of a hotel reservation system that is not exactly as per your requirement but it can help you get basic idea. [1] https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditProductStore?productStoreId=RentalStore HTH! Regards, -- Pritam Kute On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 9:19 PM wrote: > Paul - How does the process work? How does the monthly invoicing work? > How do you track the ins and outs of the assetwhat if there are > multiple of the same asset that is rented? > > Original Message > Subject: Re: Rental > From: Paul Mandeltort > Date: Tue, May 19, 2020 2:47 pm > To: user@ofbiz.apache.org > > Haven’t used it but this might be a place to look, looks like you can > configure products/rentals against an asset. > > > > https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditProduct?productId=RoomStd > < > https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditProduct?productId=RoomStd > > > > > https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/accounting/control/ListFixedAssetProducts?fixedAssetId=RentalShip > < > https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/accounting/control/ListFixedAssetProducts?fixedAssetId=RentalShip > > > > > --Paul > > > On May 19, 2020, at 3:23 PM, ja...@productive1.com wrote: > > > > Is there a OTB function in ofbiz to handle rentals of propane tanks? > > How do the monthly invoice occur? Is it automated? How do you stop > > rental charges when cylinder is returned? > > > > Thanks, > > > > James >
RE: Rental
Paul - How does the process work? How does the monthly invoicing work? How do you track the ins and outs of the assetwhat if there are multiple of the same asset that is rented? Original Message Subject: Re: Rental From: Paul Mandeltort Date: Tue, May 19, 2020 2:47 pm To: user@ofbiz.apache.org Haven’t used it but this might be a place to look, looks like you can configure products/rentals against an asset. https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditProduct?productId=RoomStd <https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditProduct?productId=RoomStd> https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/accounting/control/ListFixedAssetProducts?fixedAssetId=RentalShip <https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/accounting/control/ListFixedAssetProducts?fixedAssetId=RentalShip> --Paul > On May 19, 2020, at 3:23 PM, ja...@productive1.com wrote: > > Is there a OTB function in ofbiz to handle rentals of propane tanks? > How do the monthly invoice occur? Is it automated? How do you stop > rental charges when cylinder is returned? > > Thanks, > > James
Re: Rental
Haven’t used it but this might be a place to look, looks like you can configure products/rentals against an asset. https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditProduct?productId=RoomStd <https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditProduct?productId=RoomStd> https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/accounting/control/ListFixedAssetProducts?fixedAssetId=RentalShip <https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/accounting/control/ListFixedAssetProducts?fixedAssetId=RentalShip> --Paul > On May 19, 2020, at 3:23 PM, ja...@productive1.com wrote: > > Is there a OTB function in ofbiz to handle rentals of propane tanks? > How do the monthly invoice occur? Is it automated? How do you stop > rental charges when cylinder is returned? > > Thanks, > > James
Rental
Is there a OTB function in ofbiz to handle rentals of propane tanks? How do the monthly invoice occur? Is it automated? How do you stop rental charges when cylinder is returned? Thanks, James
Ticket booking related to Rental product
Hi, I have created an ofbiz eCommerce application to book flight ticket. I have created plane as fixed assets and flight as product. I have successfully place an order. My question is :- how to complete an order related to rental product? (because there is no need to shipping). -- Thanks,Paramjit
Re: Ticket booking related to Rental product
You will not be able to model flights accurately with the rental functionality. From my perspective, the seats are products. A flight could be a collection of seat products, as well as any additional items (baggage fees, meals, etc). Adrian Crum Sandglass Software www.sandglass-software.com On 4/22/2014 5:27 AM, Paramjit Saini wrote: Hi, I have created an ofbiz eCommerce application to book flight ticket. I have created plane as fixed assets and flight as product. I have successfully place an order. My question is :- how to complete an order related to rental product? (because there is no need to shipping).
Re: Ticket booking related to Rental product
Hi Adrian, It mean's if i have a flight in which 5 seats are available. I need to create 5 products or need to follow the process of virtual/variant product to associate the product each other and each variant product having single inventory item. Thanks,Paramjit On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 6:39 PM, adrian.crum [via OFBiz] ml-node+s135035n4650551...@n4.nabble.com wrote: You will not be able to model flights accurately with the rental functionality. From my perspective, the seats are products. A flight could be a collection of seat products, as well as any additional items (baggage fees, meals, etc). Adrian Crum Sandglass Software www.sandglass-software.com On 4/22/2014 5:27 AM, Paramjit Saini wrote: Hi, I have created an ofbiz eCommerce application to book flight ticket. I have created plane as fixed assets and flight as product. I have successfully place an order. My question is :- how to complete an order related to rental product? (because there is no need to shipping). -- If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion below: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ticket-booking-related-to-Rental-product-tp4650550p4650551.html To start a new topic under OFBiz - User, email ml-node+s135035n135036...@n4.nabble.com To unsubscribe from OFBiz, click herehttp://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_codenode=135035code=cGFyYW1qaXQuc2FpbmlAdmlpdGhpaXN5cy5jb218MTM1MDM1fDE3MzkwNjU0OTQ= . NAMLhttp://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewerid=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.namlbase=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespacebreadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml -- Thanks,Paramjit -- View this message in context: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ticket-booking-related-to-Rental-product-tp4650550p4650553.html Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Rental Product / Fixed asset inventory calculation
Hi, Need Help in setting up a rental store using fixed asset. My problem is that how can I get the inventory position for a particular date for that fixed asset product. There might be some bookings for that day which needs to be adjusted from total inventory. Is there any service/function to get this? Thanks Sudhir
Re: Product rental with shipping and selling
Do someone else has an idea? Kindly Robert -- View this message in context: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Product-rental-with-shipping-and-selling-tp4519111p4524514.html Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Product rental with shipping and selling
Thank you for your message. I allready use the product type you named. But still the qustions above are not cleared. - I still have the number of persons and so on as input form on my product details page (in webstore), but I do sell items, no rooms. I just need the numbers of days which i already created and which is also shown. - when an item is reserved for a customer (for rental), does the calendar in the webstore (product details) do block this date / period to choose for new rental customer? - how do I handle, when the item to rent should also be to sell? I mean I have 2 categories (selling used items and rental items). This product shall be offered in both. After selling it should be blocked for rental (or empty stock) and if it is not sold but on customers side for rental it should be shown out of stock on the selling product -- View this message in context: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Product-rental-with-shipping-and-selling-tp4519111p4524720.html Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Product rental with shipping and selling
On 04/02/2012 06:32 AM, Robert2012 wrote: Thank you for your message. I allready use the product type you named. But still the qustions above are not cleared. - I still have the number of persons and so on as input form on my product details page (in webstore), but I do sell items, no rooms. I just need the numbers of days which i already created and which is also shown. It could be that the e-commerce application is not updated yet for the relatively new product type. - when an item is reserved for a customer (for rental), does the calendar in the webstore (product details) do block this date / period to choose for new rental customer? could be, however the inventory will be zero, so it can not be given out again - how do I handle, when the item to rent should also be to sell? I mean I have 2 categories (selling used items and rental items). This product shall be offered in both. After selling it should be blocked for rental (or empty stock) and if it is not sold but on customers side for rental it should be shown out of stock on the selling product also inventory will take care of this. -- View this message in context: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Product-rental-with-shipping-and-selling-tp4519111p4524720.html Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Product rental with shipping and selling
Robert2012 wrote: Hey guys, 1. Stock management situation: I have a stock of *used *items like projectors. Now I want to have these items on sale in my used items catagory. On the other handy I want them for rental offers in my shop. Bothe Articles should use the same product, that we can do a better stock management. If a customer rents this projector the selling product should go to 0 items on stock, that no one can buy it. is that possible? I never tried but I think so. A rental product is still a product but with an asset associated. I guess when ranted the product is not part of the stock. 2. rental product detals in webstore when I create a reantal product (product type Fixed asset usage for rental...) I still have the form for number of persons and number of rooms there...ups, is it caused of the asset usage under the tab rental? Or how do I have to change the product configuration to get just my number of days in the frontenend? Not sure, maybe we miss some config possiblity for this type of product at https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditProduct 3. keep tracking of rentals Is there a way to see a calendar where I see when the rental product ist on customer side? Do the customer get calendar entries (dates) in the calendard for rental in the frontened blocked, when the product is reserved there for another rental to other customer? Not sure it's done automatically, Hans or/and Adrian could be more accurate here... Thanks in advance and sorry for the really beginner questions, but this system is so massiv, that I have to check every process to get into it. HTH Jacques Best greetings from sunny Berlin :) Robert
Product rental with shipping and selling
Hey guys, 1. Stock management situation: I have a stock of *used *items like projectors. Now I want to have these items on sale in my used items catagory. On the other handy I want them for rental offers in my shop. Bothe Articles should use the same product, that we can do a better stock management. If a customer rents this projector the selling product should go to 0 items on stock, that no one can buy it. is that possible? 2. rental product detals in webstore when I create a reantal product (product type Fixed asset usage for rental...) I still have the form for number of persons and number of rooms there...ups, is it caused of the asset usage under the tab rental? Or how do I have to change the product configuration to get just my number of days in the frontenend? 3. keep tracking of rentals Is there a way to see a calendar where I see when the rental product ist on customer side? Do the customer get calendar entries (dates) in the calendard for rental in the frontened blocked, when the product is reserved there for another rental to other customer? Thanks in advance and sorry for the really beginner questions, but this system is so massiv, that I have to check every process to get into it. Best greetings from sunny Berlin :) Robert -- View this message in context: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Product-rental-with-shipping-and-selling-tp4519111p4519111.html Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: new product type: item rental
The items for rent are fixed assets of the rental company, not products. -Adrian On 8/30/2011 3:58 AM, Hans Bakker wrote: We have a requirement to rent items like tools, video's cars motocycles or other assets for a certain period of time. The items will be handed out and returned at which point a service or extra charge could be possible for damage. I was thinking about a product which is delivered and where an automated return authorization is assigned so the warehouse knows what is coming back. let me know any other ideas?
new product type: item rental
We have a requirement to rent items like tools, video's cars motocycles or other assets for a certain period of time. The items will be handed out and returned at which point a service or extra charge could be possible for damage. I was thinking about a product which is delivered and where an automated return authorization is assigned so the warehouse knows what is coming back. let me know any other ideas? -- http://www.antwebsystems.com : Quality OFBiz support for competitive rates
Re: where is Rental Store
Hi all I'm new to ofbiz and I have questions regarding the rentals this is my case: my company has some products for rent say equipments or machines no need to ship just the very simple functions with any rentals start date and end date and a flag so that if it's rented to somone we cant rent it to the another client. I found a catalog called rental but I dunno really how to deal with it. Can anyone tell me simple steps as a user on how to setup a product not for selling but for rentals? how to associate dates to the product? the rental boats catalog does it include any special feature to say that its products are for rent not for sail? I'd be grateful if anyone can tell some steps how to handle this -- View this message in context: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/where-is-Rental-Store-tp1677707p2714998.html Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: where is Rental Store
https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditProductStoreCatalogs?productStoreId=9000 add the rental catalog it will show up on the choose catalog http://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/ecommerce/control/main = BJ Freeman Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=52 Specialtymarket.com http://www.specialtymarket.com/ Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist Chat Y! messenger: bjfr33man Shereen sent the following on 9/27/2010 12:01 AM: Hi all I'm new to ofbiz and I have questions regarding the rentals this is my case: my company has some products for rent say equipments or machines no need to ship just the very simple functions with any rentals start date and end date and a flag so that if it's rented to somone we cant rent it to the another client. I found a catalog called rental but I dunno really how to deal with it. Can anyone tell me simple steps as a user on how to setup a product not for selling but for rentals? how to associate dates to the product? the rental boats catalog does it include any special feature to say that its products are for rent not for sail? I'd be grateful if anyone can tell some steps how to handle this
Re: where is Rental Store
I've tried that thanks Now I have the catalog rentals in the ecommerce and I wanted to try to book the luxuray room for example. Could you please give me more information on how this rentals work? where is its calender ? what if I want to book some thing from my back office? how to specify that a certain product is for rent not for selling and how to price it? Thanks a lot for your help -- View this message in context: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/where-is-Rental-Store-tp1677707p2715194.html Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: where is Rental Store
you first need to understand how the catalog works and Products are made. I think Ruth's books cover this. The rental as it stands is not intuitive and requires customization to be useful in my opinion. I spent about two months configuring mine for a boat slip rental. Since Hans is the one that implemented it, you might contact him. Shereen sent the following on 9/27/2010 3:36 AM: I've tried that thanks Now I have the catalog rentals in the ecommerce and I wanted to try to book the luxuray room for example. Could you please give me more information on how this rentals work? where is its calender ? what if I want to book some thing from my back office? how to specify that a certain product is for rent not for selling and how to price it? Thanks a lot for your help
where is Rental Store
Hi all, while looking at what is avalaible in OFBiz, I found the rental store. The only problem is that I don't know how accessing it. Does anyone have a clue ? Thanks -- Matthieu BOLLOT www.nereide.biz
Re: where is Rental Store
add the rental catalog to he e-commerce store and you have the products available for rental Regards, Hans -- Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. On Mon, 2010-03-22 at 15:33 +0100, Matthieu Bollot wrote: Hi all, while looking at what is avalaible in OFBiz, I found the rental store. The only problem is that I don't know how accessing it. Does anyone have a clue ? Thanks
Re: where is Rental Store
Le lundi 22 mars 2010 à 22:02 +0700, Hans Bakker a écrit : add the rental catalog to he e-commerce store and you have the products available for rental thanks, i will look in this direction -- Matthieu BOLLOT www.nereide.biz
Re: Questions about rental products and shipments
Cimbaili, The requirements you have are achievable in Ofbiz with some customization. The Products will have serialized inventory, this will allow you to track movement of exact item. First time shipment will not be issue, Problem is when you take it back in stock. The OOTB process to take item back in stock may not fit you needs. Ofbiz has set of tables modeled to track shipments (delivery and pickup) and UI is very flexible, may be too much. You may like to customize UI flow. Thanks and Regards Anil Patel HotWax Media Inc Find us on the web at www.hotwaxmedia.com or Google Keyword ofbiz On Dec 5, 2009, at 11:34 PM, Cimballi wrote: Hi, I try to use OFBiz for a rental business. The goal is to rent products and provide a delivery-pickup service with each order. I am facing two problems : 1. Is it possible to have shipments with rental products ? 2. Is there a way to represent these 2 shipments, delivery and pickup ? Thanks, Cimballi
Re: Questions about rental products and shipments
Hey Anil ! Thanks for your answer. Here are some comments about my researches : - By default, OFBiz doens't reserve RENTAL_ORDER_ITEM and so cannot create a shipment with such an item. - I updated the OrderServices class to allow this reservation, and now it is working. - This solution is not perfect because now the inventory item is mark as delivered but in fact as it is a rental item, delivered is not a final state, the item will be taken back to the company. Also, maybe by updating the OrderServices class to allow reservation for RENTAL_ORDER_ITEM I broke some logic, I don't know. So, my next questions would be : - Does anybody use OFBiz to manage rental business, like renting DVDs ? And if so, which solution do they use ? - About the way OFBiz implements RENTAL_ORDER_ITEM, is there any reason to not allow inventory reservation for these items ? Thanks ! Cimballi On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Anil Patel anil.pa...@hotwaxmedia.com wrote: Cimbaili, The requirements you have are achievable in Ofbiz with some customization. The Products will have serialized inventory, this will allow you to track movement of exact item. First time shipment will not be issue, Problem is when you take it back in stock. The OOTB process to take item back in stock may not fit you needs. Ofbiz has set of tables modeled to track shipments (delivery and pickup) and UI is very flexible, may be too much. You may like to customize UI flow. Thanks and Regards Anil Patel HotWax Media Inc Find us on the web at www.hotwaxmedia.com or Google Keyword ofbiz On Dec 5, 2009, at 11:34 PM, Cimballi wrote: Hi, I try to use OFBiz for a rental business. The goal is to rent products and provide a delivery-pickup service with each order. I am facing two problems : 1. Is it possible to have shipments with rental products ? 2. Is there a way to represent these 2 shipments, delivery and pickup ? Thanks, Cimballi
Re: Questions about rental products and shipments
I know there was some effort to implement Real Estate Rental long back. More recently there is other thread on list where people mention about what they have implemented as solution for Rental business. I have to admit, Its not available OOTB in shape you will like it. Also quick work around will not get you the solution that will last. If you have enough time, Please put your requirements on Apache Ofbiz wiki and send link to it on this list. If you lead the conversation appropriately there will be people who will help you model the system and to some extent help you implement as well. In my opinion, implementation of such system will require help of experienced ofbiz developer. Thanks and Regards Anil Patel HotWax Media Inc Find us on the web at www.hotwaxmedia.com or Google Keyword ofbiz On Dec 6, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Cimballi wrote: Hey Anil ! Thanks for your answer. Here are some comments about my researches : - By default, OFBiz doens't reserve RENTAL_ORDER_ITEM and so cannot create a shipment with such an item. - I updated the OrderServices class to allow this reservation, and now it is working. - This solution is not perfect because now the inventory item is mark as delivered but in fact as it is a rental item, delivered is not a final state, the item will be taken back to the company. Also, maybe by updating the OrderServices class to allow reservation for RENTAL_ORDER_ITEM I broke some logic, I don't know. So, my next questions would be : - Does anybody use OFBiz to manage rental business, like renting DVDs ? And if so, which solution do they use ? - About the way OFBiz implements RENTAL_ORDER_ITEM, is there any reason to not allow inventory reservation for these items ? Thanks ! Cimballi On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Anil Patel anil.pa...@hotwaxmedia.com wrote: Cimbaili, The requirements you have are achievable in Ofbiz with some customization. The Products will have serialized inventory, this will allow you to track movement of exact item. First time shipment will not be issue, Problem is when you take it back in stock. The OOTB process to take item back in stock may not fit you needs. Ofbiz has set of tables modeled to track shipments (delivery and pickup) and UI is very flexible, may be too much. You may like to customize UI flow. Thanks and Regards Anil Patel HotWax Media Inc Find us on the web at www.hotwaxmedia.com or Google Keyword ofbiz On Dec 5, 2009, at 11:34 PM, Cimballi wrote: Hi, I try to use OFBiz for a rental business. The goal is to rent products and provide a delivery-pickup service with each order. I am facing two problems : 1. Is it possible to have shipments with rental products ? 2. Is there a way to represent these 2 shipments, delivery and pickup ? Thanks, Cimballi
Re: Questions about rental products and shipments
Hi Cimballi The current rental facilities within ofbiz are based on the rental of non movable objects like hotelrooms. These rooms are represented as fixed assets and a calendar is maintained if and how many are rented out. So the system does know if a fixed asset is available or not. The reason of using fixed assets is the possibility to have maintenance activities on these fixed assets which make them unavailable for renting. You could make an function on top of the fixed asset, registering if a fixed asset is picked up or not with a connection to the order. A screen for fixed assets expected to go out and a list of fixed assets expected to come in. sounds not too difficult? Regards, Hans On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 23:34 -0500, Cimballi wrote: Hi, I try to use OFBiz for a rental business. The goal is to rent products and provide a delivery-pickup service with each order. I am facing two problems : 1. Is it possible to have shipments with rental products ? 2. Is there a way to represent these 2 shipments, delivery and pickup ? Thanks, Cimballi -- Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive rates
Re: Questions about rental products and shipments
Hi Anil and Hans ! Thanks a lot for your contribution and let's continue this thread, maybe we will finish with detailed specs for new functionalities ! :-) So, I will first explain what we want to do. Our goal is to build a rental business, rental of movable objects like you said. These can be DVDs, books, computers, anything you can rent and which need shipping. Furthermore, we want to provide a delivery-pickup with the renting. It means we deliver the rented product to the customer, and when the rental period is finished, we go to pick up the product. I think that the functionalities are pretty simple to understand, let me know if there is something unclear. Now, here are some comments about what I've seen in OFBiz. As you said and as I discovered, the rental module of OFBiz has been designed for non-movable objects, or at least products you don't have to ship. There is also a shipment module, which, from my point of view, has been designed to handle standard one way shipment. So, here is what we miss : - The rental system seems to work for any kind of products but I have not sure it's necessary to create work items in all cases. I still don't understand well this notion of work item, I suppose it is to track the use of human resources. I think there should be a distinction between rental products which requires work items and rental products which do not. - About the duration of a rent, it seems to me that the duration precision level is the day, it should be possible to have a precision level of the hour, maybe less. - About the price of the rented product, for now the price is a base price pe time, then it is multiplied by the duration. It should be interesting to have a way to specify more complex prices. No concrete sample to provide here, I still have to think about it. - Have the shipment module work with rental items and service items. This one is a big change I think. For rental products, one change could be to associate an InventoryItem to the product and then use the exisitng functionalities. Not sure if it can work because in this case the item is not sold but rented, and maybe this specific state requires more changes in the current services. For service items, the goal is to handle the fact that when you sell a service, this service may require shipments (or at least movements, not sure if the word shipment is appropriate here). Thanks for your time ! Cimballi
Questions about rental products and shipments
Hi, I try to use OFBiz for a rental business. The goal is to rent products and provide a delivery-pickup service with each order. I am facing two problems : 1. Is it possible to have shipments with rental products ? 2. Is there a way to represent these 2 shipments, delivery and pickup ? Thanks, Cimballi
