Jason, How different is your product from a 'apple book' check out this link
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/91324000/wo/WL5TonGOQkXf2h1Hy1L1ZvhTSUw/2.?p=0 Can we combine 'features' and 'configuration' elements and collectively call it as specification. Each specification could be represent a different product. Regards. v.sunder anand On Dec 7, 2007 1:30 AM, jason_lunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sunder Anand wrote: > > > > Data model resource book version-1 precisely describes this situation in > > the chapter 'products#products and parts' > > > > In my opinion, You may be better off referencing the book and ofbiz data > > (entity) schema in parallel since you are sure about your needs. > > > > Sunder, > > I managed to find this section using the Amazon "search inside this book" > feature. > > It addresses my knowledge gap with regard to subassemblies very well. I > now > understand that subassemblies are supposed to represent raw materials that > have been processed in house with some work effort but are not directly > for > sale. Thanks for citation. > > I'm still unclear as to how to decide what elements of my products that > are > determined by buyer preference should be implemented as OFBiz Features and > which should implemented as OFBiz Configurations. Again, the context of > this > is a highly configurable custom instrument (dozens of dimensions of > customizability), and I'm hoping to get OFBiz to help me build a system > for > letting users submit requests for quotes. > > It seems like I should not set out to develop thousands of concrete > product > variants, each implementing a set of standard features selected by the > users' choices. Should I completely avoid any use of Features because of > the > number of dimensions of customizability, and instead use only > Configurations? If I should use a mix, how should I decide what to make a > Feature and what to make a Configuration? > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/In-Search-Of%3A-Theory-of-product-catalog-composition-tf4946653.html#a14199745 > Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >
