On 15/09/11 11:32 +0200, Dr. Axel Braun wrote: > Hi, > > Am Donnerstag, 15. September 2011 schrieb Cédric Krier: > > > I think we got a design issue in the sale module. > > Right now, the "Planned Date" of the "Customer Shipment" is the "Sale Date" > > (by default today). > > I think this is too simple to correctly simulate the reality. The company > > could need some times to prepare the products etc. > > Indeed. We could distinguish: > (requested) Delivery date/time: When the goods should arrive at the customer, > resp. be available in the shop/warehouse (own)
This is the planned date of the shipment (for me). > Goods Receipt (GR) processing time. The time required to process the GR to > have the goods available in the warehouse resp. in shelf. You mostly have > this > GR time in own shops / warehouses, not for external customers. It is the "Delivery Time" from "Product Supplier". But it should have no influence on the sale date nor shipment planned date. > transportation time: Time needed to transport from own to customers location This is something really for customization. > Goods issue (GI) processing time: Time required for internal warehouse > processes for picking or commissioning. I think this could be a date computed on shipment that backward compute from the planned date when the warehouse guys must start working on the shipment. (also for custom or separate module) > Calculating those times backwards from the delivery date, the relevant date > for MRP is the material availability date. > > IMHO this date drives the shipment date as well. Sales date (requested > delivery date, see above) should be entered on the time of order entry. Adding this field is a customization, I think the general behavior is delivery the sooner. -- 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/
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