[Koha-devel] Acquisitions change in Koha 16.11 and forward

[Marc Véron]

+1
Marc


Am 09.05.2017 um 22:44 schrieb Nick Clemens:
> Hello All,
>
> With the current versions of Koha there have been some changes in 
> acquisitions and how prices are calculated and there seems to be some 
> confusion in terms and how things are currently being used.
>
> We wanted to clarify what is happening, propose a change and get 
> feedback on what needs to happen.
>
> When placing an order there are several price fields:
> Vendor price (listprice in db)
> -This is used to populate the Replacement cost and budgeted cost on 
> the order page. It is not used against the budget
>
> Replacement cost (rrp in db)
> -This is used to calculate the 'budgeted cost/ecost' in the budget - 
> it also populates the replacement price in the item created by the aqc 
> process once received
>
> Budgeted cost (ecost in db)
> -This is the replacement/rpp minus any discount on the order - this is 
> the value that will be encumbered when the order is placed
>
> Actual cost (unitprice)
> -This is the eventual 'price' of the item and is the encumbered amount 
> once the item has been received.
>
> With the changes that were made one can no longer adjust the 
> 'Replacement/RRP' once an order is placed - this is because this value 
> is adjusted for tax in the db (rrp_tax_excluded, rrp_tax_included) and 
> used for calculating the ecost tax adjusted (ecost_tax_excluded, 
> ecost_tax_included)
>
> Some libraries have been having issues as they use 'Replacement' cost 
> mostly for populating items and are not used to it being unable to be 
> edited and/or affecting budgets.
>
> We are proposing to rename the current 'Replacement cost' field to 
> match the db value - 'Recommended retail price' (RRP) and add a new 
> 'Replacement cost' field, editable at any point, that is only used for 
> populating the item field.
>
> We think this will clear up how the other values are being used and 
> restore functionality that changed.
>
> Please let us know if this works or what other suggestions you have here.
>
> Thank you,
> Nick, Kyle, Jonathan
>
>
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