Thanks for the kind words Pranay. I will definitely look into 9596 and see where i can get involved.
Regds mallah. On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Pranay Pandey < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Rajes for this detailed feedback. Looking great. > > The community is in process of fine tuning this document and all the > children. As of now, the current focus is on building good documents and > then continue refining structure so that it's obvious for the reader. Your > feedback will help here greatly. If you are interested in owning any of the > business process document then please refer this JIRA and it's sub-taks for > more details: OFBIZ-9596 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-9596 > > > > > > Best regards, > Pranay Pandey > www.hotwaxsystems.com > www.hotwax.co > > On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Rajesh Mallah <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > [ warning: long email ahead ] > > > > > > Hi , > > > > Firstly , I am glad and excited to see the Business Process Reference > > handbook > > being made and I felt like contributing my few cents. > > > > I was going through the organisation of the BPR and see how far it > matches > > horizontally with the diversity of applications covered in under OfBiz. > > > > The list of applications in OfBiz ( leaving out tools,examples etc ) is: > > > > Accounting / Accounting (AP) / Accounting (AR) , Asset Maint , Catalog > > Content, Facilty, HR , Manufacturing , Marketing,My Portal,Order,Party, > > Project, SFA, Scrum,Work Effort,BIRT,Business Intelligence,eBay,Handheld > > Web POS. > > > > List of Chapters in Handbook and approximate mapping of applications to > > chapters is as below: > > > > '(o)' indicates the top chapters of BPR and (*) indicates application > > under Ofbiz. > > > > > > (o) Customer Relationship Management (CRM) > > * SFA ?? > > * Marketing ?? { '??' are explained after this list near end } > > > > (o) E-commerce > > * Catalog > > * eBay > > * Content > > > > (o) Financial Accounting and Reporting > > * Accounting / Accounting (AP) / Accounting (AR) > > > > (o) Human Resources Management > > * HR > > > > (o) Manufacturing > > * Manufacturing > > > > (o) Order Fulfillment Process > > (below is picked from doc itself) > > * Inventory > > * Sales > > * Accounting > > * Marketing > > > > (o) Party > > * Party > > > > (o) Product Information Management (PIM) > > * Catalog > > > > (o) Sales Order Management > > * Order > > > > (o) Supply Chain Planning > > > > (o) Warehouse Management > > * Facilty > > > > > > Applications that could not be mapped to BPR Chapters ( by me :-) ) : > > > > * Asset Maint > > * Project > > * Scrum > > * Work Effort > > * BIRT > > * Business Intelligence > > * Handheld > > * Web POS > > > > Pls note : The above are observations and should be interpreted in the > > light of fact that > > my experience with ofbiz is too little at this moment as i am new to it. > > > > however as an adopter of ofbiz at very early stages of my company i feel > > the following: > > > > > > (1) I wish that the Handbook puts appropriate focus to 2 distinct > > processes which are generally present in any company , they are > > *pre-sales* and > > *post-sales* . Rite now both aspects are covered under one chapter > > which is > > "Customer Relationship Management (CRM)" . I guess "Customer" > is a > > Party(Group) > > that pays to a given company(or Party) , before that it is only a > > Lead or Opportunity. > > So covering Lead in under "CRM" is probably undermining it. The > > "lead" is currently > > covered in the page after "customer" . Where as i think it should > be > > other way round. > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Customer+Relationship+ > > Management+%28CRM%29+Process+Overview > > > > > > The underlying data model of ofbiz is overwhelmingly fine-grained > and > > comprehensive as > > I see it adhering to the best practices and hence the Business > > processes mapping to the > > entities should cover them in a top-> bottom approach (i feel) > leaving > > place holders for > > future enrichment. > > > > Generally pre-sales (Sales) and post-sales (Backroom) teams in > > organisation are separate > > and they differ in the level of adherence to systems and processes > > also. > > > > To summarize: I feel the *set* of processes for pre-sales and sales > > and post-sales deserve separate chapters > > and they have separate target audiences. > > > > (2) Due importance to brick-n-mortar businesses : > > There shall be many companies with no shopping carts and online > > checkouts. > > Hence document should also cope with lack of them. > > > > (3) Due importance Services Companies: (SaaS offering ) > > There is nothing to ship from such companies and no tangible , > > countable > > inventories. > > > > (4) Glossary of Terms : The BPR should eventually include a Glossary of > > terms. > > (5) Glossary of Acronyms: The BPR should include a list of acronyms > > preferably separate from (4). > > > > > > (6) Could someone map the :"un-mapped" Applications to existing chapters > > (in case they fit ) > > > > these were my few thoughts/cents. > > ( thanks for reading this far! ) > > > > > > regds > > mallah. > > >
