Can Simple CMS Do This?

[fleeto]

Hi Everyone,

Im new to The site and have aquick question about the possibity of doing what i need to do.

Ive got a website selling lots of products.

Im looking for a system that Will hold stock levels and then be able to integrate into my site to show stock levels.

And if possible it will deduct the stock level when an item is sold.

Is this something that can be done or already has been done?  Im happy to pay for something like this if required.

I look forward to your replys

Regards

Dean

[replytomk3]

Did you even search the forum for "inventory management"? I remember a few posts asking the same question.

[fleeto]

i di do a search but didnt come up with much, maybe my terminoligy was slightly out, ill try a search using that terminoligy

Cheers

[tyman00]

As far as I know there are no currently active modules that support this. There is the Products suite, but the Products module does not handle inventory tracking. It has been discussed but never completed because of the lack of time and sponsorship.

[starfire]

Hi all,

I'm surprised that I've only seen a couple of posts regarding this lack of inventory/stock control with Calguy's CMSMS eCommerce modules (I've spent many hours searching!); As even just a simple method of monitoring stock seems like a must have for any eCommerce site.

Since there's no module for this, I figure it should be simple enough just to:
i) add a field to the products module called 'stockQuantity'.
ii) add a snippet of code to reduce the value of this field (by the bought quantity) once an order has been confirmed. I imagine this would sit on the Paypal auto-return/confirmation page.

However, my coding knowledge is quite limited and I don't have a clue know how to manipulate a product field value like this.

Please could anybody tell me (and the world) how to do this?

Response are very much appreciated!

[anivision]

It seems for me you're actually looking for an ecommerce solution. look at OsCommerce, it's a free and widely used opensource script. It's a bigger possibility you'll find a solution there.

[Jos]

Maybe the Duketown ecommerce modules suit your needs better:

Shop Made Simple http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/sms
Cart Made Simple http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/cartms
Payment Made Simple http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/pms
Inventory Management http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/dtinventory

[gocreative]

It seems for me you're actually looking for an ecommerce solution. look at OsCommerce, it's a free and widely used opensource script. It's a bigger possibility you'll find a solution there.

A much, much better solution is OpenCart. Lots of features, completely free, updated all the time.