Manually allocate inventory to order

[poddar8]

Hi,
I would like to turn off the automatic order reservation & manually allocate
the inventory.
Is it possible to manually allocate inventory items to a sales order ?
If yes where from the UI is such a feature available from ?

Thanks,

[BJ Freeman]

it was design that way for a business reason.
I don't see it  getting in the way for having inventory and keeps you
from selling an item you don't have.

but yes you can modify it any way you want, just have to understand all
the places to change it.



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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

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Naveen Poddar sent the following on 11/18/2010 9:56 PM:

> Hi,
> I would like to turn off the automatic order reservation&  manually allocate
> the inventory.
> Is it possible to manually allocate inventory items to a sales order ?
> If yes where from the UI is such a feature available from ?
>
> Thanks,
>

[poddar8]

Thanks, the business I am trying to map requires me to be able to manually
assign inventory items.



On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM, BJ Freeman <[hidden email]> wrote:

> it was design that way for a business reason.
> I don't see it  getting in the way for having inventory and keeps you from
> selling an item you don't have.
>
> but yes you can modify it any way you want, just have to understand all the
> places to change it.
>
>
>
> =========================
> 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
> Naveen Poddar sent the following on 11/18/2010 9:56 PM:
>
>
>  Hi,
>> I would like to turn off the automatic order reservation&  manually
>> allocate
>> the inventory.
>> Is it possible to manually allocate inventory items to a sales order ?
>> If yes where from the UI is such a feature available from ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>

[BJ Freeman]

then set either the product store or individual products to
require inventory =N


=========================
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

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Naveen Poddar sent the following on 11/18/2010 11:20 PM:
the

> Thanks, the business I am trying to map requires me to be able to manually
> assign inventory items.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM, BJ Freeman<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>
>> it was design that way for a business reason.
>> I don't see it  getting in the way for having inventory and keeps you from
>> selling an item you don't have.
>>
>> but yes you can modify it any way you want, just have to understand all the
>> places to change it.
>>
>>
>>
>> =========================
>> 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
>> Naveen Poddar sent the following on 11/18/2010 9:56 PM:
>>
>>
>>   Hi,
>>> I would like to turn off the automatic order reservation&   manually
>>> allocate
>>> the inventory.
>>> Is it possible to manually allocate inventory items to a sales order ?
>>> If yes where from the UI is such a feature available from ?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>

[James McGill-5]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Naveen Poddar <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Thanks, the business I am trying to map requires me to be able to manually
> assign inventory items.

We ran into problems with the issuance and allocation logic because
our business has some extremely strict requirements on inventory.  The
issuance service likes to manage lots, will change owners, will merge
lots, etc.  In our industry we have some strict traceability and
inspection requirements, and we had to turn off most of this
functionality, and had to substantially change the order, shipping and
receiving workflow.  (The ability to do this customization is one of
our main reasons for choosing the OFBiz platform.)

The good news is this is quite easy to do, and almost all of the
related functionality lives in IssuanceServices.xml in the product
app.  It's important to also be aware things that go in on service
ECAs, such as balancing, changes of ownership in transfers, etc.

If you spend a little time looking at what OFBiz does with Issuances
and all the things that can trigger an issuance and also the various
event-driven effects of inventory actions, you won't find it hard to
adjust these things to fit your business rules.

It also sounds like you need to add steps in the user workflow in
order to provide the user a means of issuing specific inventory lots
to an order.  This is also fairly simple, as OFBiz customizations go.


--
James McGill
Phoenix AZ