Re: Managing the status for non serialized inventory items

Posted by David E Jones on Jun 04, 2008; 6:13pm
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Managing-the-status-for-non-serialized-inventory-items-tp193584p193585.html


On Jun 4, 2008, at 8:35 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I would like to add support for the status for non serialized  
> inventory items (right now the status is used only for serialized  
> items).
> The idea is to add a new status item for "Damaged" inventory (and  
> maybe "On Hold" for inventory under inspection); the inventory items  
> with this status will be excluded by the inventory counting  
> algorithm and also by the inventory reservation service.
> The main goal is to add the ability to keep into the warehouse non  
> serialized inventory items but don't use them in orders etc... (at  
> least until they are fixed), but don't just remove them from the  
> system (as it happens when you do a manual inventory variance).
>
> What do you think? Can I go on with this?

It's an interesting idea. Right now all damaged/held/etc inventory is  
treated per unit, ie as serialized inventory. When returns are  
received each item is evaluated individually and tracked that way.

If I understand where you are coming from, this becomes a problem when  
you receive 1000 damaged widgets and would have to create a record for  
each one.

With that in mind, perhaps this might be a good way to make the  
management easier without any data structure change, though there  
could be a number of code changes needed.

-David