COLORBOX-Inventory Management System

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COLORBOX is an Inventory Management System for managing the sales of boxes of cloth's threads/shades using Barcode technology. This project can generate and scan Code128 Barcodes labels.

Features!

This project has the following features/functionalities:

• It manages customers, salesmen and orders from pending to delivery status
• It can generate multiple barcodes on a single click just by entering the quantity
• An interactive way to add, retrieve and track history of the inventory
• On Dashboard, it shows the number of pending orders of current month
• It shows the progrss of orders delivered on yearly basis for the management level purposes.
• It also sends a notification when a shade quantity drops from a defined limit which can be removed by clicking on it

This project uses the following technologies:

1. PHP 5.6 with Yii 2 Framework
2. A 1-D Scanner and a GK88t Zebra Printer with kit
3. MySQL database server
4. AdminLTE/Bootstrap on Frontend
5. Javascript
6. JQuery
7. AJAX
8. Libraries/Extensions/Helpers of Yii 2 including ArrayHelper, mpdf class, chartjs, gii, datetimepicker, swiftmailer etc.

Snapshots

Dashboard : Adding Inventory : Inventory History : Barcode Labels PDF: Packing List : Notifications :

Pre-requisites

This project works fine with: PHP version 5.6.30 Yii2 version 2.0.15.1 and 10.1.21-MariaDB

Getting Started:

1. Clone this repository by git clone https://github.com/owaisalics/coloboxInventorySystem.git
2. Change the db name in common/config/main-local.php
3. Run yii migrate or run SQL file named db-file.sql located in db directory
4. Run composer install in the root directory to install the required libraries.
5. Go to localhost/directory_name/backend/web
6. Enjoy!

Roles:

1. Inventory Operator

• He can generate/print the barcode labels using GK888t Zebra Printer to paste on the threads/shades boxes.
• He can scan those boxes to enter the items in the inventory.
• He can view the history of inventory in and out dates.

2. Order Operator/Salesman

• Order Operator can create orders for customers with Pending Status.
• Order Operator can pack the order by scanning out inventory items using linear barcode scanner and send the request to admin for approval.
• Order Operator can print the Packing List in PDF which is sent with the order of customer and is signed by the customer as acknowledgement.

3. Admin

• Admin can do everything which Inventory Operator and Order Operator can do.
• Admin can also approve the order for dispatching.
• Admin can mark the order as delivered on acknowledgement from customer.
• Admin can add new Salesman and Customers in the system.
• Admin can cancel orders.

Login Credentials

You can use following credentials to login for different roles:

Admin Username: admin Password: admin

Inventory Operator Username: inventory_operator Password: inventory_operator

Order Operator Username: order_operator Password: order_operator

Comments, complaints or suggestions are appreciated.

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By, Owais Ali