the configurable product seems a good fit since you get a production run , in manufacturing. you would then have this production run sent to the cabinet maker that is custom code though. the trick is to make the configurable detailed enough and have the task in the production run that the cabinet maker understands.
Paul Robinson sent the following on 7/31/2008 7:47 AM: > Hi, > > I have a client who has the following requirement: > > Background: > > They sell custom built office furniture i.e. a desk built to size with > many configurations including height,width, depth, finishing, edging, > material etc > > - Customer wants and gets measured up for a desk > - Sales person will specify the desk (currently hand written) > - Sales person then gives hand written spec to the cabinet maker > - Cabinet maker makes the desk to the specifications > > I need to work out a way of communicating the specification of the > product to the cabinet maker > > I have tried configurable products, product features but nothing seems > to really fit. The ideal situation is the sales person adds a product in > the normal order process and it requests them to enter the specifications. > > Any ideas would be appreciated > > Regards, > Paul > >
