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 >