They can do it through both UDF, or Grouping. Either way, it required some custom development based on the way they will design it for data entry in Aralco System.

YES, anything related t products only applied from Aralco, and the site will sync automatically. Please note: when ever an item updated in Aralco, there is no way that we detect the exact changes at the site level. We have no idea if it was the price update, or image, or the product dimension. therefor by keeping item id and credentials, we will wipe out the product and it's details, and we re-import it the way the it keeps the history of and sales and relation to the item.By multi Image option, we will be able to support your site to have more than one image per each item available.

You need to get a Windows based web hosting service, to be able to host the UDI database. It can not run from the same Aralco. (security, babandwidth, stability, and connection issues). In other word, just a windows baed hosting, that has a MS-SQL database hosting included. Just make sure it has no limitation on the database size. (minimum 1GB size for the database - it will grow fast based on the client's number of products)
If you need any help with hosting, we can provide the full hosting plan required from $110.00/y (both Windows & PHP included) (Our VPS is with HostGator, they are solid, reliable, and our VPS optimized for POS-UDI)

• A fix inventory value per imported item to the site per item. (items will be sold order based in Aralco point of view) - It's included in POS-UDI extension. (no extra fee)
  The fix value,· is a setting in Drupal site, which will set to a fix amount for example, 25, and all the imported item will get the inventory of 25 automatically on time of import to the site from Araloc.
• Over night inventory adjustment, which is adjusting inventory of the site base on a % value of the store(s)/warehouse for the site. (Option to add)
  Over night system is a built in feature in Aralco UDI, which will create an inventory list of all the product populated to UDI. This list generated by selected timer in the Aralco. The generated inventory list will send to UDI after it generated, which usually takes a bit, specially if you have over 5000 items for the site. This process is resource consuming for Aralco Serve, The server internet bandwidth, the UDI database size, and the Web host server to adjust inventory too often. Therefor, we usually do it once a day, over night when there are not that much computer system resources within that time.
• Live inventory look-up, which is required a Web Service setup on the Windows Based Host Server. This option is good for businesses who has a very specific, limited number of inventory to sell, and they don't want any item missed from the site, nor double sold when there is no inventory. eg: Art Galleries. (optional to add)
  Note:
  We can not receive the actual inventory value of the product right at import time, to the site, unless we have the Live Inventory Look-up option.

There is an option to use Aralco's Gift Card / Certificates (GC) as a payment method for UberCard (UC). We also have another option, that you can sell GC as an item on the site. (As you know GC are special entity kind in Aralco system, and they will not go as an normal item to the site).

YES, they can use the Arlaco Dimensions for this need. But if there is anything which is not fit in to the Dimensions. Just in case if they need to use UDF (User Definable Fields) screen to cover some needs, then we have to costume develop those section to cover all the information from UDF screen.

TEI is a web development company located in North Vancouver. Working closely with Aralco since 2004, CEO of TEI received requests for Aralco e-commerce integration. Working with Aralco development team for 2 years, TEI developed a solid, time and expense saving, e-commerce solutions for Aralco’s client. This solutions using Aralco’s UDI interface to synchronize Products, Orders, and Customers between Aralco system and the site.

UDI is abbreviation for Universal Data Interface, which is like a data gateway in Aralco system, which is open, the data connection port to Aralco system for the e-commerce synchronization. Aralco UDI is a license based, and clients are required to purchase only one license for their Aralco server once. Having the Aralco UDI license is mandatory to have e-commerce integration for your Aralco system. We will re-review it in more details right after.

Aralco UDI is the Aralco Universal Data Interface, to allow third party systems to communicate with Aralco system. UDI is an extra MS-SQL database which is carrying and synchronizing some, not all, of your Products, Customers, and Orders between the Aralco’s main database, and the Aralco UDI database securely. The UDI database is behind your company firewall system securely, and applications like your web site will be able to communicate with Aralco through the UDI.

You have an e-commerce web site up and running, that web site has its own database system, and keeps track of all the Sales, Orders, Customers, and Products independently. Connecting the e-commerce web site to Aralco system, the web platform must be open to third party application developers. Using open platforms like Joomla, Drupal, or Magento TEI developed the bridge connection interface, called TEI POS-UDI, we connect Aralco System to e-commerce web site through TEI UDI.

Having an integrated e-commerce interface to your inventory management, and accounting system, you will save a lot on your online sale management, and you will be able to make more sales through online orders. The integrated system will reduce the cost of:

•  Huge amount of data entry time. (product details, images, pricing, dimensions and it’s values, User definable fields)
• Human mistakes in data entry • Item adjustments
• Site updates
• Inventory adjustment
• Removing items from site
• Site accuracy
• Accounting and Taxation (online sale might have different tax values)
• Updating order’s status for online clients (Shipped, pending, under process)
• Reports on online sales

TEI CEO, Ali, was an Aralco software developer, who was working for Aralco for over 4 years. Having web, and e-commerce background, Ali started Aralco e-commerce integration process based on pre-existing Aralco knowledge in 2008. He designs the system they way that can cover most of the features for all Aralco’s industries. Working with Aralco, Ali has perfect understanding of the Aralco database, and internal logics like Sync Server, to develop the best ever integration solution to Aralco system. Keeping a perfect relation with Aralco system, helped to get the best fastest results through Aralco team or any custom development requirements.

To have the full integrated e-commerce system with your Aalco you need to have all the following:

• Aralco system up and running
• Aralco UDI License (Data Gateway to Aralco for third party to communicate with Aralco)
• TEI POS-UDI (The bridge between Aralco UDI, and e-commerce web site)
• An e-commerce web site hosted on a web server, which covers all Arlaoc integration requirements.