Re: [OFBiz] Users - Newbie Questions
Posted by
Si Chen-2 on
Oct 21, 2005; 5:08pm
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/OFBiz-Users-Newbie-Questions-tp136198p136199.html
The on-the-fly kit is supported as "Marketing Package Auto-Explode". See
http://jira.undersunconsulting.com/browse/OFBIZ-83Si
Christopher Farley wrote:
>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!
>
>
>
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