Candy Store POS/inventory system

[kendal-2]

Greeting -- I just joined this list as I attempt to get my feet wet
with this hitherto daunting project.

Ofbiz's potential intrigues me; however, my immediate need/interest
is to get a simple POS system going for a friend's retail candy
store. My first inclination has been to rebuild the project in such a
way as to strip out the extraneous components that do not apply to my
application, so that I can show my friend an application/method that
will succinctly meet their needs. My friend is a woman with no time
on her hands except to enter in product pricing and quantities and to
review sales and inventory lists from time to time. Other
functionality would be distracting to her.

I have commented out elements within component-load.xml files, only
to have numerous Exceptions printed out in the log files. So instead
I thought I would ask you the experts directly... how do I reduce
Ofbiz to a simple retail POS/inventory system?

Thanks for all -- it's a great achievement that I hope apply!

kendal

[David E Jones]

In general, if you want to reduce effort then change as little as  
possible. Everything you change you end up maintaining.

OFBiz isn't designed to be a simple easy to use OOTB type of system.  
If that's what you are looking for chances are QuickBooks POS or  
something will work much better for you, and ultimately probably be  
cheaper as well. OFBiz is a pretty serious enterprise system with  
loads of functionality and is generally used by groups that do a lot  
of customization on it.

-David


On Apr 4, 2007, at 6:07 PM, Kendal wrote:

> Greeting -- I just joined this list as I attempt to get my feet wet  
> with this hitherto daunting project.
>
> Ofbiz's potential intrigues me; however, my immediate need/interest  
> is to get a simple POS system going for a friend's retail candy  
> store. My first inclination has been to rebuild the project in such  
> a way as to strip out the extraneous components that do not apply  
> to my application, so that I can show my friend an application/
> method that will succinctly meet their needs. My friend is a woman  
> with no time on her hands except to enter in product pricing and  
> quantities and to review sales and inventory lists from time to  
> time. Other functionality would be distracting to her.
>
> I have commented out elements within component-load.xml files, only  
> to have numerous Exceptions printed out in the log files. So  
> instead I thought I would ask you the experts directly... how do I  
> reduce Ofbiz to a simple retail POS/inventory system?
>
> Thanks for all -- it's a great achievement that I hope apply!
>
> kendal
>

[Vikrant.Rathore]

Hi Kendal,

For a simple POS would recommend you to use Tinapos. It has a simple
inventory module and easy to work with. Ofbiz is like killing a fly with
a sword for a small candy store. Its another issue if you want an online
portal for a candy store though.

Thanks
With best regards,
Vikrant


-----Original Message-----
From: Kendal [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 6:07 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Candy Store POS/inventory system

Greeting -- I just joined this list as I attempt to get my feet wet
with this hitherto daunting project.

Ofbiz's potential intrigues me; however, my immediate need/interest
is to get a simple POS system going for a friend's retail candy
store. My first inclination has been to rebuild the project in such a
way as to strip out the extraneous components that do not apply to my
application, so that I can show my friend an application/method that
will succinctly meet their needs. My friend is a woman with no time
on her hands except to enter in product pricing and quantities and to
review sales and inventory lists from time to time. Other
functionality would be distracting to her.

I have commented out elements within component-load.xml files, only
to have numerous Exceptions printed out in the log files. So instead
I thought I would ask you the experts directly... how do I reduce
Ofbiz to a simple retail POS/inventory system?

Thanks for all -- it's a great achievement that I hope apply!

kendal