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That's only if you use their infrastructure. If you self-host, then its free:
> Self-Hosted
> ERPNext is open source and licenced under GNU GPL v3. It's free to use on your own server.
Hopefully, he is using an open source ERP, if not, tell him to switch to one such as ERPNext which is entirely free and open source. It's developers are Indians who work out from Mumbai.
Io per la compilazione di alcuni documenti ho creato un programma in .Net che si appoggia su un database access facendomi risparmiare circa 5 minuti ogni documento.
Ovviamente devi avere familiarità con il linguaggio e capire fino a che punto puoi automatizzare. Per quanto riguarda fatture, gestione clienti ecc. ti consiglio ERPNext, è opensource e se hai esperienza con sistemi *nix puoi installartelo su una macchina che hai in ufficio (l'installazione non è proprio così semplice ma viene ripagata del tutto)
Depends on your purpose. Everyone here is saying "oh go grab access, a general purpose database tool with no structure".
I mean, you could, and you might get slightly more efficient referencing out of it, but it's clunky and not scalable and probably unnnecessary.
You get two nice things out of a database that you don't get out of excel:
- Transactional interface (aka: many people can use it at the same time, and that usage is trackable)
- Far more efficient relational searching (aka: if I search for "job this" involving "person that" who had a tea party with "this guy", it takes excel 30 years while taking a database 3 seconds).
Granted, this is all based on scale. If you have a spreadsheet with data for 3000 people, you don't even need to bother. If you have a database with 3,000,000 people, then yeah, get a goddamn database.
Even then though, you don't need to use generic database software. Generally if you're structuring your own database and you're not a DBA or developer, you're 20 steps too far into reinventing the wheel. Also, almost every developer in existence cuts their teeth on database functions, so there are a ton of useful open source projects involving database stuff.
90% of people here are probably looking for a CRM (customer relationship manager). There are tons out there.
I generally recommend erpnext, which is overkill for most people, but is also very user friendly and you can conveniently ignore the extra functionality (accounting, inventory management, invoicing, etc.) that yo udon't need. The nice thing about it is when you do need it, it's there.
There's probably like 50 other CRM/ERP programs I could say are at least functional, but I like that one, so that's what I use.
Ok so next I would say look into ERPNext. I believe they are an Indian team so the product may be focused on that side of the world. I know there is a docker image you can mess around with but I have never installed it. They do seem to have stock management but I don't know what you need nor am I familiar enough with their product to be helpful.
Good luck
https://erpnext.com/ Open Source. And also you build apps that can customize on top of already built in Modules. Company where I work had been using this for 6 years and they are happy.
As a developer, I am happy as well because I can implement and code custom modules or edit existing ones very easy.
I think that your thoughts are helpful for our community.
For end-users, using ERPNext.com or using other providers is the best bet to avoid ten minutes of installation and hours of configuration. For installation, you may be right, because we've created templates with our service providers. We can easily create new instances. But this installation is a developer thing, end-users should avoid it. Real configuration starts after the installation. Because it depends on customers' business flow.
- I don't get this backup thing. It generates a backup file, it's one click away on each screen and you can easily restore them. What is your struggle here?
- How should ERP systems handle files? PS: ERPNext doesn't hash file names and you can integrate Nextcloud, etc.
- Hmmm. Did you try to create a new entry in the "Custom Field" doctype instead of Customize Form screen? That may solve your issue. I think your problem relies on "bench migrate". If you don't issue migrate command but just restore it, you should not lose your new fields.
PS: We usually don't charge for all your money. Just x2 of it. But annually :)
You are in the "made-to-order" manufacturing business, and if you want to be specific "made-to-order using standard parts".
Like someone else mentioned you might need an ERP. I like https://www.odoo.com/ I did an install a couple of years ago, but when evaluating https://erpnext.com/ was a close second.
You can do a "hack" if you want. Chances are you have a handful of final products, but they are all customized for the end-user.
You can use QuickBooks online Advanced to track your materials, and then track the finished products by broad categories. Not a perfect system but easy to implement off-the-shelf, without the headaches of a custom system.
I'm a huge fan of ERPNext. 100% open source (i.e.: no paywall-locked features), aggressive development schedule, large consultant community, fully featured, easy to customize with and without coding, etc. (I have no skin in the game, I just use it for my side projects.)
There’s a fully open source (ie: no premium features locked behind a paywall) called ERPNext. It has a large active contributor base, runs using a contemporary server architecture (Python, MySQL, git, Docker optionally). It’s fully featured including manufacturing (BoM, inventory, sales quotes, orders, invoices) as well as all kinds of other back office management - AP, AR, HR, user management, messaging in app, takes, projects, schedules. It’s fairly customizable without coding. The ERPNext project managers offer a hosted product, but you can self-host. There’s also a lot of consultants out there. Your ops guy can probably handle it.
For what it’s worth I don’t have any ties to the project. I just use it for side projects, and I think it’s a really great piece of software.
ERPNextis a fully open source (ie: no premium paid features) ERP with a huge development community. The company sells managed services, but if you have a decent IT team they can easily configure, customize, and run it. There’s also a healthy community of consultants available.
(I have nothing to do with the project other than I use it for side-projects.)
You can try erpnext.com. It's open source, easier to customize. If you want even simpler solution, you can use their frappe framework to implement a full featured solution in a week or two.
ERPNext may be overkill (it may not depending on your company), but it could definitely do all this out of the box, probably with little modification.
It’s an open source, free (completely - no paid-premium features) ERP platform with a huge active development/user community. There are tons of optional modules (point of sale, website integration, customer management, accounting, HR, billing, manufacturing...), and its core functionality supports inventory management with barcode integration. It’s very internationalized and supports chosen UoM everywhere. It’s multi user, and even offers a ton of built-in office services like email boxes, messaging, shared calendars, todo...).
Tech-wise, it’s web based, written in Python, runs on a Linux server, and uses a MariaDB database for storage. A good portion can be modified from within the application without having to touch code or schemas You can download it and install it (if you run a Docker server you can run it there too). You’ll need someone who can maintain it. Alternatively the project maintainers offer it as a managed cloud based service (which is part of how they support the project financially, along with customization services).
FWIW, I’m not connected with the project, I just love the system, customized it for a friend’s business, plus I use it for my own side projects.
If you have any questions about it let me know.
The company I work at produces a lot of open source products. We're in the cut throat industry of ERPs, we have a fully open source product called ERPNext amongst many others. You can check them out at https://frappe.io and https://erpnext.com
We are 100% bootstrapped, profitable and growing quite well. So yes you can be profitable while producing open source products and tools.
For us, SaaS has been a major revenue source over the years however enterprise side has been gaining traction too. Largely people will pay you on the SaaS side because they don't want the hassle of self hosting and upgrades. SaaS offers uptime, backups, email and other stuff which can be a huge convenience. As for the enterprise side of things, if your product is mission critical (ERPs are) people will be willing to pay you even for "insurance", we being the authors of the software have the most expertise on the product and how it works, so we can almost guarantee significantly better support and service than almost every other offering.
There will always be customers who will self host your product, which you should be fine with. We have a huge community of over 12K people globally, they help spread the word about your products, this also becomes a source for new sign-ups /customers
Things we did while all of this happened was 1. Stay product focused, product is king 2. Stay truly open source
Hope this helps
In my experience as a product expert at Frappe, we like to have simple and minimalist product descriptions. After all it’s a human being who ends up reading it, not bots. Aligning SEO game was tough for us because we didn’t want to add jargons of unwanted verbose texts on our website just so we can rank better. So we created pages that provide information, not endless lines of text defining what the product has. Take an example of our feature page: https://erpnext.com/regional/usa Enterprise companies trust brands and consistency, so one should always be careful about every statement that is written about the product
ERPNext open source software, hire some IT company listed in their partners list (gold, silver, bronze). Initial payment would be about 8-10 L then after that annual charges will be sure 1.5-2.8 depending upon the company. Customisation charges will also be implemented if you need customisation and also depending upon the company some may charge on per user requirement or some may offer unlimited user You can choose to host your own server or in their server (ERP's, the company's or AWS or whatever cloud hosting the company uses).
Negotiate, look for different vendors. The software is completely Indian and the product team in Mumbai.
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I did one Odoo consultation, but was frustrated that so many extra integrations cost more (Full Accounting, which seems like that is the core of an ERP, ). That being said, SCM in ErpNext seems to require more manual intervention, out of the box. If I were doing another ERPNext implementation, I'd specify interfaces to accept incoming shipping notices (via an XML formatted message) and updates to available stock, for example.
I might also add, have a security web page highlighting the due process in case people find a vulnerability. We've had a few people who've written an entire blog and the contacting us (they have no malicious intent, just didn't understand the implications well enough)
If you need some inspiration, look at the policy at ERPNext https://erpnext.com/security
I know this doesn’t directly answer your question, but look in to ERPNext rather than doing an inventory/supply system from scratch. It’s fully open source (no premium features) and free. It’s web based, and mobile friendly. It’ll run on a pretty small system, and the app has plenty of room for expansion for when the business grows.
ERPNext is a completely open sourced, full feature ERP system that doesn’t lock any functionality behind a premium pricing model. It’s a good system to install and mess around with and play with the flows (for example: create a product, create a customer, sales quote, order, invoice, ship it, etc).
Reason #496 to love ERPNext:
https://translate.erpnext.com/
https://erpnext.com/docs/user/manual/en/customize-erpnext/articles/set-language
I'm not in front of it at the moment so I can't say for sure what languages it supports out of the box. But the fact that you can set the language per-user is pretty nifty.
I'm ahuge fan of the open source project ERPNext. I have no skin in the game other than using it a little for side-projects. The development community is extremely active, and unlike other similar open source projects, it's not premium-ware. All the features are available.
Out of the box it will do everything you're looking for if you select the manufacturing module. It's multi-user web based with pretty flexible permissions.
Tech-wise, it's Python + ~~MySQL~~ MariaDB based, but a ton of functionality can be customized without coding. The people who created it offer a managed, hosted cloud-based version, but you can download and run it on your own server. Plus there are many third-party consults available to support it.
A couple of links:
- The manufacturing section of the manual
- Their YouTube channel
- (VM Download](https://erpnext.org/download)
If you do end up using it, I'd love to know.
I run a software development company. My advice is DO NOT DEVELOP ANYTHING FROM SCRATCH.
Open source frameworks get you 90% of where you want to be & they are modifiable to get you exactly what you want.
For everything you've mentioned, I highly suggest Odoo or ERPNext. Odoo has much more functionality and you can run it on a $5 cloud server. I created a tutorial on how to install it here.
ERPNext is a fork (variation) of Odoo which has reasonably priced plans. Odoo goes from free to Enterprise. ERPnext starts at $10/user/month. ERPNext is fancier than Odoo but has fewer features.
ERPNext is open source (and not premium open-source, as in they don't have proprietary paid-for features, although they do offer a paid-for hosted service if you don't want to host it yourself). It's web based, with a Python backend. It might be huge overkill for what you need, but it could definitely do it. That said, there were some discussions about that years ago.
There are probably some industries that are similar enough to use with some tweaking, like education or hospitality (education might be able to track things like classes too). You can enable and mix modules too. Check out the Industry Modules in the docs.
It would still take some customization, but the platform is flexible enough to do it with minimal programming. For example, member objects could have a member image attachment associated with it, member ID number, etc. But it'll take some customization (again, most if not all can be done without coding).
Take a look at the opensource project ERPNext. It's no-strings-attached opensourced (i.e.: no premium paid features), very active development community, and includes a CRM module. Plus out of the box it has a lot of the basic crud that is a chore to build, like user/role administration, auditing, reports, security, UI, notifications, integration with email, etc..
ERPNext actually has a layer of abstraction on top of the DB (canned Doctypes) which is kind of like a data template that defines fields, their types, how they're displayed, permissions, etc. It already contains Doctypes for non-profits, which you can alter to suit your needs.
I've been using ERPNext. It does a good job on the manufacturing, inventory and purchasing side of things. It has it's quirks, but is very flexible and configurable.
They offer hosting as well as self-hosting. Plus it's Open Source.
We use their cloud hosting solution.
For a first time user, I would recommend downloading their pre-installed virtual box image and once you become familiar with ERPNext and have an implementation plan, start hosting with them.