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Re: PaB Inventory On-line for the iPhone
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:06:10 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Michael Huffman wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Michael Shiels wrote:
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How easy can we make it for someone to update this data?
I work with quite a few stores, but honestly getting a full run down on
parts is hard, if it was easy enough/brought in some extra business for the
stores, I could see them maybe updating it??
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Once you sign-in, you’ll be able to select your store, hit ‘order by wall
order’, you’ll be shown a list of parts based on the X,Y coordinates. You’ll
visually compare this list of parts against what’s up on the wall. Next to
each part (or think of it as a container) you’ll be giving the option to
edit the container.
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Now that I’m about 90% done with the back end, what I’m planning to do with
the next store we bring on-line -- I’ll enter into the database a bunch of
empty containers set to the X,Y coordinates of the wall. Then turn the
‘admin’ loose on updating the wall, and working with that individual on how
to make that process easier.
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Sorry to respond to my own post, but there’s a few more thoughts I had...
I want to keep iPaB’s information up-to-date and accurate; I really DON’T want
to cause issues for LEGO retail stores. I can see LEGO retail stores getting
phone calls from people looking for items that don’t exists or might not be
in-stock... if it’s a part in high demand, I will not be able to control
out-of-stock problems, but I might give everyone the option of setting a
container to “out-of-stock” if they call the store and it ends up being sold out
-- something to add to my To-Do list -- but I can also see malicious users
taking advantage of this feature.
Some stores, like Orlando’s LIC, have a lot of active AFOLs in the area, so
keeping inventory up-to-date isn’t an issue for us. Other store might be a
problem... If a LEGO retail person wants to get involved in updating their iPaB
inventory, I’m all for it... bottom line is, it can turn into phone sales & help
cut down on inventory misunderstandings.
But I’m wondering if we should treat remote stores somewhat like how Wikipedia
treats information... anyone can edit a remote store’s iPaB information, but it
must be reviewed & verified by someone before being published. Or certain
stores would have different levels of confidence (ie. iPaB inventory being
edited by LEGO store employee or a group of 2 or more AFOLs would be given a
higher level of confidence in iPaB’s inventory accuracy, then a store being
edited by the public).
Anyway... I’m still milling some of these ideas around. Opinions or other ideas
are welcomed.
--Mike.
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| (...) I was at the Mall of America store a few Saturdays ago. In my less than half-hour there, I saw them have to bring out three new boxes of PaB parts to fill empty 'holes' in the wall. Keeping this data timely is going to be very difficult. (...) (16 years ago, 11-Apr-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) When I first got the idea for this project, I was standing next to the PaB wall at the Orlando LIC with my wife's iPhone in my hand. At the time, I was in the store gathering information about what's on the wall for a commercial project our (...) (16 years ago, 11-Apr-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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