Exponentcms Exponent CMS

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  dleffler May 13th, 2015 @ 01:19 PM

  • Milestone set to “2.3.5”

  As of a recent push we now:

  • export shipping label info (it was in there as export order to odbc and now the label has been updated to be more intuitive 'export shipping data to csv)
  • print packing list moved to 'shipping' tab of invoice. This is also where we'll put other 'shipping' actions

  Integrating easypost (shipping calculator) has begun locally:

  • initially will get shipping rate estimates like the other shipping calculators: this will display all rates from all easpost configured carrier accounts
  • next step would be to allow purchase of 'shipping labels' from carriers from the invoice 'shipping' tab
    • initially only allow for a single package/tracking
    • this action would auto-assign tracking number
    • later allow multiple packages/tracking (may require some backend changes)
    • later possibly allow 2-step approach to create multiple packages, then actually purchase the labels
  • next step might be to auto-update status of package shipping...at least when viewing the invoice, but maybe sending an email as status changes?

  Basic assumption of how to process an order through the fulfillment phase:

  • new order submitted/received (status auto-set to 'new order received')
  • order review begins (status set to 'processing')
  • payment processed/authorized (status set to 'payment authorized')
    • for some billing systems this has already occurred automatically
  • order sent to 'warehouse' for packaging, order items retrieved & boxed, box weighed (status set to 'sent to warehouse')
  • package data used to create/purchase shipping label & get tracking id
    • label applied to package, picked up by carrier
    • shipping date & tracking id entered into invoice (status set to 'order has been shipped')
    • order has been 'fulfilled' at this point
  • customer (invoice?) gets updated tracking/delivered status
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  dleffler May 15th, 2015 @ 12:18 PM

  I forgot to add the possibility of:

  • scheduling package pickups...this service may NOT be offered at no charge from the carrier and would likely require changing the 'handling' charge to cover its cost.
  • offering optional shipping insurance
  • allowing for return (rma) labels

  As with many of the more advanced features above, they would require some backend changes.

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  dleffler May 17th, 2015 @ 11:31 AM

  Note: locally have the new easypost shipping calculator working to provide shipping cost estimates for multiple packages as the other (UPS & FedEx) calculators do.

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  dleffler May 20th, 2015 @ 12:44 AM

  The estimate shipping cost functional easypost calculator is now in the pre-release code.

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  dleffler May 29th, 2015 @ 07:46 PM

  Note: we may want to have easypost 'fulfillment' available regardless of the shipping calculator used to obtain a shipping cost. E.g., use per-item, per-weight, free, flat-rate, etc... on the front end, but use easypost to actually purchase a shipping label...therefore the company makes up any shipping cost differential across the entire income.

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  dleffler June 12th, 2015 @ 01:45 PM

  Note: the estimate is likely INCORRECT since we were sending the weight as 1/16 of what easypost was expecting (lbs vs oz).

  Locally already have shipping label purchase working, only a short time to also have 'pickup' integrated. UI may be a bit klunky at first. With that, the next code push will still only allow a single package/shipment (shippingmethod) per order since we don't handle multiple/split shipping in the main code yet.

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  dleffler June 23rd, 2015 @ 06:41 PM

  initial support for order fulfillment is now in the pre-release code. It works, but may not be as robust as desired...allows for purchase of shipping labels, scheduling a pickup, and cancelling of both.

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  dleffler September 5th, 2015 @ 02:11 AM

  Easypost integration is a little more robust, but still lacks (and the background to support):

  • multiple packages
  • ability to 'break' a package once its created, the package intact and can't be changed
  • access to view details about package/label/pickup once created/purchased...though the info is stored within that shippingmethod->shipping_options
  • totals for actual cost of shipping (as opposed to the estimated shipping from checkout)
  • transfer of package tracking number (in the shippingmethod->shipping_options) to the order/invoice display (order->shipping_tracking_number)
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  expNinja September 5th, 2015 @ 02:58 AM

  (from [4decadbb50451290a48f5c095771f056203353ec]) Update/fix easypost to display tracking number on invoice/order;allows access to 'package details once created,etc...; better format for shipping fulfillment views [#1292] https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/commit/4decadbb50451290...

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  dleffler September 16th, 2015 @ 03:34 PM

  • Milestone changed from “2.3.5” to “2.3.6”

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  dleffler December 26th, 2015 @ 05:59 AM

  • Milestone changed from “2.3.6” to “2.3.7”

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  dleffler January 1st, 2016 @ 04:18 AM

  • Milestone changed from “2.3.7” to “2.3.8”

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  dleffler May 2nd, 2016 @ 08:35 PM

  • Milestone cleared.

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