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[Brad Clements <bkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I am looking for ideas on structuring a collection of modules that will 
be used to record the details of freight (shipments) and related 
logistical information.

a shipment being a collection of physical handling units (boxes, 
pallets, etc) with the same ship date, carrier, carrier service, origin 
and destination

shipments may have additional attributes such as a list of commodities 
(description, weight, freight class, nmfc) etc.

handling units and shipments have reference numbers, dimensions (actual 
and carrier adjusted), package type, zero or more carrier assigned 
reference numbers, SSCC/UCC-18 number and so forth.

A typical example for use would be when fulfilling an order sometimes 
individual boxes need to be uniquely identified (SSCC identifier) and a 
record is needed of which box each product-item is packed into. A 
carrier assigned reference number (tracking number) may be assigned to 
each box (handling unit) or to the shipment as a whole, and the contents 
information (delivery order lineitem details), carrier reference numbers 
and SSCC numbers may need to be transmitted via EDI to Walmart, Target 
and other customers.

At the moment Openerp doesn't seem to have the ability to store more 
than a single carrier reference number per delivery order.

Another example would be selecting a partner contact from an address 
book and shipping that contact some (non-inventory item), e.g. documents 
by priority overnight letter.

This is just a subset of what I'd like to discuss to see how best to fit 
these concepts into the new WMS flow in v8 (maybe v7 too)

Is anyone interested in this topic?

Thanks


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