On Dec 3, 2007, at 12:42 PM, Skip Robinson wrote:
Mea culpa for overlooking the distinction between 'product' (CBPDO)
and
service orders. While service can be tailored to your install base,
there's
no way for the order mechanism to guess what use you intend to make
of a
product. I went through this a while back with XML, which was not
only huge
in itself but shipped with three different levels because that's
the nature
of the XML beast. I think it's been slimmed down since then, but I
ended up
with an XML HFS that approached the size of the entire USS 'root'.
So my wish would be to provide a more granular product ordering
menu, where
one could specify by FMID--or subset of interdependent FMIDs--to
avoid a
deluge of unwanted stuff. If I don't intend to install a component,
no one
on either side of the process benefits by having it delivered to me it
willy-nilly . Restaurateurs understand this. There are lots of
all-you-can-eat places, but very few eat-it-or-else joints.
.
Skip:
Way back when....1980's (?) I vaguely recall authoring a requirement
asking for SMPE being able to apply maintenance only for FMID X. I
was surprised (I think it was already in the works?) as it showed up
within a year of asking for it (FORFMID). I think (but could be
wrong) that they are asking for it on the receive as well. If that is
what they are asking for, to me its a reasonable thing to ask for.
If that is not what is being talked about please disregard this and I
will reread the entries involved.
Ed
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