diff --git a/inventory/settings/products.rst b/inventory/settings/products.rst index 223f45a60..6d6618eba 100644 --- a/inventory/settings/products.rst +++ b/inventory/settings/products.rst @@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ Products products/uom products/variants - products/usage \ No newline at end of file + products/usage + products/packages \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/inventory/settings/products/media/usage01.png b/inventory/settings/products/media/usage01.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..039e4ba15 Binary files /dev/null and b/inventory/settings/products/media/usage01.png differ diff --git a/inventory/settings/products/media/usage02.png b/inventory/settings/products/media/usage02.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..93e18db8f Binary files /dev/null and b/inventory/settings/products/media/usage02.png differ diff --git a/inventory/settings/products/media/usage03.png b/inventory/settings/products/media/usage03.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c1c355239 Binary files /dev/null and b/inventory/settings/products/media/usage03.png differ diff --git a/inventory/settings/products/packages.rst b/inventory/settings/products/packages.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..536ce1d1a --- /dev/null +++ b/inventory/settings/products/packages.rst @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +==================== +How to use packages? +==================== \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/inventory/settings/products/usage.rst b/inventory/settings/products/usage.rst index 963a018a0..583a75cc6 100644 --- a/inventory/settings/products/usage.rst +++ b/inventory/settings/products/usage.rst @@ -1,3 +1,72 @@ ======================================================= When should you use packages, units of measure or kits? -======================================================= \ No newline at end of file +======================================================= + +Unit of measures +================ + +Units of measures are an indication about the unit used to handle a +product. Products can be expressed in multiple units of measure at once. + +Activate this option if you are working with several ones in your +warehouse. + +The purchase unit of measure might be different that the one you use in +your warehouse. + +The selling unit of measure is set on the sale order and can be +different. + +.. image:: media/usage01.png + :align: center + +.. note:: + The conversion between the different units of measures is done + automatically. The only condition is that all the units have to be in + the same category (Unit, Weight, Volume, Length,...) + +Packages +======== + +The package is the physical container in which you put one or several +product. + +.. image:: media/usage02.png + :align: center + +Packaging +========= + +Packaging is the physical container that protects your product. + +If you are selling computers, the packaging contains the computer with +the notice and the power plug. + +In Odoo, packagings are just used for indicative purpose. + +.. image:: media/usage03.png + :align: center + +.. note:: + You can define on the **Packages** which **Packaging** it uses. But it is + only for indicative purpose. + +When to use packages, packagings or unit of measures ? +======================================================= + +For example, you are sellings eggs. In your warehouse, you manage the +eggs individually. Lots of eggs are scrapped and you do it egg by egg. +The **unit of measure** is ``Unit(s)``. + +If you are selling eggs by the dozen, the selling **unit of measure** is +the ``Dozen``. You will set it on your sale order. + +The ``cardboard trays`` that contains the dozen of eggs is the **packaging**. + +When you are selling several trays, you might wrap all the trays into a +``box`` or in a ``plastic`` wrapping. It is the **package**. + +.. seealso:: + * :doc:`../../overview/start/setup` + * :doc:`uom` + * :doc:`packages`