diff --git a/addons/procurement/procurement.py b/addons/procurement/procurement.py
index 0fc9203dea1..d19e792243f 100644
--- a/addons/procurement/procurement.py
+++ b/addons/procurement/procurement.py
@@ -630,6 +630,10 @@ class product_product(osv.osv):
         'type': fields.selection([('product','Stockable Product'),('consu', 'Consumable'),('service','Service')], 'Product Type', required=True, help="Will change the way procurements are processed. Consumable are product where you don't manage stock."),
         'procure_method': fields.selection([('make_to_stock','Make to Stock'),('make_to_order','Make to Order')], 'Procurement Method', required=True, help="'Make to Stock': When needed, take from the stock or wait until re-supplying. 'Make to Order': When needed, purchase or produce for the procurement request."),
     }
+    _defaults = {
+        'procure_method': lambda *a: 'make_to_stock',
+    }
+
 
 product_product()
 
diff --git a/addons/procurement/procurement_demo.xml b/addons/procurement/procurement_demo.xml
index 6fc6716de80..e4cf500007d 100644
--- a/addons/procurement/procurement_demo.xml
+++ b/addons/procurement/procurement_demo.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <openerp>
     <data noupdate="1">
+        <record id="product.product_product_1" model="product.product">
+            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
+        </record>
+        <record id="product.product_product_2" model="product.product">
+            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
+        </record>
         <record id="product.product_product_3" model="product.product">
             <field name="type">product</field>
+            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
         </record>
         
         <record id="product.product_product_4" model="product.product">
             <field name="type">product</field>
+            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
+
         </record>
         <record id="product.product_product_5" model="product.product">
             <field name="type">product</field>
+            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
         </record>
         
         <record id="product.product_product_6" model="product.product">
@@ -26,6 +36,7 @@
         
         <record id="product.product_product_9" model="product.product">
             <field name="type">product</field>
+            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
         </record>
         
         <record id="product.product_product_10" model="product.product">
@@ -38,6 +49,7 @@
         
         <record id="product.product_product_12" model="product.product">
             <field name="type">product</field>
+            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
         </record>
 
         <record id="product.product_product_13" model="product.product">
@@ -54,6 +66,7 @@
 
         <record id="product.product_product_16" model="product.product">
             <field name="type">product</field>
+            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
         </record>
 
         <record id="product.product_product_17" model="product.product">
@@ -62,14 +75,12 @@
 
         <record id="product.product_product_18" model="product.product">
             <field name="type">product</field>
-        </record>
-
-        <record id="product.product_product_18" model="product.product">
-            <field name="type">product</field>
+            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
         </record>
 
         <record id="product.product_product_19" model="product.product">
             <field name="type">product</field>
+            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
         </record>
 
         <record id="product.product_product_20" model="product.product">
@@ -102,6 +113,7 @@
         
         <record id="product.product_product_27" model="product.product">
             <field name="type">product</field>
+            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
         </record>
         
         <record id="product.product_product_28" model="product.product">
@@ -126,6 +138,7 @@
         
         <record id="product.product_product_33" model="product.product">
             <field name="type">product</field>
+            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
         </record>
         
         <record id="product.product_product_34" model="product.product">
@@ -142,6 +155,7 @@
         
         <record id="product.product_product_37" model="product.product">
             <field name="type">product</field>
+            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
         </record>
         
         <record id="product.product_product_38" model="product.product">
@@ -152,6 +166,10 @@
             <field name="type">product</field>
         </record>
         
+        <record id="product.product_product_44" model="product.product">
+            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
+        </record>
+        
         <record id="product.product_product_45" model="product.product">
             <field name="type">product</field>
         </record>
@@ -167,7 +185,7 @@
         <record id="product.product_product_48" model="product.product">
             <field name="type">product</field>
         </record>
-    
+        
     </data>
 </openerp>
     
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/addons/procurement/procurement_view.xml b/addons/procurement/procurement_view.xml
index bf73b383216..debbe03c961 100644
--- a/addons/procurement/procurement_view.xml
+++ b/addons/procurement/procurement_view.xml
@@ -303,6 +303,32 @@
                     <button string="Request Procurement" name="%(act_make_procurement)d" type="action"/>
                     <button string="Orderpoints" name="%(product_open_orderpoint)d" type="action"/>
                 </xpath>
+                <xpath expr="//field[@name='supply_method']" position="before">
+                    <field name="procure_method" groups="base.group_user"/> 
+                </xpath>
+                <xpath expr="//group[@name='procurement_help']" position="inside">
+                <group name="procurement_help" class="oe_grey" col="1" groups="base.group_user">
+                    <p attrs="{'invisible': [('type','&lt;&gt;','service'),('procure_method','&lt;&gt;','make_to_stock')]}">
+                        When you sell this service, nothing special will be trigered
+                        to deliver the customer, as you set the procurement method as
+                        'Make to Stock'.
+                    </p>
+                    <p attrs="{'invisible': [('type','&lt;&gt;','product'),('procure_method','&lt;&gt;','make_to_stock')]}">
+                        When you sell this product, OpenERP will <b>use the available
+                        inventory</b> for the delivery order.
+                        <br/><br/>
+                        If there are not enough quantities available, the delivery order
+                        will wait for new products. To fulfill the inventory, you should
+                        create others rules like orderpoints.
+                    </p>
+                    <p attrs="{'invisible': [('type','&lt;&gt;','consu'),('procure_method','&lt;&gt;','make_to_stock')]}">
+                        When you sell this product, a delivery order will be created.
+                        OpenERP will consider that the <b>required quantities are always
+                        available</b> as it's a consumable (as a result of this, the quantity
+                        on hand may become negative).
+                    </p>
+                </group>
+                </xpath>
             </field>
         </record>
 
diff --git a/addons/product/product.py b/addons/product/product.py
index c918a4b8661..e3afc4dbd7d 100644
--- a/addons/product/product.py
+++ b/addons/product/product.py
@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ class product_template(osv.osv):
         'sale_delay': lambda *a: 7,
         'produce_delay': lambda *a: 1,
         'purchase_ok': lambda *a: 1,
-        'procure_method': lambda *a: 'make_to_stock',
         'uom_id': _get_uom_id,
         'uom_po_id': _get_uom_id,
         'uos_coeff' : lambda *a: 1.0,
diff --git a/addons/product/product_demo.xml b/addons/product/product_demo.xml
index 7e192ff1492..76cbd6a5c5d 100644
--- a/addons/product/product_demo.xml
+++ b/addons/product/product_demo.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
             <field name="standard_price">20.5</field>
             <field name="list_price">30.75</field>
             <field name="type">service</field>
-            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
             <field name="supply_method">produce</field>
             <field name="uom_id" ref="product_uom_hour"/>
             <field name="uom_po_id" ref="product_uom_hour"/>
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@
             <field name="standard_price">25.5</field>
             <field name="list_price">38.25</field>
             <field name="type">service</field>
-            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
             <field name="supply_method">produce</field>
             <field name="uom_id" ref="product_uom_hour"/>
             <field name="uom_po_id" ref="product_uom_hour"/>
@@ -98,7 +96,6 @@
             <field name="list_price">450.0</field>
             <field name="standard_price">300.0</field>
             <field name="type">consu</field>
-            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
             <field name="supply_method">produce</field>
             <field name="uom_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
             <field name="uom_po_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
@@ -116,8 +113,8 @@ HDD SH-1</field>
             <field name="standard_price">500.0</field>
             <field name="list_price">750.0</field>
             <field name="type">consu</field>
-            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
             <field name="supply_method">produce</field>
+
             <field name="uom_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
             <field name="uom_po_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
             <field name="sale_delay">4.0</field>
@@ -134,7 +131,6 @@ HDD SH-1</field>
             <field name="standard_price">600.0</field>
             <field name="list_price">900.0</field>
             <field name="type">consu</field>
-            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
             <field name="supply_method">produce</field>
             <field name="uom_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
             <field name="uom_po_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
@@ -179,7 +175,6 @@ HDD SH-1</field>
             <field name="standard_price">10.0</field>
             <field name="list_price">13.0</field>
             <field name="type">consu</field>
-            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
             <field name="uom_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
             <field name="uom_po_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
         </record>
@@ -210,7 +205,6 @@ HDD SH-1</field>
             <field name="standard_price">18</field>
             <field name="list_price">12.50</field>
             <field name="type">consu</field>
-            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
             <field name="uom_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
             <field name="uom_po_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
         </record>
@@ -251,7 +245,6 @@ HDD SH-1</field>
             <field name="standard_price">20.0</field>
             <field name="list_price">25.0</field>
             <field name="type">consu</field>
-            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
             <field name="supply_method">produce</field>
             <field name="uom_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
             <field name="uom_po_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
@@ -273,7 +266,6 @@ HDD SH-1</field>
             <field name="standard_price">1020.0</field>
             <field name="list_price">1150.0</field>
             <field name="type">consu</field>
-            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
             <field name="supply_method">produce</field>
             <field name="uom_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
             <field name="uom_po_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
@@ -285,7 +277,6 @@ HDD SH-1</field>
             <field name="standard_price">1100.0</field>
             <field name="list_price">1250.0</field>
             <field name="type">consu</field>
-            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
             <field name="supply_method">produce</field>
             <field name="uom_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
             <field name="uom_po_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
@@ -376,7 +367,6 @@ QWERTY keyboard</field>
             <field name="standard_price">3300.0</field>
             <field name="list_price">3645.0</field>
             <field name="type">consu</field>
-            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
             <field name="supply_method">produce</field>
             <field name="uom_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
             <field name="uom_po_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
@@ -443,7 +433,6 @@ QWERTY keyboard</field>
             <field name="standard_price">60.0</field>
             <field name="list_price">65.0</field>
             <field name="type">consu</field>
-            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
             <field name="uom_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
             <field name="uom_po_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
             <field name="description">Headset for laptop PC with USB connector.</field>
@@ -489,7 +478,6 @@ QWERTY keyboard</field>
             <field name="standard_price">4258.0</field>
             <field name="list_price">4410.0</field>
             <field name="type">consu</field>
-            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
             <field name="uom_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
             <field name="uom_po_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
             <field name="description">All in one hi-speed printer with fax and scanner.</field>
@@ -569,7 +557,6 @@ QWERTY keyboard</field>
             <field name="standard_price">155.0</field>
             <field name="list_price">173.0</field>
             <field name="type">consu</field>
-            <field name="procure_method">make_to_order</field>
             <field name="supply_method">produce</field>
             <field name="uom_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
             <field name="uom_po_id" ref="product_uom_unit"/>
diff --git a/addons/product/product_view.xml b/addons/product/product_view.xml
index 05825110851..de0c7dcdc7a 100644
--- a/addons/product/product_view.xml
+++ b/addons/product/product_view.xml
@@ -105,18 +105,17 @@
                             <page string="Procurements" groups="base.group_user">
                                 <group name="procurement">
                                     <group>
-                                     <!--   <field name="procure_method" groups="base.group_user"/>  -->
                                         <field name="supply_method" groups="base.group_user" invisible="1"/>
                                         <field name="cost_method" groups="product.group_costing_method"/>
                                         <field name="standard_price" attrs="{'readonly':[('cost_method','=','average')]}"/>
                                     </group>
                                     <group name="procurement_help" class="oe_grey" col="1" groups="base.group_user">
-                                        <p attrs="{'invisible': [('type','&lt;&gt;','service'),('procure_method','&lt;&gt;','make_to_stock')]}">
+                                        <p attrs="{'invisible': [('type','&lt;&gt;','service')]}">
                                             When you sell this service, nothing special will be trigered
                                             to deliver the customer, as you set the procurement method as
                                             'Make to Stock'.
                                         </p>
-                                        <p attrs="{'invisible': [('type','&lt;&gt;','product'),('procure_method','&lt;&gt;','make_to_stock')]}">
+                                        <p attrs="{'invisible': [('type','&lt;&gt;','product')]}">
                                             When you sell this product, OpenERP will <b>use the available
                                             inventory</b> for the delivery order.
                                             <br/><br/>
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@
                                             will wait for new products. To fulfill the inventory, you should
                                             create others rules like orderpoints.
                                         </p>
-                                        <p attrs="{'invisible': [('type','&lt;&gt;','consu'),('procure_method','&lt;&gt;','make_to_stock')]}">
+                                        <p attrs="{'invisible': [('type','&lt;&gt;','consu')]}">
                                             When you sell this product, a delivery order will be created.
                                             OpenERP will consider that the <b>required quantities are always
                                             available</b> as it's a consumable (as a result of this, the quantity
@@ -719,7 +718,6 @@
                             </group>
                             <group string="Procurement">
                                 <field name="type"/>
-                          <!--      <field name="procure_method"/>   -->
                                 <field name="supply_method"/>
                             </group>