Hello Ricardo, thanks for your comment! :)

In this example, the Replenishment is created automatically as Odoo recognizes the need of the "Bike (Without Battery)" at the subcontractor's location. The "Buy" route is the only one we will be able to select, because it is the single route set on our product. In this case we only need to decide from which supplier we are going to subcontract.

Hi Lucas, thanks for your reply! I already liked your video of version 14, and that of v15 I liked it so much that I did the whole process. However Replenishment doesn't work, Odoo doesn't recognize the need for some reason. I also did other tests with Manufacturing, and for me Replenishment just doesn't work, what should I be doing wrong?

Thanks

Hi Ricardo!! I am glad to see that you liked both videos!! :)

You are right! The need doesn't appear in the Replenishment when it comes to specific subcontracting locations, such as the ones we create for this use case.

The solution is indeed to create the reordering rules, linked to each subcontractor location, and using the trigger as "manual" as you can see in this screenshot:

https://www.awesomescreenshot.com/image/22030155?key=4075f7547ea31b79dc46e3333f2825df

I hope it works now! ;)

Thank you, now this beautiful flow is complete and available to all!

Thanks, very interesting. It brought me quite far in what i am trying to implement.

The only thing i am hitting now is that multiple RFQs for the same vendor and (dropship/receipt) destinations are being created. While they could have been combined or added to an open RFQ.

Hi Jaco
This is possible by changing the "Buy Rules" Propagation to "Leave Empty" where you want the RFQs to be combined.

Ricardo, these videos are brilliant, can't believe there are only 14 likes!!! as of today. I had the same issue, and Lucas' answer is one piece missing. I'm trying to solve a similar issue. I have an error message that indicates that there is no vendor to generate the purchase order, so I have to enter one in the "Purchase" tab of the product, but then the purchase is generated automatically from the first vendor in the list (I have four), instead of asking me to select the subcontractor I want tot use. Any ideas?

Also, I have a question for anyone: what happens when I have a third option in the My Company column to manufacture the bike myself? So I have the option to send it to any of the two subcontractors or to build it myself. This way, I'm actually using the subcontractors to manage excess demand. I can't seem to make both "Buy" and "Build" work at the same time.

Hi Manuel,

I am glad to see that this video was really helpful!

Regarding the 4 suppliers, indeed Odoo will always select the first one of the list because it should be the supplier you buy more often. However, on the Replenishment there is a column "Supplier" (hidden by default) and you can choose one of the 4 before triggering the Purchase Order.

About the other question, you could add another reordering rule linked to the WH/Stock location in which the route should be Manufacture.

Kind regards

Lucas, the issue with the first question is that the purchase is created automatically, I can't seem to trigger it manually. I have two subs in the Pruchase tab, I have a reordering rule set to manual for the Inventory location, I have a BoM with sub selected, and two subs also in the BoM.

Lucas, I found a "bug" when doing manual reordering. To duplicate use your test enviroment. Trigger a manual reordering rule, select the contractor that is not the one shown. For example, if you see A when opening the reordering page, then select B. Without doing anything else, select "Order once". The order will be created for A, not for B, even if you have B selected. This is because the user needs to save the order before clicking to order once. I hope I explained myself.

Hi Manuel,

Regarding the question you raised on 15/11, I had to watch the video again, and indeed, Odoo is triggering the RFQ automatically. So I apologize for the info I sent on 24/10, which is not correct.

In this case, you would need to adapt the route "Dropship Subcontractor on Order". At 11:27s you can see the full list of Rules within this Route. For the 2 last ones, where the Source Location is "Super Bikes" and "Universal Bikes", you can change the field "Supply Method" to "Take From Stock".

This way, instead of triggering another rule directly, Odoo will try to consume the stock of components at the location of Super Bikes or Universal Bikes, and in case there is nothing, the process stops here.

On top of that, you will need to configure the replenishment for these 2 locations using the route "Dropship Subcontractor on Order". This way Odoo will recognize the need on one of these 2 locations and you will have the choice to select the supplier before triggering the RFQ.

Note: The DB where I configured all of this expired, so I didn't have the opportunity to validate what I am explaining above.