Thanks Scott! Perhaps this is the main reason why the demo would prefer to have a separate warehouse link to a store. In fact, what I am trying to achieve is for dealing with consignment sales. I am trying to figure how ofbiz can make this happen and the implication to my business model.
In quick summary, I would like the user to create consignment sales order by selecting a store (consignment store in this case) and the customer. Since all business model is defined by the store, I am pretty sure customization can be done nicely in this area so that different store will have different payments as well as accounting preferences. Next, I realized that when I select a product from the quick find button, the products from the other warehouse is shown to me as well. Logically I dun think this is correct since the store does not contain any inventory at all. But in any case, since this is a consignment sales, I assumes the products are pulled based on the facility owner (correct me if i am wrong). When the order is completed, the warehouse manager can create and managed the picklists for those approved orders. Now, this is the tricky part whereby I try to make sure the system will prompt the manager to make a inventory transfer from the other warehouse before he can start picking and packing. In this case, I can track the consignment sales in this store and still have the accurate inventory in my main warehouse. At the end of each month, the consignment store will invoice me the sales figure and tally with my consignment warehouse inventory. First of all, I am not sure is this the best approach so that I can minimize the changes to maintain the source code. Perhaps, someone might have done this with a better way. Any advice or comments is greatly appreciated. Regards, Dave Scott Gray wrote: > > I don't think there's any reason why you can't have multiple product > stores > linked to the same facility, but you need to keep in mind the differing > stock management procedures that a warehouse would have compared to a > retail > situation. > > Regards > Scott > > On 29/08/2007, nonames <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> In fact, I have been reading a lot of documentation from various >> resources. >> Its just that they are a bit hard to follow in the sense that I tried to >> understand how the system works and then map it on to my current >> processes. >> >> As for the warehouse, why aren't we using the retail warehouse for the >> pos >> store rather than having another warehouse and share the same demo >> catalog? >> I think I must have misunderstood some concepts here. What I would do is >> perhaps I will have many store and link to the same warehouse but the >> demo >> doesn't seems to be this case. >> >> Please advise. >> >> >> jacques.le.roux wrote: >> > >> > Dave, >> > >> > Products are shared thru catalogs, and categories. I warmly recommend >> to >> > read the documentation beginning by >> > http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Documentation+Index >> > >> > Jacques >> > >> > >> > De : "nonames" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >> Hi Jacques, >> >> >> >> Thanks for your reply. I have looked into the warehouse inventory and >> do >> >> a >> >> search, but there is no results return. On the other hand, when I >> search >> >> the >> >> inventory for "Web Store Warehouse", the inventory exists. Appreciate >> if >> >> you >> >> can elaborate on how the products are share between these two >> warehouse. >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> >> jacques.le.roux wrote: >> >> > >> >> > My Retail Store is intended to be used by the POS component. >> Actually >> >> it >> >> > uses(shares) the same products as other OFBiz modules >> >> > (eCommerce for instance) >> >> > >> >> > Jacques >> >> > >> >> > De : "nonames" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi people, >> >> >> >> >> >> I am new to ofbiz and still exploring the system and try to >> understand >> >> as >> >> >> much as I can so that I can implement to my business. When I come >> to >> >> the >> >> >> warehouse module, I realized that "My Retail Store" does not hold >> any >> >> >> inventory at all. Is there any configuration issue or there is >> >> something >> >> >> I >> >> >> miss out? It seems to me like it is a virtual warehouse but I have >> no >> >> >> idea >> >> >> why do we need that instead of relating the "Web Store Warehouse"? >> >> >> >> >> >> Please advise and thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> >> >> Dave >> >> >> -- >> >> >> View this message in context: >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.nabble.com/No-inventory-for-%22My-Retail-Store%22-tf4339717.html#a12362045 >> >> >> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> >> View this message in context: >> >> >> http://www.nabble.com/No-inventory-for-%22My-Retail-Store%22-tf4339717.html#a12365105 >> >> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > >> > >> > >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/No-inventory-for-%22My-Retail-Store%22-tf4339717.html#a12380339 >> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/No-inventory-for-%22My-Retail-Store%22-tf4339717.html#a12456002 Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
