selling only packs, but want to use advanced stock mgmt for goods. How to do it best?

[chvaja]

Hi,

 

we are selling product packs, which contain everything for organizing parties, celebrations etc. - food, drinks, snacks, napkins, candles, etc.

 

We deliver the goods packed in a box. One box (pack) can include for example twenty products. However, we do not sell the products themselves in the e-shop, we offer only the ready-made packs, all-inclusive.

 

We have about 5 basic packs on offer, but most of these packs include variants (the user must choose if she likes white or red wine, or beer, for how many people the party is, etc.). 

 

I need some software to take care of stock management for all these products (the system should tell me how many of each products I have on stock and help me arrange stock orders - as we have dozens of products and dozens of suppliers). Prestashop is doing this part very well - I fill in the goods as products, and mark them as "not searchable" and "not showing", and Prestashop handles the stock management, although not showing these products for sale. This is the easy part.

 

But now, how should I handle the product packs? If I use the Prestashop function "product pack", which is clearly designed exactly for this purpose, I cannot have pack variants (yet) - and it does not look like this feature appears any time soon. 

 

OK, I can make a separate item for each pack variant, but it means having dozens of packs on offer instead of 5 with variants, which clobbers the e-shop unneccessarily and makes the orientation more difficult for customers - and we don't want that, do we?

 

Except for that, the stock management of product packs in Prestashop does not behave correctly - the stock of all the goods is displayed well, and it increases/decreases correctly as I hand the goods in and out of stock. But the packs, containing the goods, always have a "0" displayed as quantity available. I checked all the basic parameters (having the pack assigned to the same stock as the goods, etc.), but nothing helps.

 

 

A different solution to my problem could be to make the packs into ordinary products (thus being able to use their variants), and to attach the goods to them as the "accessories" (associated products). Don't know if this is the best way, however, as I haven't tried yet, it's quite a lot of work to do without knowing whether it is a good thing to do...

 

Any ideas how to handle this correctly, before Prestashop implements the feature of "pack variants"?

 

Thank you for answers

 

[chvaja]

 

Hi,

 

we are selling product packs, which contain everything for organizing parties, celebrations etc. - food, drinks, snacks, napkins, candles, etc.

 

We deliver the goods packed in a box. One box (pack) can include for example twenty products. However, we do not sell the products themselves in the e-shop, we offer only the ready-made packs, all-inclusive.

 

We have about 5 basic packs on offer, but most of these packs include variants (the user must choose if she likes white or red wine, or beer, for how many people the party is, etc.). 

 

I need some software to take care of stock management for all these products (the system should tell me how many of each products I have on stock and help me arrange stock orders - as we have dozens of products and dozens of suppliers). Prestashop is doing this part very well - I fill in the goods as products, and mark them as "not searchable" and "not showing", and Prestashop handles the stock management, although not showing these products for sale. This is the easy part.

 

But now, how should I handle the product packs? If I use the Prestashop function "product pack", which is clearly designed exactly for this purpose, I cannot have pack variants (yet) - and it does not look like this feature appears any time soon. 

 

OK, I can make a separate item for each pack variant, but it means having dozens of packs on offer instead of 5 with variants, which clobbers the e-shop unneccessarily and makes the orientation more difficult for customers - and we don't want that, do we?

 

Except for that, the stock management of product packs in Prestashop does not behave correctly - the stock of all the goods is displayed well, and it increases/decreases correctly as I hand the goods in and out of stock. But the packs, containing the goods, always have a "0" displayed as quantity available. I checked all the basic parameters (having the pack assigned to the same stock as the goods, etc.), but nothing helps.

 

 

A different solution to my problem could be to make the packs into ordinary products (thus being able to use their variants), and to attach the goods to them as the "accessories" (associated products). Don't know if this is the best way, however, as I haven't tried yet, it's quite a lot of work to do without knowing whether it is a good thing to do...

 

Any ideas how to handle this correctly, before Prestashop implements the feature of "pack variants"?

 

Thank you for answers

 

 

Nobody?

[keutche]

Hi,

 

I think my module can help you achieve what you're trying to do

Please have a look here:

http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/226539-products-pack-module/

 

Regards

Keutche