On 06/11/11 19:33 +0100, Dr. Axel Braun wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 6. November 2011 schrieb Cédric Krier:
> > On 06/11/11 18:26 +0100, Dr. Axel Braun wrote:
> > > Am Sonntag, 6. November 2011 schrieb Cédric Krier:
> > > > > > > > >> It doesn't sound correct: supply method available
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >what about 'in-house'?
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Supply method: in-house sounds good.
> > > > > > > > Maybe 'internal' also.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > You are really talkng about the product availability, dont you?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > No. It is about how to supply a sale line.
> > > > > 
> > > > > ...and the availability drives this.
> > > > 
> > > > No. It is choosen at the sale or by the default value defined on the
> > > > product.
> > > 
> > > In case you want a general distinction, e.g. for a material always
> > > supplied by a third party order, that makes sense. For normal stock or
> > > service products not, IMHO.
> > 
> > I don't understand. If it is not "On Purchase", it is automaticly "On
> > Stock" (current naming).
> 
> You may want to sell items that you never have on stock - the process is 
> called a third party order ('Streckengeschäft'). The customer orders with 
> you, 
> you send a PO to the supplier, and the supplier sends the goods to the 
> customer, without touching your warehouse.
> You send an invoice to the customer, and the customer pays you. You pay the 
> supplier.

Yes and this is the sale_supply_drop_shipment

> For this process - maybe a certain material - you may want to put a 
> distinction on material level, so that a sales to a customer immediately 
> triggers the PO to the supplier.
> 
> If you have a stock item - see earlier in the conversation - you can either 
> deliver from stock, or, if you dont have enough stock, you have to put it on 
> hold as you first have to purchase it ( I assume this is what you mean with 
> 'on purchase')

No this is not the "On Purchase". The purchase you are talking about
comes from the order point. So it is still "On Stock".

> - you have a backlog in that case, an out-of-stock situation.
> So the status of the sales order line is driven from the material 
> availability.

If you want, but we are not talking about the status of the sale line.

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