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foodcoops / foodsoft

Web-based software to manage a non-profit food coop (product catalog, ordering, accounting, job scheduling).
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feature: ability to add instructions when auto-sending orders #642

Open carchrae opened 5 years ago

carchrae commented 5 years ago

for most of our suppliers, we would like to include some specific instructions with each order that is sent.

i propose adding a 'supplier instructions' text field that has a default set of instructions, and then when you create an order, you can further edit the instructions on that particular order.

these instructions would be copied into the email that is sent to the supplier. it may also be useful to have them rendered in the supplier PDF/etc.

as an example, some food that we order from a supplier gets sent to another supplier before it is loaded onto a pallet and then shipped to us, and we need to indicate that each time we order. further, there are instructions like adding dry ice or notifying us of shortages and other details. it would be great to have these messages in a template both for consistency with our suppliers and so that these messages can be sent automatically.

wvengen commented 5 years ago

I think that would be very useful! I guess that would be a field on supplier (for the template) and on order.

carchrae commented 5 years ago

i ended up making this field only part of the order. we typically copy the last order (i also fixed it to copy the note) so then instructions are copied to the next order. i suppose if you made a new order, you could even just copy the most recent note (or offer to do that)

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