Products And Automatic Requirements

[Adrian Crum-3]

I'm trying to figure out how to set up multiple automatic requirements
for a product, and I need some help.

A product will generate multiple requirements automatically when a sales
order is approved. One requirement is created automatically if inventory
levels fall below a certain point - this requirement triggers a
production run. Another requirement is created automatically when a
sales order is approved regardless of inventory levels - that
requirement is for product installation.

I spent some time looking through the catalog manager and the
auto-requirements services - createAutoRequirementsForOrder and
createATPRequirementsForOrder. I don't see how to set this up. It
appears that you can assign only one requirement method to a product,
and for some reason that method is connected to inventory. The second
requirement I mentioned (for product installation) is not tied to
inventory, it is a requirement for labor.

Does anyone know how I can set this up?

-Adrian

[Sakthivel Vellingiri]

Adrian -

Automating Requirements is supported by MRP module; Opentaps wiki has
a very good write up on this; Following is a good starting point
http://www.opentaps.org/docs/index.php/Automating_Purchasing_with_Requirements

- Sakthi

On 2/2/12, Adrian Crum <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I'm trying to figure out how to set up multiple automatic requirements
> for a product, and I need some help.
>
> A product will generate multiple requirements automatically when a sales
> order is approved. One requirement is created automatically if inventory
> levels fall below a certain point - this requirement triggers a
> production run. Another requirement is created automatically when a
> sales order is approved regardless of inventory levels - that
> requirement is for product installation.
>
> I spent some time looking through the catalog manager and the
> auto-requirements services - createAutoRequirementsForOrder and
> createATPRequirementsForOrder. I don't see how to set this up. It
> appears that you can assign only one requirement method to a product,
> and for some reason that method is connected to inventory. The second
> requirement I mentioned (for product installation) is not tied to
> inventory, it is a requirement for labor.
>
> Does anyone know how I can set this up?
>
> -Adrian
>
>

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[Adrian Crum-3]

Thank you for the link, but unfortunately it doesn't tell me anything I
don't know already.

I ended up creating a custom entity and service to accomplish what I
needed. An additional requirement that I hadn't mentioned previously is
the ability to trigger automatic requirements based on the internal
organization - which I was able to accomplish with the custom entity and
service.

-Adrian

On 2/16/2012 11:41 PM, Integrin Solutions wrote:

> Adrian -
>
> Automating Requirements is supported by MRP module; Opentaps wiki has
> a very good write up on this; Following is a good starting point
> http://www.opentaps.org/docs/index.php/Automating_Purchasing_with_Requirements
>
> - Sakthi
>
> On 2/2/12, Adrian Crum<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>> I'm trying to figure out how to set up multiple automatic requirements
>> for a product, and I need some help.
>>
>> A product will generate multiple requirements automatically when a sales
>> order is approved. One requirement is created automatically if inventory
>> levels fall below a certain point - this requirement triggers a
>> production run. Another requirement is created automatically when a
>> sales order is approved regardless of inventory levels - that
>> requirement is for product installation.
>>
>> I spent some time looking through the catalog manager and the
>> auto-requirements services - createAutoRequirementsForOrder and
>> createATPRequirementsForOrder. I don't see how to set this up. It
>> appears that you can assign only one requirement method to a product,
>> and for some reason that method is connected to inventory. The second
>> requirement I mentioned (for product installation) is not tied to
>> inventory, it is a requirement for labor.
>>
>> Does anyone know how I can set this up?
>>
>> -Adrian
>>
>>

[Sakthivel Vellingiri]

Just so i know, why create a service, why not use MRP module for
automating Requirements management?
Am i missing your point?

- Sakthi

On 2/16/12, Adrian Crum <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Thank you for the link, but unfortunately it doesn't tell me anything I
> don't know already.
>
> I ended up creating a custom entity and service to accomplish what I
> needed. An additional requirement that I hadn't mentioned previously is
> the ability to trigger automatic requirements based on the internal
> organization - which I was able to accomplish with the custom entity and
> service.
>
> -Adrian
>
> On 2/16/2012 11:41 PM, Integrin Solutions wrote:
>> Adrian -
>>
>> Automating Requirements is supported by MRP module; Opentaps wiki has
>> a very good write up on this; Following is a good starting point
>> http://www.opentaps.org/docs/index.php/Automating_Purchasing_with_Requirements
>>
>> - Sakthi
>>
>> On 2/2/12, Adrian Crum<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>>> I'm trying to figure out how to set up multiple automatic requirements
>>> for a product, and I need some help.
>>>
>>> A product will generate multiple requirements automatically when a sales
>>> order is approved. One requirement is created automatically if inventory
>>> levels fall below a certain point - this requirement triggers a
>>> production run. Another requirement is created automatically when a
>>> sales order is approved regardless of inventory levels - that
>>> requirement is for product installation.
>>>
>>> I spent some time looking through the catalog manager and the
>>> auto-requirements services - createAutoRequirementsForOrder and
>>> createATPRequirementsForOrder. I don't see how to set this up. It
>>> appears that you can assign only one requirement method to a product,
>>> and for some reason that method is connected to inventory. The second
>>> requirement I mentioned (for product installation) is not tied to
>>> inventory, it is a requirement for labor.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know how I can set this up?
>>>
>>> -Adrian
>>>
>>>
>

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