Hi, Is there any module / configuration which give the possibility to check the stock when the procurement method is "make to order"?
Details: REAL Current process of my customer working with make to order (what they do in real life): 1) Record customer order. 2) Check the stock in case there is some stock. 3) Make a purchase order with the required quantity (sales order quantity - available stock quantity).
"Make to order" means that only sales order will launch purchase order. However, customer can have some stock due to different reasons (MOQ. return products, canceled customer order). For all these reasons, the purchasers need to double check the stock before issuing the purchase order.
OPENERP Process: Make to order: do not check the stock at all. Make to stock: some configuration could be done with stock orderpoint = 0... However, it's not make to order and so you loose the important info related to the sales order (source document). Moreover, it's not intuitive for customer because they are working on make to order.
Another process should be a 3rd solution: make to order with stock checking. 1) Record a sales order. 2) Check the stock for related product. 3) Make a draft purchase order with the quantity = sales order quantity - stock available quantity. 4) Get a message on the purchase order that one part of the order come from the stock (customized view with order level).
Is anyone who worked / developed module / configuration for such a process?
You will need to modify mrp schedule (search for this function in scheduler technical data) and for to check stock before execute auto procurement. Our developer is doing this patch for us now. Will ask them to show the code when it's done.
Greetings Trung, any development on the module so far?
I am looking for this solution as well and find it to be very problematic. This is a common method for fulfillment that OpenERP should handle. Anyone have any updates?
Hi Nicolas, I have the same need as you. I've been testing a product with the following configuration: buy make to stock Reordering rule: min: 0 max: 0 multiple: 1 When I create a sales order with X units, the scheduler creates a purchase order for X units if no units on stock. If I have 4 units (quantity available) in stock and the sales order is 10 units, then a purchase order of 6 units missing is created. I think this is what you were asking. No? Please note, I have not tested on a production system. I do not know if this setting min = 0 and max = 0 may cause a problem in another section. If someone with more experience can confirm that this works, I'd appreciate it.
I would like to have this option too. I manufacture products sometimes for stock sometimes for orders, some products i am buying for future use, some not. Possibility to check stock is the best workflow! Purchase only what is needed if stock has too few raw products.
waiting for solution too
I am looking for this solution too. This is 8 months after the issue was raised initially. Trung, any luck with your developers and if so can you please share with us? As a suggestion, perhaps add a setting under Warehouse configuration such as "Always fulfill orders from stock first" which is when ticked will make the system check for stock level first before generating a purchase order.
I find it hard to believe this hasn't yet been addressed. There must be someone who's solved this issue. We just need to find them.