On 08/11/11 09:22 +0100, Dr. Axel Braun wrote: > Am Montag, 7. November 2011 schrieb Cédric Krier: > > On 07/11/11 08:44 +0100, Dr. Axel Braun wrote: > > > Am Sonntag, 6. November 2011 schrieb Cédric Krier: > > > > On 06/11/11 22:45 +0100, Dr. Axel Braun wrote: > > > > > > No this is not the "On Purchase". The purchase you are talking > > > > > > about comes from the order point. So it is still "On Stock". > > > > > > > > > > Then please explain what 'on purchase' shall be.... > > > > > > > > Simple, at the confirmation of the sale, a purchase request will be > > > > created. > > > > > > So it is not on stock...but you receive it into stock? > > > > Depends if you check or not the drop shipment checkbox. > > OK, so the 'on purchase' reflects the procurement status of the material, due > to the fact that the availabilty check is negative (and we have no drop > shipment)
It is not a status! It is a choice made by the user. > Putting this into a more generic context: > The sales is creating a requirement, which (in the current case) just > generates a purchase request (PR). This is OK for a customer-specific > material > or a configured material (Cedric has ordered a BMW with the following > option..... ;-) > For a general material, one would probably not want to create a PR for each > requirement. I don't think so. How will you validate only a part of a grouped purchase request? The validation must be done based on the origin. > MRP usually drives the replenishment, basing on different > parameter, like lot sizes, min. order sizes, safety stock etc. (I know that > MRP is not yet there) and by this, clustering the demands. That is the validation process. > As an additional option, you dont buy the material, you produce it....again, > this is not something that you want to decide in the sales order. Yes with production we will have the same issue. We should have the options: "On Production", "On Stock" and even if the product is purchasable "On Purchase". > So the > status 'on purchase' is a special case of the more generic 'backlog' or 'out > of stock'. No. It is not a status. -- 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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