Inventory movement and scanning technology related question

[Rob Montalvo]

Dear all,
I would like to incorporate the ability to track the movement of inventory items using barcode scanning technology (scanners, or Android-based devices).
I have looked through the documentation, but I have not found anything that tells me what I need to do to make this happen.Is this something that is supported OOTB by OFBiz, or do I need to write a custom module?
Does anyone have any pointers they can share on how to accomplish such a feat?
Any open-source alternatives I should be looking into?
Thank you very much in advance!!!
Best regards,Rob
PS: Thanks a lot to Pierre Smits for his answers to my previous questions.  They were spot on!!

[Pierre Smits]

Hi Robert,

There is the handheld component (called hhfacility) in the special-purposes
folder. It has been developed to facilitate your requirement.
Unfortunately, I can't comment on the maturity.

Maybe any other contributor can chime in.

Pierre Smits

ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>
OFBiz based solutions & services

OFBiz Extensions Marketplace
http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/

On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 9:19 PM, Rob Montalvo <[hidden email]
> wrote:

> Dear all,
> I would like to incorporate the ability to track the movement of inventory
> items using barcode scanning technology (scanners, or Android-based
> devices).
> I have looked through the documentation, but I have not found anything
> that tells me what I need to do to make this happen.Is this something that
> is supported OOTB by OFBiz, or do I need to write a custom module?
> Does anyone have any pointers they can share on how to accomplish such a
> feat?
> Any open-source alternatives I should be looking into?
> Thank you very much in advance!!!
> Best regards,Rob
> PS: Thanks a lot to Pierre Smits for his answers to my previous
> questions.  They were spot on!!

[james_sg]

Rob Montalvo wrote

Dear all,
I would like to incorporate the ability to track the movement of inventory items using barcode scanning technology (scanners, or Android-based devices).
I have looked through the documentation, but I have not found anything that tells me what I need to do to make this happen.Is this something that is supported OOTB by OFBiz, or do I need to write a custom module?
Does anyone have any pointers they can share on how to accomplish such a feat?
Any open-source alternatives I should be looking into?
Thank you very much in advance!!!
Best regards,Rob
PS: Thanks a lot to Pierre Smits for his answers to my previous questions.  They were spot on!!

Hi Robert,

Try googling for: barcode4j fop

Regards,
James Yong

[Julien NICOLAS]

Hi Robert,

I try a bit this hhfacility module and it could be usefull if your
specifications match with this component.
However, if you need some features that doesn't exist in this component,
I suggest to improve this one instead of create a new one.

For the barcode reading, if your bar code scanner is a keyboard
emulation like (usb device, android app, etc.), you have just to set it
to send an "enter" key after reading the bar code. Normally it will
validate the form after reading the bar code.

If your bar code scanner is a RS232/422/485, it could be more
complicated depending on your specifications.

Regards,

Julien.

Le 20/03/2016 11:51, Pierre Smits a écrit :

> Hi Robert,
>
> There is the handheld component (called hhfacility) in the special-purposes
> folder. It has been developed to facilitate your requirement.
> Unfortunately, I can't comment on the maturity.
>
> Maybe any other contributor can chime in.
>
> Pierre Smits
>
> ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>
> OFBiz based solutions & services
>
> OFBiz Extensions Marketplace
> http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/
>
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 9:19 PM, Rob Montalvo <[hidden email]
>> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> I would like to incorporate the ability to track the movement of inventory
>> items using barcode scanning technology (scanners, or Android-based
>> devices).
>> I have looked through the documentation, but I have not found anything
>> that tells me what I need to do to make this happen.Is this something that
>> is supported OOTB by OFBiz, or do I need to write a custom module?
>> Does anyone have any pointers they can share on how to accomplish such a
>> feat?
>> Any open-source alternatives I should be looking into?
>> Thank you very much in advance!!!
>> Best regards,Rob
>> PS: Thanks a lot to Pierre Smits for his answers to my previous
>> questions.  They were spot on!!

[Pierre Smits]

There is no need to try something new as OFBiz has barcode functions in
place, see https://demo-trunk-ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditProduct
and the barcode button.

Best regards,

Pierre Smits

ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>
OFBiz based solutions & services

OFBiz Extensions Marketplace
http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 2:42 AM, james_sg <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Rob Montalvo wrote
> > Dear all,
> > I would like to incorporate the ability to track the movement of
> inventory
> > items using barcode scanning technology (scanners, or Android-based
> > devices).
> > I have looked through the documentation, but I have not found anything
> > that tells me what I need to do to make this happen.Is this something
> that
> > is supported OOTB by OFBiz, or do I need to write a custom module?
> > Does anyone have any pointers they can share on how to accomplish such a
> > feat?
> > Any open-source alternatives I should be looking into?
> > Thank you very much in advance!!!
> > Best regards,Rob
> > PS: Thanks a lot to Pierre Smits for his answers to my previous
> questions.
> >  They were spot on!!
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> Try googling for: barcode4j fop
>
> Regards,
> James Yong
>
>
>
>
> --
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>

[james_sg]

Hi Pierre,

You are right. Thanks!

Regards,
James

Pierre Smits wrote

There is no need to try something new as OFBiz has barcode functions in
place, see https://demo-trunk-ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditProduct
and the barcode button.

Best regards,

Pierre Smits

ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>
OFBiz based solutions & services

OFBiz Extensions Marketplace
http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 2:42 AM, james_sg <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Rob Montalvo wrote
> > Dear all,
> > I would like to incorporate the ability to track the movement of
> inventory
> > items using barcode scanning technology (scanners, or Android-based
> > devices).
> > I have looked through the documentation, but I have not found anything
> > that tells me what I need to do to make this happen.Is this something
> that
> > is supported OOTB by OFBiz, or do I need to write a custom module?
> > Does anyone have any pointers they can share on how to accomplish such a
> > feat?
> > Any open-source alternatives I should be looking into?
> > Thank you very much in advance!!!
> > Best regards,Rob
> > PS: Thanks a lot to Pierre Smits for his answers to my previous
> questions.
> >  They were spot on!!
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> Try googling for: barcode4j fop
>
> Regards,
> James Yong
>
>
>
>
> --
> View this message in context:
> http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Inventory-movement-and-scanning-technology-related-question-tp4678064p4678128.html
> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>

[Jacques Le Roux]

You can use a barcode scanner to enter the barcodes in a web interface as if you were doing it by hand (you will see numbers in web fields, not
barcodes of course).
This said you might need to adapt the OOTB OFBiz UI to fit your needs...

Jacques

Le 19/03/2016 21:19, Rob Montalvo a écrit :
> Dear all,
> I would like to incorporate the ability to track the movement of inventory items using barcode scanning technology (scanners, or Android-based devices).
> I have looked through the documentation, but I have not found anything that tells me what I need to do to make this happen.Is this something that is supported OOTB by OFBiz, or do I need to write a custom module?
> Does anyone have any pointers they can share on how to accomplish such a feat?
> Any open-source alternatives I should be looking into?
> Thank you very much in advance!!!
> Best regards,Rob
> PS: Thanks a lot to Pierre Smits for his answers to my previous questions.  They were spot on!!

[Heidi Dehaes - Olagos]

I use a barcode scanner which behaves like a keyboard.
Just put the cursor in the right field on the screen and scan.
You don't need extra software for this functionality.
I use it in Ofbiz.

Regards,
Eric

Olagos bvba
Heidi Dehaes
Kerkstraat 34
2570 Duffel
Belgium
Tel. :     [phone]
GSM :    0485/22 35 80
E-mail : [hidden email]
http://www.olagos.eu
http://www.olagos.com
http://www.olagos.be
http://www.olagos.nl



2016-03-21 10:41 GMT+01:00 Jacques Le Roux <[hidden email]>:

> You can use a barcode scanner to enter the barcodes in a web interface as
> if you were doing it by hand (you will see numbers in web fields, not
> barcodes of course).
> This said you might need to adapt the OOTB OFBiz UI to fit your needs...
>
> Jacques
>
>
> Le 19/03/2016 21:19, Rob Montalvo a écrit :
>
>> Dear all,
>> I would like to incorporate the ability to track the movement of
>> inventory items using barcode scanning technology (scanners, or
>> Android-based devices).
>> I have looked through the documentation, but I have not found anything
>> that tells me what I need to do to make this happen.Is this something that
>> is supported OOTB by OFBiz, or do I need to write a custom module?
>> Does anyone have any pointers they can share on how to accomplish such a
>> feat?
>> Any open-source alternatives I should be looking into?
>> Thank you very much in advance!!!
>> Best regards,Rob
>> PS: Thanks a lot to Pierre Smits for his answers to my previous
>> questions.  They were spot on!!
>>
>

[Pierre Smits]

Hi Eric,

Great endorsement! Thanks. We love to hear more of those.

Best regards,

Pierre Smits

ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>
OFBiz based solutions & services

OFBiz Extensions Marketplace
http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Heidi Dehaes - Olagos <
[hidden email]> wrote:

> I use a barcode scanner which behaves like a keyboard.
> Just put the cursor in the right field on the screen and scan.
> You don't need extra software for this functionality.
> I use it in Ofbiz.
>
> Regards,
> Eric
>
> Olagos bvba
> Heidi Dehaes
> Kerkstraat 34
> 2570 Duffel
> Belgium
> Tel. :     [phone]
> GSM :    0485/22 35 80
> E-mail : [hidden email]
> http://www.olagos.eu
> http://www.olagos.com
> http://www.olagos.be
> http://www.olagos.nl
>
>
>
> 2016-03-21 10:41 GMT+01:00 Jacques Le Roux <[hidden email]>:
>
> > You can use a barcode scanner to enter the barcodes in a web interface as
> > if you were doing it by hand (you will see numbers in web fields, not
> > barcodes of course).
> > This said you might need to adapt the OOTB OFBiz UI to fit your needs...
> >
> > Jacques
> >
> >
> > Le 19/03/2016 21:19, Rob Montalvo a écrit :
> >
> >> Dear all,
> >> I would like to incorporate the ability to track the movement of
> >> inventory items using barcode scanning technology (scanners, or
> >> Android-based devices).
> >> I have looked through the documentation, but I have not found anything
> >> that tells me what I need to do to make this happen.Is this something
> that
> >> is supported OOTB by OFBiz, or do I need to write a custom module?
> >> Does anyone have any pointers they can share on how to accomplish such a
> >> feat?
> >> Any open-source alternatives I should be looking into?
> >> Thank you very much in advance!!!
> >> Best regards,Rob
> >> PS: Thanks a lot to Pierre Smits for his answers to my previous
> >> questions.  They were spot on!!
> >>
> >
>

[Pierre Smits]

Tweeted. See https://twitter.com/OFBizCI_OEM/status/711853491963215873

Pierre Smits

ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>
OFBiz based solutions & services

OFBiz Extensions Marketplace
http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:52 AM, Pierre Smits <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> Hi Eric,
>
> Great endorsement! Thanks. We love to hear more of those.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Pierre Smits
>
> ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>
> OFBiz based solutions & services
>
> OFBiz Extensions Marketplace
> http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Heidi Dehaes - Olagos <
> [hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> I use a barcode scanner which behaves like a keyboard.
>> Just put the cursor in the right field on the screen and scan.
>> You don't need extra software for this functionality.
>> I use it in Ofbiz.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Eric
>>
>> Olagos bvba
>> Heidi Dehaes
>> Kerkstraat 34
>> 2570 Duffel
>> Belgium
>> Tel. :     [phone]
>> GSM :    0485/22 35 80
>> E-mail : [hidden email]
>> http://www.olagos.eu
>> http://www.olagos.com
>> http://www.olagos.be
>> http://www.olagos.nl
>>
>>
>>
>> 2016-03-21 10:41 GMT+01:00 Jacques Le Roux <[hidden email]
>> >:
>>
>> > You can use a barcode scanner to enter the barcodes in a web interface
>> as
>> > if you were doing it by hand (you will see numbers in web fields, not
>> > barcodes of course).
>> > This said you might need to adapt the OOTB OFBiz UI to fit your needs...
>> >
>> > Jacques
>> >
>> >
>> > Le 19/03/2016 21:19, Rob Montalvo a écrit :
>> >
>> >> Dear all,
>> >> I would like to incorporate the ability to track the movement of
>> >> inventory items using barcode scanning technology (scanners, or
>> >> Android-based devices).
>> >> I have looked through the documentation, but I have not found anything
>> >> that tells me what I need to do to make this happen.Is this something
>> that
>> >> is supported OOTB by OFBiz, or do I need to write a custom module?
>> >> Does anyone have any pointers they can share on how to accomplish such
>> a
>> >> feat?
>> >> Any open-source alternatives I should be looking into?
>> >> Thank you very much in advance!!!
>> >> Best regards,Rob
>> >> PS: Thanks a lot to Pierre Smits for his answers to my previous
>> >> questions.  They were spot on!!
>> >>
>> >
>>
>
>

[Heidi Dehaes - Olagos]

:-)
Eric

Olagos bvba
Heidi Dehaes
Kerkstraat 34
2570 Duffel
Belgium
Tel. :     [phone]
GSM :    0485/22 35 80
E-mail : [hidden email]
http://www.olagos.eu
http://www.olagos.com
http://www.olagos.be
http://www.olagos.nl



2016-03-21 10:55 GMT+01:00 Pierre Smits <[hidden email]>:

> Tweeted. See https://twitter.com/OFBizCI_OEM/status/711853491963215873
>
> Pierre Smits
>
> ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>
> OFBiz based solutions & services
>
> OFBiz Extensions Marketplace
> http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:52 AM, Pierre Smits <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Eric,
> >
> > Great endorsement! Thanks. We love to hear more of those.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Pierre Smits
> >
> > ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>
> > OFBiz based solutions & services
> >
> > OFBiz Extensions Marketplace
> > http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Heidi Dehaes - Olagos <
> > [hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> >> I use a barcode scanner which behaves like a keyboard.
> >> Just put the cursor in the right field on the screen and scan.
> >> You don't need extra software for this functionality.
> >> I use it in Ofbiz.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Eric
> >>
> >> Olagos bvba
> >> Heidi Dehaes
> >> Kerkstraat 34
> >> 2570 Duffel
> >> Belgium
> >> Tel. :     [phone]
> >> GSM :    0485/22 35 80
> >> E-mail : [hidden email]
> >> http://www.olagos.eu
> >> http://www.olagos.com
> >> http://www.olagos.be
> >> http://www.olagos.nl
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2016-03-21 10:41 GMT+01:00 Jacques Le Roux <
> [hidden email]
> >> >:
> >>
> >> > You can use a barcode scanner to enter the barcodes in a web interface
> >> as
> >> > if you were doing it by hand (you will see numbers in web fields, not
> >> > barcodes of course).
> >> > This said you might need to adapt the OOTB OFBiz UI to fit your
> needs...
> >> >
> >> > Jacques
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Le 19/03/2016 21:19, Rob Montalvo a écrit :
> >> >
> >> >> Dear all,
> >> >> I would like to incorporate the ability to track the movement of
> >> >> inventory items using barcode scanning technology (scanners, or
> >> >> Android-based devices).
> >> >> I have looked through the documentation, but I have not found
> anything
> >> >> that tells me what I need to do to make this happen.Is this something
> >> that
> >> >> is supported OOTB by OFBiz, or do I need to write a custom module?
> >> >> Does anyone have any pointers they can share on how to accomplish
> such
> >> a
> >> >> feat?
> >> >> Any open-source alternatives I should be looking into?
> >> >> Thank you very much in advance!!!
> >> >> Best regards,Rob
> >> >> PS: Thanks a lot to Pierre Smits for his answers to my previous
> >> >> questions.  They were spot on!!
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>

[Rob Montalvo]

All,

Thank you very much for the feedback.  This is certainly reassuring.

Eric,

Would you be willing to share the details of the particular scanner you are currently using?  Also, please pardon my ignorance here as I am new to OFBiz (been working on/with it for less than a month), are you relying on the hhfacility alluded to by Pierre (earlier in the thread) in the use case you described?

Thank you in advance for all the help!

Rob

> On Mar 21, 2016, at 5:46 AM, Heidi Dehaes - Olagos <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I use a barcode scanner which behaves like a keyboard.
> Just put the cursor in the right field on the screen and scan.
> You don't need extra software for this functionality.
> I use it in Ofbiz.
>
> Regards,
> Eric
>
> Olagos bvba
> Heidi Dehaes
> Kerkstraat 34
> 2570 Duffel
> Belgium
> Tel. :     [phone]
> GSM :    0485/22 35 80
> E-mail : [hidden email]
> http://www.olagos.eu
> http://www.olagos.com
> http://www.olagos.be
> http://www.olagos.nl
>
>
>
> 2016-03-21 10:41 GMT+01:00 Jacques Le Roux <[hidden email]>:
>
>> You can use a barcode scanner to enter the barcodes in a web interface as
>> if you were doing it by hand (you will see numbers in web fields, not
>> barcodes of course).
>> This said you might need to adapt the OOTB OFBiz UI to fit your needs...
>>
>> Jacques
>>
>>
>> Le 19/03/2016 21:19, Rob Montalvo a écrit :
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>> I would like to incorporate the ability to track the movement of
>>> inventory items using barcode scanning technology (scanners, or
>>> Android-based devices).
>>> I have looked through the documentation, but I have not found anything
>>> that tells me what I need to do to make this happen.Is this something that
>>> is supported OOTB by OFBiz, or do I need to write a custom module?
>>> Does anyone have any pointers they can share on how to accomplish such a
>>> feat?
>>> Any open-source alternatives I should be looking into?
>>> Thank you very much in advance!!!
>>> Best regards,Rob
>>> PS: Thanks a lot to Pierre Smits for his answers to my previous
>>> questions.  They were spot on!!
>>

[Heidi Dehaes - Olagos]

Rob,

About every scanner you buy is connected with a special cable between your
keyboard and your computer.
This means you connect these cables and you can work with them immediately.
It behaves like a keyboard.
This means everywhere is a field you can put a cursor in , the scanner can
scan and put the numbers into the field.
For example you can use it in MS Excel, or in MS Word, or in Ofbiz ,etc etc.
In ofbiz in the catalog manager there is for every product an ID field
(identification) where you can choose if you put a ISBN number in it for
books, or the EAN number for barcodes of products, and some other types.
Put in every product ID field , the barcode of the field.
If you have done that big work, you can use the inventory management module
to lookup the ID field. Normally OOTB you can search only on Product code
or Product internal code. Pierre Smits has a solution to add the ID field
so you can search into the inventory easily with the barcode scanner on the
ID field of the product.

Regards,
Eric

Olagos bvba
Heidi Dehaes
Kerkstraat 34
2570 Duffel
Belgium
Tel. :     [phone]
GSM :    0485/22 35 80
E-mail : [hidden email]
http://www.olagos.eu
http://www.olagos.com
http://www.olagos.be
http://www.olagos.nl



2016-03-21 12:10 GMT+01:00 Rob Montalvo <[hidden email]>:

> All,
>
> Thank you very much for the feedback.  This is certainly reassuring.
>
> Eric,
>
> Would you be willing to share the details of the particular scanner you
> are currently using?  Also, please pardon my ignorance here as I am new to
> OFBiz (been working on/with it for less than a month), are you relying on
> the hhfacility alluded to by Pierre (earlier in the thread) in the use case
> you described?
>
> Thank you in advance for all the help!
>
> Rob
>
>
> > On Mar 21, 2016, at 5:46 AM, Heidi Dehaes - Olagos <
> [hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > I use a barcode scanner which behaves like a keyboard.
> > Just put the cursor in the right field on the screen and scan.
> > You don't need extra software for this functionality.
> > I use it in Ofbiz.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Eric
> >
> > Olagos bvba
> > Heidi Dehaes
> > Kerkstraat 34
> > 2570 Duffel
> > Belgium
> > Tel. :     [phone]
> > GSM :    0485/22 35 80
> > E-mail : [hidden email]
> > http://www.olagos.eu
> > http://www.olagos.com
> > http://www.olagos.be
> > http://www.olagos.nl
> >
> >
> >
> > 2016-03-21 10:41 GMT+01:00 Jacques Le Roux <[hidden email]
> >:
> >
> >> You can use a barcode scanner to enter the barcodes in a web interface
> as
> >> if you were doing it by hand (you will see numbers in web fields, not
> >> barcodes of course).
> >> This said you might need to adapt the OOTB OFBiz UI to fit your needs...
> >>
> >> Jacques
> >>
> >>
> >> Le 19/03/2016 21:19, Rob Montalvo a écrit :
> >>
> >>> Dear all,
> >>> I would like to incorporate the ability to track the movement of
> >>> inventory items using barcode scanning technology (scanners, or
> >>> Android-based devices).
> >>> I have looked through the documentation, but I have not found anything
> >>> that tells me what I need to do to make this happen.Is this something
> that
> >>> is supported OOTB by OFBiz, or do I need to write a custom module?
> >>> Does anyone have any pointers they can share on how to accomplish such
> a
> >>> feat?
> >>> Any open-source alternatives I should be looking into?
> >>> Thank you very much in advance!!!
> >>> Best regards,Rob
> >>> PS: Thanks a lot to Pierre Smits for his answers to my previous
> >>> questions.  They were spot on!!
> >>
>