Delivery schedules for product categories

[wp.rauchholz]

After testing with ofbiz, I need advice from experts if the following is possible.

Background:
We need to show in e-Commerce a schedule of parts in weekly buckets for the next six weeks. I use categories for this. Example
• Product Category Name: Products week 42: 15/10 – 21/10
• Product Category Name: Products week 43: 22/10 – 28/10
• Product Category Name: Products week 44: 29/10 – 4/11
• Product Category Name: Products week 45: 5/11 – 11/11

The customer can order products in any of these weeks; but these will also be delivered only in that same week.
I set the THROUGH DATE in Category Roll-up to the end of each corresponding week (21/10, 28/10, etc..). The category will disappear once this date is passed. This is what we need.

Challenge:
I have not been able to define for product categories delivery valid dates from – to. If a customer enters an order e.g. for wk 44, he/she can enter a deliver for another week.

Thanks for your insight. Wolfgang

[Rishi Solanki]

Two ways to achieve this;
Setup Catalog for each week and configure them in ProductStoreCatalog.
And as per your approach use ProductCategoryRollup for the same.

Refer OrderDemoData.xml to understand it better.

Best Regards,
--
Rishi Solanki
Sr Manager, Enterprise Software Development
HotWax Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Direct: [phone]
http://www.hotwaxsystems.com
www.hotwax.co


On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 2:29 PM [hidden email] <
[hidden email]> wrote:

> After testing with ofbiz, I need advice from experts if the following is
> possible.
>
> Background:
> We need to show in e-Commerce a schedule of parts in weekly buckets for
> the next six weeks. I use categories for this. Example
> •       Product Category Name: Products week 42: 15/10 – 21/10
> •       Product Category Name: Products week 43: 22/10 – 28/10
> •       Product Category Name: Products week 44: 29/10 – 4/11
> •       Product Category Name: Products week 45: 5/11 – 11/11
>
> The customer can order products in any of these weeks; but these will also
> be delivered only in that same week.
> I set the THROUGH DATE in Category Roll-up to the end of each
> corresponding week (21/10, 28/10, etc..). The category will disappear once
> this date is passed. This is what we need.
>
> Challenge:
> I have not been able to define for product categories delivery valid dates
> from – to. If a customer enters an order e.g. for wk 44, he/she can enter a
> deliver for another week.
>
> Thanks for your insight. Wolfgang
>
>

[wp.rauchholz]

Thank you Rishi,

I tried t Catalog option too, but it poses the same challenges I cannot
overcome which is to define a delivery schedule (from...to) for each
category (or catalog)
Products from Category 1 can only be delivered in week from Oct 22 - 28
Products from Category 2 can only be delivered in week from Oct 29 - Nov 4
Products from Category 3 can only be delivered in week from Nov 5 - Nov 11
etc...

Or am I missing something?

Wolfgang


On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 2:01 PM Rishi Solanki <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> Two ways to achieve this;
> Setup Catalog for each week and configure them in ProductStoreCatalog.
> And as per your approach use ProductCategoryRollup for the same.
>
> Refer OrderDemoData.xml to understand it better.
>
> Best Regards,
> --
> Rishi Solanki
> Sr Manager, Enterprise Software Development
> HotWax Systems Pvt. Ltd.
> Direct: [phone]
> http://www.hotwaxsystems.com
> www.hotwax.co
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 2:29 PM [hidden email] <
> [hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > After testing with ofbiz, I need advice from experts if the following is
> > possible.
> >
> > Background:
> > We need to show in e-Commerce a schedule of parts in weekly buckets for
> > the next six weeks. I use categories for this. Example
> > •       Product Category Name: Products week 42: 15/10 – 21/10
> > •       Product Category Name: Products week 43: 22/10 – 28/10
> > •       Product Category Name: Products week 44: 29/10 – 4/11
> > •       Product Category Name: Products week 45: 5/11 – 11/11
> >
> > The customer can order products in any of these weeks; but these will
> also
> > be delivered only in that same week.
> > I set the THROUGH DATE in Category Roll-up to the end of each
> > corresponding week (21/10, 28/10, etc..). The category will disappear
> once
> > this date is passed. This is what we need.
> >
> > Challenge:
> > I have not been able to define for product categories delivery valid
> dates
> > from – to. If a customer enters an order e.g. for wk 44, he/she can
> enter a
> > deliver for another week.
> >
> > Thanks for your insight. Wolfgang
> >
> >
>

--

Wolfgang Rauchholz

[Rishi Solanki]

Dear Wolfgang,
Could you please share the details one more time with some example you
wanted to achieve. Also challenge you are facing is not much clear. I again
read your email, and feels I replied to your question without proper
attention.
Please share the details one more time with some example, will help us to
understand your requirement.

Best Regards,
--
Rishi Solanki
Sr Manager, Enterprise Software Development
HotWax Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Direct: [phone]
http://www.hotwaxsystems.com
www.hotwax.co


On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 6:54 PM Wolfgang Paul Rauchholz <
[hidden email]> wrote:

> Thank you Rishi,
>
> I tried t Catalog option too, but it poses the same challenges I cannot
> overcome which is to define a delivery schedule (from...to) for each
> category (or catalog)
> Products from Category 1 can only be delivered in week from Oct 22 - 28
> Products from Category 2 can only be delivered in week from Oct 29 - Nov 4
> Products from Category 3 can only be delivered in week from Nov 5 - Nov 11
> etc...
>
> Or am I missing something?
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 2:01 PM Rishi Solanki <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
> > Two ways to achieve this;
> > Setup Catalog for each week and configure them in ProductStoreCatalog.
> > And as per your approach use ProductCategoryRollup for the same.
> >
> > Refer OrderDemoData.xml to understand it better.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > --
> > Rishi Solanki
> > Sr Manager, Enterprise Software Development
> > HotWax Systems Pvt. Ltd.
> > Direct: [phone]
> > http://www.hotwaxsystems.com
> > www.hotwax.co
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 2:29 PM [hidden email] <
> > [hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > > After testing with ofbiz, I need advice from experts if the following
> is
> > > possible.
> > >
> > > Background:
> > > We need to show in e-Commerce a schedule of parts in weekly buckets for
> > > the next six weeks. I use categories for this. Example
> > > •       Product Category Name: Products week 42: 15/10 – 21/10
> > > •       Product Category Name: Products week 43: 22/10 – 28/10
> > > •       Product Category Name: Products week 44: 29/10 – 4/11
> > > •       Product Category Name: Products week 45: 5/11 – 11/11
> > >
> > > The customer can order products in any of these weeks; but these will
> > also
> > > be delivered only in that same week.
> > > I set the THROUGH DATE in Category Roll-up to the end of each
> > > corresponding week (21/10, 28/10, etc..). The category will disappear
> > once
> > > this date is passed. This is what we need.
> > >
> > > Challenge:
> > > I have not been able to define for product categories delivery valid
> > dates
> > > from – to. If a customer enters an order e.g. for wk 44, he/she can
> > enter a
> > > deliver for another week.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your insight. Wolfgang
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
>
> Wolfgang Rauchholz
>

[wp.rauchholz]

What are we trying to accomplish?
We want to setup with ofbiz a weekly subscription based food delivery
business.
In order to complete the order, the customer has to take some decisions:

   - # days; for how many days of the week do I want to receive weekly
   servings? Example: 3 days
   - # people; for how many people am I ordering food? Example: 4 people

This information tells the system the size of the weekly food kit. 3 days x
4 people = 12 servings

To complete the order we need to know which servings (or dishes) are being
packed into the food kit.
Ofbiz shall offer a proposed kit of 3 days worth of servings for 12 people
(can be done with the sequence number in category / item roll-up)
But the customer should be able to change the servings within the kit. I
consider now to create 12 unique food kit part numbers; one for each
possible combination of #days and # servings. (is this the best option?)
There are several challenges I have not found the right answer for.

   - The Food Kit part is best configured as:
      - Finished Good / Virtual/ Variant
      - Finished Good / Variant
      - Configurable Product / Variant (is this even possible?
      - Configurable Product only
      - Marketing Package
      - Any other?
   - Weekly planning of food kit; the customer should only see and
   configure the food kit delivery of next week, but also the possibilities of
   food kit deliveries the following 3 weeks

I hope this explains better what we are trying to achieve and thank you for
helping.

Wolfgang


On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 1:36 PM Rishi Solanki <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> Dear Wolfgang,
> Could you please share the details one more time with some example you
> wanted to achieve. Also challenge you are facing is not much clear. I again
> read your email, and feels I replied to your question without proper
> attention.
> Please share the details one more time with some example, will help us to
> understand your requirement.
>
> Best Regards,
> --
> Rishi Solanki
> Sr Manager, Enterprise Software Development
> HotWax Systems Pvt. Ltd.
> Direct: [phone]
> http://www.hotwaxsystems.com
> www.hotwax.co
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 6:54 PM Wolfgang Paul Rauchholz <
> [hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Thank you Rishi,
> >
> > I tried t Catalog option too, but it poses the same challenges I cannot
> > overcome which is to define a delivery schedule (from...to) for each
> > category (or catalog)
> > Products from Category 1 can only be delivered in week from Oct 22 - 28
> > Products from Category 2 can only be delivered in week from Oct 29 - Nov
> 4
> > Products from Category 3 can only be delivered in week from Nov 5 - Nov
> 11
> > etc...
> >
> > Or am I missing something?
> >
> > Wolfgang
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 2:01 PM Rishi Solanki <[hidden email]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Two ways to achieve this;
> > > Setup Catalog for each week and configure them in ProductStoreCatalog.
> > > And as per your approach use ProductCategoryRollup for the same.
> > >
> > > Refer OrderDemoData.xml to understand it better.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > --
> > > Rishi Solanki
> > > Sr Manager, Enterprise Software Development
> > > HotWax Systems Pvt. Ltd.
> > > Direct: [phone]
> > > http://www.hotwaxsystems.com
> > > www.hotwax.co
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 2:29 PM [hidden email] <
> > > [hidden email]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > After testing with ofbiz, I need advice from experts if the following
> > is
> > > > possible.
> > > >
> > > > Background:
> > > > We need to show in e-Commerce a schedule of parts in weekly buckets
> for
> > > > the next six weeks. I use categories for this. Example
> > > > •       Product Category Name: Products week 42: 15/10 – 21/10
> > > > •       Product Category Name: Products week 43: 22/10 – 28/10
> > > > •       Product Category Name: Products week 44: 29/10 – 4/11
> > > > •       Product Category Name: Products week 45: 5/11 – 11/11
> > > >
> > > > The customer can order products in any of these weeks; but these will
> > > also
> > > > be delivered only in that same week.
> > > > I set the THROUGH DATE in Category Roll-up to the end of each
> > > > corresponding week (21/10, 28/10, etc..). The category will disappear
> > > once
> > > > this date is passed. This is what we need.
> > > >
> > > > Challenge:
> > > > I have not been able to define for product categories delivery valid
> > > dates
> > > > from – to. If a customer enters an order e.g. for wk 44, he/she can
> > > enter a
> > > > deliver for another week.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your insight. Wolfgang
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Wolfgang Rauchholz
> >
>

--

Wolfgang Rauchholz