I'm pretty sure it can be accommodated without making it the default behavior.
Hans, could you please either look at making it configurable or otherwise revert the commit? Thanks Scott HotWax Media http://www.hotwaxmedia.com On 6/05/2010, at 3:28 AM, Joe Eckard wrote: > I haven't looked at the actual code changes in question, but this scenario > seems fairly common - I would guess at least 10% of our POs are prepaid. Some > vendors don't require you to prepay, but will give a substantial discount if > you do. > > > On May 5, 2010, at 1:38 AM, Sam Hamilton wrote: > >> Hey Adrian, >> >> While its true most don't go this way, if you bought some books from >> Amazon then you would need to pay before they would ship ;-) >> >> This kind of interaction happens when the transaction is between 2 >> businesses where the supplier is used to dealing with end consumers >> rather than businesses that request credit. >> >> Cheers >> Sam >> >> >> >> On 05/05/2010 13:14, Adrian Crum wrote: >>> Yeah, that scenario sounds pretty specific. That's not how most US >>> businesses work. >>> >>> -Adrian >>> >>> --- On Tue, 5/4/10, Sam Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> From: Sam Hamilton <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: svn commit: r941132 - in /ofbiz/trunk/applications: >>>> accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/payment/PaymentServices.xml >>>> accounting/servicedef/services_payment.xml order/servicedef/secas.xml >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 8:00 PM >>>> Hi Scott, >>>> >>>> We will ring a supplier and get a quote for a product, >>>> agree the terms >>>> e.g. pay first then they send the goods or 30 days credit >>>> or pay on >>>> delivery of goods. Then create a Purchase Order and then >>>> wire them the >>>> payment, the goods will then be delivered to our warehouse >>>> where we >>>> receive against the PO. >>>> >>>> Sometimes the supplier can send too much or too little >>>> goods at which >>>> point either our purchasing department chases them for more >>>> products or >>>> we then send an additional wire for the extra cash or we >>>> get credit from >>>> the supplier to use against the next order. >>>> >>>> From my understanding of the flow of OFBiz you need to >>>> create the >>>> Purchase Order, approve it and then once the goods have >>>> been received in >>>> full the Purchase Invoice is generated which then kicks in >>>> the >>>> Agreements which you set during the creation of the >>>> Purchase Invoice and >>>> finally the Purchase Invoice is shown to the Accounts >>>> Payable team for >>>> payment. >>>> >>>> Yes I agree that this seems the wrong way round but this is >>>> how the >>>> business is done here and I can't change that - China can >>>> seem very >>>> inefficient at times. >>>> >>>> Perhaps a On/Off switch for this code could be made - then >>>> it suits all >>>> companies? How best to make this work for everyone? >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Sam >>>>
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