From 4360a2acd60e2913fa5819fdbac503f53133e4cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Trigaux Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:29:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [ADD] inventory: Terminologies https://docs.google.com/document/d/1covxEIrLjm0TPA2GmZhNwcxtLcHG1oiVbzPjsZjLwqc/edit --- inventory/overview/terminologies.rst | 105 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 105 insertions(+) create mode 100644 inventory/overview/terminologies.rst diff --git a/inventory/overview/terminologies.rst b/inventory/overview/terminologies.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f04e5d329 --- /dev/null +++ b/inventory/overview/terminologies.rst @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +============= +Terminologies +============= + +- **Warehouse**: A warehouse in Odoo is a location where you store + products. It is either a physical or a virtual warehouse. It + could be a store or a repository. + +- **Location**: Locations are used to structure storage zones within a + warehouse. In addition to internal locations (your warehouse), + Odoo has locations for suppliers, customers, inventory loss + counter-parts, etc. + +- **Lots**: Lots are a batch of products identified with a unique + barcode or serial number. All items of a lot are from the same + product. (e.g. a set of 24 bottle) Usually, lots come from + manufacturing order batches or procurements. + +- **Serial Number**: A serial number is a unique identifier of a + specific product. Technically, serial numbers are similar to + having a lot of 1 unique item. + +- **Unit of Measure**: Define how the quantity of products is + expressed. Meters, Pounds, Pack of 24, Kilograms,… Unit of + measure of the same category (ex: size) can be converted to each + others (m, cm, mm) using a fixed ratio. + +- **Consumable**: A product for which you do not want to manage the + inventory level (no quantity on hand or forecasted) but that you + can receive and deliver. When this product is needed Odoo suppose + that you always have enough stock. + +- **Stockable**: A product for which you want to manage the inventory + level. + +- **Package:** A package contains several products (identified by their + serial number/lots or not). Example: a box containing knives and + forks. + +- **Procurement**: A procurement is a request for a specific quantity + of products to a specific location. Procurement are automatically + triggered by other documents: Sale orders, Minimum Stock Rules, + and Procurement rules. You can trigger the procurement manually. + When procurements are triggered automatically, you should always + pay attention for the exceptions (e.g. a product should be + purchased from a vendor, but no supplier is defined). + +- **Routes**: Routes define paths the product must follow. Routes may + be applicable or not, depending on the products, sales order + lines, warehouse,… To fulfill a procurement, the system will + search for rules belonging to routes that are defined in the + related product/sale order. + +- **Push Rules**: Push rules trigger when products enter a specific + location. They automatically move the product to a new location. + Whether a push rule can be used depends on applicable routes. + +- **Procurement Rules** or **Pull Rules**: Procurement rules describe + how procurements on specific locations should be fulfilled e.g.: + where the product should come from (source location), whether the + procurement is MTO or MTS,... + +- **Procurement Group**: Routes and rules define inventory moves. For + every rule, a document type is provided: Picking, Packing, + Delivery Order, Purchase Order,… Moves are grouped within the + same document type if their procurement group and locations are + the same. + +- **Stock Moves**: Stock moves represent the transit of goods and + materials between locations. + +- **Quantity On Hand**: The quantity of a specific product that is + currently in a warehouse or location. + +- **Forecasted Quantity**: The quantity of products you can sell for a + specific warehouse or location. It is defined as the Quantity on + Hand - Future Delivery Orders + Future incoming shipments + + Future manufactured units. + +- **Reordering Rules**: It defines the conditions for Odoo to + automatically trigger a request for procurement (buying at a + supplier or launching a manufacturing order). It is triggered + when the forecasted quantity meets the minimum stock rule. + +- **Cross-Dock**: Cross-docking is a practice in the logistics of + unloading materials from an incoming semi-trailer truck or + railroad car and loading these materials directly into outbound + trucks, trailers, or rail cars, with no storage in between. (does + not go to the stock, directly from incoming to packing zone) + +- **Drop-Shipping**: move products from the vendor/manufacturer + directly to the customer (could be retailer or consumer) without + going through the usual distribution channels. Products are sent + directly from the vendor to the customer, without passing through + your own warehouse. + +- **Removal Strategies**: the strategy to use to select which product + to pick for a specific operation. Example: FIFO, LIFO, FEFO. + +- **Putaway Strategies**: the strategy to use to decide in which + location a specific product should be set when arriving + somewhere. (example: cables goes in rack 3, storage A) + +- **Scrap**: A product that is broken or outdated. Scrapping a product + removes it from the stock.