Linked Production Basic Logistics Configuration

273 – Chinese Suppliers • In transit – Shanghai Port – Pacific Ocean – San Francisco Port – San Francisco Customs

20.6.1 Stock

The transit locations are linked between themselves with a manual confirmation step. The internal stock move is validated at each port and customs arrival. OpenERP prepares all the linked moves automatically. Note: Intrastat Companies that do import export should install the module report_intrastat. This enables them to prepare the reports needed to declare product exports. You can use the lead times between different locations to account for real delays. Your lead times and stock forecasts are calculated by OpenERP to estimate the arrival of incoming products so that you can respond to a customer’s needs as precisely as possible. You can also value the products in transit in your account depending on the chosen stock location configuration.

20.6.2 Rental Locations

You can manage rental locations in OpenERP very simply using the same system of linked locations. Using the module stock_location you can set a return date for rental items sent to customer location after a certain rental period. Then the set of real and virtual stocks is maintained daily in real time. The different operations such as delivery and receipt after a few days are automatically suggested by OpenERP which simplifies the work of data entry. You then have the product list found in the customer locations and your own stock in your stock location. The list of waiting goods receipts is automatically generated by OpenERP using the location links. Suppose you want to give a product PC3 on rent to your customer Axelor for 30 days. Two stock movement entries are needed to manage this scenario: 1. Product goes out from Stock your company’s location to Axelor - Rental Location your customer location. 2. Product will be returned into Stock your company’s location from Axelor - Rental Location your customer location after 30 days. To manage rental products by linking locations, configure a rental location Axelor - Rental Location as shown in the following figure using the menu Warehouse → Configuration → Warehouse Management → Locations. 274 Figure 20.22: Configuration of a rental location ‘Axelor - Rental Location‘ Using the menu Warehouse → Traceability → Stock Moves, you can create a stock movement entry from Stock to Customer Location Axelor - Rental Location in OpenERP for a rental product PC3. Figure 20.23: Stock movement entry to send the product ‘PC3‘ to the customer location The stock movement entry from Customer Location Axelor - Rental Location to Stock is generated automatically on the proper Scheduled Date by OpenERP when you have confirmed the previous stock movement entry by clicking the Process Now button. The same principle is used for internal stock to generate quality control for certain products.