You might have a look at:
http://www.antwebsystems.com/control/ViewBlogArticle?contentId=16750Regards,
Hans
On 11/15/2011 04:53 AM, ofbiz ofbiz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking into how ofbiz could be used at a typical grocery retailer.
> There are a handful warehouses and some hundred stores.
> Is it possible to control the assortment and inventory of stores and
> warehouses?
>
> In particular, is it possible to model the often complex packaging
> structures often used in grocery retailing?
>
> One example of a product structure could be:
> Consumer article
> |- Package (x8 Consumer articles)
> |- Half pallet (x5 Package)
> |- Full pallet (x10 Package)
> |- Expo pallet (x144 Consumer articles)
>
> All packages should be possible to use in different documents
> (purchase/sales orders, invoices etc.)
> It should ideally be possible to control what package that a specific
> customer can order.
>
> In SAP Retail this would be modelled with UOM. One UOM would consists of
> other UOM and inventory would be kept at the base UOM. There are other
> models used in Oracle Retail etc.
>
> Can this be modelled in Ofbiz?
>
> I realize this is a comprehensive questions, all help/guidence is greatly
> appreciated!
>
> /BR
> Jonas
>