On another note, thats exactly why I'm trying to go with Satchmo since it already has soo much functionality it can for the most part replace our ERP and CRM system which is an incredibly old HP server written in Cobol! Pretty much our web site just takes orders and exports a csv to that system which does the real work and then passes us csv's back with updates...
On Jan 13, 10:48 am, Ned <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 12, 8:11 am, Carlos <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 1. We are mostly a mail-order record club so a majority of our orders > > > actually come in through mail. Is there an api or way of entering in > > > batch orders from a csv or such that would actually processes the > > > orders as if they had been input online. > > Hello Carlos, > > First I need to establish my credentials. I don't have any. I haven't > completed a Satchmo store yet, and so can't point to any experience > with a live store. But... I have thought a good bit about how to use > Satchmo, and I think I can give you a useful hint. > > Don't assume that because some business functions are employee-only > that that functionality should be implemented using the Admin or > brought in from another system (like importing CSV). Think about > instead providing a separate end-user interface for these functions. > > Unless your customers are sending CSV files with their checks-- > unlikely--right now you've got employees entering the physically- > received order or payment data into a spreadsheet or something. Why > not give those employees their own Satchmo user interface so that > their data entry is directly into your Satchmo app? An advantage to > you would be that much of the business logic you need will already be > present in your Satchmo app, created as part of your store-building. > > As an example, a complete point-of-sale terminal could be implemented > in Satchmo for use by clerks at the retail counter. That interface > would be accessible only from certain local IP addresses, the machines > designated to be POS terminals. The same could be done for various > backoffice tasks, and accomplished without giving the data entry > people Admin privileges. > > Inventory control (including scanners used for receipt of stock), CRM, > management reporting--all could be built into your Satchmo > application, and it would NOT be silly to do so. Satchmo/Django looks > like a great base on which to build the enterprise. > > But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. :-) > > Ned
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