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Re: Best model for selling unique products (used machines)

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Data Dance s.r.o., Radovan Skolnik
- 25/08/2020 22:00:40
Hello,

those odoo-pim modules look very useful to me. I need to use something similar 
to (product_)attribute_set but until now I was focused on base_custom_info/
product_custom_info. This seems very similar to these in my opinion. If 
anybody's familiar with both is there any significant difference that should be 
taken into account?

Side-questin: all the modules in 13.0 branch are marked as non-installable. 
Are they not ready yet?

Thank you for great effort. Really appreciated.

Best regards

	Radovan Skolnik

On utorok 25. augusta 2020 17:12:14 CEST David Beal wrote:

> Hi Peter,

> Again, I think you should give a try to

> https://github.com/shopinvader/odoo-pim [1] and product_attribute_set to

> populate specific data on your products. It avoids creating all

> combinations of attributes even if some variant cases do not exist. These

> modules will join OCA in next month and are carefully maintained by several

> integrators. Regards

> 

> David BEAL - akretion.com [2]  Consultant

> Odoo Intégration / Développement

> Le mar. 25 août 2020 à 16:52, Peter Hahn < peter.hahn@initos.com [3] > a

> écrit : Thanks.

> I think the main problem with Odoo at this point is that there is no

> *true* inherance possible like in C++ or other languages.

> Normaly you would have some basic interface for things you could put in

> a sale order line and call that a product. And it would be possible to

> inherit from this to have very specific things that all have the basic

> property in common that you could put them on a sale order line.

> In Odoo inherance is extension of the base class in most cases. (I know

> I can inherit without exending the base – but then I can’t use the base

> interface anymore at places where the base is expected)

> Ideally I would like to have something completly new, like a

> `used.machine` model and just add interface to be used as a product.

> Adding everything I need to describe a machine to `product.product` via

> customization seams somehow as wrong as to `stock.production.lot`

> eighter, after all.

> Hmm.

> 

> Am 24.08.20 um 17:02 schrieb Yoshi Tashiro:

> > We extended the product template model for a similar requirement (reuse

> > business handling a lot of home electronic products).  We did not go for

> > the option of using stock.production.lot for the same reasons as Peter

> > raises.  We haven't had a major issue pertaining to this decision. Here

> > is part of what we did if that gives some idea:  

> > https://github.com/qrtl/sst-custom/blob/11.0/product_ext_sst/models/produ

> > ct_template.py [4] [1]     --  Yoshi Tashiro

> > 

> > On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 11:12 PM Frederik Kramer < 

> > frederik.kramer@initos.com [5] [2] > wrote: Hi Bettina,

> > thanks for this insight. Obviously my PM heart agrees. By doing such

> > project we should also ask the rather business oriented questions on

> > what may happen next in the mind of the customer and also give a

> > helping hand and ideas on conceiving this future.

> > Nevertheless if you boil it down to engineering practise it is often

> > relatively cumbersome to start out with a "simple" solution, because

> > simple in case of Odoo (from a business perspective) means "using" a

> > standard from the OCA (which is usually well elaborated on overall and

> > very generic needs and integrated with lots of other modules) or doing

> > exactly what you need (now or for the near future).

> > If you one uses the OCA standard this is simple as it doesn't require

> > you to reinvent something and is also desireable from the

> > standardization point of view, but it comes with a certain payload

> > (maintaining the code and all its dependencies also for the 80% of the

> > functionality included you never or seldomly need). On the other just

> > adding what you need is easy as it doesn't involve too much development

> > (and therefore budget discussion with the customer) but often evolves

> > into something that becomes more and more like the original OCA

> > standard after N interations (obviously not desireable as this is a

> > waste of resources as well).

> > One of the problems that developers often have is that the OCA / Odoo

> > standard in the first place looks like something that you need to have

> > a PhD for to understand in its entirety.

> > As far as i understood Peter he is just questioning (with regard to

> > CRM) if it would really be desireable to use stock.production.lot and

> > make that work with the typical sale.order object or rather use

> > product.product and extend it (obviously loosing complexity trough

> > depence but also information such as traceability in stock moves).

> > This is not only to be answered with the concrete business domain at

> > hand but also with the opinion of colleagues around the globe that

> > faced a similar problem in the past.

> > I personally always tend to go for the "standard" OCA solution but for

> > instance in terms of "ease of use" for the end user that is rather

> > seldomly a very good shot in the first place

> > Thank you very much for your opinion on the matter

> > Best Frederik

> > 

> > Am Montag, den 24.08.2020, 13:26 +0000 schrieb Bettina Pfeifer

> > 

> >  dygytally.de [6] [3] :

> >> Hi Peter,

> >> 

> >> sometimes it helps to imagine what you (your future odoo client) want

> >> to know after one, two, three ... years of sales. What would you like

> >> to know about all your sales, the products you sold. Which ones made

> >> trouble after sales, which ones made your odoo client happy, which

> >> ones led to more trades, which ones where hard to get and easy to

> >> sell or vice versa. Which ones need a lot of warehouse space, which

> >> ones need special care. How do you want to report on the past. What

> >> decisions should be made for the future.

> >> 

> >> Maybe this helps a bit to decide on your current question. Sometimes

> >> these questions make the odoo client reveal their true needs.

> >> 

> >> And if you are able to generate the "list" you mention, that might be

> >> good starting point.

> >> 

> >> And the original serial numbers of the used machines themselves

> >> should be used, as long as they have one. Otherwise you could create

> >> an own serial number.

> >> 

> >> In general, why not start as easy as possible, until other

> >> requirements arise while using odoo.

> >> 

> >> Regards, Bettina

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> >> Am 24.08.20 um 13:17 schrieb Peter Hahn:

> >>> Hi David,

> >>> 

> >>> thanks for your suggestion. I didn’t knew the module.

> >>> 

> >>> I’m still not really convinced using serial numbers is the right

> >>> thing

> >>> here in general.

> >>> Sure it would be for smart phones and stuff like this, but I would

> >>> really like to hear opinions about what problems may arise in case

> >>> of

> >>> just using `product.product`.

> >>> 

> >>> At first glance this seams to be way more simple. Especially I

> >>> think

> >>> it’s intuitive for the users because in their business mindset they

> >>> don’t think of _machines_ and _instances of machines_ but just a

> >>> specific _machine_ from their list.

> >>> 

> >>> Our use case to me looks more like being the base machine a

> >>> `product.template` and the unique machine a `product.product`.

> >>> 

> >>> However I wouldn’t use all the `product.attribute` machinery for

> >>> this,

> >>> of course.

> >>> 

> >>> I hope to hear more opinions from the list about this.

> >>> 

> >>> Thanks. Regards, Peter

> >>> 

> >>> Am 21.08.20 um 17:02 schrieb David Beal:

> >>>> Hi Peter,

> >>>> 

> >>>> Consider these modules

> >>>> 

> >>>  https://github.com/OCA/sale-workflow/tree/12.0/sale_order_lot_selection

> >>>  [10] [7]>>> 

> >>> [1]

> >>> 

> >>>  https://github.com/OCA/sale-workflow/tree/12.0/sale_order_lot_generator

> >>>  [11] [8]>>> 

> >>> [2]

> >>> 

> >>>> and in pending migration

> >>>> 

> >>>>  https://github.com/OCA/sale-workflow/pull/1144 [12] [9] [3]

> >>>> 

> >>>> Note that sale_order_lot_selection in v12 and v13 are different,

> >>> 

> >>> consider the v12 one

> >>> 

> >>>> Best regards

> >>>> 

> >>>> 

> >>>> 

> >>>> David BEAL -  akretion.com [13] [10] [4] Consultant

> >>>> 

> >>>> Odoo Intégration / Développement

> >>>> 

> >>>> Le ven. 21 août 2020 à 15:36, Peter Hahn <  peter.hahn@initos.com [14]

> >>>> [11]

> >>> 

> >>> [5] > a écrit :

> >>>> Hello,

> >>>> 

> >>>> I have a hard time to decide which Odoo model to use for selling

> >>> 

> >>> unique

> >>> 

> >>>> products.

> >>>> 

> >>>> The products are used machines. So in general one could think of

> >>> 

> >>> a

> >>> 

> >>>> generic product with manufacturer and model and a certain

> >>> 

> >>> instance of it.

> >>> 

> >>>> But since these are used items, they come with a lot of

> >>> 

> >>> customizations

> >>> 

> >>>> and other instance specific attributes like operation hours etc.

> >>>> 

> >>>> So it’s more like the product == instance.

> >>>> 

> >>>> We thought about using `product.product` for the brand/model and

> >>>> 

> >>>> `stock.production.lot` for the instance, but after some research

> >>> 

> >>> in the

> >>> 

> >>>> odoo v12 code I'm not sure if this is really the best option.

> >>>> 

> >>>> To me it looks like `stock.production.lot` is more about

> >>> 

> >>> tractability of

> >>> 

> >>>> instance of generic products **after** they have been sold, since

> >>>> 

> >>>> `stock.production.lot` is very tightly tied to stock operations.

> >>>> 

> >>>> We need to have product instances already during the whole CRM,

> >>> 

> >>> Quote,

> >>> 

> >>>> SaleOrder process. I don’t see how to easily put

> >>> 

> >>> `stock.production.lot`

> >>> 

> >>>> on `sale.order.lines`.

> >>>> 

> >>>> The other option would be just going for `product.product` and

> >>> 

> >>> assume

> >>> 

> >>>> product == product instance.

> >>>> 

> >>>> I’m not really sure about benefits/drawbacks or maybe

> >>> 

> >>> other/better

> >>> 

> >>>> approaches.

> >>>> 

> >>>> 

> >>>> 

> >>>> Please give me your opinions about what model is best to use as a

> >>> 

> >>> base

> >>> 

> >>>> for selling unique items in odoo.

> >>>> 

> >>>> Thanks. Regards, Peter

> >>>> 

> >>>> 

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