Erik,
Thanks for the for the detailed answer.
We pay for items before we get them. So our workflow goes like this: order
> invoice > receive.
-Zev
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Erik Huelsmann <ehu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On May 28, 2013 3:53 PM, "Zev Steen" <z...@fatowls.com> wrote:
>
> > We have multiple warehouses.
>
> Thanks for bringing this up. It's a good opportunity to learn the stocking
> part of the application -- and especially people's 'natural' expectations
> related to them.
>
> > When I make a Vendor Invoice, the products are automatically added to
> our inventory but not assigned to a specific warehouse. There seems to be
> no way (without customization) to make it add the inventory to a specific
> warehouse when it is bought.
>
> Correct.
>
> > Before I start trying to change the way it works on my installation of
> LedgerSMB, I was wondering as to the logic behind this. Why would I want
> the products received into nowhere?
>
> You don't, I suppose. However, I'm concluding then that you're not using
> the process which is designed to enter stuff into warehouses: order ->
> receive -> invoice.
>
> In other words: shipping allows you to add to the different warehouses.
>
> I see several options to the "stocking into nowhere" problem:
>
> 1. Fail to post invoices for which not all stocking items have been
> received (possibly by presenting a screen to belatedly stock the items?)
> 2. Offer an option on the invoice to select a warehouse to stock into.
>
> I see a few issues with option (2) though:
> a. What to do if part of an invoice which was converted from an order
> *was* stocked?
> b. What to do if you want to stock one specific item of one order/invoice
> into multiple warehouses? Will the customer see two invoice lines (note
> that he/she won't see the warehouse)?
>
> But before we go into the details of which changes to make, can we discuss
> your process a bit, so I understand your use-case?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bye,
>
> Erik.
>
>
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