A question to the community:
sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. Example gold jewelry. Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. Is here a preference how to implement that? Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and invoices... Regards, Hans -- http://www.antwebsystems.com : Quality OFBiz support for competitive rates.... |
Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed.
I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the orderentry and Ecommerce Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: > A question to the community: > > sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. > Example gold jewelry. > > Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. > > Is here a preference how to implement that? > > Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and > invoices... > > Regards, > Hans > |
Thank you BJ,
I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an optional price adjustment percentage. The system will have however only one uom where everything gets converted to. Anybody else other solutions? Regards, Hans. On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: > Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. > I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure > in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. > > added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to > what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store > Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. > The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product > run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. > > > I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data > to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the > products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the > orderentry and Ecommerce > > > Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: > > A question to the community: > > > > sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. > > Example gold jewelry. > > > > Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. > > > > Is here a preference how to implement that? > > > > Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and > > invoices... > > > > Regards, > > Hans > > > -- Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. |
Hi Hans,
Sorry if this is a silly question, but why not just use different products for different UOMs? You could use virtual/variants if you wanted the UOM to be selectable on a single product page and also marketing packages to automatically produce inventory for the desired UOM from the base UOM. Regards Scott HotWax Media http://www.hotwaxmedia.com On 3/10/2010, at 3:54 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > Thank you BJ, > > I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the > product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an > optional price adjustment percentage. > The system will have however only one uom where everything gets > converted to. > > Anybody else other solutions? > > Regards, > Hans. > > > On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: >> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. >> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure >> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. >> >> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to >> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store >> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. >> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product >> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. >> >> >> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data >> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the >> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the >> orderentry and Ecommerce >> >> >> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: >>> A question to the community: >>> >>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. >>> Example gold jewelry. >>> >>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. >>> >>> Is here a preference how to implement that? >>> >>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and >>> invoices... >>> >>> Regards, >>> Hans >>> >> > > -- > Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz > Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak > Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. > smime.p7s (3K) Download Attachment |
Hi Scott, this is sure an interesting idea, but then how does the system
know that they are for example 10 pieces in a box? I still what to have the same inventory for boxes and pieces. We should be able to store the conversion between the uom's for this product somewhere? Thanks for you input! Regards, Hans On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 17:39 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: > Hi Hans, > > Sorry if this is a silly question, but why not just use different products for different UOMs? You could use virtual/variants if you wanted the UOM to be selectable on a single product page and also marketing packages to automatically produce inventory for the desired UOM from the base UOM. > > Regards > Scott > > HotWax Media > http://www.hotwaxmedia.com > > On 3/10/2010, at 3:54 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > > > Thank you BJ, > > > > I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the > > product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an > > optional price adjustment percentage. > > The system will have however only one uom where everything gets > > converted to. > > > > Anybody else other solutions? > > > > Regards, > > Hans. > > > > > > On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: > >> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. > >> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure > >> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. > >> > >> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to > >> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store > >> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. > >> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product > >> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. > >> > >> > >> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data > >> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the > >> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the > >> orderentry and Ecommerce > >> > >> > >> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: > >>> A question to the community: > >>> > >>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. > >>> Example gold jewelry. > >>> > >>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. > >>> > >>> Is here a preference how to implement that? > >>> > >>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and > >>> invoices... > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Hans > >>> > >> > > > > -- > > Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz > > Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak > > Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. > > > -- Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. |
If you were to go the marketing package route, the box of 10 would be the marketing package and the single piece would be the product that all inventory is stored against. The ProductAssoc (type "component" I think) between the box of 10 and the piece would have a quantity of 10. Whenever the box is ordered the system would automatically create a production run which will convert 10 pieces into 1 box.
So you have a standard finished good as your lowest UOM and then each higher UOM is a marketing package with the conversion factor stored in ProductAssoc.quantity. I can't remember exactly if it is the case, but I think marketing packages are capable of deriving the selling price from the components if a ProductPrice isn't defined for it, in that way you'd only need to maintain specific prices when you need to provide a lower cost for ordering in bulk. Regards Scott On 3/10/2010, at 6:02 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > Hi Scott, this is sure an interesting idea, but then how does the system > know that they are for example 10 pieces in a box? I still what to have > the same inventory for boxes and pieces. > We should be able to store the conversion between the uom's for this > product somewhere? > > Thanks for you input! > > Regards, > Hans > > On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 17:39 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >> Hi Hans, >> >> Sorry if this is a silly question, but why not just use different products for different UOMs? You could use virtual/variants if you wanted the UOM to be selectable on a single product page and also marketing packages to automatically produce inventory for the desired UOM from the base UOM. >> >> Regards >> Scott >> >> HotWax Media >> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com >> >> On 3/10/2010, at 3:54 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >> >>> Thank you BJ, >>> >>> I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the >>> product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an >>> optional price adjustment percentage. >>> The system will have however only one uom where everything gets >>> converted to. >>> >>> Anybody else other solutions? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Hans. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: >>>> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. >>>> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure >>>> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. >>>> >>>> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to >>>> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store >>>> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. >>>> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product >>>> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. >>>> >>>> >>>> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data >>>> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the >>>> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the >>>> orderentry and Ecommerce >>>> >>>> >>>> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: >>>>> A question to the community: >>>>> >>>>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. >>>>> Example gold jewelry. >>>>> >>>>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. >>>>> >>>>> Is here a preference how to implement that? >>>>> >>>>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and >>>>> invoices... >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Hans >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>> >> > > -- > Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz > Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak > Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. > smime.p7s (3K) Download Attachment |
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Thinking further on he virtual/variant idea....we could store the conversion
in the ProductAssoc table with a field uomConversion between the base products and the virtual variants uom..... What do you think of that? Regards, Hans Hi Scott, this is sure an interesting idea, but then how does the system know that they are for example 10 pieces in a box? I still what to have the same inventory for boxes and pieces. We should be able to store the conversion between the uom's for this product somewhere? Thanks for you input! Regards, Hans On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 17:39 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: > Hi Hans, > > Sorry if this is a silly question, but why not just use different products for different UOMs? You could use virtual/variants if you wanted the UOM to be selectable on a single product page and also marketing packages to automatically produce inventory for the desired UOM from the base UOM. > > Regards > Scott > > HotWax Media > http://www.hotwaxmedia.com > > On 3/10/2010, at 3:54 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > > > Thank you BJ, > > > > I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the > > product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an > > optional price adjustment percentage. > > The system will have however only one uom where everything gets > > converted to. > > > > Anybody else other solutions? > > > > Regards, > > Hans. > > > > > > On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: > >> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. > >> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure > >> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. > >> > >> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to > >> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store > >> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. > >> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product > >> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. > >> > >> > >> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data > >> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the > >> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the > >> orderentry and Ecommerce > >> > >> > >> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: > >>> A question to the community: > >>> > >>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. > >>> Example gold jewelry. > >>> > >>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. > >>> > >>> Is here a preference how to implement that? > >>> > >>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and > >>> invoices... > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Hans > >>> > >> > > > > -- > > Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz > > Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak > > Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. > > > -- Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. |
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But involving the complete manufacturing process? please have a look at
my earlier message about adding a field to the productassoc entity.... On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 18:13 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: > If you were to go the marketing package route, the box of 10 would be the marketing package and the single piece would be the product that all inventory is stored against. The ProductAssoc (type "component" I think) between the box of 10 and the piece would have a quantity of 10. Whenever the box is ordered the system would automatically create a production run which will convert 10 pieces into 1 box. > > So you have a standard finished good as your lowest UOM and then each higher UOM is a marketing package with the conversion factor stored in ProductAssoc.quantity. I can't remember exactly if it is the case, but I think marketing packages are capable of deriving the selling price from the components if a ProductPrice isn't defined for it, in that way you'd only need to maintain specific prices when you need to provide a lower cost for ordering in bulk. > > Regards > Scott > > On 3/10/2010, at 6:02 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > > > Hi Scott, this is sure an interesting idea, but then how does the system > > know that they are for example 10 pieces in a box? I still what to have > > the same inventory for boxes and pieces. > > We should be able to store the conversion between the uom's for this > > product somewhere? > > > > Thanks for you input! > > > > Regards, > > Hans > > > > On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 17:39 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: > >> Hi Hans, > >> > >> Sorry if this is a silly question, but why not just use different products for different UOMs? You could use virtual/variants if you wanted the UOM to be selectable on a single product page and also marketing packages to automatically produce inventory for the desired UOM from the base UOM. > >> > >> Regards > >> Scott > >> > >> HotWax Media > >> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com > >> > >> On 3/10/2010, at 3:54 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > >> > >>> Thank you BJ, > >>> > >>> I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the > >>> product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an > >>> optional price adjustment percentage. > >>> The system will have however only one uom where everything gets > >>> converted to. > >>> > >>> Anybody else other solutions? > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Hans. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: > >>>> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. > >>>> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure > >>>> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. > >>>> > >>>> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to > >>>> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store > >>>> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. > >>>> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product > >>>> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data > >>>> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the > >>>> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the > >>>> orderentry and Ecommerce > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: > >>>>> A question to the community: > >>>>> > >>>>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. > >>>>> Example gold jewelry. > >>>>> > >>>>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. > >>>>> > >>>>> Is here a preference how to implement that? > >>>>> > >>>>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and > >>>>> invoices... > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards, > >>>>> Hans > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz > >>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak > >>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. > >>> > >> > > > > -- > > Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz > > Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak > > Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. > > > -- Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. |
Hi Hans,
I'm not sure I understand what you proposed, could you explain it further? Virtual/variants and the marketing packages would serve different purposes in what I was suggesting, the marketing packages would serve to convert the base uom product to each of the marketing package's uom whereas the virtual/variant would just serve to combine all uom products under a single virtual product. Each variant would be a marketing package except for the base uom product which would be a regular finished good. Marketing packages do cause an automatic production run to be created and completed, but I don't really see that as a big deal. It serves as a record for the conversion and also if the base uom doesn't have enough inventory available then the production run is left open until more is available, so it serves well as a reservation mechanism of sorts as well. Production runs have always been our primary mechanism of converting one or more products into a different product which is exactly what is happening here. Marketing packages/production runs also support decomposing manufactured products back into their original components which would serve you well for returns and the like. Regards Scott On 3/10/2010, at 8:52 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > But involving the complete manufacturing process? please have a look at > my earlier message about adding a field to the productassoc entity.... > > On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 18:13 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >> If you were to go the marketing package route, the box of 10 would be the marketing package and the single piece would be the product that all inventory is stored against. The ProductAssoc (type "component" I think) between the box of 10 and the piece would have a quantity of 10. Whenever the box is ordered the system would automatically create a production run which will convert 10 pieces into 1 box. >> >> So you have a standard finished good as your lowest UOM and then each higher UOM is a marketing package with the conversion factor stored in ProductAssoc.quantity. I can't remember exactly if it is the case, but I think marketing packages are capable of deriving the selling price from the components if a ProductPrice isn't defined for it, in that way you'd only need to maintain specific prices when you need to provide a lower cost for ordering in bulk. >> >> Regards >> Scott >> >> On 3/10/2010, at 6:02 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >> >>> Hi Scott, this is sure an interesting idea, but then how does the system >>> know that they are for example 10 pieces in a box? I still what to have >>> the same inventory for boxes and pieces. >>> We should be able to store the conversion between the uom's for this >>> product somewhere? >>> >>> Thanks for you input! >>> >>> Regards, >>> Hans >>> >>> On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 17:39 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >>>> Hi Hans, >>>> >>>> Sorry if this is a silly question, but why not just use different products for different UOMs? You could use virtual/variants if you wanted the UOM to be selectable on a single product page and also marketing packages to automatically produce inventory for the desired UOM from the base UOM. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Scott >>>> >>>> HotWax Media >>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com >>>> >>>> On 3/10/2010, at 3:54 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thank you BJ, >>>>> >>>>> I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the >>>>> product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an >>>>> optional price adjustment percentage. >>>>> The system will have however only one uom where everything gets >>>>> converted to. >>>>> >>>>> Anybody else other solutions? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Hans. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: >>>>>> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. >>>>>> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure >>>>>> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. >>>>>> >>>>>> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to >>>>>> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store >>>>>> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. >>>>>> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product >>>>>> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data >>>>>> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the >>>>>> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the >>>>>> orderentry and Ecommerce >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: >>>>>>> A question to the community: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. >>>>>>> Example gold jewelry. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is here a preference how to implement that? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and >>>>>>> invoices... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Hans >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>> >> > > -- > Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz > Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak > Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. > smime.p7s (3K) Download Attachment |
how would the marketing package allow for inventory levels to be
established for different UOM. is marketing not a "Just in time" type of management? What about inventory that takes long lead times to process, that would delay shipments beyond a reasonable time. This could be from too many products that need conversion beyond staff capability to handle orders, against processing a certain level of Inventory as stock, based on ERP. Scott Gray sent the following on 10/3/2010 2:15 AM: > Hi Hans, > > I'm not sure I understand what you proposed, could you explain it further? > > Virtual/variants and the marketing packages would serve different purposes in what I was suggesting, the marketing packages would serve to convert the base uom product to each of the marketing package's uom whereas the virtual/variant would just serve to combine all uom products under a single virtual product. Each variant would be a marketing package except for the base uom product which would be a regular finished good. > > Marketing packages do cause an automatic production run to be created and completed, but I don't really see that as a big deal. It serves as a record for the conversion and also if the base uom doesn't have enough inventory available then the production run is left open until more is available, so it serves well as a reservation mechanism of sorts as well. Production runs have always been our primary mechanism of converting one or more products into a different product which is exactly what is happening here. Marketing packages/production runs also support decomposing manufactured products back into their original components which would serve you well for returns and the like. > > Regards > Scott > > On 3/10/2010, at 8:52 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > >> But involving the complete manufacturing process? please have a look at >> my earlier message about adding a field to the productassoc entity.... >> >> On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 18:13 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >>> If you were to go the marketing package route, the box of 10 would be the marketing package and the single piece would be the product that all inventory is stored against. The ProductAssoc (type "component" I think) between the box of 10 and the piece would have a quantity of 10. Whenever the box is ordered the system would automatically create a production run which will convert 10 pieces into 1 box. >>> >>> So you have a standard finished good as your lowest UOM and then each higher UOM is a marketing package with the conversion factor stored in ProductAssoc.quantity. I can't remember exactly if it is the case, but I think marketing packages are capable of deriving the selling price from the components if a ProductPrice isn't defined for it, in that way you'd only need to maintain specific prices when you need to provide a lower cost for ordering in bulk. >>> >>> Regards >>> Scott >>> >>> On 3/10/2010, at 6:02 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Scott, this is sure an interesting idea, but then how does the system >>>> know that they are for example 10 pieces in a box? I still what to have >>>> the same inventory for boxes and pieces. >>>> We should be able to store the conversion between the uom's for this >>>> product somewhere? >>>> >>>> Thanks for you input! >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Hans >>>> >>>> On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 17:39 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >>>>> Hi Hans, >>>>> >>>>> Sorry if this is a silly question, but why not just use different products for different UOMs? You could use virtual/variants if you wanted the UOM to be selectable on a single product page and also marketing packages to automatically produce inventory for the desired UOM from the base UOM. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Scott >>>>> >>>>> HotWax Media >>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com >>>>> >>>>> On 3/10/2010, at 3:54 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thank you BJ, >>>>>> >>>>>> I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the >>>>>> product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an >>>>>> optional price adjustment percentage. >>>>>> The system will have however only one uom where everything gets >>>>>> converted to. >>>>>> >>>>>> Anybody else other solutions? >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Hans. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: >>>>>>> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. >>>>>>> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure >>>>>>> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to >>>>>>> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store >>>>>>> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. >>>>>>> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product >>>>>>> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data >>>>>>> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the >>>>>>> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the >>>>>>> orderentry and Ecommerce >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: >>>>>>>> A question to the community: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. >>>>>>>> Example gold jewelry. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Is here a preference how to implement that? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and >>>>>>>> invoices... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>> Hans >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >> > |
You wouldn't use marketing packages in that situation, you'd just use regular products and regular production runs.
Regards Scott On 4/10/2010, at 12:07 AM, BJ Freeman wrote: > how would the marketing package allow for inventory levels to be established for different UOM. is marketing not a "Just in time" type of management? > What about inventory that takes long lead times to process, that would delay shipments beyond a reasonable time. This could be from too many products that need conversion beyond staff capability to handle orders, against processing a certain level of Inventory as stock, based on ERP. > > Scott Gray sent the following on 10/3/2010 2:15 AM: > > >> Hi Hans, >> >> I'm not sure I understand what you proposed, could you explain it further? >> >> Virtual/variants and the marketing packages would serve different purposes in what I was suggesting, the marketing packages would serve to convert the base uom product to each of the marketing package's uom whereas the virtual/variant would just serve to combine all uom products under a single virtual product. Each variant would be a marketing package except for the base uom product which would be a regular finished good. >> >> Marketing packages do cause an automatic production run to be created and completed, but I don't really see that as a big deal. It serves as a record for the conversion and also if the base uom doesn't have enough inventory available then the production run is left open until more is available, so it serves well as a reservation mechanism of sorts as well. Production runs have always been our primary mechanism of converting one or more products into a different product which is exactly what is happening here. Marketing packages/production runs also support decomposing manufactured products back into their original components which would serve you well for returns and the like. >> >> Regards >> Scott >> >> On 3/10/2010, at 8:52 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >> >>> But involving the complete manufacturing process? please have a look at >>> my earlier message about adding a field to the productassoc entity.... >>> >>> On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 18:13 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >>>> If you were to go the marketing package route, the box of 10 would be the marketing package and the single piece would be the product that all inventory is stored against. The ProductAssoc (type "component" I think) between the box of 10 and the piece would have a quantity of 10. Whenever the box is ordered the system would automatically create a production run which will convert 10 pieces into 1 box. >>>> >>>> So you have a standard finished good as your lowest UOM and then each higher UOM is a marketing package with the conversion factor stored in ProductAssoc.quantity. I can't remember exactly if it is the case, but I think marketing packages are capable of deriving the selling price from the components if a ProductPrice isn't defined for it, in that way you'd only need to maintain specific prices when you need to provide a lower cost for ordering in bulk. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Scott >>>> >>>> On 3/10/2010, at 6:02 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Scott, this is sure an interesting idea, but then how does the system >>>>> know that they are for example 10 pieces in a box? I still what to have >>>>> the same inventory for boxes and pieces. >>>>> We should be able to store the conversion between the uom's for this >>>>> product somewhere? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for you input! >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Hans >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 17:39 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >>>>>> Hi Hans, >>>>>> >>>>>> Sorry if this is a silly question, but why not just use different products for different UOMs? You could use virtual/variants if you wanted the UOM to be selectable on a single product page and also marketing packages to automatically produce inventory for the desired UOM from the base UOM. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Scott >>>>>> >>>>>> HotWax Media >>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com >>>>>> >>>>>> On 3/10/2010, at 3:54 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you BJ, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the >>>>>>> product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an >>>>>>> optional price adjustment percentage. >>>>>>> The system will have however only one uom where everything gets >>>>>>> converted to. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anybody else other solutions? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Hans. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: >>>>>>>> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. >>>>>>>> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure >>>>>>>> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to >>>>>>>> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store >>>>>>>> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. >>>>>>>> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product >>>>>>>> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data >>>>>>>> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the >>>>>>>> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the >>>>>>>> orderentry and Ecommerce >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: >>>>>>>>> A question to the community: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. >>>>>>>>> Example gold jewelry. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Is here a preference how to implement that? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and >>>>>>>>> invoices... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>> Hans >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>> >> smime.p7s (3K) Download Attachment |
So having a entity that defines the different UOM that can be sold in
inventory would be a good Idea, at a minimum. and as Hans Says have a price differential for each UOM. use a SECA to trigger on the ProductPricing service to run a service to populate for the Virtual/variants So all the user has todo is put fill in the new entity. Scott Gray sent the following on 10/3/2010 5:44 AM: > You wouldn't use marketing packages in that situation, you'd just use regular products and regular production runs. > > Regards > Scott > > On 4/10/2010, at 12:07 AM, BJ Freeman wrote: > >> how would the marketing package allow for inventory levels to be established for different UOM. is marketing not a "Just in time" type of management? >> What about inventory that takes long lead times to process, that would delay shipments beyond a reasonable time. This could be from too many products that need conversion beyond staff capability to handle orders, against processing a certain level of Inventory as stock, based on ERP. >> >> Scott Gray sent the following on 10/3/2010 2:15 AM: >> >> >>> Hi Hans, >>> >>> I'm not sure I understand what you proposed, could you explain it further? >>> >>> Virtual/variants and the marketing packages would serve different purposes in what I was suggesting, the marketing packages would serve to convert the base uom product to each of the marketing package's uom whereas the virtual/variant would just serve to combine all uom products under a single virtual product. Each variant would be a marketing package except for the base uom product which would be a regular finished good. >>> >>> Marketing packages do cause an automatic production run to be created and completed, but I don't really see that as a big deal. It serves as a record for the conversion and also if the base uom doesn't have enough inventory available then the production run is left open until more is available, so it serves well as a reservation mechanism of sorts as well. Production runs have always been our primary mechanism of converting one or more products into a different product which is exactly what is happening here. Marketing packages/production runs also support decomposing manufactured products back into their original components which would serve you well for returns and the like. >>> >>> Regards >>> Scott >>> >>> On 3/10/2010, at 8:52 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>> >>>> But involving the complete manufacturing process? please have a look at >>>> my earlier message about adding a field to the productassoc entity.... >>>> >>>> On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 18:13 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >>>>> If you were to go the marketing package route, the box of 10 would be the marketing package and the single piece would be the product that all inventory is stored against. The ProductAssoc (type "component" I think) between the box of 10 and the piece would have a quantity of 10. Whenever the box is ordered the system would automatically create a production run which will convert 10 pieces into 1 box. >>>>> >>>>> So you have a standard finished good as your lowest UOM and then each higher UOM is a marketing package with the conversion factor stored in ProductAssoc.quantity. I can't remember exactly if it is the case, but I think marketing packages are capable of deriving the selling price from the components if a ProductPrice isn't defined for it, in that way you'd only need to maintain specific prices when you need to provide a lower cost for ordering in bulk. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Scott >>>>> >>>>> On 3/10/2010, at 6:02 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Scott, this is sure an interesting idea, but then how does the system >>>>>> know that they are for example 10 pieces in a box? I still what to have >>>>>> the same inventory for boxes and pieces. >>>>>> We should be able to store the conversion between the uom's for this >>>>>> product somewhere? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for you input! >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Hans >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 17:39 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >>>>>>> Hi Hans, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sorry if this is a silly question, but why not just use different products for different UOMs? You could use virtual/variants if you wanted the UOM to be selectable on a single product page and also marketing packages to automatically produce inventory for the desired UOM from the base UOM. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>> Scott >>>>>>> >>>>>>> HotWax Media >>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 3/10/2010, at 3:54 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thank you BJ, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the >>>>>>>> product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an >>>>>>>> optional price adjustment percentage. >>>>>>>> The system will have however only one uom where everything gets >>>>>>>> converted to. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Anybody else other solutions? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>> Hans. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: >>>>>>>>> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. >>>>>>>>> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure >>>>>>>>> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to >>>>>>>>> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store >>>>>>>>> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. >>>>>>>>> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product >>>>>>>>> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data >>>>>>>>> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the >>>>>>>>> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the >>>>>>>>> orderentry and Ecommerce >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: >>>>>>>>>> A question to the community: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. >>>>>>>>>> Example gold jewelry. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Is here a preference how to implement that? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and >>>>>>>>>> invoices... >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>> Hans >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>> >>> > |
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For boxes of a product you'll usually have one product that represents the individual items (which may or may not be for sale directly to the customer), and one that is a product that represents the box and that is associated with the individual item. In OFBiz there are a few different product types you can choose from to have the system handle the box in different ways automatically, or you can use plain old Finished Good to handle the boxes manually. For certain products all you need is the three fields already on the Product entity: quantityUomId quantityIncluded piecesIncluded For example if you have a six-pack of 12oz soda cans you would have quantityIncluded=12, quantityUomId=oz, piecesIncluded=6. -David On Oct 2, 2010, at 11:02 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > Hi Scott, this is sure an interesting idea, but then how does the system > know that they are for example 10 pieces in a box? I still what to have > the same inventory for boxes and pieces. > We should be able to store the conversion between the uom's for this > product somewhere? > > Thanks for you input! > > Regards, > Hans > > On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 17:39 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >> Hi Hans, >> >> Sorry if this is a silly question, but why not just use different products for different UOMs? You could use virtual/variants if you wanted the UOM to be selectable on a single product page and also marketing packages to automatically produce inventory for the desired UOM from the base UOM. >> >> Regards >> Scott >> >> HotWax Media >> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com >> >> On 3/10/2010, at 3:54 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >> >>> Thank you BJ, >>> >>> I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the >>> product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an >>> optional price adjustment percentage. >>> The system will have however only one uom where everything gets >>> converted to. >>> >>> Anybody else other solutions? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Hans. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: >>>> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. >>>> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure >>>> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. >>>> >>>> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to >>>> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store >>>> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. >>>> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product >>>> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. >>>> >>>> >>>> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data >>>> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the >>>> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the >>>> orderentry and Ecommerce >>>> >>>> >>>> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: >>>>> A question to the community: >>>>> >>>>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. >>>>> Example gold jewelry. >>>>> >>>>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. >>>>> >>>>> Is here a preference how to implement that? >>>>> >>>>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and >>>>> invoices... >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Hans >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>> >> > > -- > Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz > Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak > Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. > |
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Ok so your talking about receiving different UOM like from different
suppliers but you want one UOM to sell. That seems to be something to setup per supplier and use the normal conversions available now. Unless you expect to get different UOM from the same supplier, in which case I can see your point. However while doing this Please leave some room to use it as the person selling wants to have different UOM to sell as Finished goods, so code can be added to generated the Virtual/variants products and pricing. so a link from your new UOM would have a reference to the UomConversion entity for you price variance. Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 7:54 PM: > Thank you BJ, > > I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the > product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an > optional price adjustment percentage. > The system will have however only one uom where everything gets > converted to. > > Anybody else other solutions? > > Regards, > Hans. > > > On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: >> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. >> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure >> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. >> >> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to >> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store >> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. >> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product >> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. >> >> >> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data >> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the >> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the >> orderentry and Ecommerce >> >> >> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: >>> A question to the community: >>> >>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. >>> Example gold jewelry. >>> >>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. >>> >>> Is here a preference how to implement that? >>> >>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and >>> invoices... >>> >>> Regards, >>> Hans >>> >> > |
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I'm sorry you're not making any sense. I've explained how multiple UOMs are supported OOTB for both just-in-time conversion and for longer lived UOM inventory that may require effort to produce.
What is so wrong with the current functionality that we need to add new tables? How would a SECA on ProductPricing (?) populate the virtual/variants? For just-in-time conversion marketing packages are a very simple approach, you just select the product type and then setup a single ProductAssoc record to define the component Product and the quantity. Regards Scott On 4/10/2010, at 2:04 AM, BJ Freeman wrote: > So having a entity that defines the different UOM that can be sold in inventory would be a good Idea, at a minimum. > and as Hans Says have a price differential for each UOM. > use a SECA to trigger on the ProductPricing service to run a service to populate for the Virtual/variants > So all the user has todo is put fill in the new entity. > > Scott Gray sent the following on 10/3/2010 5:44 AM: >> You wouldn't use marketing packages in that situation, you'd just use regular products and regular production runs. >> >> Regards >> Scott >> >> On 4/10/2010, at 12:07 AM, BJ Freeman wrote: >> >>> how would the marketing package allow for inventory levels to be established for different UOM. is marketing not a "Just in time" type of management? >>> What about inventory that takes long lead times to process, that would delay shipments beyond a reasonable time. This could be from too many products that need conversion beyond staff capability to handle orders, against processing a certain level of Inventory as stock, based on ERP. >>> >>> Scott Gray sent the following on 10/3/2010 2:15 AM: >>> >>> >>>> Hi Hans, >>>> >>>> I'm not sure I understand what you proposed, could you explain it further? >>>> >>>> Virtual/variants and the marketing packages would serve different purposes in what I was suggesting, the marketing packages would serve to convert the base uom product to each of the marketing package's uom whereas the virtual/variant would just serve to combine all uom products under a single virtual product. Each variant would be a marketing package except for the base uom product which would be a regular finished good. >>>> >>>> Marketing packages do cause an automatic production run to be created and completed, but I don't really see that as a big deal. It serves as a record for the conversion and also if the base uom doesn't have enough inventory available then the production run is left open until more is available, so it serves well as a reservation mechanism of sorts as well. Production runs have always been our primary mechanism of converting one or more products into a different product which is exactly what is happening here. Marketing packages/production runs also support decomposing manufactured products back into their original components which would serve you well for returns and the like. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Scott >>>> >>>> On 3/10/2010, at 8:52 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>> >>>>> But involving the complete manufacturing process? please have a look at >>>>> my earlier message about adding a field to the productassoc entity.... >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 18:13 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >>>>>> If you were to go the marketing package route, the box of 10 would be the marketing package and the single piece would be the product that all inventory is stored against. The ProductAssoc (type "component" I think) between the box of 10 and the piece would have a quantity of 10. Whenever the box is ordered the system would automatically create a production run which will convert 10 pieces into 1 box. >>>>>> >>>>>> So you have a standard finished good as your lowest UOM and then each higher UOM is a marketing package with the conversion factor stored in ProductAssoc.quantity. I can't remember exactly if it is the case, but I think marketing packages are capable of deriving the selling price from the components if a ProductPrice isn't defined for it, in that way you'd only need to maintain specific prices when you need to provide a lower cost for ordering in bulk. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Scott >>>>>> >>>>>> On 3/10/2010, at 6:02 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Scott, this is sure an interesting idea, but then how does the system >>>>>>> know that they are for example 10 pieces in a box? I still what to have >>>>>>> the same inventory for boxes and pieces. >>>>>>> We should be able to store the conversion between the uom's for this >>>>>>> product somewhere? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks for you input! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Hans >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 17:39 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >>>>>>>> Hi Hans, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sorry if this is a silly question, but why not just use different products for different UOMs? You could use virtual/variants if you wanted the UOM to be selectable on a single product page and also marketing packages to automatically produce inventory for the desired UOM from the base UOM. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>>> Scott >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> HotWax Media >>>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 3/10/2010, at 3:54 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thank you BJ, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the >>>>>>>>> product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an >>>>>>>>> optional price adjustment percentage. >>>>>>>>> The system will have however only one uom where everything gets >>>>>>>>> converted to. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Anybody else other solutions? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>> Hans. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. >>>>>>>>>> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure >>>>>>>>>> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to >>>>>>>>>> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store >>>>>>>>>> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. >>>>>>>>>> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product >>>>>>>>>> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data >>>>>>>>>> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the >>>>>>>>>> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the >>>>>>>>>> orderentry and Ecommerce >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: >>>>>>>>>>> A question to the community: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. >>>>>>>>>>> Example gold jewelry. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Is here a preference how to implement that? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and >>>>>>>>>>> invoices... >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>>> Hans >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>>>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>>>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>> >>>> >> > smime.p7s (3K) Download Attachment |
Scott I followed you on the Marketing UOM but I can't find you comments
on Inventory side except to say to use standard procedures.when I did my multiple UOM I could not find where you would have the all the Products UOM with out first adding Virtual/variants. this is all by hand and time consuming. in business time is money and overhead. Something both Hans and I agree on. to make this easier for my clients they fill out the different UOM they receive the product and the UOM they will sell the product in. I coded a service that takes this and generates the Virtual/variants products, sort of like the setup does the first product, which to me is even simpler to the end user. so I was hoping to inject the ability to do this in the OOTB in a future date. Scott Gray sent the following on 10/3/2010 12:52 PM: > I'm sorry you're not making any sense. I've explained how multiple UOMs are supported OOTB for both just-in-time conversion and for longer lived UOM inventory that may require effort to produce. > > What is so wrong with the current functionality that we need to add new tables? How would a SECA on ProductPricing (?) populate the virtual/variants? > > For just-in-time conversion marketing packages are a very simple approach, you just select the product type and then setup a single ProductAssoc record to define the component Product and the quantity. > > Regards > Scott > > On 4/10/2010, at 2:04 AM, BJ Freeman wrote: > >> So having a entity that defines the different UOM that can be sold in inventory would be a good Idea, at a minimum. >> and as Hans Says have a price differential for each UOM. >> use a SECA to trigger on the ProductPricing service to run a service to populate for the Virtual/variants >> So all the user has todo is put fill in the new entity. >> >> Scott Gray sent the following on 10/3/2010 5:44 AM: >>> You wouldn't use marketing packages in that situation, you'd just use regular products and regular production runs. >>> >>> Regards >>> Scott >>> >>> On 4/10/2010, at 12:07 AM, BJ Freeman wrote: >>> >>>> how would the marketing package allow for inventory levels to be established for different UOM. is marketing not a "Just in time" type of management? >>>> What about inventory that takes long lead times to process, that would delay shipments beyond a reasonable time. This could be from too many products that need conversion beyond staff capability to handle orders, against processing a certain level of Inventory as stock, based on ERP. >>>> >>>> Scott Gray sent the following on 10/3/2010 2:15 AM: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Hans, >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure I understand what you proposed, could you explain it further? >>>>> >>>>> Virtual/variants and the marketing packages would serve different purposes in what I was suggesting, the marketing packages would serve to convert the base uom product to each of the marketing package's uom whereas the virtual/variant would just serve to combine all uom products under a single virtual product. Each variant would be a marketing package except for the base uom product which would be a regular finished good. >>>>> >>>>> Marketing packages do cause an automatic production run to be created and completed, but I don't really see that as a big deal. It serves as a record for the conversion and also if the base uom doesn't have enough inventory available then the production run is left open until more is available, so it serves well as a reservation mechanism of sorts as well. Production runs have always been our primary mechanism of converting one or more products into a different product which is exactly what is happening here. Marketing packages/production runs also support decomposing manufactured products back into their original components which would serve you well for returns and the like. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Scott >>>>> >>>>> On 3/10/2010, at 8:52 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> But involving the complete manufacturing process? please have a look at >>>>>> my earlier message about adding a field to the productassoc entity.... >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 18:13 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >>>>>>> If you were to go the marketing package route, the box of 10 would be the marketing package and the single piece would be the product that all inventory is stored against. The ProductAssoc (type "component" I think) between the box of 10 and the piece would have a quantity of 10. Whenever the box is ordered the system would automatically create a production run which will convert 10 pieces into 1 box. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So you have a standard finished good as your lowest UOM and then each higher UOM is a marketing package with the conversion factor stored in ProductAssoc.quantity. I can't remember exactly if it is the case, but I think marketing packages are capable of deriving the selling price from the components if a ProductPrice isn't defined for it, in that way you'd only need to maintain specific prices when you need to provide a lower cost for ordering in bulk. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>> Scott >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 3/10/2010, at 6:02 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Scott, this is sure an interesting idea, but then how does the system >>>>>>>> know that they are for example 10 pieces in a box? I still what to have >>>>>>>> the same inventory for boxes and pieces. >>>>>>>> We should be able to store the conversion between the uom's for this >>>>>>>> product somewhere? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks for you input! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>> Hans >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 17:39 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >>>>>>>>> Hi Hans, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Sorry if this is a silly question, but why not just use different products for different UOMs? You could use virtual/variants if you wanted the UOM to be selectable on a single product page and also marketing packages to automatically produce inventory for the desired UOM from the base UOM. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>>>> Scott >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> HotWax Media >>>>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 3/10/2010, at 3:54 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Thank you BJ, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the >>>>>>>>>> product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an >>>>>>>>>> optional price adjustment percentage. >>>>>>>>>> The system will have however only one uom where everything gets >>>>>>>>>> converted to. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Anybody else other solutions? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>> Hans. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. >>>>>>>>>>> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure >>>>>>>>>>> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to >>>>>>>>>>> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store >>>>>>>>>>> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. >>>>>>>>>>> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product >>>>>>>>>>> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data >>>>>>>>>>> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the >>>>>>>>>>> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the >>>>>>>>>>> orderentry and Ecommerce >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: >>>>>>>>>>>> A question to the community: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. >>>>>>>>>>>> Example gold jewelry. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Is here a preference how to implement that? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and >>>>>>>>>>>> invoices... >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>>>> Hans >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>>>>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>>>>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>>> >>>>> >>> >> > |
A difficult to use UI dictates the need for a better UI, it doesn't mean that you need to add new tables and alter the underlying business logic when the existing processes work just fine.
There is no reason why the user couldn't setup the base UOM product and then have a special screen/form to generate the other UOMs for them. Alternatively they could create the virtual product and similarly use a special form to create the base and derived UOMs, using that approach you'd only need to maintain any common data on the virtual. Regards Scott On 4/10/2010, at 10:38 AM, BJ Freeman wrote: > Scott I followed you on the Marketing UOM but I can't find you comments on Inventory side except to say to use standard procedures.when I did my multiple UOM I could not find where you would have the all the Products UOM with out first adding Virtual/variants. this is all by hand and time consuming. in business time is money and overhead. Something both Hans and I agree on. > > to make this easier for my clients they fill out the different UOM they receive the product and the UOM they will sell the product in. > I coded a service that takes this and generates the Virtual/variants products, sort of like the setup does the first product, which to me is even simpler to the end user. > > so I was hoping to inject the ability to do this in the OOTB in a future date. > > > > > Scott Gray sent the following on 10/3/2010 12:52 PM: >> I'm sorry you're not making any sense. I've explained how multiple UOMs are supported OOTB for both just-in-time conversion and for longer lived UOM inventory that may require effort to produce. >> >> What is so wrong with the current functionality that we need to add new tables? How would a SECA on ProductPricing (?) populate the virtual/variants? >> >> For just-in-time conversion marketing packages are a very simple approach, you just select the product type and then setup a single ProductAssoc record to define the component Product and the quantity. >> >> Regards >> Scott >> >> On 4/10/2010, at 2:04 AM, BJ Freeman wrote: >> >>> So having a entity that defines the different UOM that can be sold in inventory would be a good Idea, at a minimum. >>> and as Hans Says have a price differential for each UOM. >>> use a SECA to trigger on the ProductPricing service to run a service to populate for the Virtual/variants >>> So all the user has todo is put fill in the new entity. >>> >>> Scott Gray sent the following on 10/3/2010 5:44 AM: >>>> You wouldn't use marketing packages in that situation, you'd just use regular products and regular production runs. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Scott >>>> >>>> On 4/10/2010, at 12:07 AM, BJ Freeman wrote: >>>> >>>>> how would the marketing package allow for inventory levels to be established for different UOM. is marketing not a "Just in time" type of management? >>>>> What about inventory that takes long lead times to process, that would delay shipments beyond a reasonable time. This could be from too many products that need conversion beyond staff capability to handle orders, against processing a certain level of Inventory as stock, based on ERP. >>>>> >>>>> Scott Gray sent the following on 10/3/2010 2:15 AM: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Hans, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm not sure I understand what you proposed, could you explain it further? >>>>>> >>>>>> Virtual/variants and the marketing packages would serve different purposes in what I was suggesting, the marketing packages would serve to convert the base uom product to each of the marketing package's uom whereas the virtual/variant would just serve to combine all uom products under a single virtual product. Each variant would be a marketing package except for the base uom product which would be a regular finished good. >>>>>> >>>>>> Marketing packages do cause an automatic production run to be created and completed, but I don't really see that as a big deal. It serves as a record for the conversion and also if the base uom doesn't have enough inventory available then the production run is left open until more is available, so it serves well as a reservation mechanism of sorts as well. Production runs have always been our primary mechanism of converting one or more products into a different product which is exactly what is happening here. Marketing packages/production runs also support decomposing manufactured products back into their original components which would serve you well for returns and the like. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Scott >>>>>> >>>>>> On 3/10/2010, at 8:52 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> But involving the complete manufacturing process? please have a look at >>>>>>> my earlier message about adding a field to the productassoc entity.... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 18:13 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >>>>>>>> If you were to go the marketing package route, the box of 10 would be the marketing package and the single piece would be the product that all inventory is stored against. The ProductAssoc (type "component" I think) between the box of 10 and the piece would have a quantity of 10. Whenever the box is ordered the system would automatically create a production run which will convert 10 pieces into 1 box. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So you have a standard finished good as your lowest UOM and then each higher UOM is a marketing package with the conversion factor stored in ProductAssoc.quantity. I can't remember exactly if it is the case, but I think marketing packages are capable of deriving the selling price from the components if a ProductPrice isn't defined for it, in that way you'd only need to maintain specific prices when you need to provide a lower cost for ordering in bulk. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>>> Scott >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 3/10/2010, at 6:02 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi Scott, this is sure an interesting idea, but then how does the system >>>>>>>>> know that they are for example 10 pieces in a box? I still what to have >>>>>>>>> the same inventory for boxes and pieces. >>>>>>>>> We should be able to store the conversion between the uom's for this >>>>>>>>> product somewhere? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks for you input! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>> Hans >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 17:39 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Hi Hans, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Sorry if this is a silly question, but why not just use different products for different UOMs? You could use virtual/variants if you wanted the UOM to be selectable on a single product page and also marketing packages to automatically produce inventory for the desired UOM from the base UOM. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>>>>> Scott >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> HotWax Media >>>>>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 3/10/2010, at 3:54 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Thank you BJ, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the >>>>>>>>>>> product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an >>>>>>>>>>> optional price adjustment percentage. >>>>>>>>>>> The system will have however only one uom where everything gets >>>>>>>>>>> converted to. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Anybody else other solutions? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>>> Hans. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. >>>>>>>>>>>> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure >>>>>>>>>>>> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to >>>>>>>>>>>> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store >>>>>>>>>>>> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. >>>>>>>>>>>> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product >>>>>>>>>>>> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data >>>>>>>>>>>> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the >>>>>>>>>>>> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the >>>>>>>>>>>> orderentry and Ecommerce >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: >>>>>>>>>>>>> A question to the community: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. >>>>>>>>>>>>> Example gold jewelry. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Is here a preference how to implement that? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and >>>>>>>>>>>>> invoices... >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hans >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>>>>>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>>>>>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>>>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>>>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>> >> > smime.p7s (3K) Download Attachment |
I see you point from a designer point of view, however there is a
difference when you look at from a workeffort point of view. something ofbiz has not address fully, yet. Scott Gray sent the following on 10/3/2010 2:52 PM: > A difficult to use UI dictates the need for a better UI, it doesn't mean that you need to add new tables and alter the underlying business logic when the existing processes work just fine. > > There is no reason why the user couldn't setup the base UOM product and then have a special screen/form to generate the other UOMs for them. Alternatively they could create the virtual product and similarly use a special form to create the base and derived UOMs, using that approach you'd only need to maintain any common data on the virtual. > > Regards > Scott > > On 4/10/2010, at 10:38 AM, BJ Freeman wrote: > >> Scott I followed you on the Marketing UOM but I can't find you comments on Inventory side except to say to use standard procedures.when I did my multiple UOM I could not find where you would have the all the Products UOM with out first adding Virtual/variants. this is all by hand and time consuming. in business time is money and overhead. Something both Hans and I agree on. >> >> to make this easier for my clients they fill out the different UOM they receive the product and the UOM they will sell the product in. >> I coded a service that takes this and generates the Virtual/variants products, sort of like the setup does the first product, which to me is even simpler to the end user. >> >> so I was hoping to inject the ability to do this in the OOTB in a future date. >> >> >> >> >> Scott Gray sent the following on 10/3/2010 12:52 PM: >>> I'm sorry you're not making any sense. I've explained how multiple UOMs are supported OOTB for both just-in-time conversion and for longer lived UOM inventory that may require effort to produce. >>> >>> What is so wrong with the current functionality that we need to add new tables? How would a SECA on ProductPricing (?) populate the virtual/variants? >>> >>> For just-in-time conversion marketing packages are a very simple approach, you just select the product type and then setup a single ProductAssoc record to define the component Product and the quantity. >>> >>> Regards >>> Scott >>> >>> On 4/10/2010, at 2:04 AM, BJ Freeman wrote: >>> >>>> So having a entity that defines the different UOM that can be sold in inventory would be a good Idea, at a minimum. >>>> and as Hans Says have a price differential for each UOM. >>>> use a SECA to trigger on the ProductPricing service to run a service to populate for the Virtual/variants >>>> So all the user has todo is put fill in the new entity. >>>> >>>> Scott Gray sent the following on 10/3/2010 5:44 AM: >>>>> You wouldn't use marketing packages in that situation, you'd just use regular products and regular production runs. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Scott >>>>> >>>>> On 4/10/2010, at 12:07 AM, BJ Freeman wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> how would the marketing package allow for inventory levels to be established for different UOM. is marketing not a "Just in time" type of management? >>>>>> What about inventory that takes long lead times to process, that would delay shipments beyond a reasonable time. This could be from too many products that need conversion beyond staff capability to handle orders, against processing a certain level of Inventory as stock, based on ERP. >>>>>> >>>>>> Scott Gray sent the following on 10/3/2010 2:15 AM: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Hans, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm not sure I understand what you proposed, could you explain it further? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Virtual/variants and the marketing packages would serve different purposes in what I was suggesting, the marketing packages would serve to convert the base uom product to each of the marketing package's uom whereas the virtual/variant would just serve to combine all uom products under a single virtual product. Each variant would be a marketing package except for the base uom product which would be a regular finished good. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Marketing packages do cause an automatic production run to be created and completed, but I don't really see that as a big deal. It serves as a record for the conversion and also if the base uom doesn't have enough inventory available then the production run is left open until more is available, so it serves well as a reservation mechanism of sorts as well. Production runs have always been our primary mechanism of converting one or more products into a different product which is exactly what is happening here. Marketing packages/production runs also support decomposing manufactured products back into their original components which would serve you well for returns and the like. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>> Scott >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 3/10/2010, at 8:52 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> But involving the complete manufacturing process? please have a look at >>>>>>>> my earlier message about adding a field to the productassoc entity.... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 18:13 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >>>>>>>>> If you were to go the marketing package route, the box of 10 would be the marketing package and the single piece would be the product that all inventory is stored against. The ProductAssoc (type "component" I think) between the box of 10 and the piece would have a quantity of 10. Whenever the box is ordered the system would automatically create a production run which will convert 10 pieces into 1 box. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> So you have a standard finished good as your lowest UOM and then each higher UOM is a marketing package with the conversion factor stored in ProductAssoc.quantity. I can't remember exactly if it is the case, but I think marketing packages are capable of deriving the selling price from the components if a ProductPrice isn't defined for it, in that way you'd only need to maintain specific prices when you need to provide a lower cost for ordering in bulk. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>>>> Scott >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 3/10/2010, at 6:02 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi Scott, this is sure an interesting idea, but then how does the system >>>>>>>>>> know that they are for example 10 pieces in a box? I still what to have >>>>>>>>>> the same inventory for boxes and pieces. >>>>>>>>>> We should be able to store the conversion between the uom's for this >>>>>>>>>> product somewhere? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Thanks for you input! >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>> Hans >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 17:39 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Hi Hans, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Sorry if this is a silly question, but why not just use different products for different UOMs? You could use virtual/variants if you wanted the UOM to be selectable on a single product page and also marketing packages to automatically produce inventory for the desired UOM from the base UOM. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>>>>>> Scott >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> HotWax Media >>>>>>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On 3/10/2010, at 3:54 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you BJ, >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the >>>>>>>>>>>> product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an >>>>>>>>>>>> optional price adjustment percentage. >>>>>>>>>>>> The system will have however only one uom where everything gets >>>>>>>>>>>> converted to. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Anybody else other solutions? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>>>> Hans. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. >>>>>>>>>>>>> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure >>>>>>>>>>>>> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to >>>>>>>>>>>>> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store >>>>>>>>>>>>> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. >>>>>>>>>>>>> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product >>>>>>>>>>>>> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data >>>>>>>>>>>>> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the >>>>>>>>>>>>> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the >>>>>>>>>>>>> orderentry and Ecommerce >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> A question to the community: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Example gold jewelry. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is here a preference how to implement that? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and >>>>>>>>>>>>>> invoices... >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hans >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>>>>>>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>>>>>>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>>>>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>>>>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>>>>>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak >>>>>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > |
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This sounds pretty good i even see some coding on this.
Let me do some testing, i will come back with the results. Regards, Hans On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 12:13 -0600, David E Jones wrote: > For boxes of a product you'll usually have one product that represents the individual items (which may or may not be for sale directly to the customer), and one that is a product that represents the box and that is associated with the individual item. In OFBiz there are a few different product types you can choose from to have the system handle the box in different ways automatically, or you can use plain old Finished Good to handle the boxes manually. > > For certain products all you need is the three fields already on the Product entity: > > quantityUomId > quantityIncluded > piecesIncluded > > For example if you have a six-pack of 12oz soda cans you would have quantityIncluded=12, quantityUomId=oz, piecesIncluded=6. > > -David > > > On Oct 2, 2010, at 11:02 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > > > Hi Scott, this is sure an interesting idea, but then how does the system > > know that they are for example 10 pieces in a box? I still what to have > > the same inventory for boxes and pieces. > > We should be able to store the conversion between the uom's for this > > product somewhere? > > > > Thanks for you input! > > > > Regards, > > Hans > > > > On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 17:39 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: > >> Hi Hans, > >> > >> Sorry if this is a silly question, but why not just use different products for different UOMs? You could use virtual/variants if you wanted the UOM to be selectable on a single product page and also marketing packages to automatically produce inventory for the desired UOM from the base UOM. > >> > >> Regards > >> Scott > >> > >> HotWax Media > >> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com > >> > >> On 3/10/2010, at 3:54 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > >> > >>> Thank you BJ, > >>> > >>> I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the > >>> product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an > >>> optional price adjustment percentage. > >>> The system will have however only one uom where everything gets > >>> converted to. > >>> > >>> Anybody else other solutions? > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Hans. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: > >>>> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. > >>>> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure > >>>> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. > >>>> > >>>> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to > >>>> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store > >>>> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. > >>>> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product > >>>> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data > >>>> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the > >>>> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the > >>>> orderentry and Ecommerce > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: > >>>>> A question to the community: > >>>>> > >>>>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. > >>>>> Example gold jewelry. > >>>>> > >>>>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. > >>>>> > >>>>> Is here a preference how to implement that? > >>>>> > >>>>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and > >>>>> invoices... > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards, > >>>>> Hans > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz > >>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak > >>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. > >>> > >> > > > > -- > > Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz > > Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak > > Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. > > > -- Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. |
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We are are still getting the best solution, help appreciated.
We are thinking of the following: you have a product which you sell in pieces and boxes of ten. Then the product per piece is the lowest denominator and has a variant association to a virtual/variant product which is an alternative packaging of the product per piece and can have an adjusted price but no inventory. Currently the e-commerce checks for the virtual flag and want to show a feature selection list, however in the case of the virtual- and variant flag both set, it should not. When the box of 10 is selected, The productId per piece is selected with the adjusted price of the box variant. Comments very much appreciated. Regards, Hans On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 12:13 -0600, David E Jones wrote: > For boxes of a product you'll usually have one product that represents the individual items (which may or may not be for sale directly to the customer), and one that is a product that represents the box and that is associated with the individual item. In OFBiz there are a few different product types you can choose from to have the system handle the box in different ways automatically, or you can use plain old Finished Good to handle the boxes manually. > > For certain products all you need is the three fields already on the Product entity: > > quantityUomId > quantityIncluded > piecesIncluded > > For example if you have a six-pack of 12oz soda cans you would have quantityIncluded=12, quantityUomId=oz, piecesIncluded=6. > > -David > > > On Oct 2, 2010, at 11:02 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > > > Hi Scott, this is sure an interesting idea, but then how does the system > > know that they are for example 10 pieces in a box? I still what to have > > the same inventory for boxes and pieces. > > We should be able to store the conversion between the uom's for this > > product somewhere? > > > > Thanks for you input! > > > > Regards, > > Hans > > > > On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 17:39 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: > >> Hi Hans, > >> > >> Sorry if this is a silly question, but why not just use different products for different UOMs? You could use virtual/variants if you wanted the UOM to be selectable on a single product page and also marketing packages to automatically produce inventory for the desired UOM from the base UOM. > >> > >> Regards > >> Scott > >> > >> HotWax Media > >> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com > >> > >> On 3/10/2010, at 3:54 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > >> > >>> Thank you BJ, > >>> > >>> I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the > >>> product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an > >>> optional price adjustment percentage. > >>> The system will have however only one uom where everything gets > >>> converted to. > >>> > >>> Anybody else other solutions? > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Hans. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: > >>>> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. > >>>> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure > >>>> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. > >>>> > >>>> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to > >>>> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store > >>>> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. > >>>> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product > >>>> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product data > >>>> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the > >>>> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the > >>>> orderentry and Ecommerce > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: > >>>>> A question to the community: > >>>>> > >>>>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. > >>>>> Example gold jewelry. > >>>>> > >>>>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. > >>>>> > >>>>> Is here a preference how to implement that? > >>>>> > >>>>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and > >>>>> invoices... > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards, > >>>>> Hans > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz > >>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak > >>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. > >>> > >> > > > > -- > > Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz > > Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak > > Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. > > > -- Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. |
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