A raw material is something that is acted upon or used by or by human labor or industry, for use as a building material to create some product so a product would not be defined as RAW_MATERIAL
I am not clear as to how you have an enduser create a product unless they are using the standard manufacturing processes. if they do make a product based on a product run, then the end produce would be a Product type in https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditProduct?productId=PC001 ========================= BJ Freeman http://bjfreeman.elance.com Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation <http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=93> Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/> Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist Chat Y! messenger: bjfr33man Linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1237480&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro> Bob Morley sent the following on 4/9/2010 7:11 AM: > > BJ Freeman wrote: >>>>> the products first have to be broken down into their parts in ofbiz > > In our application I have allowed end-users to create products that > represent "RAW_MATERIALS". The one thing I did notice that Ofbiz does not > allow these type of products to be returned (due to missing return related > data seeding). Is there a reason why Raw Materials are not setup to be > returnable? > > We are going to have this requirement and I would imagine that for a > manufacturing implementation it is possible that they PO a bunch of parts > and then turn around and return them if they are defective or what not.
