Can osCommerce do this?

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I've been approached by a client to build a site for them that is as much order and process management as it is ecommerce. In brief, the client provides printed items (such as brochures, catalogues, etc.) to a wide range of national clients with multiple branches. For example, banks, building societies, etc. They hold the items in stock and the clients can call the items off. So think of items like tri-fold brochures that you can pick up from your local bank counter that explains how you can apply for one of their snazzy new credit cards, or savings accounts, or whatever.

 

The process for calling items off is as follows:

 

1. A user at a client branch logs into the system and places an order for the literature that they require.

2. A user at the client head office is notified of the order (by email?) and logs into the system to either authorise or deny some or all of the order.

3. My client then receives the completed order and processes it for print and packing.

 

Each client (branches and head offices) of my client should only be able to see the products that relate to them. In other words, Bank A should not be able to see Bank B's leaflets when they log in.

 

Each client branch will be limited to the products that they can see. If Bank A has a promotion going on in the North of the UK for a special mortgage rate, branches in the South will not be able to see that product.

 

Each user should be able to see stock levels for the products that they have the right to see.

 

Additionally, some clients (football clubs) have products that they will order themselves but that they also want my client to be able to put up on the website for the general public to be able to order using traditional payment methods.

 

So, my question is, can osCommerce handle this kind of operation?

 

Thanks for your help and your replies.

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Patrick Nelson