Salutations I heartily endorse Andreas' vision . We are a not for profit cooperative natural food distributor in Canada currently using MS Solomon IV ERP on SQL Server . I have been using OO for several years and I am the internal advocate for it .
I realize that an enterprise level ERP is a non trivial undertaking carrying much risk for both developers and users . However, I am hopeful it can be done . L Send reply to: [email protected] Date sent: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:59:53 +0200 From: "Andreas Pichler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: [discuss] OpenOfficeERP > Dear OpenOffice.org Team, > I have been using OO.org products for about three years now and I have > to > say that ever since I have been very satisfied with the performance of > the > office suite. The only two issues I encountered were badly designed tools > to > create statistics and Pivot tables and OpenOffice Draw still has a some > way > to go until it can stand up to Microsoft Publisher. I hope you will > improve > these two features anytime soon. > > But today I am actually writing this email, because I had a great idea > to > combine OpenSource knowledge with a highly integrated office suite such > as > OO.org. Parts of Writer, Calc and Base should be blended together to make > up > a complete new application: An ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) > solution > for especially for small businesses that don't have the financial > capacities > to get proprietary software. > I am working in a small office at an electrician's business and we had > already talked about setting all the computers at the accounting > department > up with Ubuntu/OpenOffice to save on license fees. The only problem has > been > the missing support for our Windows-ERP solution that was created by > the > local company Replica. > There are already some OpenSource ERP solutions on the market and they > all > seem to work very well, but what most ERP's are missing, is an > integration > with an OfficeSuite to improve the performance and make accounting work > easier. > The whole programme should be based on a powerful SQL server that > manages > the database and a professional support system which helps people when > they > encounter difficulites. > This way, the OpenOffice.org project could offer the free version of > OpenOfficeERP to all the interested users and sell service packages > that > include delivery, installation, migration and support for small fees > that > help contributing to the OpenOffice.org project. > A lot of businesses would see the incentives and start using > OpenOffice.org+ERP on their computers and OpenOffice could finally stand > up > to meet it's opponent on the same height. > > I would be very interested in hearing what you think of the project and > I > would do my best to help developing it. > > My best regards, > > Andreas Pichler, Italy > -- Larry Sadler 905.507.2021 x221 [EMAIL PROTECTED] IT Services Manager 905.507.2848 fax Ontario Natural Food Coop 5685 McLaughlin Rd [McLaughlin just S of Matheson] Mississauga Ont L5R 3K5
