New to the Forum - Software Question

[MS Fit]

Hey all,

I need software help. I am trying to figure out what I need to download or purchase to have a program for all employees to use within a company that works like this:

I want to create a list of all products that company is producing. Employees should be able to just click on certain parts or products that a customer is ordering and the prices for each thing will automatically be added up. This program should somehow incorporate shipping and handling with a given zip code also. For this to work, the products/parts need to have their corresponding weights and dimensions able to be put in to calculate the shipping and handling.
Basically it will work like a shopping cart on almost any website but I want this to be more geared to the people working in that specific company.

Any recommendations or ways to set this up would be very much appreciated.

Thanks

[JohnYE]

Hi MS,

I don't have a solution for you, but wanted to welcome you to YE. Is there any reason you can't use a shopping cart application for this? Just because it's not meant for it doesn't mean it can't be re-purposed to work. Of course there might be something that's more exactly what you're looking for. Hopefully someone will know about it and pass it on.

Looking forward to your participation in the forum.

To your success!
John


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[MS Fit]

Hey John,

Thanks for the quick response. There isn't any reason why a shopping cart application wouldn't work. Do you have any idea where to get some free or very cheap applications to handle this?

Thanks

[MS Fit]

Sorry, I should specify. The reason why i didn't just ask for recs on shopping cart applications is bc I want this program to run offline (don't know if there is a different name for shopping carts designed to run offline and for EMPLOYEES instead of online customers). Ideally, this program will be installed on each employee's computer where he/she can click products and figure out their prices and shipping and handling that way.

Thanks