Hi Chris,

i have read your and davids discussion on this subject. 
Inventory for rental items is currently organized on the fixed asset where the 
number of rental items available can be maintained on a date level together 
with a maximum per time period.

You want to connect this with the inventory of products and be able to order 
products when there are not enough fixed assets to rent.

The problem here is the availability by date. This is only done on the fixed 
asset level but not in the product inventory. Is perhaps the movement between 
inventory items and fixed assets an option? That means some items are for 
rental (= fixed asset) and same are for sale (inventory)

You could also consider when a rental request is made and there are no rental 
items available, that a 'sale' request is made from inventory to the fixed 
asset? Then if inventory is not enough, a purchase order can be generated.

please let me know what you think.


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Hans Bakker
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On Wednesday 27 September 2006 08:29, Chris Howe wrote:
> I've been digging pretty hard into the inventory stuff
> to get my rental stuff to work and I keep running into
> a wall and I think this is why...
>
>
> Serialied and Non-Serialized are IMO not Inventory
> Types, they are the different states of a single
> indicator (isSerialized) which itself is redundant
> upon the existance (or null) of a serial number.  The
> more flexible inventory types would be, fixed asset,
> inventory, supplies and would flow much easier with
> the accounting and allow the movement of these items
> to be controlled regardless of inventory type by the
> various services that ship and transfer.  Any feedback?

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