MERCI Inventory Sub Module

The I in MERCI stands for Inventory, but currently it lacks fields for even the most basic inventory data like serial number. Initially the thought was that every location had different information that they wanted to track so they could simply add those fields with CCK, but after implementing MERCI at larger PEG stations like channelAustin, BNN, and PCM, we realized that approach wasn't going to work. Instead, we need a sub module to handle inventory.

The MERCI Inventory module would either extend the merci_node_type table OR duplicate some of MERCI's functions with a new merci_inventory_node_type table. I haven't looked into this enough to know which approach makes more sense. One requirement of this sub module is that you should be able to run MERCI without the Inventory component. Permissions for modifying the Inventory should also be separate.

The merci_inventory_node_type would add fields the existing beta stations identify from their current inventory systems. Those fields would be added to any MERCI managed content types.

MERCI includes functions to clean up when content types are deleted. This sub module would need to include similar functions or alter MERCI's to work for both modules.