so this process will evaluate promotions as a whole on an order? where can you set say a minimum Gross profit for an order based on promos?
Jacopo Cappellato sent the following on 10/25/2007 11:29 PM: > All the "manual only" promotions associated to the store are shown, but > when you manually run them, they are applied only if the conditions in > them (if any) are met (just like automatic promotions). > > Jacopo > > > Scott Gray wrote: >> Just out of curiosity, can you apply other conditions to the manual >> promotions so that they only appear in the drop down when those >> conditions >> are met? >> >> Thanks >> Scott >> >> On 26/10/2007, Jacopo Cappellato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Scott is right, >>> >>> #2 is now supported in OFBiz (since last week). >>> Just create a standard promotion and when you associate it to the Store, >>> set the "manual only" flag to Y >>> It will appear in the "manual promotions" drop down in the order entry >>> screen. >>> >>> Jacopo >>> >>> Scott Gray wrote: >>>> I think Jacopo improved the manual promotions things recently, might >>>> pay >>> to >>>> check the commit logs from the past week and also the dev list. Not >>> sure >>>> about the management thing but it should be pretty easy to create a >>> report >>>> that pulls up the manual promos and who gave them out. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Scott >>>> >>>> On 26/10/2007, BJ Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> suggestion: >>>>> have the promotions for a product show and use a check box to apply. >>>>> setup of a max discount per order that is based on the gross profit of >>>>> the order. this would allow the OE personnel to select discount but >>>>> allow management to keep a certain profit margin. >>>>> this would be calculated on the fly as the OE adds and deletes Items >>>>> from the order. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dave Tenerowicz sent the following on 10/25/2007 4:29 PM: >>>>>> We have an OfBiz client who wants to allow special pricing for >>> products >>>>>> - available only at the order takers discretion. This does not apply >>> to >>>>>> orders received via the web which will use standard pricing. >>>>>> >>>>>> 1) One way to handle this would be to create multiple marketing >>> packages >>>>>> with the special price as the default price, and allow the OE person >>> to >>>>>> select one of these manually, if they wish. This would be cumbersome, >>>>>> but workable. >>>>>> >>>>>> 2) Another way would be to use manual promotions, to provide a >>> discount >>>>>> for the product or perhaps all the products in the category (simpler >>>>>> from a rule maintenance perspective). The OE person would then select >>>>>> and run the promotion manually. To me this seems a better approach. >>>>>> >>>>>> In either case, management wants to ensure that they can track how >>> many >>>>>> of these discounts are given and who gave them - so they can exert >>> some >>>>>> management control over excessive discounting. >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there any better way to accomplish their objective- both in terms >>> of >>>>>> ease of use and management oversight? >>>>>> >>> >>> >> > > > > >
