Post AH94IAnPrsmLTDwoRE by sp6mr@mastodon.radio
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(DIR) Post #AH93b8aOD350ADKjir by harce@mastodon.social
2022-03-06T16:04:34Z
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Anyone knows any open source/free systems that could help facilitate flow of people and resources? (no basic google searches as response please, already doing that myself).This has to be usable for people who are not logistics professionals, are under heavy stress and wont commit time to learning advanced interfaces. #askfediverse
(DIR) Post #AH93bAbAj6tUPDiODg by harce@mastodon.social
2022-03-06T16:05:02Z
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Our movement has a growing need for coordination of refugees; their transport and housing. Not really separately coordinating; resources and their warehousing, between countries of origin, locally, and in shipments to #Ukraine, and communicating needs and resources between a growing network of international and local activists.
(DIR) Post #AH93bCO84ZeJxLd0AS by harce@mastodon.social
2022-03-06T16:11:00Z
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Anyone suggesting blockchain will be shot on spot.
(DIR) Post #AH94IAnPrsmLTDwoRE by sp6mr@mastodon.radio
2022-03-06T17:13:54Z
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@harce Would a task tracker (like Jira, obviously not Jira itself, as it is closed source and pretty expensive) do the job? There could be different boards for housing, reusable supplies, orders etc., each item having a known status (available, used etc.), with comments and extra tags (like who is using/transporting it etc.)I haven't researched software in that field too much, but eg. Mattermost Boards may be good enough?The interface doesn't seem too difficult.
(DIR) Post #AH94IBEiEOc4psibz6 by pfm@edolas.world
2022-03-06T19:08:55.206865Z
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@sp6mr @harce a Kanban-like board is available for NextCloud: Deck.Kanban is a table where columns represent stages. You could put new “cards” representing groups/families and move them between columns like “Arrived” -> “Fed” -> “Given basic stuff” -> “Assigned transport” -> “Transported”.I’ll search for other ideas right away.
(DIR) Post #AH95yPFAdsaSOadDqi by bootie_fringe@queer.party
2022-03-06T16:07:09Z
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@harce ledger for logistics & inventory igyou only need a text editor and know a little bit about double-entry accounting
(DIR) Post #AH95yPk0nDFzwF3qvA by harce@mastodon.social
2022-03-06T16:12:38Z
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@bootie_fringe I know nothing about it, other than the name. But seems to be even less advanced and convinienet than google docs class solutions in use now.
(DIR) Post #AH95yQFYtuUhW5p368 by bootie_fringe@queer.party
2022-03-06T16:22:14Z
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@harce look, the ledger ecosystem is a lot more advanced & convenient than any google docs solution can bethere exist many interfaces, reaching from using a simple text editor to web pages to mobile apps.if you know nothing about it, but already think google docs seems more advanced, maybe you should do your own research a bit more.I have despised every google docs inventory effort I have taken part in – usually it was only because someone with little domain knowledge chose google docs.
(DIR) Post #AH95yQmAwea99F55vs by pfm@edolas.world
2022-03-06T19:27:46.748115Z
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@bootie_fringe Harc has been quite clear: it's about convenience, not power. If you can't recommend anything ready for a large group of activists who don't always have computer literacy equal to yours, consider not posting anything at all.
(DIR) Post #AH95yR007Fdnq7Y8Tw by bootie_fringe@queer.party
2022-03-06T16:09:50Z
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@harce https://plaintextaccounting.org/
(DIR) Post #AH95yS16Ke7Czp4Wps by bootie_fringe@queer.party
2022-03-06T16:24:01Z
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@harce just to be clear, I am not a logistics or accounting expert. but I am also not here to convince you of benefits of some software.maybe you should actually ask a logistics professional who has management experience.
(DIR) Post #AH96zEm99EJ0An13Vg by pfm@edolas.world
2022-03-06T19:39:10.063140Z
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@sp6mr @harce You may need more than one "board" though, because mixing resources doesn't seem like a good idea.One board for people (arrived - taken care of - departed), another for shipments (ordered - paid - in delivery - delivered) and perhaps more if you need to coordinate more types of objects.Each Deck card can have notes attached to it and colourful labels to distinguish between types of workload. (You could tag shipments as "sensitive" or "urgent", or tag people as "disabled" or "ill", "speaks-English", etc.)
(DIR) Post #AH977InA6CD0wjKvVg by sp6mr@mastodon.radio
2022-03-06T19:39:36Z
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@pfm @harce Deck in NextCloud is kinda basic, and I feel that all projects that are in any way bigger than the most basic ones would quickly outgrow it. In comparison, for example, in Mattermost's board items may have different custom fields, and the same board can be displayed differently depending on which field is used as columns.Definitely useful for projects, which can have more than one angle taken into consideration.
(DIR) Post #AH97f4jgrheNCLoioq by sp6mr@mastodon.radio
2022-03-06T19:43:24Z
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@pfm @harce I am not even talking about Jira, where in addition to custom fields and views one can have different workflow specified (like, a task cannot go from the "order" stage directly to "delivered", as it has to be in "transport" first), and different users can have certain permissions that only allow them for certain transitions.I hate Jira like most people, but it certainly is a powerful tool.
(DIR) Post #AH97f5H0roIyrhPKl6 by pfm@edolas.world
2022-03-06T19:46:40.858064Z
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@sp6mr To go even further with simplicity, there's another approach one could take, but it's Windows-specific. I've come up with a poor-man's Kanban a few years ago: https://pefimo.livejournal.com/1942.html
(DIR) Post #AH9Pfz2pJEuJ0lLng8 by harce@mastodon.social
2022-03-06T20:57:00Z
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@pfm @sp6mr Kanban style boards are a step forward, but I'm afraid not particularly convenient for managing inventory. Just figured, that some sort of CRM integration might solve some of the problems (ie. shorten the path between volunteers and people attempting to manage chaos), so while I'm attempting to properly identify what's needed, it's starting to reek of a custom solution.Kinda surprised there's apparently no such open source humanitarian-crisis management packages available.
(DIR) Post #AH9PfzVBbnamQicRsm by harce@mastodon.social
2022-03-06T21:06:00Z
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@pfm @sp6mr huh, than again sometimes it's just about finding the right keywords, exploring https://sahanafoundation.org/eden/features/ atm