Posted by
Jacques Le Roux on
May 25, 2006; 2:16pm
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Dev-Fwd-Re-OFBiz-Users-ERRROR-No-ShipmentPackageRouteSegs-Moved-to-Dev-tp168073p168081.html
> > yes I've looked at it but it will not fly with our users. They are
> > accustomed to a web based proprietary package with a very intuitive UI.
> > the picking/packing/shipping can be done from one screen. with a few
> > clicks, dozens of orders are out the door, with tracking#. if I tell
> > them they have to manually enter package weights I'll be taken out and
> > shot. I was almost taken out and shot when they looked at the order
> > manager. for now my goal is for them to not have to look at the facility
> > part. I plan on adding quickship instock items and packingslips to the
> > run action on the findorders list.
>
> If it becomes feasible for us to implement OFBiz in some capacity
> where I work, this is something I'd like to look into more closely.
> The logic and data model is much better than our own app, but there is
> no way a business can process a decent volume of orders with these
> screens the way they are now. My boss' conclusion: that OFBiz is not
> meant for 'serious' work. Should I manage to get the go ahead in any
> case, I'd really like to discuss reworking that part of the UI, or
> adding other paths through it that are more adept at handling higher
> volumes.
>
> Ciao,
> --
> David N. Welton
> -
http://www.dedasys.com/davidw/>
I agree. I made some consulting task (Prof Of Concept, POC) recently for an
international company based in Paris. The backoffice UI was also the bad point
of the story. Also when I recall myself discovering it one year ago I confess
that I had a hard time. In fact now that I know more of the backoffice UI, I
don't find it so bad. Of course there are some process (mainly in Order and
Facilities, picking/packing/shipping is a good example) that must be improved
but since one year now some has already be done. It can be done ! "Quick Ship
Entire Order" is a good example of this even if it's not applicable by every
type of activity.
I think that the current UIs was designed as a POC and not intended to be the
one finally used by customers. It's clear for frontal UIs (Ecommerce & POS) but
less for backoffice because it involved more thinking and work. As David J.
explained recently there are currently many tasks to be done before even
thinking to change the backoffice UI. As suggested by David W. above, a good way
to go would be to add some better workflows for tasks like
picking/packing/shipping, etc. Everybody can help....
The work Vinay is doing on adding a "Simple Commission Mechanism" (see Jira
OFBIZ-853), is a good example of what may be done by someone who was a newbie 6
months ago ! It's amazing to see how this is done with the help of vets.
OK, that's only my feeling
Jacques
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