On Nov 6, 7:33 pm, "Dr. Axel Braun" <[email protected]> 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.
We call this a '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') - 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. > > Cheers/Ax -- [email protected] mailing list
