On 3/14/13, george <
theonlydamnedavailablename@gmail.com> wrote:
> Patrick, for the end user its all about usability of the system, e.g. MS
> vs Linux
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Patrick Kariuki
> <
patrick.kariuki@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> There was an interesting comment a couple of years ago about the
>> future of OpenERP - its commercialization, although still premature is
>> likely to occur in the near future;
>>
>> "If venture capitalists are willing to invest $3M euro to increase
>> OpenERP market share, then 1) They see a product that can increase its
>> revenues (and profits) by at least 10-100X
>> in the next 3-5 years, and
>> 2) They see a path to liquidity (public offering or sale), whereby
>> they expect to recoup their investment."
>>
>> I prefer Ofbiz - its more community-driven, not so easy on the user as
>> it is on the developer but is much more diverse in functionality.
>>
>> On 3/13/13, Areba Collins [ @BrainiacKE ® ] <
arebacollins@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > all this could be handled by OpenERP.
>> >
>> > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Stephen <
wanjaustev@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi everyone,
>> >>
>> >> I hope this finds you all well.
>> >>
>> >> I am looking for a computing system for a factory that deals with
>> >> milling. May I first begin by briefly describing what happens at the
>> >> milling plant. The lorries delivers maize which is measured for
>> >> moisture
>> >> content, whether GMO or not and for Aflatoxin. Once all the
>> >> aforementionedtests
>> >> are passed, the maize is weighed on a digital weigh bridge then the
>> >> consignment is offloaded for storage before milling is done. The
>> >> milling
>> >> plant can produce flour as the primary product and bran as the by
>> >> product.
>> >> These two products are temporarily stored and later stashed in lorries
>> to
>> >> ferry to wholesale customers and other institutions while there will
>> >> be
>> a
>> >> shop at the factory that shall be doing retail sales which should also
>> be
>> >> captured
>> >> in the system.
>> >>
>> >> Some of the things I would like to capture are; when raw material
>> >> isdelivered
>> >> , the weight of product, vehicle registration number and the name and
>> >> contacts of supplier, the moisture content of the maize etc
>> >>
>> >> The system am thinking of should be able to give the state of the
>> >> business
>> >> at a given time. That could include, the inventory which includes the
>> >> p
>> >> roducts (flour and bran) and the raw materials (primarily maize),
>> >> pendingpa
>> >> yables, pending receivables, etc
>> >>
>> >> The system should also be capable of generating daily, weekly or
>> >> monthly
>> >> reports or for a period I wish to generate a report. The report could
>> >> be
>> >> having details about sales, tonnes of product sold,tonnes of by
>> >> product
>> >> sold in a given period, list of suppliers with their contacts.
>> >>
>> >> A module for processing salaries should also be included.
>> >>
>> >> Anyone with contacts of who I should contact regarding this is kindly
>> >> requested
>> >> to refer them to me and in case anything is not as clear from my
>> >> explanation above, then feel free to ask for more info.
>> >>
>> >> best regards,
>> >> Stephen
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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