looking for contribution with these admin features

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12 years ago
I am new to nopCommerce - actually never touched it yet. I have been asked by a client if I can modify their admin console - mostly around products and inventory management. Before embarking on custom code, I of course would like to find out if there are any extensions/contributions I should look at that will spare them some of the expense and angst of custom development.

Here's their list of requirements. Please let me know if there's anything that addresses even part of these. Thanks.
ENTERING NEW PRODUCTS SHOULD INCLUDE :
Basic product information (SKU, name, description, etc.)
Supplier and purchasing data
Reorder points and reorder quantities for creating purchase orders
PRICING INFORMATION
Warehouse, packing and shipping data
Alternate barcodes and SKUs
Cross-sell items
Image and display information
User-definable custom fields
Notes
PRICE LEVELS
Allow up to at least 10 levels of quantity pricing (single, ten, wholesale, etc.)
EDITING PRODUCTS
THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS FOR EDITING PRODUCTS
INDIVIDUAL EDITING
In a spreadsheet-like layout
Display all or selected products
Select the fields that you want to view and edit
Enter your changes into the spreadsheet
GLOBAL EDITOR
Select the field that you want to change
Enter the new value to put into the field
Select the products that you want to change
Change all of the selected records with one button click
Bulk-edit prices for all or selected products
Increase or decrease prices by a percentage or fixed amount
Markup prices by a percentage or fixed amount from their cost
Set a price level to a different level plus or minus a percentage or fixed amount

Anything you think might be helpful is appreciated.
12 years ago
billcbos wrote:
I am new to nopCommerce - actually never touched it yet. I have been asked by a client if I can modify their admin console - mostly around products and inventory management. Before embarking on custom code, I of course would like to find out if there are any extensions/contributions I should look at that will spare them some of the expense and angst of custom development.

Here's their list of requirements. Please let me know if there's anything that addresses even part of these.

Anything you think might be helpful is appreciated.

Most of what you ask is included out of the box. I suggest you to have a deep look into the store/administration demo or, much better, buy the user documentation and download and test the solution


At the end of each requierement I have marked if its available: Yes:Y, No:N, Extension available:X

ENTERING NEW PRODUCTS SHOULD INCLUDE :
Basic product information (SKU, name, description, etc.) Y
Supplier and purchasing data Y
Reorder points and reorder quantities for creating purchase orders Y
PRICING INFORMATION
Warehouse, packing and shipping data Y
Alternate barcodes and SKUs Y
Cross-sell items Y
Image and display information Y
User-definable custom fields X
Notes Y
PRICE LEVELS
Allow up to at least 10 levels of quantity pricing (single, ten, wholesale, etc.) Y
EDITING PRODUCTS
THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS FOR EDITING PRODUCTS
INDIVIDUAL EDITING
In a spreadsheet-like layout Y
Display all or selected products Y
Select the fields that you want to view and edit Y
Enter your changes into the spreadsheet Y
GLOBAL EDITOR
Select the field that you want to change Y
Enter the new value to put into the field Y
Select the products that you want to change Y
Change all of the selected records with one button click N
Bulk-edit prices for all or selected products Y
Increase or decrease prices by a percentage or fixed amount N
Markup prices by a percentage or fixed amount from their cost N
Set a price level to a different level plus or minus a percentage or fixed amount N
12 years ago
Thanks for taking the time to respond with this detail. I did review the demo and noted that a few of the items seemed to be available. But being the novice felt it would not be an issue to include the list provided by the client. I have to say that I am confused by some of your Y responses as these features did not appear in the demo. My comments.

ENTERING NEW PRODUCTS SHOULD INCLUDE :
Basic product information (SKU, name, description, etc.) Y - agreed

Supplier and purchasing data Y - not available from what I could see when I added a product to the catalog

Reorder points and reorder quantities for creating purchase orders Y - I saw this in the variant fields.

PRICING INFORMATION
Warehouse, packing and shipping data Y; while I saw weight and dimensions, I saw nothing for pack and ship instructions.

Alternate barcodes and SKUs Y - did not see barcodes available.
Cross-sell items Y - Agreed
Image and display information Y. I am not sure what this request is about to be honest. I saw multiple images supported but I'm not sure what the "and display information" is referring to.
User-definable custom fields X
Notes Y
PRICE LEVELS
Allow up to at least 10 levels of quantity pricing (single, ten, wholesale, etc.) Y - I did see this in the variant entry screens. Didn't know if there was a limit or how the feature works. Not sure why they asked for it.
EDITING PRODUCTS
THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS FOR EDITING PRODUCTS
INDIVIDUAL EDITING
In a spreadsheet-like layout Y - I saw no such feature where someone could view product fields in a grid type layout, select desired products, change it to view only the fields they wanted, and the enter the changes for update. Where is that in the admin console?  
Display all or selected products Y
Select the fields that you want to view and edit Y
Enter your changes into the spreadsheet Y
GLOBAL EDITOR
Select the field that you want to change Y - again this list reads to me like a process - here's how they want to be able to make global changes, and I do not see any of this in the demo admin console. Please tell me where or how to get to this. Thanks.
Enter the new value to put into the field Y
Select the products that you want to change Y
Change all of the selected records with one button click N
Bulk-edit prices for all or selected products Y I did not see this feature either
Increase or decrease prices by a percentage or fixed amount N
Markup prices by a percentage or fixed amount from their cost N
Set a price level to a different level plus or minus a percentage or fixed amount N

If you would not mind pointing me to the areas in the admin console where these features live it would be helpful.
12 years ago
Supplier and purchasing data Y - not available from what I could see when I added a product to the catalog
Only product cost. Example: http://admin-demo.nopcommerce.com/Admin/ProductVariant/Edit/63

PRICING INFORMATION
Warehouse, packing and shipping data Y; while I saw weight and dimensions, I saw nothing for pack and ship instructions.
Warehouse no longer supported. Besides shipping data there are many settings (admin>configuration>settings>shipping settings and admin>configuration>shipping). You also have checkout attributes (admin>catalog>attributes>checkout attributes)

Alternate barcodes and SKUs Y - did not see barcodes available. Only SKU
PRICE LEVELS

Allow up to at least 10 levels of quantity pricing (single, ten, wholesale, etc.) Y - I did see this in the variant entry screens. Didn't know if there was a limit or how the feature works. Not sure why they asked for it.
Tiered prices by customer role. Ceck example (tieredprices tab): http://admin-demo.nopcommerce.com/Admin/ProductVariant/Edit/63

EDITING PRODUCTS
THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS FOR EDITING PRODUCTS
INDIVIDUAL EDITING
In a spreadsheet-like layout Y - I saw no such feature where someone could view product fields in a grid type layout, select desired products, change it to view only the fields they wanted, and the enter the changes for update. Where is that in the admin console?  
You can export product data to Excel, change data and reimport it to your catalog

GLOBAL EDITOR
Select the field that you want to change Y - again this list reads to me like a process - here's how they want to be able to make global changes, and I do not see any of this in the demo admin console. Please tell me where or how to get to this.
Should be N, sorry.

Bulk-edit prices for all or selected products Y I did not see this feature either
http://admin-demo.nopcommerce.com/Admin/ProductVariant/BulkEdit
12 years ago
Thanks again for the detail. It will help me a great deal. If you sub out for development I would like to know how to reach you. My email is [email protected]. I was not sure about the features of the excel import export function. I didn't assume that you could use import to modify existing records. That's helpful if available.

I really appreciate your time and efforts. Thanks and be well.

Bill C
12 years ago
billcbos wrote:
Thanks again for the detail. It will help me a great deal. If you sub out for development I would like to know how to reach you. My email is [email protected]. I was not sure about the features of the excel import export function. I didn't assume that you could use import to modify existing records. That's helpful if available.

I really appreciate your time and efforts. Thanks and be well.

Bill C

Hi Bill:
For developement check here: https://www.nopcommerce.com/solutionpartners.aspx
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