Hello Xinhuan, You can refer the official website[1] of the Apache OFBiz to get to know about OOTB capabilities. Also, I recommend OFBiz Wiki[2] for a better understanding of OFBiz at technical as well as the business side.
[1] : https://ofbiz.apache.org/index.html [2] : https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Home Kind Regards, -- Pritam Kute On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 11:38 PM Xinhuan Zheng <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Mr. Pritam, > > Thank you for your email. Can you please provide me more resource > information about OFBiz OOTB capabilities? > > Sorry for the unclear question about the Party data model. Initially the > business won't have too many product skus, but it will definitely have > limited number of product skus, suppliers, and orders. However, those types > of data won't pour in all at the same time. The very first data to be > stored initially is Party data, like suppliers including those who are > candidates, even though they may not be the real ones. So that's why I > include Excel spreadsheet, or Exchange database. In my mind, the Excel > spreadsheet can store the same kind of Party data, and the Exchange > database can store the communication messages, even without more > sophisticated technology like MySQL. That's just my understanding. But I > wonder if the community would have the same view as me. > > - Xinhuan > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 12:27 AM Pritam Kute <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > > Hello Xinhuan, > > > > Happy to see that you choose Apache OFBiz for your business needs. Based > on > > the overall outline of the business you are thinking of, the OFBiz has > OOTB > > capabilities to fulfil all your requirements. > > > > The question about party data model is little unclear to me but I will > > recommend you to go with MySQL database for storing the data. MySQL > > integration is seamless with Apache OFBiz and a lot of live projects on > top > > of Apache OFBiz are using MySQL from years. > > > > Kind Regards, > > -- > > Pritam Kute > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 10:46 PM Xinhuan Zheng <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I am reviewing Apache OFbiz Data Model book - > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/13271792/OFBizDatamodelBook_Combined_20171001.pdf?api=v2 > > , > > > Page 8 - 9, the Party, Contact, Communication, and Security data model. > > One > > > question just comes up into my mind. > > > > > > Suppose this is a Catalog Order business. It has products of books, > DVDs, > > > supplies (for example, certain cups used in certain ceremony) that are > > all > > > not perishable. When catalogs are printed and sent to prospects, the > > > business takes the order, fulfills the order from inventoried product > > > items. Obviously, the business needs to store product items before > orders > > > come in. This will involve in purchase orders from suppliers. This is > an > > > outline of the business. > > > > > > The goal is to keep business process consistent, efficient, and > > obviously, > > > with limited budget of finance and human resources. So technology is > > > carefully compared, and Apache OFBiz comes out as a potential > candidate. > > > > > > By analyzing the Apache OFbiz Party data model, as the link referenced > > > above, combining with the outlined business process and the goal, what > > > technology do you choose just for Party data model (including Party, > > > Contact, Communication, Security)? I am listing below potential > > > technologies: > > > > > > 1. Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet > > > 2. Microsoft Exchange Database > > > 3. MySQL Database > > > 4. Mongo Database > > > 5. Oracle Database > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > >
