On 10/10/11 12:57 +0200, Dr. Axel Braun wrote: > Am Montag, 10. Oktober 2011 schrieb Cédric Krier: > Each Purchase Order (PO) can have multiple line items. So we can allow > - full delivery per PO > - full delivery per line item in the PO > - part delivery per line item in the PO. > > The last case is the most complicated, but nevertheless common practice.
Yes and the current design allow to manage those cases. Indeed, you (as a company) has no control on how the supplier will delivery you that's why Tryton let the user creating the shipment once he gets the information. > If > there is an open quantity (PO quantity not yet received or scheduled for > shipment) , why not include it in another shipment? You will get a non-linked move linefor this quantity. > > Also with this way, you > > can not see what you are expecting as delivery because every lines will be > > linked to a shipment. > > ? > In the PO I should see what was received, what is open what is actually > included in a shipment. Yes but you don't want to look at every PO to see what you expect to receive today. (I'm in the point of view of the warehouse manager not the purchase manager) > In the shipment I see a total quantity of goods to > arrive. Which is not the case if you create the complete shipment directly at the PO confirmation. > The ware house is not that much interested to which PO ist belongs, > but they need to know waht will arrive. Exactly. So it is the lines the important information. > > More over, creating the shipment is a good way to verify the quantities > > delivered (best practice). > > You would control this in the PO, as you may have different shipments > belonging to one PO. I mean to have the right value encoded in the shipments compared to the reality. -- 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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