supplier_product vs party_relationship

[davidnwelton]

Hi,

Even if I don't think we'll be able to use OFBiz(*), I find it an
extremely interesting project in terms of the knowledge it embodies.
Whilst looking through things today, I noticed that supplier_product
is pretty complete - it seems to have all the suppliers that are in
party.  However, those relationships are not described in
party_relationship...  On oversight?  Something that's just extra work
and not really needed?

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David N. Welton
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Linux, Open Source Consulting
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(*) political, rather than technical reasons.

[David E Jones-2]

I'd say it depends on the organization and what they want to do with  
their suppliers. For creating purchase orders and such the  
information in SupplierProduct is all that really matters, though it  
certainly implies a relationship. There are various more "formal"  
relationships that could be created between a company and its  
suppliers but I don't know that any functionality depends on such  
things at this point.

-David


On Sep 11, 2006, at 10:38 AM, David Welton wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Even if I don't think we'll be able to use OFBiz(*), I find it an
> extremely interesting project in terms of the knowledge it embodies.
> Whilst looking through things today, I noticed that supplier_product
> is pretty complete - it seems to have all the suppliers that are in
> party.  However, those relationships are not described in
> party_relationship...  On oversight?  Something that's just extra work
> and not really needed?
>
> --
> David N. Welton
> - http://www.dedasys.com/davidw/
>
> Linux, Open Source Consulting
> - http://www.dedasys.com/
>
> (*) political, rather than technical reasons.

[davidnwelton]

> I'd say it depends on the organization and what they want to do with
> their suppliers. For creating purchase orders and such the
> information in SupplierProduct is all that really matters, though it
> certainly implies a relationship. There are various more "formal"
> relationships that could be created between a company and its
> suppliers but I don't know that any functionality depends on such
> things at this point.

You'd probably want to keep track of all your suppliers, through the
party application or its equivalent - linking then to things like what
orders you have open with them, the money situation... stuff like
that.  I was just curious, though.

I think the ideal thing would be to set up a group as a supplier in
one place and also have products registered as being available from a
supplier in the moment when you upload the data they give you about
the products they have available.

Sorry...just thinking out loud a bit...
--
David N. Welton
 - http://www.dedasys.com/davidw/

Linux, Open Source Consulting
 - http://www.dedasys.com/