Am Donnerstag, 19. September 2013, 09:45:15 schrieb Cédric Krier:

> > > > I'm investigating the purchase process in Tryton, and have some
> > > > questions.
> > > > 
> > > > First I want to get a quotation for a product from a supplier. It
> > > > seems
> > > > that I have to create a draft purchase first, which is then converted
> > > > into a Quote. - What is the 'draft PO' good for?
> > > 
> > > For draft.
> > 
> > OK. But usually the PO process starts with a Request for quotation. so I
> > feel this step is somewhat unecessary.
> 
> So how do you make the difference between quotation ready to be send and
> those work in progress?

Just have it saved. All activities (like 'Send to Supplier') should appear in 
the activity log of that PO.
 
> > > > - On the quote I send out, why is there already a product price on it?
> > > > Usually you ask the supplier what the price is....
> > > 
> > > No, usually you already get an good idea of the cost price of your
> > > products.
> > 
> > Sure, *I* have an idea, but wont tell my supplier about it. Never seen a
> > Biz so far that asks for a quote with price included.
> > What is the best way to get rid of the price columns? In the odt Document?
> 
> If you want.

Any better proposal?
 
> > > > In the status 'quotation' of the PO, how can i change the price on the
> > > > product lines? Usually the supplier comes back with a different price,
> > > > plus maybe additional charges which I need to add. That seems not to
> > > > be
> > > > possible.
> > > 
> > > Go back to draft and edit it.
> > > 
> > > > When I change the status to 'confirm', I dont have the option to add
> > > > lines
> > > > or change the price as well. So how can I add changed rates before I
> > > > finally buy?
> > > 
> > > Don't confirm the order until it is not right.
> > 
> > Academically right, but not a real life scenario. People make mistakes (Oh
> > Shit, I forgot to change the price on line 20),and forcing them to reenter
> > the whole story again would definitely not increase the confidentiality
> > into the ERP system, nor is it efficient.
> 
> To get until this step, there are already many validation that happens
> so it should be unlikly that there are still mistakes.
> But any way, it is a very difficult things to do but patch is welcome.
> 
> > > > Can I revert the 'confirmation' to status 'quotation'?
> > > 
> > > No, you have to cancel it and re-do a new one.
> > 
> > See above. IHMO this is a design flaw.
> 
> Patch is welcome.

As soon as I learn programming in Python, I will supply a patch. Until then 
I'm happy to support you with functional design and some experience from 
various industries.

Cheers
Axel

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