# Operations Ordering App

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/operations-ordering-app/66684>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [October 1, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/operations-ordering-app/66684 "2023-10-01T19:49:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/operations-ordering-app/66684/4 "2023-10-04T02:25:06Z")

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> [@OpeThereItIs](#):
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> I picture using it somewhat sort of like a eComm site or even amazon, where all items that we need to order have their quantities updated in the app (or even added to a cart), the employee hits submit, and then I get a file that can be used to guide the person who is entering the orders on the wholesalers’ websites.

I think you can dabble around with the concept of a cart.

> [@Shopping Cart Concept for demonstration purposes](https://community.glideapps.com/t/shopping-cart-concept-for-demonstration-purposes/33264):
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> First of all, I want to say that I’m personally not a big fan of ecommerce type apps with Glide. There’s a lot of complexity to them and everybody has a different view for how they should work. Because of that, I generally don’t give advice on how to do things with them. Glide has said that ecommerce is not the direction they are focused on and I think Glide is short on some logic and functionality to properly handle the purchase and inventory side of things. With that said, I still made an …

This one was built on Classic Apps, but would still enable you to copy and have a look on how you can enable a flow like that.

I don’t think you need a file to enter the orders on the wholesalers’ website. You can just show the finalized order in your app to the person.

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