Posted by
Leon Torres-2 on
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/OFBiz-Users-Hello-world-tp136505p136506.html
David Welton wrote:
>
> An order goes out to a client, who then sends back one of the items
> from the order. My research indicates that so far, ofbiz is still
> with me. Then, an operator here mistakenly enters the returned item
> as a returned order, rather than just a returned item. Currently the
> answer is "go fiddle with the database to roll it back". Yuck.
>
> We get orders in from suppliers, then need to store the products until
> all the items to send out to a particular client are ready. We use an
> in-house bar code system for this. How hard is something like that to
> integrate into ofbiz? How about when a client's order is ready,
> printout out a list of things to send? (This is pick/pack, right?)
>
> Continuing with this one... a lot of our orders are for single items,
> so instead of stocking all the items that arrive from the supplier and
> then pulling them back out again, a better algorithm would be to short
> circuit this and put all the single-items aside for immediate
> shipping.
>
> There are other things like this, but this ought to give me an idea of
> how things might work...
Briefly, OFBiz uses a Service Oriented Architecture. It makes the business
logic pluggable, so you can easily rip out the parts that don't meet your
requirements and plug in a service that does what you need. As long as you stick
to the design principles, it is very easy to modify and maintain a customized
solution.
Also, the database schema is highly normalized, you can do pretty much anything
you want with it. For instance, it allows for multiple returns per order, so you
won't encounter the issue where a return is marked for the whole order. You
could probably add a field for bar codes to one of the entities, something which
is very easy to implement and maintain with the sophisticated entityengine. As
you customize ofbiz for your needs, you'll find yourself doing simplifications
more than feature additions and collaborating with others on new features.
And of course, the source code is there for you to play with and modify. :-)
- Leon
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