On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 3:23 AM, Mathias Behrle <[email protected]> wrote:
> * Betr.: " Re: [tryton] Sale lines with negative quantities generate credit > notes and return shipments" (Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:29:28 -0800): > > > I agree that "damaged" products that are type stockable should not be > > returned to storage. The return of damaged products is a good example. > > Does that affect stock and accounting or just stock? I do not understand > > what must be done in the case of accounting when a damaged good is > > returned. > > We worked on this already some time ago in the German community (kudos to > timitos). You can have a look on the accounting side and definition of > credit > note vs. cancelation according to German law at > http://tryton.origo.ethz.ch/wiki/implementierung_gutschrift_storno . The > document doesn't reflect stock handling (i.e. what has to be done on stock, > if > a damaged good will be returned to the supplier?). > > Is the credit note mentioned in that document you linked the same as the credit note in tryton? It seems different. Is a credit note for an open invoice and a paid invoice? When do cacellation and credit notes apply to those two types of invoices? > > Let's assume for now that damaged products will be discarded > > instead of re-used or sold at a discount. I guess that in the case of > > damaged stockable products that nothing will be done at all regarding > stock > > when they are returned. > > I think in case of damage you will have for a product purchased > from another supplier at least a move from customer_in_location to > supplier_out_location. For a product produced by the company itself a move > from > customer_in_location to cull_location ( ;-) bought from Ian Wilson). > > This makes sense. > > The return of composite containers on the other hand seems like a less > > likely example. Why wouldn't the crate and the bottles both be all > products > > themselves? Otherwise what happens when a crate is returned with all > > bottles but 1?(Assume that 1 bottle was broken and was discarded prior to > > the customer returning the containers) > > That was exactly my question. How to best modelize such a configuration to > be > most flexible. If you think for a supermarket, they want just to have one > input > for one crate incl. bottles. If a bottle is broken, it must be possible > to handle it separately. > It will be good to have the input from someone familiar with business > logistics to see if there are other corner cases in handling of empties. > So far I am seeing empties as products with individual accounting. Composed > empties are like composed products. But I am not sure, I am not expertised > in > logistics. > Right well unless we get more input I think treating all empties(even composite) as individual products will do for now. > > For gift certificates: > I think it is a complete different subject, that shouldn't be handled with > negative inputs on sales. So for me no need to discuss this here. > > I think there might be some overlap but we can wait until the end of the discussion to consider gift certificates. Ie. ignore them for now. > -- > > Mathias Behrle > MBSolutions > Gilgenmatten 10 A > D-79114 Freiburg > > Tel: +49(761)471023 > Fax: +49(761)4770816 > http://m9s.biz > UStIdNr: DE 142009020 > PGP/GnuPG key availabable from any keyserver, ID: 0x8405BBF6 > -- [email protected] mailing list
