Hi Heidi:
IMHO no. They are the same Party just acting in different roles.
IMHO we should just stop talking about them as 2 different things. Here
is where I am coming from: I did not write any of the project code or
design the original data model. I just use this stuff - day in and day
out. My interpretations are based on how I've implemented different
business automation relative to my clients needs. When my client says
that they want to support and track vendors who supply raw materials to
their manufacturing shop, I do not stop and ask myself whether or not
these parties are defined as "vendors" or "suppliers".
That same client may also say "I want to track supplies (from vendors)
as they are received in my warehouse become part of inventory and then
may be resold on the ecommerce site". Again, I don't stop to ask myself
whether those parties are "vendors" or "suppliers". My clients and I
call these parties "vendors". These vendors "supply" the company with
goods. When they supply the company with goods, products or services
they are vendors acting in a role of "supplier".
This interpretation has stood the test of time and works for me and my
clients. Your mileage may vary...but that is the beauty of OFBiz. It is
flexible enough to withstand even the most outlandish of
misinterpretations.
Not sure what you mean by vendor and ecommerce website?
Regards,
Ruth
On 12/9/11 3:23 PM, Info Olagos wrote:
Hi Ruth,
Yes ok, but now i am a little bit again confused. In fact there is not
so much difference between a vendor and a supplier then.
I didn't saw neither any interactive functionalities around a vendor
on the commerce website. Perhaps there is any interaction in the
accounting module ?????
Do you know that?
Heidi
2011/12/9 Ruth Hoffman<[email protected]>:
Hi Heidi:
Another way to look at this:
1) The OFBiz data model has a table/entity named "VENDOR" but *NO
*table/entity for a "SUPPLIER". (9.4 and 10.4)
2) If you look at how vendor/supplier is used in some of the OFBiz
applications, you might observe that:
A vendor "supplies" goods or services to the Company of record for the OFBiz
instance. Those goods or services may be raw materials for manufacturing,
products for resale on the ecommerce site or computers to run your business.
When a vendor (with a record in the VENDOR table) supplies you with
something, they are acting in a role called a "SUPPLIER".
So, in the OFBiz world, my interpretation is: A vendor is a supplier. It is
as simple as that. Anything more is making it too complicated :-)
Anyone care to comment on my interpretation?
Regards,
Ruth
[email protected]
http://www.myofbiz.com
On 12/7/11 1:21 PM, Info Olagos wrote:
ok i understand it now.
Thanks. Very interesting !
Regards,
Heidi
2011/12/7 Adrian Crum<[email protected]>:
A good example of a vendor role can be found in Amazon. Amazon sells
products, but it also hosts other businesses that sell products through
Amazon (eStores). Those other businesses selling products through Amazon
are
vendors.
A supplier is someone who sells you goods or services.
-Adrian
On 12/7/2011 4:32 PM, Bilgin Ibryam wrote:
It is already explained previously on the mailing list
http://ofbiz.markmail.org/search/?q=vendor%20vs%20supplier#query:vendor%20vs%20supplier+page:1+mid:m35q2s3rlogqhegh+state:results
Also updated the glossary
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Glossary
Bilgin
On 7 December 2011 12:50, Info Olagos<[email protected]> wrote:
Hello,
Can anyone explain me what is the difference between a "vendor" and a
"supplier" in the catalog of ofbiz 09.04?
In my language (Flemish) there is no difference between these two
words. However in ofbiz it are two different items.
Regards,
Heidi
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