[TheThinkTank] using the bicycle kitchen's POS system? was :Electronic Tracking

[Jonathan Morrison]

I keep going back and forth on this myself.

...Enter my inner dialog...

With the help of others I can make one but if one of our common goal is
education and teaching practical jobs skills -- we may want to just write a
grant and buy a system that people would use in the real world.  Am I just
being frugal and taking the "I'll just make and maintain it myself for that
price" mentality or on the other hand we could just buy a more expensive
system that comes with support but most importantly gives people employable
skills.  What to do?  Maybe I need to research what other open source
solutions are out there and see if one could be easily modified and more
importantly maintained by the most people possible (non-obscure language /
technology)

...and where are my underpants?

...Exit inner dialog...

http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bike_Collective_Software

On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Jessica McPherson <jessica_mcp at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Did you ever get in touch with that guy Josh Moody from the L.A. bicycle
> kitchen who presented at bike bike?  It sounded like he had written a POS
> system, don't remember if it was open-source or web-based.
> Jessica
> (Free Ride, Pittsburgh)
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Stuart O Anderson <soa at ri.cmu.edu>
> To: The Think Tank <thethinktank at bikecollectives.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2008 1:04:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] using the bicycle kitchen's POS system? was
> :Electronic Tracking
>
> I've been thinking a lot about building a secure web based open source
> POS system.  If anyone else is interested in this sort of project, or
> is already working on something like it, please get in touch with me.
>
> Stuart
>
> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 1:13 AM, Brent Bohs <bbohs at purdue.edu> wrote:
> > Thank you very much man, we're setting up a co-op around here and are
> > working on a good inventory system for all our parts and frames and
> such,
> > thanks for your input in all this!!  It helps us all!  Keep in touch.
> > Brent Bohs
> >
> >
> > On May 8, 2008, at 1:10 AM, Gern Blanston wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > Yes, Jim Bledsoe is from the Los Angeles' "Bicycle Kitchen".
> > Here in LA we have three individual community bike shops:
> > the Bicycle Kitchen near Hollywood, the Bike Oven in Highland Park, and
> I'm
> > with the BikeRoWave in Santa Monica.
> > The BikeRoWave choose to get a POS software called Retail ICE that is
> going
> > to be installed this week.  We pieced together the rest from ebay, and
> some
> > donations.  We bought a touch screen and a bar code scanner, to make
> things
> > easy for the staff.  We looked at Intuits 'QuickBook POS' that retails
> for
> > over $1500, but the Inventory Committee decided to go with the Retail
> ICE
> > system that comes with tutorials and learning dvd's which was $75.  It
> is
> > cheaper if you don't buy the added dvd's.  Total for the whole package
> was
> > under $700.
> > That includes:  The POS software(looks very powerful, with bookkeeping
> and
> > tax functions), a touch screen moniter, a hand wand scanner, a full
> sized
> > Scanner/printer.  We had a cash drawer and a receipt printer donated to
> > use.  We are not accepting credit card payments so no need for the card
> > scanner.  I'm really excited for the system to get going, as I envision
> it
> > helping in soo many ways.  Sales, inventory, taxes, contacts, all will
> be
> > streamlined.  As the Inventory Manager/C.F.O. I am looking forward to
> > getting my work load down.
> > I'll provide a more detailed description of Items in the system and a
> report
> > on its operation soon.  I am extreamly busy but will try to answer any
> > questions as soon as I can.  I can be reached at  getgern(at)gmail.com
> >
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Jonathan Morrison
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