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> Hi Ben
>
> Welcome!
>
> I sent out a proposal a while back... repeated here for an improvement
> to the shipping scheme that sounds like an exact fit. There is an open
> issue in Jira where you can add your thoughts on how the scheme might be
> improved.
>
>
http://jira.undersunconsulting.com/browse/OFBIZ-669>
> Unfortunately, its beyond my time and resources to implement, however
> with your help that might change.
>
> ---
>
> I've got an idea for an improved shipping scheme I wanted to run by
> other OFBiz users and see what everyone thought...
>
> Although we have the USPS rate estimator working, I'm discovering that
> it's very difficult to charge competitive shipping rates because the
> packing material weights vary so much...
>
> The idea I have is to add a new table of box sizes, recording both the
> overall size, and the usable inner size.
Usable inner size isn't difficult to know ? For example for hardware you have to
> The weight of this box can then be used when calculating the postage
> weight for the order.
>
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>
> Can anyone help fund the development of this feature? I've created a
> jira issue for this with a few more details of the proposed algorithm,
> which would be a good place to add your thoughts.
>
> Thanks
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 23:29 -0800, Benjamin Cox wrote:
> > First off, let me say that I'm highly impressed with ofbiz. I
> > discovered it about ten days ago, and immediately felt very much at
> > home with the architecture; I know just how productive this can be!
> > Also, I could see that you were _years_ ahead, and that you've
> > already tackled several of the thorny business issues that my
> > customers are facing these days. So, I'm testing the waters, hoping
> > to be baptized as a convert! So far, my hat is off to the ofbiz
> > community :-)
> >
> > One thing that I need to figure out in order to serve a current
> > client is how the shipping estimate is obtained... in the five-year-
> > old system we're porting to Ofbiz, we had built a packaging
> > calculator and a place for our client to add package dimensions and
> > weight capacities. We then applied a relatively trivial optimization
> > process by trying to fit all items in an order into one box, and
> > moved up a box size if it didn't fit. We kept this up until we had
> > to start a new box.
> >
> > Pretty basic, but it obviously allowed the end user to be quoted
> > significantly less expensive prices from UPS than would have been
> > possible just shipping one "item" per box, etc. By the way - items
> > are units of measure of a wholesale cloth. One tricky element,
> > therefore, is that the product can be rolled up, so 20 square feet
> > comes in one 4 foot piece rolled up, rather than 20 stacked 1x1
> > pieces or a 4x5 sheet.
> >
> > I've found the portion of the admin section where a shipment can be
> > made for the order, and packages created and filled by an employee,
> > but this is all long after the rate estimate and payment processing.
> > How does the rate estimate correlate to the packaging process? Is it
> > already performing any kind of packaging calculation when obtaining
> > shipping quotes? If so, where is the code for this located?
> > Otherwise, where exactly does the hand-off from products to what I've
> > been calling "shipment items" take place? Would it make sense to
> > inject something to convert products to packages at that point?
> >
> > I appreciate any guidance you can offer,
> >
> > Ben
> >
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