Hi, Pierre; Interesting that you mention this - I had reached out to Sharan a little while ago to inquire if OFBiz might be a tool we would want to use for managing our fundraising day-to-day workflow. I must confess that I lost focus on that effort, but came to see that it certainly seems possible.
So, aside from the idea of physical order lifecycle management, I would be game for doing a POC of sorts for OFBiz as a CRM type of tool, too. -- Daniel Ruggeri On 9/14/2018 6:50 AM, Pierre Smits wrote: > Hi all, > > This may not be the correct ml, but please forgive me. > > With the advent of the upcoming ACNA18 (plus other - planned - future US > and EU roadshows, collaborations with other event producers, like FOSDEM, > etc. and the prospective ACEU19) I foresee an uptake in ordering, shipping > & receiving, and tracking of ASF stuff [2]. > > Currently we maintain (dare I say haphazardly?) our inventory via a page in > confluence (see [1]) and the processes for requesting, ordering, shipping > (including drop-shipping) & receiving ASF stuff are happening in various > MLs and other comm channels (hip chat) and the procedures seem informal as > well. > > Also, we are increasingly communicating/promoting that products like > project specific consumables (powered-by stickers, business-cards etc.), > can be ordered/requested for 3rd party events, etc.. > > With the recently - informally - announced image site by Daniel (Gruno) [3] > we now have about approx 500 project logo and PB images that can be > requested in various sizes. > Combining all of the above we're potentially talking about dozens, if not > hundreds, individual transactions for requesting, ordering, shipping, > receiving, etc. over the course of the coming years > > I would think that an ASF specific OFBiz instance (to work with the > aforementioned repo of - approved - images) could be of benefit here. With > this we could have one (front-/back-end) location/solution where: > > 1. (initially) approved parties could: > 1. order from suppliers to deliver to the - various - keepers (as listed > in [1]) and future keepers; > 2. as ASF 3rd party event-coordinators, could order for the event > their coordinating to deliver directly (drop-shipment) to the event > location; > 3. confirm receipt of shipped goods; > 4. transfer inventory items from one keeper to another, with > automatic service orders for e.g. DHL, UPS, etc.; > 5. have an approval process (for budget holders) in place for > [#2],[#4] with automatic invoices to be sent to the Treasurer/Virtual > (and/or other stakeholders) > 6. keep track of what the ASF has in stock/use at event/keeper > locations > > > Of course, the above is only a short intro and there may be a lot of > aspects that can/should be elaborated upon. I am happy to address such > questions and/or remarks (from the various stakeholders) to see whether a > PoC could establish additional insights. > > What are your thoughts on this? > > > [1] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=81789772 > [2] ASF consumables like stickers, bracelets, leaflets, etc., and ASF > non-consumables like the feather, banners, recorders, etc. > [3] http://www.apache.org/logos/ > > Best regards, > > Pierre Smits > > *Apache Trafodion <https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President* > *Apache Directory <https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member* > Apache Incubator <https://incubator.apache.org>, committer > *Apache OFBiz <https://ofbiz.apache.org>, contributor (without privileges) > since 2008* > Apache Steve <https://steve.apache.org>, committer > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
