Self-assessment
Take a minute to see if you can apply what you learned in this chapter to a few situations you might run into in the field. Think about how you would handle each of these cases. There is no single right answer for most of these:
- Your client is not using any of the manufacturing features yet, since they are primarily a distributor of packaged consumer goods. They ask you for help to track a multi-step process they follow on the warehouse floor, where items are bundled together from a shortlist of small components into gift baskets. How do you help them decide whether they need Work Orders and Assembly Build transactions for this, or whether they could get along with something simpler?
- ABC Co. has a fleet of trucks they use for deliveries, but occasionally it demand is high enough that it has to rent trucks for a day or two as well. It’s contracted with a local company to rent short-term trucks when it needs them. It will pay a flat rate per month...
