Checkout Application: An application for managing an inventory of items and allowing borrowers to reserve and loan out sets of items for a set amount of time. Any sort of resource (be it rooms, computer equipment, audio/visual equipment, photography equipment, etc.) can be reserved, loaned, and inventoried. A similar program (though not open source) is WebCheckout. Features include:
- Items can have any number of attributes given to them and images uploaded and assigned to them. They can be organized into hierarchical categories.
- Groups can be create which contain a group of similar items. They can be organized into hierarchical categories.
- Borrowers can be created with any number of attributes given to them and images uploaded and assigned to them.
- Borrowers with correct permissions can log on and browse the items, add items to their shopping cart, and request a reservation of the items or groups.
- Loans and reservations can be made for any duration of time, can be forced to start or end at a certain time based on the items in the cart, and are validated to make sure there are no time conflicts with other loans or reservations.
- Printable receipts are shown and emailed to the borrower when they loan or return items.
- Borrowers can be assigned demos (a demonstration of how an item works) that they must receive before reserving a certain item
- Borrowers can be given red dots as a penalty for bad practices. After a certain threshold of red dots a borrower can no longer make loans or reservations.
- Override codes can be created and given to borrowers to allow them override time restrictions, demo requirements, red dots, or any other restriction that keeps them from making a reservation.
- Rules can be created and applied to any item or group to allow for custom requirements for when an item can be reserved or loaned out.
- Vendors can be created and assigned to items.
- Inventory can be recorded of all items, so that any items not in stock are marked as missing.
- A comprehensive log of all transactions is kept.
- A statistics page is available for a quick overview of what is happening with your items, loans, and reservations.
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