Scott A wrote:
Hi all,
I’m at the beginning stages of a long process to make ofbiz the core behind
my business. I see that there is a long way for me to go before my people or
I start using it in a meaningful way because of all the changes I will want.
Are you talking about customer facing changes or internal operations? As far as
back room operation changes, are you talking about a lot of little stuff or a
lot of big stuff.
We're doing the same thing right now. One thing that has guided us so far is
"will this change help other companies and make the project better?" ofBiz is
designed to have a fully customized customer facing side, and fairly standard
back office systems. You don't want to run your company updating to the latest
version every 4 hours, but you also don't want a so customized version of
AngloLimited ERP that it could never be updated again from the project.
List the changes you think you need. Perhaps there are better "best practices"
to accomplish them. They may be things that developers are working on. Some
things may be needed & simple and really should be made into JIRA issues
(basically a bulletin board that the ofBiz developers use to know who is working
on what and what needs fixing) and others may be something that peaks the
interest of someone else who might think "Hum, I never thought of that, we
really need that." Others may be pie in the sky. But even pie in the sky is
*good*. It pushes the community's self imposed boundaries.
The power in ofBiz is the fact that today we walk on roads paved by others, and
as we type here others are building new roads. If we contribute in building even
more roads, we all benefit from the stronger infrastructure. Next year ofBiz
will be better than it is today. In 2017 it will be even better because of
shared experiences and talents.
Am I too naïve to think that my entire business could be run from one core
application?
That's kinda the whole idea of an ERP :)
Just remember you're not alone.
--
Walter
