[gnue-sb-discuss] Re: GNUe-SB-Discuss Digest, Vol 2, Issue 2

[Kenneth D. Reiszner]

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> Today's Topics:
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>    1. Re: Roadmap (Mike Vincent)

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> I've been thinking a little bit about the item maintenance form.
> Thinking about it in how it will be used. This form will be the glue
> which ties everything together, and I also see it as a snapshot of a
> product in all it's glory. I cant help but wonder if there is a way
> to back the degree of granularity off slightly.
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> I'm assuming that right now, the plan for this form is to provide a
> means to create/edit a specific product or all the details which we
> need to go with the product such as UPC, unit, price, lot qtys, etc..
> Exactly what all that entails is debatable I guess perhaps there
> may be a need for a seperate form for maintaining inventory and this
> form simply maintains the product.. What I see when I think of using
> this form is this.. Say I am adding a new shirt to my product line,
> the shirt comes in 5 sizes and 6 color combinations. Based on my
> assumptions of how the form works, I will need to visit this form 30
> times to completely add it to the line. That seems rather burdensome.
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> What I've been pondering, is if instead there may be a way to
> consolidate the task to one visit. For the most part I only work with
> the first 3 segments of my SKU (call it a catalog# or product#) as
> knowing that much, I know what product I'm dealing with just not the
> details of which color or size.
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> If the item maintenance form were to allow me to 'build' my catalog#'s
> then specify a series or colors and a series of sizes, then I would
> only need to hit the form one time to manipulate a product, rather
> having to hit it for every possible variation of the product. I dont
> know if that's even possible with the present day tools, I think it
> would require a multiple select list box or something. I guess it
> could also be done using a multipage form and have a bunch of entry
> boxes on page 2 to pick/add colors ditto page 3 to pick/add sizes. I'm
> still not completely familiar with the abilities and limitations so
> I'm not completely sure how it could be approached. But if there were
> a way, then when the product were committed the form would do the leg
> work to create/change/delete the SKUs..

> Then again, maybe this drifts away from being generic.. =/
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I can see where this would be very helpful offering chemicals that come in
various grades, quantities, and even certain containers. For my own use a
simple solution soon would be more important. The second page concept so that
simple minded people like myself could avoid learning the complexities of the
more complicated form would be nice. The second form would probably require
special labels. I would suggest that the labels might be put in the first time
the second form is activated. Although, I might not use the feature the
concept seems quite sound to me.

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> Mike Vincent
> Tops Embroidery Works
> Keller, Texas
> http://www.topsew.com
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Kenneth D. Reiszner, Ph.D.
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