At Tue, 27 Nov 2018 10:13:37 +0100 Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> wrote:
> > Op dinsdag 27 november 2018 00:17:06 CET schreef John Ralls: > > > On Nov 27, 2018, at 6:35 AM, Stephen M. Butler <kg...@arrl.net> wrote: > > The other big issue is that your description of the various modules in a > > business accounting system is for *big* business. Thatâs not what GnuCash > > is designed for and not what the current development team is interested in, > > never mind (as you point out) capable of supporting. There are a several > > open-source projects in that space, search the web for âfoss erpâ to > > find > > them. GnuCash is focussed on very small businesses (as in sole > > proprietorships) and individuals. > > I mostly agree, yet I think many small businesses would benefit from a simple > inventory management system. My own business would have for that matter. > > And while inventory is not strictly accounting it would make gnucash a viable > option to quite a few extra small businesses. So I'm in two minds with > respect > to inventory support and have been for quite a while. In the past I > envisioned > implementing it myself (reusing certain parts of the existing code and adding > the missing bits) but for various reasons shifted to other priorities. If > someone would step in to write it, I would still support the effort though. "Inventory Management" is so close to managing stocks, that it should be possible to implement with bit of recycling/repurposing the existing code for stocks... One can *almost* fake it now by considering physical inventory as if it were a stock and using a "stock" type account. > > Payroll on the other hand is not my cup of tea and likely more targeted at > larger businesses. Yes, a full fledged Payroll module would likely to be major bit of coding, but maybe a simplified small scale Payroll module *might* be of use to smaller businesses (say < 5 employees). > > More generally, we can certainly use more hands to carry gnucash forward. So > Stephen your offer to lend us a hand is highly appreciated :) +1 > > Regards, > > Geert > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services
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