Re: [GNUe] Re:Proposal for ITEM package

[malek]

Quoting Reinhard Mueller <address@hidden>:

> Am Die, den 23.11.2004 schrieb address@hidden um 22:02:
> > > > >* commodity classification (nature, cargo type, code)
> > > > >* hazardous item info
> > > > >* tax category / categories?
> > > > >* origin country
> > > >  - This is a real pain to deal with but this should also be associated
> > > >    with inventories
> > > 
> > > Here, I don't really see how this could be different within a specific
> > > item.
> > 
> > sales distribution channel??. think small international company that has to
> deal
> > with different laws and/or different pricing scheme (based on
> > region/country/whatever) (or i didn't understand the first comment. if so
> > sorry.)
> 
> Point for you here. At least some of these points can vary by country.
> However, then it still shouldn't be put in the inventory, IMHO.
> 
> > > > >* sales conditions
> > > >  - I'm thinking a pricing module?
> > > 
> > > Yes. However, many small companies work with only a single price (or at
> > > least a price that holds for the vast majority of cutomers), and they
> > > would possibly prefer to have *that* price in the main item record.
> > > 
> > 
> > yeah but even if you work with a single price, there are always cases where
> a
> > sales representative has dealt something different,  based on qty or
> whatever
> > one can come up with. so i think price determination module as standard is
> > mandatory even in small business cases.
> 
> Although I agree that it would be used very often, I'd not say
> "mandatory". "mandatory" is a word I'd generally try to avoid with gnue
> :-)

sorry, bad wording here. i didn't mean "mandatory", but i really think a price
determination module should be available in standard gnue package. it doesn't
have to be a full blown one (i'm still in KISS mode, you know, ;)). 


> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Reinhard Mueller
> GNU Enterprise project
> http://www.gnue.org
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