Hello Cedk, May be it is better to have the default warehouse being chosen for the sale order?
I agree on Udo's idea that marketing guys are rarely aware about inventory control (and they should not be). Thanks, On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Cédric Krier <[email protected]> wrote: > On 29/05/10 21:47 +0200, Cédric Krier wrote: > > On 29/05/10 21:09 +0200, Udo Spallek wrote: > > > Am Samstag, den 29.05.2010, 21:01 +0200 schrieb Cédric Krier: > > > > On 29/05/10 20:47 +0200, Udo Spallek wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > Am Samstag, den 29.05.2010, 18:46 +0100 schrieb Sharoon Thomas: > > > > > > Hello Cedk, > > > > > > I think the best solution is to make a field in Sale Opportunity > for > > > > > > warehouse which is required & visible at the point of conversion > to > > > > > > sale. > > > > > For me the warehouse in sale opportunity is specific to a special > > > > > implementation. > > > > > For a company with sophisticated stock or specific articles the > best > > > > > place to chose the right warehouse is done in stock by stock > managers. > > > > > For other companies with a slim central stock the warehouse is > chosen in > > > > > sales by salesman. > > > > > Sale opportunity is more close to the marketing side of the > company. A > > > > > high volume marketing company has many marketing agents, which > neither > > > > > need to know the warehouse structure nor the actual stock levels. > > > > > When stock manager, salesman and marketing agent are the same > person, > > > > > warehouse in sale opportunity could be useful to make the general > > > > > process easy. But that is specific. > > > > > > > > > > I vote for moving warehouse to an extension module of sale > opportunity. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think you did not understand that we can not move the issue in > other module. > > > > To create a sale, we need a warehouse (the field is required) > > > > > > Hm, what bad. I thought it is not required on draft sale. Which is a > > > design issue of sales module for me. Not? > > > > I don't think. When you sale something to somebody you must know from > where. > > And don't forget we talk about warehouse (not simple location) so I don't > > understand all your example above about stock managers. > > By the way, you can see the warehouse on sale, like the definition of the > saleshop. > > -- > Cédric Krier > > B2CK SPRL > Rue de Rotterdam, 4 > 4000 Liège > Belgium > Tel: +32 472 54 46 59 > Email/Jabber: [email protected] > Website: http://www.b2ck.com/ > -- Sharoon Thomas Business Analyst & Open Source ERP Consultant CEO @ http://openlabs.co.in -- [email protected] mailing list
