Looking for some custom functionality in Opencart

Hello community,

I have received a request to develop an online store. The store will be used by employees of a company to order workwear. I am now trying to determine which software would be best suited for this purpose. My preference is for OpenCart, provided it can meet the client's requirements.

The first requirement is as follows: There are 3 suppliers who provide products in different categories (1. Clothing, 2. Shoes, and 3. Miscellaneous). When an employee places an order, a copy of this order needs to be sent to the suppliers. In the copy sent to each supplier, only the products belonging to that particular supplier should be included.

The second requirement is that each employee is allocated a certain number of points (budget) per category annually. For example, an employee might have 200 points for clothing, 100 points for shoes, and 50 points for miscellaneous items.

When an employee orders 2 t-shirts (2x 25 points), 1 pair of shoes (80 points), and 2 safety glasses (2x 5 points), the order needs to be split and sent to the 3 different suppliers:

• Supplier 1 receives an order with 2 t-shirts.

• Supplier 2 receives an order with 1 pair of shoes.

• Supplier 3 receives an order with 2 safety glasses.

The employee receives the complete order per email. Additionally, the employee’s available points should be updated:

• Category 1: 200 - 50 = 150 points remaining

• Category 2: 100 - 80 = 20 points remaining

• Category 3: 50 - 10 = 40 points remaining

The third requirement is that each employee is assigned fixed sizes for clothing and shoes. The employee is allowed to deviate by a maximum of 1 size (higher or lower) from their assigned size when ordering. For example, an employee with a clothing size of L may order M or XL, but not S or XXL. Similarly, an employee with a shoe size of 44 may order 43 or 45, but not 41 or 47.

I suspect that the above will largely require custom development, but perhaps someone can advise me if there are extensions that can (partly) achieve these requirements.

Thanks, Niels

Your suspicion is correct: It would require some customization, e.g. some event handlers for the orders.

Thanks for responding JNeuhoff. Do you know any extensions that can handle (part of) the desired functionality? Or will it need complete custom work?

My clients alternative is moving to Wordpress, personally I want to stay far away from that and work with Opencart. If possible.