Dropshipping
Dropshipping is a form of retail fulfillment method where the user purchases the
products but there is no need to keep inventory. In this retailing technique the
seller does not keep the product in hand stock. Rather, the seller sells the products
using the drop shipping method. Here the seller need not to handle the products
directly and the product is exchanged through the sale order to a third party supplier
and he/she ships the order to the customer.
For enabling the option Dropshipping in the Odoo platform, you can go to the settings
by taking the route Purchase -> Configuration -> Settings and activate
the Dropshipping option available under the Logistics
menu.
In the product creation window, you can view the option dropship. The products which
are needed to be specified with the drop shipping operation can be defined under
the Product creation window. If you are opening the product creation window, where
you have the Inventory tab. Under the Inventory tab, you can view the Routes operations
where you can select the drop-ship option available.
The dropshipping operations are defined based on the routes described in the inventory
module. Under the configuration tab of the inventory module, you can view the
Routes menu. On selecting the Routes menu you can create a new route
or can edit the existing drop shipping route operations which are previously defined.
As we clear on the dropshipping functionality available in the platform and now
let us discuss the Unit of measure option available in the Odoo purchase module.