OpenERP
We are a discrete manufacturing firm who is now looking at OpenERP. Is anyone here using OpenERP in a real world environment?It seems to do 90% of what we need right out the box - the other 10% is...
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I have a colleague who is advising a company that are implementing Open ERP. The feedback that I got was that you still need to get a knowledgeable partner to implement it, same as for any other ERP...
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We have identified a partner that we would like to work with - pending due diligence.I just want to know if there are any real world users who are in equipment manufacturing like us as we would want to...
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Sounds like you have a plan. Do the partner have any customers that you could visit ? I have done that a couple of times, and it has been a very successful outcome - for both the partner doing the demo...
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Thanks DavidLW - I feel bad for the company I am with because almost 300k has been dropped on a product that we found last week will not deliver some of what they were told it would.We make heavy...
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Einstein once said - "If I had 12 hours to save the earth, I would spend 11 hours defining the problem". That's what you have to do, as well as getting some help.I feel that your deadline of June 1st...
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Haha – I love that saying!! We don’t really have a system at the moment – What we do have is a basic accounting system with basic WH Locations. I have the full support of the owners of the business –...
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You have some scary assumptions in your last post. Don't assume that your business processes will fit the work flow of the ERP or that you can adjust the ERP to fit your process. You have the right...
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User buy-in is really important. I have found that people generally fall into three camps - those opposed to change, the indifferent and those that embrace change. Most people are indifferent, but...
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Sorry - I should have been clear. I have total buy-in from both the users and owners. The last system that was purchased was hard for them to use. Multi tabs to do one simple task - no true flow of...
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Phased approach is good. It can mean more work if you have to build interfaces, but that's money well spent.This sounds like a great contender for a write-up on Spiceworks for us all to see. I would be...
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If you are still open to reviewing other ERP solutions I would look art Netsuite. It seems like a lot of the challenges you are having might have been addressed in NS, and you are likely to find more...
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Thanks @eciment - but descrete manufacturing is totally diferent.We make huge vehicles and fuel stations for underground mining. Because of the high level of danger and rules, we have to track SN / Lot...
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As DavidLW said, this would be a great spiceworks write-up if your willing. ERP is a very scary sight for those of us looking from the outside thinking of having to implement sometime in the future....
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CA-RT - Hey I know this post is a few months old... but did you end up going with OpenERP? We've been using it for about nine months for, one of the three (3) companies that will need it implemented....
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I also am curious how this has gone down. We have a horrible limiting ERP system right now and this one is looking good.
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I was head hunted for another firm (much much bigger) - so I left this in the hands of my replacement. Open ERP Will work for what they want. They just need to pull the trigger. I can understand they...
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I have a colleague that's installing OpenERP, and it seems to be an excellent system. Very flexible and seems to work with most industries as there are many modules that can plug in to do most tasks....
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