look in the data model book for inventory Items containers. I can see using this with some added location. Not an OOTB setup though.
Bob Morley sent the following on 8/7/2009 7:19 PM: > 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? -- 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.
