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[Juan Cristobal Lopez Arrieta <juancristobal@xxxxxxxxx>]

I will like to share opinions/experiences.
We have a customer in export/import/freight forward/logistics
But the implementation is constrained by an existing system (Magaya), so is
not clean interms of openerp structures


On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Brad Clements <bkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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Juan Cristobal Lopez Arrieta
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