Adrian, Pierre, thanks for your feedback. Pierre I may not have been through in my analysis but I would like to mention few points. The shipment logistics provider basically comes under the distribution logistics which involves 1. Receiving the packages from client. 2. Storing the packages in the warehouse at a certain location, we call it a distribution centre. This is need for picking later. 3. Picking the packages and deliver to the customer.
The shipment or packages from the client is an incoming shipment to the logistics so I think best way would be to associate the incoming shipment to a purchase order in ofbiz. Receiving the shipment will create necessary information in the ofbiz. There is an interesting shipment type available in ofbiz i.e. transfer I think it can be used since the shipment is really transferred from the client to the logistics and from logistics to the customer? The next step is to pick the packages, lade vehicle & provide a detail of the packages (address information, packages information) on a sheet to the driver. We can utilize the pick sheet to create the picking and delivery information. I think we may need to rewrite code for certain part of the order picking in ofbiz to model it for logistics. Once the packages are delivered, the shipment status can be updated in ofbiz. -- Thanks, Jim
