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Re: Fw: Ofbiz for restaurants - please advise

Posted by Jacques Le Roux on Sep 11, 2007; 6:04am
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Fw-Ofbiz-for-restaurants-please-advise-tp148127p148129.html

Adrian

Yes I think you are right, the iPhone is a perfect example

Jacques

De : "Adrian Crum" <[hidden email]>

> I don't have any experience with POS touch screens specifically, but I do understand that touch
> screen monitors aren't aware of what software is running on the computer - they simply translate
> screen touches to mouse click coordinates. So, it seems to me that any software that accepts mouse
> clicks will work with a touch screen.
>
> -Adrian
> Jacques Le Roux wrote:
> > Forwarded because it was rejected by another moderator, don't know why this answer makes sense !
> >
> > Jacques
> >
> >
> > ----- Message d'origine -----
> > De : "Anidar" <[hidden email]>
> > À : <[hidden email]>
> > Envoyé : lundi 10 septembre 2007 19:30
> > Objet : RE: Ofbiz for restaurants - please advise
> >
> >
> >
> >>Not entirely sure you can do a "web based" implementation with a touch
> >>screen.  How can you guarantee the location of the browser?
> >>
> >>Skip
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Bilgin Ibryam [mailto:[hidden email]]
> >>Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 4:55 AM
> >>To: [hidden email]
> >>Subject: Ofbiz for restaurants - please advise
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Hi everybody,
> >>sorry for the long post, but please read ahead and tell me your opinion.
> >>I have to implement a web based pos system for a restaurant.
> >>Before start coding i will be glad to hear your opinions and advices.
> >>
> >>First of all i decided to go web-based instead of using existing ofbiz POS
> >>because it does not cover all my needs. In the restaurant i need:
> >>1) To enter the registered customers for order payments.
> >>2) To edit orders.
> >>3) To do Returns.
> >>4) To visualize tables, seats, to do table reservations...
> >>
> >>I decided to do a new ofbiz component, with UI similar to pos (but html, not
> >>swing) for easy using with touch screens, that allows order entering in a
> >>fast way (similar to order manger but with possibility to enter orders in
> >>lesser clicks).
> >>
> >>Is there someone that has experience in this kind of things that can give me
> >>some advice? Do you see any possible difficulties and drawbacks in doing a
> >>web based pos system?
> >>
> >>About the implementation:
> >>The other thing that i have to care are the tables and people setting there.
> >>For tables i can use Fixed assets, but i cannot decide how to handle/group
> >>customer orders.
> >>1) One way to go is to create a separate sales order for every person, so
> >>everyone can pay only for his/her products.
> >>Then i can group the orders for the table with a work effort. I need to
> >>group the orders, because i need all the time to calculate the total for the
> >>table, the total product list and the complete all the orders for the table
> >>with one click, if needed.
> >>Do you think that manipulating lots of orders could work fast enough,
> >>because for example the order creation in ofbiz is heavy_weight/slower than
> >>other operations?
> >>
> >>2) The other way to go is to create only one order per table at a time and
> >>to create separate ship groups for every person. This way i can assign
> >>parties to ship groups, but it is NOT possible these parties to pay only for
> >>their products in the ship group. Is it possible somehow? This way i have to
> >>create, edit , complete only one order for all the people setting around a
> >>table at moment.
> >>
> >>(In general my questions are: is it a good idea to do a web based pos and to
> >>manipulate lots of orders at the same time (like one order) regarding fast
> >>working needs of a pos system ?)
> >>
> >>Please advise and thanks in advance.
> >>Bilgin Ibryam
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