It's also used for pricing rule and promotion capabilities. Laybys/layaways, rainchecks and purchases on account also would benefit from the order model.
If POS were extended to hospitality that would also rely on an order model. Regards Scott On 29/08/2017 23:29, "Arun Patidar" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > In POS system, order immediately fulfill and come directly in 'Completed' > status. Also, there is no shipping address, billing address, shipping > method requires in POS. And even no inventory reservation takes place, only > items issuance is done. > > IMO, In the current system, the POS order detail is stored for the > following reasons > > - To manage inventory issuance information > - To store the customer information > - To track the total sales amount > > > I am thinking to remove the dependency of POS sales with Order data model. > Alternatively, we can simply create Invoice and item issuance record only. > This will reduce the system load for managing POS sales. > > It is possible that I am missing any important scenario that needs Order > data model. Please let me know your thoughts on this. > > > > -- > Thanks & Regards > --- > Arun Patidar > Manager, Enterprise Software Development > > HotWax Systems Pvt Ltd. > > www.hotwaxsystems.com >
