Posted by
Christopher Farley on
Oct 21, 2005; 5:03pm
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/OFBiz-Users-Newbie-Questions-tp136198.html
I discovered ofbiz last week, and so far I find the whole project very
impressive. I have spent the last four years developing a custom ERP
solution for my business, and I am sometimes amazed at how slow the
progress is.
My plan is to try and use ofbiz to replace our last remaining legacy
commercial application. The only thing I use this legacy app for is
managing my inventory -- creating and receiving purchase orders, keeping
track of item costs, etc.
Here is one of my big questions:
My current legacy inventory app has support for two kinds of 'kit' items:
'assembled' kits, which are products that are created from one or more
other products. These 'assembled' kits have inventory records. The user
enters a 'kit assembly' record, and this increases the quantity on hand
for the kit item, and decreases the quantity on hand for the components.
The other type of kit is a 'on-the-fly' kit. These kit items are also
composed of one or more products, but these kits have no inventory
records, i.e. 'quantity on hand' is undefinable. The components are removed
from inventory at the moment a sale is made. (Adding one of these kit
items to an order automatically causes all the components to be added to
the order. The end-user does not see the components on the order, just
the kit.)
Does ofbiz already support these concepts? I haven't looked at the
manufacturing application yet, but I have spent a fair amount of time
trying to create 'on the fly' kits via product associations, configured
products, etc.
Thanks!
--
Christopher Farley
www.northernbrewer.com
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