Ideas welcome for a multi Vendor PO & dropship add-on

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tonygets
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Ideas welcome for a multi Vendor PO & dropship add-on

Post by tonygets » Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:02 am

Overview:

I am an experienced online retailer and have been using AC7 since Aug 08. I have been developing an add-on module for AC7 that will allow the Merchant to easily download and/or automatically email new orders and changes to orders to Vendors. Merchant will also be able to quickly and easily update the status of the orders and send a variety of email alerts to customers. Merchant will be able to customise the fields (and order of the fields) contained in the downloaded/emailed files for each Vendor to ensure streamlined communications with their logistics systems.

Overview of features in v1.0

1) Merchant can create a detailed Vendor profile.
2) Merchant can view summary of new/history of purchase orders (PO) by Vendor.
3) Merchant can create drop ship purchase order (PO) csv/xml files customized to each Vendor requirements and auto email and track the delivery and status of the PO.
4) Merchant can create collated PO csv/xml files for each Vendor and auto email and track the delivery and status of the PO.
5) System will assign a unique PO number to each file for easy accounts reconciliation.
6) System will store each PO file in a Vendor history.
7) System will allow for customized download of CSV files per each Vendor for easy upload into accounting and shipping software.
8) Merchant can edit the individual sales in bulk for each Vendor with regards to order and shipment status.
9) Merchant can edit the individual sales in bulk for each Vendor with regards to email triggers to update customers on order status.
10) System will auto retrieve orders from the database based on certain criteria to ensure no double up of new, unpaid or cancelled PO’s are sent to Vendor
11) System will auto flag orders for cancelled/problem orders already sent to Vendor for easy administration and reconciliations.
12) Merchant can set multiple rules for auto and manual email notification triggers relating to order status updates and other required notifications.
13) Merchant and Vendor can attach notes to specific orders and also general notes.
14) The system will flag important notes based on priority and record date/time/user information.
15) Vendor interface will allow Vendor to view their PO and Payment history for accounting / dispatch reconciliation
16) Vendor interface will allow for easy order status update and tracking number upload.
17) Vendors can easily run a web service to download orders and/or upload/download a CSV/XML file to update stock levels.

Please:

a) let me know if you have an interest in this product?

b) let me know if you have any features you want included in this product?
(please only suggest 'global' features)

Thanks,

Tony

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