On 2015-08-18 10:00, Axel Braun wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 18. August 2015, 09:54:34 schrieb Dominique Chabord:
> > 2015-08-18 8:37 GMT+02:00 Axel Braun <[email protected]>:
> > >> That's why I put it as an extra feature (re-read my email).
> > >
> > > The option to have it as feature does not change the fact that a shipment
> > > from POS is overengineerd at that point.
> > >
> > > - Are you picking up your Pizza or shall we deliver?
> > > - Please deliver
> > > - Hang on, since we use Tryton POS we first need to generate a shipment,
> > > add a handling unit (carton) to it, determine the shipping route and
> > > print documents. No problem Mr. Krier, but your Pizza will be cold at
> > > that time.
> > >
> > > (just print delivery address on the sales slip. Optional)
> > >
> > > Any opinions from other readers?
> >
> > I don't understand your point and how this kind od dialog could
> > happen. To respect data consistency, if some goods leave the company
> > to the customer, it must generate a move. That's a minimum.
>
> When something is sold from a POS, the stock must be reduced, so we have a
> goods issue. I think so far we agree.
> In a typical POS scenario the customer walks away with what he has bought, so
> there is no need for a delivery - or shipment.
> In some special cases the goods might de delivered as a service - from the
> grocery to the customer, the pizza delivery service, or some TV or
> microwaves,
> which are too heavy to carry, or because the customer has no car to
> transport.
> These are service deliveries to a customer near by, so there is no need to
> trigger a complex shipment scenario.
You need to if the customer doesn't take the product with him because:
- products must be assigned
- back order must be managed
- delivery service must be warned about something to do
> My point is to keep the goods movement at sale and just add address
> information, instead of starting a shipment process.
This will not work because it is too simplistic.
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