Lynn,
Sorry, but from what you've told me, I don't think I can help.
Steve
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From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Lynn Thomas 83
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:41 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Ship to nowhere?
Well, I tried it in the test db, and ran right smack into a problem.
The serial number already exists, even though it's been shipped out,
so I can't receive them back to fulfill the PO.
Thinking cap back on...
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"Lynn Thomas 83" <thomasl@...> wrote:
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Sorry, but from what you've told me, I don't think I can help.
Steve
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From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Lynn Thomas 83
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:41 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Ship to nowhere?
Well, I tried it in the test db, and ran right smack into a problem.
The serial number already exists, even though it's been shipped out,
so I can't receive them back to fulfill the PO.
Thinking cap back on...
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"Lynn Thomas 83" <thomasl@...> wrote:
>"Ashton, Steve" <Steve.Ashton@> wrote:
> Steve,
>
> 'Interesting' is a word with many definitions....
>
> The first cycle is easy enough, up to the point of invoicing, which
> we're not doing here at all. I can't, in fact. We didn't license any
> of Vantage's financial modules, a circumstance which has led to a
> number of 'interesting' discoveries. The most recent one involves
> shipping, but that's another tale altogether.
>
> Hmm, not all of the parts on this order are manufactured. By itself
> that's not a huge issue in handling things. Actually, it shouldn't be
> a problem at all. From a shipping point of view, each of those is
> just another line item exactly like a mnufactured part. We shall not
> inquire into why the gov't doesn't buy them directly. We just won't.
>
> The second cycle logic works. On first reading it seemed painfully
> convoluted for what in physical practice is pretty simple, but after
> thinking on it more carefully, it makes a lot of sense. Of course,
> Murphy gets his due, and there's at least one potentially major
> hiccup. I cannot create a distinct set of part numbers. It's not the
> number of items in question, although that's large (>200), but rather
> trying to deal with the various stakeholders. I'll spare you the
> details, but it's a non-starter. Again, invoicing doesn't happen.
> From our point of view all the money is magic. There are a few things
> we total up, but nothing actually changes hands. The two individual
> items we've shipped (and the shipping transaction records are messed
> up, which was the most recent 'interesting' discovery) we created the
> sales order as you described.
>
> I wonder if this might not be much easier if I had a separate company
> for this warehouse?
>
> Off to play with a test db, I think.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Lynn
>
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> >sell
> > This is interesting. I think you have two separate Vantage cycles.
> >
> >
> >
> > The first cycle is the blanket order where you commit to make and
> > your manufactured parts.will be
> >
> > 1. create Sales Order
> > 2. create Job (part numbers should be on the manufactured parts
> > list)
> > 3. ship parts from job (you need the packing slip to initiate the
> > invoice. The ship-to address could be "Receive to Secure Locker on
> > PO#xxxx")
> > 4. Invoice parts
> >
> >
> >
> > The second cycle is the release order where you commit to stock and
> > distribute the customer's parts
> >
> > 1. Set up your customer as a Vendor.
> > 2. Set up distinct part numbers on the purchase parts list (they
> > are customer owned versions of the parts you made and the costs
> > different)above)
> > 3. Create a PO to buy the purchased parts at $0.00 & receive them
> > to the secure locker (reference this PO# on the ship to address
> > 4. Create sales order for any service or subcontractor demand.database.
> > 5. Ship parts from the customer-owned inventory.
> > 6. Invoice parts at the agreed price ($0.00?)
> >
> >
> >
> > This sounds like it would work. You should try it in your test
> >[mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
> >
> > Steve Ashton x 4260
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
Behalf
> > Of Lynn Thomas 83I'm
> > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:11 PM
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Vantage] Re: Ship to nowhere?
> >
> >
> >
> > We will invoice at A, so the government owns the parts, but we
> > maintain custody and handling of them. In fact, we're not using
> > Vantage for financials at all, so in one sense it doesn't matter.
> > mostly interested in figuring out a straightforward way to keeptrack
> > of the physical, as opposed to fiscal, facts.a
> >
> > Yes, the whole arrangement is quite strange if you think in terms of
> > commercial business model. But it's the arrangement I have.<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> >
> > Lynn Thomas
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > "Ashton, Steve" <Steve.Ashton@> wrote:warehouse
> > >
> > > When would you invoice the customer?
> > >
> > > A) Upon shipment of the blanket order to the repair parts
> > > orwarehouse
> > >
> > > B) Upon shipment of a release order from the repair parts
> > > to the customer?<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve Ashton
> > > Database Specialist
> > > Decoustics Limited
> > > 65 Disco Road
> > > Toronto, Ontario
> > > Canada M9W 1M2
> > > T (647) 259-4260
> > > F (416) 679-8838
> > >
> > > sashton@ <mailto:sashton@>
> > > Steve.Ashton@ <mailto:Steve.Ashton2@>
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > >
> > > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
] On
> > Behalf<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Of Lynn Thomas 83
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:26 AM
> > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Subject: [Vantage] Ship to nowhere?for
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have a logic question, I think. We have a government contract
> > > maintenance on something we produce. The repair parts must betwo
> > > physically separate from production materials - no mixing of the
> > > allowed.which
> > >
> > > I have an order for parts to stock the repair parts warehouse,
> > > is fine, wonderful, and all that. What I can't quite figure out isdeal
> > > how to show the order lines as being fulfilled and 'shipped', to
> > > with that order, when what physically happens is they arrive andwe
> > > put them into the secure locker where they sit until we get anorder
> > > to ship something to a [sub-]customer, when we pull the partfrom that
> > > warehouse's inventory and ship it to whomever needs it, or issueit to
> > > our repair crew to fix something returned to us. Essentially, it'sa
> > > 'Buy and hold' order.one to
> > >
> > > I can work either half of the problem easily, but the flow from
> > > the other eludes me. We're in the process of implementing8.03.403D
> > > from scratch.[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> > > Has anyone else done something similar?
> > >
> > > Lynn Thomas
> > > SAIC
> > >
> > >
> > >
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