Re: [OFBiz] Dev - Why Work Order?

Posted by David E. Jones on
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/OFBiz-Dev-Why-Work-Order-tp166129p166133.html


Thanks for your comments Adrian. I think this actually demonstrates  
another good reason for eliminated "work orders", which were treated  
exactly the same as sales orders. The order of work is appropriate to  
put in a sales order, but the progress and details on that work are  
probably best tracked in the WorkEffort and related entities.

-David


On Oct 11, 2005, at 6:00 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:

> Work Orders would be necessary for service-oriented companies, or a  
> company with a service department.
>
> Our warranty-service dept uses work orders to specify repairs to be  
> done and the parts needed to do the repairs. Line items could be  
> labor or parts.
>
> Behind the scenes, it's just like a sales order I guess. The only  
> difference is, work orders won't appear on sales reports and vice-
> versa. Also, each line item has a "Completed" field (logical) that  
> indicates if the work was done. Once all line items are completed,  
> then the entire work order is considered completed and it is closed.
>
>
> David E. Jones wrote:
>
>
>> Why do we have a work order? I think it was put in originally due  
>> to  a misunderstanding, but I see some newer artifacts that use  
>> the  OrderType of Work Order.
>> What does this mean? It seems like from the code that it is just  
>> a  sales order, but I don't think it makes any sense to have a  
>> work  order separate from a sales order, and it is more flexible  
>> in general  to just have sales orders and we can always use the  
>> Work Order Item  OrderItemType.
>> Does anyone have any issues with just removing the Work Order  
>> OrderType? I think it would be less confusing...
>> -David
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