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David Hughes-Owens edited comment on OFBIZ-5542 at 2/13/14 3:00 PM:
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The issues raised here link to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5282
raised by Hans and the subsequent comments raised by Simon
was (Author: david hughes-owens):
The issues raised here link to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5282
raised by Hans and the subsequent comment raised by Simon
> Fixed Asset Management Functionality
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> Key: OFBIZ-5542
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5542
> Project: OFBiz
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: accounting
> Affects Versions: SVN trunk
> Reporter: David Hughes-Owens
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> I have started looking at the Ofbiz capabilities for managing fixed assets
> and capital expenditure.
> The functionality around adding asset records seems ok in terms of data
> capture, but there does not appear to be any provision for creating
> background accounting transactions.
> For depreciation, there are only two methods available and both charge on an
> annual basis, whereas we charge depreciation monthly. They also charge
> depreciation in year of acquisition, whereas we do not charge in period of
> acquisition but do in the period of disposal. There does not appear to be
> much user-definable flexibility in the depreciation functionality. In
> addition there does not appear to be a process for performing a mass
> depreciation run? It appears to calculate each asset individually once
> acquisition date, expected end of life and depn method are provided.
> There does not appear to be any obvious option for the disposal of an asset.
> I see an actual end of life date, but cannot see what effect this has? No
> transactions are created when a date is added? Also how does profit/loss on
> disposal get calculated and charged to P&L? I see there are separate mappings
> for profit on disposal and loss on disposal, but where are the proceeds? and
> how does it know whether a profit or loss is to be generated?
> For transfers, I assume that transfers between departments within the same
> company are handled by changing ownership or assignment, and future
> depreciation charges would post to the new owner. However, what about
> transfers between group companies? (i.e. different legal entities). An
> inter-company transfer should initiate a disposal in one company and an
> addition to the other.
> Finally, there is no reporting functionality at all currently. e.g. fixed
> asset register, additons, depreciation reports etc..
> I would be interested to hear your thoughts on the issues I have raised and
> if there are any plans to address any of these points in the immediate future.
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