A longer explanation how we want to implement this can be found at: http://www.antwebsystems.com/control/ViewBlogArticle?contentId=16750&blogContentId=AWS_BLOG
Regards, Hans On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 16:52 +0700, Hans Bakker wrote: > We are are still getting the best solution, help appreciated. > > We are thinking of the following: > you have a product which you sell in pieces and boxes of ten. > > Then the product per piece is the lowest denominator and has a variant > association to a virtual/variant product which is an alternative > packaging of the product per piece and can have an adjusted price but no > inventory. > > Currently the e-commerce checks for the virtual flag and want to show a > feature selection list, however in the case of the virtual- and variant > flag both set, it should not. > > When the box of 10 is selected, The productId per piece is selected with > the adjusted price of the box variant. > > Comments very much appreciated. > > Regards, > Hans > > > On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 12:13 -0600, David E Jones wrote: > > For boxes of a product you'll usually have one product that represents the > > individual items (which may or may not be for sale directly to the > > customer), and one that is a product that represents the box and that is > > associated with the individual item. In OFBiz there are a few different > > product types you can choose from to have the system handle the box in > > different ways automatically, or you can use plain old Finished Good to > > handle the boxes manually. > > > > For certain products all you need is the three fields already on the > > Product entity: > > > > quantityUomId > > quantityIncluded > > piecesIncluded > > > > For example if you have a six-pack of 12oz soda cans you would have > > quantityIncluded=12, quantityUomId=oz, piecesIncluded=6. > > > > -David > > > > > > On Oct 2, 2010, at 11:02 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > > > > > Hi Scott, this is sure an interesting idea, but then how does the system > > > know that they are for example 10 pieces in a box? I still what to have > > > the same inventory for boxes and pieces. > > > We should be able to store the conversion between the uom's for this > > > product somewhere? > > > > > > Thanks for you input! > > > > > > Regards, > > > Hans > > > > > > On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 17:39 +1300, Scott Gray wrote: > > >> Hi Hans, > > >> > > >> Sorry if this is a silly question, but why not just use different > > >> products for different UOMs? You could use virtual/variants if you > > >> wanted the UOM to be selectable on a single product page and also > > >> marketing packages to automatically produce inventory for the desired > > >> UOM from the base UOM. > > >> > > >> Regards > > >> Scott > > >> > > >> HotWax Media > > >> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com > > >> > > >> On 3/10/2010, at 3:54 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > > >> > > >>> Thank you BJ, > > >>> > > >>> I had in mind to create and 'productUomAlternatives' table to the > > >>> product with a conversion for example from pieces to boxes with an > > >>> optional price adjustment percentage. > > >>> The system will have however only one uom where everything gets > > >>> converted to. > > >>> > > >>> Anybody else other solutions? > > >>> > > >>> Regards, > > >>> Hans. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:21 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: > > >>>> Yes also like a Feed store will have boxes, Sacks, and loose feed. > > >>>> I used the multiple pricing model for the Uom Measure > > >>>> in the product screen made it allow multiple UOM. > > >>>> > > >>>> added to the code that converts from what is received in inventory to > > >>>> what is sold so it walks through the Uom. for instance a feed store > > >>>> Receives feed in Bulk and then sacks it as inventory is required. > > >>>> The Inventory levels have to be checked to see how many in a product > > >>>> run to generate to sack up the grain. This Triggers an Seca. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> I think a nice touch would be that the could generates the product > > >>>> data > > >>>> to show up in orders, based on the Uoms that were generated for the > > >>>> products. it would follow the same model for inventory levels on the > > >>>> orderentry and Ecommerce > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Hans Bakker sent the following on 10/2/2010 4:29 AM: > > >>>>> A question to the community: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> sometimes the same products are sold with different units of measure. > > >>>>> Example gold jewelry. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Per piece, per box of 10, per box of 50 and per gram gold weight. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Is here a preference how to implement that? > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Remember this has to show up in e-commerce, orders, shipments and > > >>>>> invoices... > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Regards, > > >>>>> Hans > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz > > >>> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak > > >>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > -- > > > Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz > > > Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak > > > Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates. > > > > > > -- Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates.
