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Our Alumni Relations area has lotts of stuff that they keep for giveaways, contests, sales, etc. Frames, tshirts, logoed materials. They ahve asked me if I can develop an inventory management system for this.
Is there precedent for adapting something like this into RE?
Any thoughts are appreciated.
__________________ Peter Gulka
Chief Bus Driver
Blackbaud User Society www.blackbus.org
Surely, you've been reading the thread about RE not being an accounting system. It's also not an inventory management system.
Events does have some inventory management tools, but it's really not designed for that. You are forced to create arbitrary event and registrant records just to get access to the inventory management tools, and those tools are not very robust.
You are much better off exploring other options.
Drew
__________________ J. Drew Allen
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Crystal Reports and SQL Server Consultant
It is better to live your destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.
I agree with Drew, RE is probably not the best bet; however if you are determined to use RE I would suggest creating an event called "Inventory", each time you add to your inventory log it as an expense and then use benefits to track the outflows. This won't allow for any real inventory control or other means of actual inventory tracking.
__________________ Elaine Tucker Stewardship Coordinator St. Mark's School of Texas USA www.smtexas.org
After working logistics for a couple of years, I would suggest using access. Inventory management systems are expensive and over kill for what you want to do. You can also check with your procurement or supply department.
__________________ Eugene Phillips
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After working logistics for a couple of years, I would suggest using access. Inventory management systems are expensive and over kill for what you want to do. You can also check with your procurement or supply department.
I was also going to suggest using MS Access. My version (2003) has a template for "Inventory Control". I've never used it, so I can't tell you how good it is, but it would certainly be a good place to start.
Drew
__________________ J. Drew Allen
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Crystal Reports and SQL Server Consultant
It is better to live your destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.
I was also going to suggest using MS Access. My version (2003) has a template for "Inventory Control". I've never used it, so I can't tell you how good it is, but it would certainly be a good place to start.
Drew
MS Access was also my first thought, and, since the Inventory Control template allows selection of the fields needed, it looks like it would be useful at different levels - it can be set up to track only basic info or info that is more complex.
I also would advise to build / acquire a system in Access - There is also a side benefit here - barcode inventory control. There are quite a few freeware plugins to access that allows for barcoding controls.
I also would advise to build / acquire a system in Access - There is also a side benefit here - barcode inventory control. There are quite a few freeware plugins to access that allows for barcoding controls.
cheers
Rob
This is true I know when RE is installed on our computers we can use the font 3of9 which is barcode standard. You would have to create your own labels, which is easy. Then you can use VBA to convert the 3of9 to another font. You can also find barcode scanner for $110 online.
__________________ Eugene Phillips
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