Inter-Company Transfers

Overview

Inter-company transfers move devices between Reyder Enterprises and Axis Mobile. This is used when devices need to physically change ownership between companies in the same Odoo instance.

Transfer Orders

• Path: Inventory → Device Inventory → Operations → Inter-Company Transfers
• Model: device.transfer.order

Fields

Field	Description
state	draft, confirmed, sale_created, cancelled
source_company_id	Company sending devices
dest_company_id	Company receiving devices
source_location_id	Where devices are shipped from
dest_location_id	Where devices will be received
sale_order_id	Auto-created SO
total_amount	Total value of transfer
device_count	Number of devices
selection_mode	How devices are selected: manifest, purchase_order, product_group

Device Selection Modes

1. By Manifest — select devices from a specific receiving manifest
2. By Purchase Order — select devices from a specific PO
3. By Product Group — select devices by product model/specs

Step 1: Create Transfer Order

• Select source and destination companies
• Choose selection mode and pick devices
• Devices priced at cost (purchase_cost) for inter-company transfer

Step 2: Confirm Transfer

action_create_sale_order():

• Creates SO in source company at cost price
• Auto-confirms the SO (triggers inter-company PO creation in destination company)
• Creates delivery manifest with pre-filled IMEIs
• State changes to sale_created

Inter-Company SO/PO Flow

When the SO is confirmed in the source company:

1. Odoo creates an inter-company PO in the destination company
2. PO vendor = source company's partner
3. PO auto-creates receiving manifest in destination company

Step 3: Destination Receives Devices

1. Buyer confirms the PO
2. Receiving manifest created automatically
3. Buyer scans/receives devices via barcode
4. On receive: _get_or_create_lot() handles ownership transfer:
5. Uses row-level locks to prevent race conditions
6. Updates owner_company_id on the device to destination company
7. Creates new stock.quant in destination company's location
8. Mark manifest complete → creates inventory GL entry

Direct-to-Owner Delivery

• Option direct_owner_delivery on PO
• Devices ship directly to the owner without intermediate warehousing

Accounting for Inter-Company Transfers

Source company:

• COGS entry (DR COGS / CR Valuation) when delivery manifest completed
• Customer invoice to destination company (out_invoice)

Destination company:

• Receiving GL entry (DR Valuation / CR Input) when receiving manifest completed
• Auto-created vendor bill from source invoice (in_invoice, stays draft)

Configuration Required

Settings → Inventory → Inter-Company Device Transfers:

• Inter-Company Partner: Partner record for the other company
• Inter-Company Sale Journal: For sales invoices between companies
• Default Transfer Location: Where incoming transfers are received