The basics are the same there are many ways to implement. :D Consolidate and aggregate so you can keep track of costs at the different stages.
========================= 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> Jonatan Soto sent the following on 5/12/2010 2:57 AM: > Hi BJ, > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:21 PM, BJ Freeman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> the parts are there the business logic is not >> I see few layers of business logic >> one layer is basic to all countries >> the next layer is specific to EU contries. >> the next layer is your customization for your way of doing business. >> >> the combining of PO like a forwarder would do is not really supported >> and needs some evaluation. >> > > I don't think combination of PO is really necessary. I think if I create > different PO using the source company with the shipping info of the > international carrier source warehouse and then create one unique PO from > the source company to the destination company that merges all the items of > the different PO created before could work. What do you think? > > > >> it would be a agregite type of process. >> you would need, a couple of inspection and re-organization points or >> have a blanket PO to the forwared that associated the other PO. >> you could also do something with shipping groups. >> > > May you give more details about shipping groups. I'm trying to define the > following with no success: > > - I've my source company who creates a purchase order using the > international carrier. When I'm creating the purchase order I can't > associate it with a shipping group for it because the source company doesn't > have an associated store so no facility is defined. Even if I try to 'Ship > to another party' and set my international carrier doesn't work. I've > checked the code a little bit and I saw that 'shipToPartyId' field of > ShipSettings.groovy is only used when it's a sales order. May anyone tell me > if this is correct? > - I've also defined two more facilities and grouped them. One is used for > the international carrier source warehouse and the other one for the > international carrier destination warehouse and owned by the international > party. I am trying to define a shipping route but I am very stuck with it. > > > Thanks for your help! > > >> my 2cents off the top of my head. >> >> ========================= >> 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 >> >> Jonatan Soto sent the following on 5/10/2010 9:35 AM: >>> Hello list, >>> >>> I'm trying to implement the following scenario into Ofbiz but i prefer to >>> consult here firstly just in case it's possible to do it OOTB: >>> >>> >>> - Actors: Destination company, Source company, International Carrier, >>> Suppliers, Tax authorities >>> >>> >>> - In most cases a purchase order will be send by sea, but sometimes >> could >>> be send by air, it will depends of the urgency. The international >> carrier >>> will be the same using both methods. >>> - Money exchange commission and fees should be charged in some way to >> the >>> products. Whislist: I will develop a gateway to the ECB (European >> Central >>> Bank) to get the currency rate automatically updated every day. They >> provide >>> the mechanism to integrate this into any application through XML so I >> don't >>> think it will be very difficult. >>> >>> >>> - I have different suppliers in the source country and I often will >> make >>> orders grouping them. I usually use FCA incoterm but in some cases >> could be >>> EXW for different suppliers. EXW represents that my international >> carrier >>> picks up the order items and I will be charged for that. >>> >>> >>> 1. Everytime a purchase order is generated and received by the >> supplier, >>> the items will be send to the international carrier warehouse located >> in the >>> source country. I also have control of a company, settled in the >> source >>> country, who will be the responsible of get the different invoices >> from the >>> suppliers, unify them and make one invoice using the source company >> details. >>> At this point port/airport charges of the source country will be >> applied. >>> 2. So, when the purchase orders reaches the destination port/airport >>> charges of the will be applied. Once the orders successful passes the >>> pertinent controls, the purchase order will be stored in the warehouse >> of >>> the international carrier for a while. At this time some some taxes >> from the >>> destination country will be applied (VAT, duty tax). >>> 3. Finally, the international carrier sends me the purchase order to >> my >>> destination warehouse and give me the invoice including all the >> expenses >>> mentioned before plus the freight expenses and the invoice previously >>> generated by my company of the source country. The freight expenses >> are >>> calculated in a different way depending on the service has been >> chosen, eg: >>> LCL (Groupage), FCL (Full container...) >>> >>> >>> By now, I've created all the parties but don't know how to relate each >> other >>> in order to get this things sorted. I would like to get the total cost >> for >>> each product automatically calculated considering the volume and weight >> of >>> the purchase order and all taxes, commissions, etc. >>> >>> It is not my intention to get a free-consulting session. I merely want to >>> know what is possible to do OOTB and what is not, so any kind of answers >>> that provide me a guidance (even those require customization) are fine >> and I >>> will appreciate a lot. In fact I would like to include my experience >> about >>> this in the wiki (extracting this to a generic procedure). Perharps in >> HEMP >>> as a story for import/export? >>> >>> >>> Thank you very much in advance. >>> >> >> >
