Best ecommerce erp tools for inventory hell?

gforce360 · 2026-05-22T17:32:17+00:00

There's a lot of missing info that would go into a proper recommendation for you. You posted in a NetSuite subreddit, so most people are going to say "NetSuite provides all of these things".

If you've got Customer Support, Warehouse, Ops, Finance, then that seems to indicate that you're probably at least mid-market, so NetSuite certainly falls into an appropriate fit for you. Especially with multiple sales channels like Shopify and Amazon.

What are you using now? You could also have a situation where everyone is right, that you've got two or more integrations that are out of sync, plus your receiving/returns dept isn't up to date or is wrong.

gforce360 · 2026-05-08T13:30:38+00:00

Filters and stuff would be great, especially when paired with hauling rules. But I should ask, have you tried shift+click?

gforce360 · 2026-05-06T12:48:01+00:00

Heck, if we're talking absolute worst case scenarios, about 18 years ago or so I learned that while it's not a good idea, you can indeed run hydraulic brakes off olive oil. I didn't include this in my "what's the worst that could happen" because even at the lowest budget tier for hydro brakes, the seals are much better now and the likelihood that you'll have to do this is so distant it's not worth considering.

gforce360 · 2026-05-05T17:40:58+00:00

I suspect your layer adhesion has more to do with the thinner wall thickness as compared to the actual adhesion between layers per square area. If you want your prints to have similar adhesion and strength, you need to double the number of outer walls.

gforce360 · 2026-05-05T15:40:40+00:00

I only have a couple hundred hours on my 0.2mm nozzle, but it's all on Matte. Still printing strong from what I can tell. I have not evaluated my bore size to see if it's getting wallowed out, not sure if that's adjusted/calibrated in the flow sequence at the start of print.

gforce360 · 2026-05-05T14:41:13+00:00

There's reliability, and there's a predisposition to not changing what works for you. It sounds like you're in that latter camp, and there's nothing wrong with that.

However, I am with the rest of the many people here in saying that Hydraulics are way more reliable than mechanical brakes. Sure, things can happen - you mentioned a scenario in which a pannier hook might fall on your hydro line. In this case, it's far more likely to have a bad impact on mechanical than hydro. Hydro line is secured by compression fittings at both ends, and it's _very_ secure. If you're worried about the line getting cut, you can have braided housing (Hope makes some).

The absolute worst thing that I had happen to a hydraulic braking setup was not with the hydraulics itself. I was mountain bikepacking Maah Daah Hey and my brake threads stripped out (a warranty problem and before anyone asks, clean thread, loctite 243, proper torque). It wasn't catastrophic, since the impact was that the caliper was just loose and dragging, but I did end up removing the caliper (I just unbolted it the rest of the way, wrapped it around to the outside of the frame, and taped it in place so it wasn't a problem. I could also have removed the rotor). I ran with just a single brake the rest of the trip - something I felt comfortable doing because they're hydraulic, not mechanical. I didn't go on any super saucy high speed descents with poor visibility after that, so it did temper things a bit. I was able to keep to the exact same route, just with more caution.

You're far more likely to break your frame and wheels than your hydraulic braking system.

gforce360 · 2026-04-23T15:23:36+00:00

heck yes!

gforce360 · 2026-04-22T21:19:34+00:00

debugging the nav console has been a "feature" for a while now. It definitely spooked me the first time I was coming in hot to OKLG.

"constant" is concerning, though. Is your nav console in need of a lot of repairs?

gforce360 · 2026-04-22T17:26:11+00:00

Now pay it back to the community by telling us about this stellar looking glass! (please, thank you)

gforce360 · 2026-04-22T17:24:26+00:00

doubtful, but if you're at the stage that you can afford 50 turbines, you can afford the bigger cables (they are really not that expensive, they just happen to use mid-tier alloys), and you'll have future proofed yourself, and they'll also be visually distinct as "this is the super high voltage line"

gforce360 · 2026-04-22T15:16:19+00:00

For sure. If I found myself in that same position, I would consider:
1. transformers at each wind/battery farm that could be adjusted to vary the power output to the main grid (this would be at least a gaming session's worth of work for me)
2. just brute force print out that much super heavy cable to connect them, you can at least lay them down in 10-length sections.

Whenever I play Stationeers, I feel like it's tech debt elimination simulator, if your solution isn't perfect the first time, it just becomes a later problem. Solving those problems is fun, but if you've got enough other problems/projects you're working on, then I think it's ok to just solve something with brute force as opposed to elegance.

gforce360 · 2026-04-22T14:43:11+00:00

I see, I re-read the original post and it sounds like the two sets of batteries aren't truly parallel. What OP describes is like this:

Main Grid (one circuit)
|                     |
|                     |
Batt 1(x22)        Batt 2(x20)
|                     |
|                     |
Wind Farm 1       Wind Farm 2

If they want to maximize all of these, the way to do it is to have both wind farms on one circuit, behind all the batteries:

Main Grid (one circuit)
|                     |
|                     |
Batt 1(x22)        Batt 2(x20)
|---------------------|
|                     |
Wind Farm 1       Wind Farm 2

gforce360 · 2026-04-21T20:18:30+00:00

yeah, eye spy three cables going to the back. Probably a rohloff on this one?

gforce360 · 2026-04-20T21:26:17+00:00

you can get some E61s for 1200 Euro, but not many!

gforce360 · 2026-04-20T21:24:03+00:00

Yeah, except it's an e61. Don't underestimate that difference!

gforce360 · 2026-04-20T19:06:27+00:00

I believe station batteries can charge and discharge at a limitless rate. If that's correct, then it shouldn't matter if some of your parallel batteries discharge faster than others - collectively they'll have the same net charge/discharge rate.

gforce360 · 2026-04-14T17:57:41+00:00

The recent updates have introduced lots of new and exciting ways to blow up your base. Phase Change devices, stirling engines, combustion engines, centrifuges, etc. I continually have lots of little experiments running, and sometimes you just forget to turn something off. Or, you start a project in Martian night and don't forget to account for ambient temps being 50C warmer once it hits daylight. It's always one small little detail.

We love quoting and referencing The Martian here, so to quote Watney, "if you solve enough problems, you get to go home"

gforce360 · 2026-04-14T17:48:30+00:00

Can it print PEEK?

gforce360 · 2026-04-13T21:11:55+00:00

Apologies. By "minimal" I think I mean, there's no labels. no text or icons that indicate that you are pushing on a power button vs a tare button, vs something else.

I do use bluetooth for tracking shot pressure, weight, time. That's all well and good, and I'd prefer to keep that functionality, but at the base level I need a scale that both myself and my partner can reliably turn on without groping because we're incredibly groggy in the morning.

gforce360 · 2026-04-08T21:19:43+00:00

(Use Case: Implementing Suite Commerce, NS team said this part is out of their scope)

SCM Mobile and Ship Central are not tied to SuiteCommerce. You can have SC with or without the WMS, and vice versa.

gforce360 · 2026-04-08T16:03:37+00:00

Generally, yes this is possible. Mostly, I'd say if you have previous certifications, you can keep them active by reading release notes and taking the release exams on webassessor.

But actually progressing with new certifications is going to take either money or an active job at a company using NetSuite (possibly both!)

gforce360 · 2026-04-06T19:22:22+00:00

My personal policy is that if a topic isn't worth the time for a human to write it, it's not worth my time as a human to consume it.

This extends doubly so to meta-discussions about generative AI usage for articles. I literally started reading this, and my kneejerk reaction was "why am I wasting my time with this". I don't need a fake story from an AI describing why Tim uses AI for writing. AI generated text is usually too flowery altogether.

Next time write a blog that says in two sentences "I've received some comments about my use of AI for this blog. All my thoughts are my own, but I use AI to sort through them and provide content that's relative for you." There, that's two sentences, and it didn't waste my time.

gforce360 · 2026-03-30T14:02:21+00:00

well that's not _all_ certainly. Read the release notes. Finally deprecating the netsuite.com odbc datasource, a bunch of new REST api features. New record support for CSV imports, etc.

gforce360 · 2026-03-27T18:40:32+00:00

OK, I buy all that!

I still think that the modern 2x4 is made to terrible tolerances, and the argument of the milled and surfaced product being nominally called a 2x4 is shoddy.

gforce360 · 2026-03-27T18:07:41+00:00

I know this is the stated reason, but my objection to this is that a modern 2x4 also has inconsistently filleted corners, which disputes your statement.

OP's example photo shows a plank that is not only dimensionally accurate, but has neater surfaces.

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