You might want to look at Trello (https://trello.com/), it is free and
super easy to use and would work well for tracking orders, I am just not
sure about the ability to generate reports.
Thanks,

Jeffrey Sabol
Systems Librarian
Marymount California University

On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 7:24 AM, Kaile Zhu <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I guess so.  But any open source CMS is out of the picture for my
> library.  My boss doesn't like it, and I feel he has a point.  I am not
> going to get into that discussion.  Thanks.  - Kelly
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Cary Gordon
> Sent: 2014年12月15日 17:38
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Web app for material order
>
> This would be pretty simple to build with Drupal webforms, workflow or
> workbench and views.
>
> Cary
>
> > On Dec 15, 2014, at 2:39 PM, Kaile Zhu <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > This is mainly for acquisition dept. to use before ordering and
> receiving:
> >
> > 1.       Web based
> >
> > 2.       Allow librarians and faculty to request a material
> >
> > 3.       One requested, notify acquisition staff for process
> >
> > 4.       Acquisition staff can view, edit,  input the order status
> >
> > 5.       Generate reports by various parameters, such as requester,
> dates, departments, vendors, etc.
> >
> > Basically, this is before an order goes into the ILS.
> >
> > Has anybody already done something like this?    Currently, we do the
> job by email.  There is no way we can track the pre-order information in a
> meaningful way.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Kelly Zhu
> > 405-974-5947
>