Dear BJ, 2009/7/17 BJ Freeman <[email protected]>
> there probably need some clarification you said a mall. > that usually is one website that has a website per store. I agree with you but it`s not the case here. Just one WEBSITE. 200 catalogs from different Factory Stores. Customer does checkout at once. The WEBSITE collects the customer money, send purchase orders to each Factory Store. Collect each packages from each store, group then together and send then to the customer at once. The website will then debt it's commission from every purchase order and send the difference to the each factory store. It's not a resale operation because the WEBSITE will not BUY and RESALE goods. It's a sort of commercial representation. The company that will hold the WEBSITE is the COMPANY that already holds a BIG OUTLET MALL. Each factory store has it's own brand names and it's own commercial rules. It's more like a commercial representative operation, that sales products from several suppliers. Product and Price are ruled by the factory. Revenue comes from commission. As the commercial representative collects the money, he will send the factory the money already without the commission. Ex.: The customer (a reseller) comes to the website to buy products from several suppliers. Customer pays R$ 1.000,00 to the WEBSITE to buy products from 10 different suppliers. Each store receives a R$ 100,00 purchase order and pack it up. The WEBSITE collects each pack to send then all together to the customer. The WEBSITE then pay each store R$ 90,00, wich is R$ 100,00 - 10%. The factory store SALES 'directly' to the customer. The WEBSITE bills the factory store a sales commission. so I am assuming your speaking of the mall website. then each store > would be a clone website with its own productsStoreID defined in ofbiz Each store Website can have its own layout and Catalog. > All stores share the same Product info, meaning there is only one > product in ofbiz. The catalog decides if that product is included. > Where I find the problem is that these projects take more manhours than > people envisions. > > > Leonardo Ruoso sent the following on 7/17/2009 2:35 AM: > > Yes, we are the only company collecting money. There's only one website > > also. > > > > 2009/7/16 BJ Freeman <[email protected]> > > > >> as long as you are the only company collecting money then the current > >> accounting will work > >> > >> Leonardo Ruoso sent the following on 7/16/2009 1:07 PM: > >>> I'm not going to keep accounting for each store and will not have any > >> system > >>> integration with then. All the horizontal integration will be done > >> manually. > >>> > >>> Customer will browse the products from all the stores, buy several > >> products > >>> from several stores, pay at once. When we check the payment, the > customer > >>> order should generate several back orders, but the stores will sale > >> direct > >>> to the customer and we will pay then without our comission. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> 2009/7/16 BJ Freeman <[email protected]> > >>> > >>>> to keep accounting, and access separate, but have a single interface > for > >>>> the shipping department would take some customization. > >>>> it would also take an instance of ofbiz running for each store, the > way > >>>> I envision it. > >>>> there may be other ways, would have to get detailed requirements to go > >>>> further. > >>>> > >>>> Leonardo Ruoso sent the following on 7/16/2009 12:45 PM: > >>>>> I'm not sure it's about sub-companies, because they are independent > >>>>> companies that have in commom a factory store in an specifc outlet > >> mall. > >>>> The > >>>>> outlet mall team has a website and intends to create an e-commerce > >>>> website > >>>>> to allow resellers to buy from the stores without coming to mall. > >>>>> > >>>>> 2009/7/16 BJ Freeman <[email protected]> > >>>>> > >>>>>> this has been answered before so let me take different approach. > >>>>>> The model was for A company and Sub-companies related to the Company > >>>>>> Code can be written that allows this. > >>>>>> it is not 100% OOTB though. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Leonardo Ruoso sent the following on 7/16/2009 12:01 PM: > >>>>>>> Saudações, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I'd like to know how much Ofbiz could help me deploy an eletronic > >>>> outlet > >>>>>>> mall. Resellers will login, add products from several diferent > >> factory > >>>>>>> stores and checkout. Ofbiz should create one order for each store > and > >>>> the > >>>>>>> eletronic outlet mall staf will receive all the goods from all the > >>>>>> stores, > >>>>>>> pack it and mail it to the custommer. Revenue is based on > >> COMMISSIONS, > >>>> so > >>>>>>> we'll not resale anything. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> TIA, > >>>>>>> Leonardo Ruoso > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> BJ Freeman > >>>>>> http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation > >>>>>> http://bjfreeman.elance.com > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >> > http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1237480&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro > >>>>>> Systems Integrator. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> BJ Freeman > >>>> http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation > >>>> http://bjfreeman.elance.com > >>>> > >>>> > >> > http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1237480&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro > >>>> Systems Integrator. > >>>> > >>>> > >> -- > >> BJ Freeman > >> http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation > >> http://bjfreeman.elance.com > >> > >> > http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1237480&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro > >> Systems Integrator. > >> > >> > > > > -- > BJ Freeman > http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation > http://bjfreeman.elance.com > > http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1237480&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro > Systems Integrator. > >
