[jira] [Commented] (OFBIZ-5573) Implementation of VENDOR MANAGEMENT software in Ofbiz in ecommerce component

["Adrian Crum (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Adrian Crum commented on OFBIZ-5573:
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This will be a nice feature to have. I recently implemented this for a client, so I can provide some tips.

1. The design documents need to be more specific. They are a great start, but I am confused about some terminology: "Delete Item" and "Update Item" - what does "Item" mean? Is it a sales order item or a product? I don't see any mention of products. It seems to me vendors should be able to manage their product line.

2. Splitting the sale amount between vendor and marketplace (the "contract") should be implemented as an Agreement. A nice feature to have is a "default" agreement - tied to the Product Store - that can be used when a vendor-specific agreement does not exist.

3. The Vendor functionality is partially implemented in OFBiz. Different bits of code have different methods of determining if a Marketplace/Vendor scenario is in use, and as a result, the behavior is inconsistent. In my implementation, I used a new field in ProductStore - "useMarketplace" (indicator) - to explicitly declare that a product store is using the marketplace business model. Then I replaced the existing inconsistent code with code that checks the "useMarketplace" field.



> Implementation  of VENDOR MANAGEMENT software in Ofbiz in ecommerce component
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: OFBIZ-5573
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5573
>             Project: OFBiz
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: specialpurpose/ecommerce
>         Environment: Software platform, Ecommerce component, Party Component
>            Reporter: Heidi Dehaes
>            Priority: Trivial
>         Attachments: vendor_spec-1.pdf, vendor_spec.doc
>
>
> Wants to initiate the development of a VENDOR ENVIRONMENT AND MANAGEMENT for ofbiz in the ecommerce component as exists also in the Amazon ecommerce websites. An external vendor must be able to put products and sell the products on the ecommerce platform of the owner.
> Involved: 
> - ioannis ntantis <gi...@gmail.com>
> - Heidi & Eric <in...@gmail.com>
> Requirements:
> - ... to be added.



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