Purchase Order Module

[paranyos]

I am thinking of using OSC Max for my new store. Are there any available modules for creating/printing/emailing purchase orders for drop shippers? Thanks in advance for any help!
Paul

[met00]

Yes. With a few changes in the language file the COD module becomes a PO Module. This is true in both 2.0.X and 2.5.

change

  define('MODULE_PAYMENT_COD_TEXT_TITLE', 'Cash on Delivery');
  define('MODULE_PAYMENT_COD_TEXT_DESCRIPTION', 'Cash on Delivery');

  define('MODULE_PAYMENT_COD_TEXT_TITLE', 'Purchase Order');
  define('MODULE_PAYMENT_COD_TEXT_DESCRIPTION', 'Purchase Order');

Done

[paranyos]

I guess I should explain. A customer may order several items that ship from different vendors. I need to be able to run purchase orders and get a separate PO for each drop shipper(vendor). Each PO would have the dropshipper name and address, the customer name and address and the item and price that the drop shipper should charge me. I might have 20 orders for the day with 100 items being drop shipper by 10 different vendors. Each vendor/drop shipper would get PO's with only their items and customers. I hope this makes sense. Thanks

[met00]

Okay, so you are talking about having a distributor field associated to the products. Then being able to generate a list from the back end for all orders per day for a distributor.

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In the image (from 2.5 B3 being modified right now) add products (categories.php) attached you will see an additional field added to the manufacturers line called distributors. When a product is added to the store you can use this field to select the product's distributors. In a totally NEW module (add on) you can create a list of orders that are pending (selectable status) and create a "order list" by distributor (selectable) . Is that what you are looking to do?

This would allow you to send each "order list" to the distributor to fill it with only the products on the list that the distributor would fill.

[note: this feature set is part of the BIA Solution mod being released shortly after RC1]

[paranyos]

Thanks for the reply, it sounds like we are on the right track. To simplify, a customer might place an order for 5 different products coming from 5 different drop shippers/manufacturers. I would need a purchase order for each manufacturer telling them, who we are, who to ship to, what to ship(product code and description) and our cost on each product. Those same drop shippers/manufacturers might have more orders from us on any given day going to any number of different customers. It all sounds complicated, but is really pretty simple. I currently do it in Filemaker Pro but must import all web orders into filemaker to run that script. I clicked on your link but it was broken. It sounds like we are talking about the same thing, but I am not sure. If so, how long until that release? Thanks!

Paul

[met00]

The release is planned to co-inside with osCmax 2.5 RC1. There will be a number of mods packed in one file. These include not only the distributors mod, the order list mod, but also the cost mod and some additional mods. Rather than releasing each mod individually, they will all be packaged as a single "upgrade" to the osCmax 2.5 RC1 release. So, within 30 days or so of RC1 BIA will release the BIA Mods Pack.

[paranyos]

Thank you very much!

[thowden]

Hi

This is a topic that I am also interested in. I use multiple suppliers and in many cases have the same product available from multiple suppliers. Product <<-->> Supplier is not a one-to-one relationship and we have currency conversion issues with the suppliers being overseas.

For me drop-ship is not as important but that would need to be a feature.

Generating / flagging items as being on back-order and having that flow to a PO for a nominated supplier with a distinct currency control (ie the purchase / my cost in the foreign currency - not the store base currency).

I did add some of this to my oscommerce 2.1 store a while back but did not complete the coding.

Is the PO stuff available via SVN or other download at the moment ?

cheers
Tony

[met00]

Tony,

availability:

The release is planned to co-inside with osCmax 2.5 RC1. There will be a number of mods packed in one file. These include not only the distributors mod, the order list mod, but also the cost mod and some additional mods. Rather than releasing each mod individually, they will all be packaged as a single "upgrade" to the osCmax 2.5 RC1 release. So, within 30 days or so of RC1 BIA will release the BIA Mods Pack.

But the changes you seem to require are more specific than those that will be in the released mods. They will provide you a starting point, but they lack the complexity and flexibility that your requirements indicate. They are more like "manufacturers" with the ability to pull reports off the new field. Your requirements are for a much more complex rules-based engine. Possible to do, but not planned for the release.