On 08/11/11 09:41 +0100, Korbinian Preisler wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 08.11.2011, 09:22 +0100 schrieb Dr. Axel Braun:
> > 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)
> > 
> > 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. 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.
> > 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. So the 
> > status 'on purchase' is a special case of the more generic 'backlog' or 
> > 'out 
> > of stock'.
> > 
> I agree with axel that the possibility to define the supply method and
> the drop shipment on the sale order line is a custom thing.

I really think we need to copy it to the sale line.
It is like the taxes or the unit etc.

> i think the
> drop shipment should be configured on the product too like the supply
> method.

Agree, I will update it.

> i think it would be better to make two modules from
> stock_supply_drop_shipment. one for the drop shipment and one for the
> definition of the supply_method and the drop_shipment on the sale order
> line.

I don't understand.

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