Had an interesting talk today related to a standard Jewelry store practice
(and for other b&m retailers).  What they will do is put the product out on
display in the retail store facility and have the packaging (typically the
box) for the product filed in a location in the warehouse in the back.  When
a customer makes a purchase the sales rep will go to the backroom and find
the packaging.

It is our standard to put the inventory item in a facility in a specific
location -- so in this scenario in a "retail store" facility in some
location; perhaps something that represents the "front display unit".  What
we do not have a spot in the model (it appears) is where is the packaging --
likely a different location, but still related to the product.

Since it is not really two inventory items; it is just one that has been
split; is there a recommendation of how to model this in Ofbiz.  What we
would have the system to is during the sales order entry process we would
provide the location coordinates to the sales rep so they can easily find
the packaging in the backroom.

Similar use case would be a store like "costco" where they would actually
put the packaging on the retail floor and the actual product would reside in
a "safe location" that would only be retrieved as part of fulfillment.

Has anyone done anything like this or could anyone recommend an approach?
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