OFBiz evaluation : Inventory and Pricing

[Grant Edwards-2]

Hi,

We are running a web portal which in reality is a distribution channel for
our suppliers product and associated inventory.

While products destined for the portal can be easily accommodated in OFBiz,
we have no control over inventory and pricing. Inventory and pricing details
are dynamically retrieved from a 3rd party system based on customers search
criteria.

From a catalogue browsing point of view we would like to ensure a dummy
inventory level and a 'From' price based on some formula.

What I am unsure about is how OFBiz would handle the injection of the
correct price, from a 3rd party system,  into the order processing pipe
line. This price would naturally only be applicable to the current order
been processed and should in no way be available to other customers.

Your thoughts and comments would be appreciated.

Regards

Grant Edwards

[David E Jones]

In OFBiz all price retrieval goes through the "caluclateProductPrice"  
service. You can completely, or conditionally, replace what that  
service does with an integration and I think that will take care of  
your custom need. There are similar services for inventory information  
and you can do the same thing there. These can be done with ECA rules,  
or even by replacing the service definition (or overriding it in a hot-
deploy component, just create a service with the same name and as long  
as it loads later, which it will there, it will override).

-David


On Jan 10, 2008, at 8:05 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We are running a web portal which in reality is a distribution  
> channel for
> our suppliers product and associated inventory.
>
> While products destined for the portal can be easily accommodated in  
> OFBiz,
> we have no control over inventory and pricing. Inventory and pricing  
> details
> are dynamically retrieved from a 3rd party system based on customers  
> search
> criteria.
>
> From a catalogue browsing point of view we would like to ensure a  
> dummy
> inventory level and a 'From' price based on some formula.
>
> What I am unsure about is how OFBiz would handle the injection of the
> correct price, from a 3rd party system,  into the order processing  
> pipe
> line. This price would naturally only be applicable to the current  
> order
> been processed and should in no way be available to other customers.
>
> Your thoughts and comments would be appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Grant Edwards

[Grant Edwards-2]

Hi

One further question on pricing.

The price that is displayed to the customer could or would include a 10%
markup which is ultimately our commission. The markup percentage could
differ based on the product and or product type. Are their pricing rules
that could take care of this and can the price break down be accurately
reflected in the OFBiz accouting module ?

What is the best doc out there that explains accounting as contained in out
of the box OFBiz ?

Cheers

Grant Edwards


On Jan 10, 2008 6:12 PM, David E Jones <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> In OFBiz all price retrieval goes through the "caluclateProductPrice"
> service. You can completely, or conditionally, replace what that
> service does with an integration and I think that will take care of
> your custom need. There are similar services for inventory information
> and you can do the same thing there. These can be done with ECA rules,
> or even by replacing the service definition (or overriding it in a hot-
> deploy component, just create a service with the same name and as long
> as it loads later, which it will there, it will override).
>
> -David
>
>
> On Jan 10, 2008, at 8:05 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > We are running a web portal which in reality is a distribution
> > channel for
> > our suppliers product and associated inventory.
> >
> > While products destined for the portal can be easily accommodated in
> > OFBiz,
> > we have no control over inventory and pricing. Inventory and pricing
> > details
> > are dynamically retrieved from a 3rd party system based on customers
> > search
> > criteria.
> >
> > From a catalogue browsing point of view we would like to ensure a
> > dummy
> > inventory level and a 'From' price based on some formula.
> >
> > What I am unsure about is how OFBiz would handle the injection of the
> > correct price, from a 3rd party system,  into the order processing
> > pipe
> > line. This price would naturally only be applicable to the current
> > order
> > been processed and should in no way be available to other customers.
> >
> > Your thoughts and comments would be appreciated.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Grant Edwards
>
>