I do a lot of Supply chain and Edi. I make components per supplier since they do not use the same systems. the component has the custom email sent to the supplier. I opt to use a xml file that uses a xsl to translate to the format they use. the XML is a custom one I developed. There is one MCA that reads emails from suppliers and directs them based on the contact mech. It looks for a to address setup just for suppliers.
I put up some Jira way back on this, not complete but you can get the idea. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-1286 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-121 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-143 I also integrated OpenAS2 for EDI and work with a van that supplies the mailboxes necessary. I have examples of the supplier components of which I have some 70 suppliers, on my demo site. I am tranfering my Forum over to my site you can read some info http://www.businessesnetwork.com/control/forum?forumId=SUPPLYCHAIN Carsten Schinzer sent the following on 6/22/2011 1:33 AM: > Hello, > > > I am asked to integrate with a mailing mechanism for order fulfillment, ie. > Supplier wants mails sent when orders are being confirmed with OBFiz. At the > same time I will be getting a nightly confirmation and status information > from Supplier over all pending orders by mail as an attachment. > > While I have ideas for full automation about the former (define ECA, write > service, send mail) I am not so sure about the latter. > In principle I would follow the same logic, ie. define ECA, store file > attachment, process it and update the orders. The questions I would have are > as follows:: > > - I would use a OFBiz-managed mail account to receive mail; how do I > integrate OFBiz with my mailing architecture for mail reception ? Probably > some config somewhere in the framework? > - How can I use the mail-received event and translate to an ECA ? > - How do I detach the file attachment, store it and process it ? Are all > required tools on board with OFBiz? > > If anyone has made relevant experience or has done the same thing already, I > would appreciate some hints. > Thanks & regards > > > Carsten >
