A VENDOR registration form is also needed. Eric
Olagos bvba Heidi Dehaes Kerkstraat 34 2570 Duffel Belgium Tel. : 015/31 53 04 GSM : 0485/22 35 80 E-mail : info.ola...@gmail.com http://www.olagos.eu http://www.olagos.com http://www.olagos.be http://www.olagos.nl 2014-03-10 17:40 GMT+01:00 Heidi Dehaes <info.ola...@gmail.com>: > I think a SUPPLIER with drop shipment is sent a purchase invoice before > products can be delivered immediately to the customer. > > A VENDOR has products on the ecommerce store from within a separate > category dedicated to the vendor. At first instance these products can be > added by the ecommerce shop owner. But it needs a separate inventory > management for that specific category and this inventory information being > made available for the vendor also. > > Are these products then being paid by the customer to the the ecommerce > owner. > > How is the VENDOR then paid? With a commission invoice? Perhaps commission > invoices need to be generated automatically. > > Who will do the shipment? Where is the inventory ? At the VENDOR 's > premises? Then the shipment should be done by the VENDOR. Will the shipment > management from ofbiz then have a dedicated part for the vendor also? > > Some ideas to think about. > > Regards, > Eric > > > > > Olagos bvba > Heidi Dehaes > Kerkstraat 34 > 2570 Duffel > Belgium > Tel. : 015/31 53 04 > GSM : 0485/22 35 80 > E-mail : info.ola...@gmail.com > http://www.olagos.eu > http://www.olagos.com > http://www.olagos.be > http://www.olagos.nl > > > > > 2014-03-10 17:14 GMT+01:00 <eric.l...@ec.europa.eu>: > > Yes, and drop shipment party is defined in Ofbiz as a "SUPPLIER" if I am >> right . >> >> So what is the real difference with a VENDOR then. >> >> Eric >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jacques Le Roux [mailto:jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com] >> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 5:12 PM >> To: user@ofbiz.apache.org >> Subject: Re: Vendor Management >> >> To complete Pierre's explanation (I hope not to confuse things) >> >> I always thought that vendors as defined at >> >> https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditVendorProduct?productId=GZ-1000 >> and >> https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/ap/control/findVendors >> are of the external category, like 3rd parties on Amazon. From >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-1893 those are different >> from suppliers, so >> I can see only that. >> >> But I never used this functionality, nor know what is really implemented >> for that, apart handling parties (I think nothing else). >> So the data model is ready and some around (CRUD and find services >> mostly). >> But you have to do the rest (you may have a vendor per store if you have >> multi-stores or also multi-vendors per store) >> >> Note that there are also drop shipment examples available OOTB. I see >> them related somehow... >> >> Jacques >> >> Le 10/03/2014 15:26, Pierre Smits a écrit : >> > Ioannis, >> > >> > First of all, ensure that you have your (business) definitions straight >> and >> > that the parties you communicate with understand and share your >> definitions. >> > >> > The noun Vendor can have (and probably will have) different meanings to >> > different persons depending on the domain the work in/come from. >> According >> > to investopedia it can be both a person or a business entity. And that >> (as >> > should be regarded as obvious) as wel an internal party as an external >> > entity. >> > >> > >From your descriptions I gathered that it is a person executing a >> business >> > process, but whether he is part of your organisation or not I could not >> > determine. >> > >> > If he is part of your organisation, he could be regarded as internal >> sales, >> > sales representative, sales back office clerk, or any other role you >> have >> > defined in your organisation. If he is external, is he then a sales >> > representative working on commission basis or a reseller (who buys and >> > sells for own risk and profit). >> > >> > Determining (and communicating) such aspects up front enables your >> peers to >> > comprehend the challenge/opportunity to the fullest and helps them to >> help >> > you in finding the answer and/or solution. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Pierre Smits >> > >> > *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* >> > Services & Solutions for Cloud- >> > Based Manufacturing, Professional >> > Services and Retail & Trade >> > http://www.orrtiz.com >> > >> > >
