Am Donnerstag, 11. September 2014 12:37:33 UTC+2 schrieb Cédric Krier:
>
> Hi, 
>
> Following my attempt to improve the situation of multi-company [1], I 
> faced so much problem that I only see to solution: 
>
>     - a very complicate one where many things will become a list per 
>       company. For example on product, the prices, the accounts etc. 
>       This will make the code very complicate but also the user 
>       interface. 
>
>     - a very simple, drop company. 
>
>
> I start thinking that the last one is the right move even if it will 
> prevent none single company database to migrate. 
>

Oops. We are just in the step to move to a multi-company approach... 

 

> What are the use case of multi-company? 
>
> - accounting consolidation 
>

>     It is a reporting issue that should be fixed by BI 
>
> - sharing party 
>
>     That's a good one if you forget that parties have many properties 
>     directly linked to the company like the accounts, tax rules etc. 
>     And I think this can be acheived by using a synchronisation of the 
>     common data using for example the CardDAV or any other similar 
>     protocol. 
>

You may have a syncronization, but not an integration.
Integration would mean that some common information is held at the client 
level, while each company has a separate segment e.g. with specific sales 
or accounting information.
 

>
> - sharing product 
>
>     Quite similar to party expect that it has much more company related 
>     properties. 
>     So again it could be implemented using a synchronisation mechanism. 
>     I know there are product description message in EDI, so it could be 
>     a way. 
>
> I don't see any other cases. 
>

intercompany trades and billing for example
cross-company sourcing (one sourcing department servers several companies)

I feel this move would limit the capabilities of Tryton. And the companies 
using Tryton.

Cheers/Axel

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