On 31.07.2013 10:45, Axel Braun wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 31. Juli 2013, 10:36:48 schrieb Cédric Krier: >> On 31/07/13 10:33 +0200, Axel Braun wrote: >>> Am Mittwoch, 31. Juli 2013, 10:18:21 schrieb Cédric Krier: >>>>> This is further complicated by the fact that prices often >>>>> depend on daily raw material surchages (typicaly copper, >>>>> silver, etc.) which may vary significantly. To summon up, >>>>> the current leads and opportunities module is only >>>>> partially fitted to cover trading business with a huge >>>>> product range, because it neglects the importance of the >>>>> rfq to the manufacturer or contrctual dealer, the >>>>> supplier. >>>> >>>> This is out of the scope of the module. >>> >>> You mean the link between the sale opportunity and the RFQ to >>> the supplier? >> >> Yes RFQ about product that doesn't exist and that will not be >> purchased is out of the scope of the sale_opportunity module. > > I feel we have a misunderstanding here: When we create an > oppotunity, we may have to add a new material (product). At the > time we issue a RFQ to a supplier, the material is of course in the > database! So we ask the supplier(s) for a price, and send out an > offer to the customer (out of the opportunity). If we win, we > convert to a sales order, and issue a purchase order to the > supplier. > > Still, I feel most of it is already there.....
I think we're leaving the scope of the initial discussion. We're trying to find a generic improvement to the current opportunity workflow. I agree with Cédric that this proposal should be part of a specialized new module and it should therefore be discussed in another thread.
