From: "Ted Byers" <[email protected]> >I have been doing some checking, and I can see that OFBiz has support > for barcode readers for POS, and I assume for inventory control.
Actually any field can be filled with a bar code reader, I mean in webapps or text editor as well. It's just a way to translate a bar code in characters > I have not, yet, figured out what I'd need to do in porder to configure > any of that. Nothing as explained above, just read the bar code representation, et voilà. http://www.labnol.org/software/create-barcode-image-from-text/10451/ http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Read_a_Barcode >However, I have just learned something today that > changes my views of what is needed for what I want to do, but seems to > add a wrinkle to the process of configuring barcode reading in OFBiz. > > I just learned that for any cell phone brand, there is a wide range of > barcode reading apps (though some fo these are targetted toward > consumers' interest in comparison shopping, looking for the best price > for their purchases). > > Thus, my question is two part: > > 1) Where will I find instructions for the general task of configuring > OFBiz and generic barcode readers to work both with the task of > inventory control on the one hand and handling sales through POS on > the other? > 2) In what way(s) does the use of a cell phone along with one of those > barcode reading apps change what needs to be done in order to use them > to take inventory and hanlde sales through POS? Presumably, in the > realm of ecommerce, the bar code reading would be involved in the > vendors shipping departmnt as they gathr product to ship and then ship > to the customer, and of course that would need to be configured. > > I imagine the user will have a browser open to his account in a n > OFBiz site, and the barcode reading app installed, on his cellphone. > So, how would one have the result of the barcode reading process sent > to the browser, which in turn sends that data (if correct) along with > a user entered number representing the number of products > counted/bought to the server? Yes, that's it Jacques > I would expect that this would significantly reduce the cost of > equipment the business would need to use as well as allowing, e.g. > general contractors and subcontractors to take inventory on their > jobsites (i.e. well away from their warehouses and the technologies > found there) - with obvious advantages that would result from that. > > > Thanks > > Ted
