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Re: [Web-erp-developers] Re: Desktop manuals
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From: Danie B. <br...@na...> - 2004-04-21 08:09:41
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Hi Phil In response to your section on : Why WebERP and not commercial ? and your (2c worth) I agree with you, the answer I was looking for (for this manual), was covered in the first section (About the creator(s) of WebERP). I will have a look and see where I can use your other section's persuasive arguments (Why WebERP and not commercial ?). Maybe, on the site as a reason on why, also maybe an introductory news letter, promotional material, etc. Thanks again for the input, I did add the other section to the foreword. I will probably, now after speaking, to the printers still produce extra manuals but they will now be published in a single book. Costs are inhibitive, cost of a single manual amount to about R80 about US$ 11, while producing about a hundred will cost about R19 about US$ 2.7 exchange 7:1. However manual will be bound in white sleeve with WebERP Image and name on cover and spline, glue bound, size A4. However at this time I will have to produce one at a time and therefore R80 per manual and therefore all in one. I will let you know when that is done. Updated book is available as usual @ http://www.b2brus.co.za/downloads/WebERPMan/DesktopManual.doc http://www.b2brus.co.za/downloads/WebERPMan/DesktopManual.pdf http://www.b2brus.co.za/downloads/WebERPMan/DesktopManual.sxw Kind Regards Danie Brink br...@b2... On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 12:06, Phil Daintree wrote: > > However while experimenting, I created a credit note with a random > > value. Then proceeded to allocate against customer invoices. Some money > > remained. This got me thinking WHAT IF the operator accidentally type a > > digit wrong or add one, then what ? I tested this scenario and found > > that there was no way to correct/modify this and also you can not credit > > a negative value, it refused. ( An option would be to allow negative > > credit values for overcharge credit type.) However it got me thinking > > that you might be able to correct this with a Journal entry, however I > > have not tested this because I am still busy with the Supplier Order > > Desktop Manual. As you pointed out this is not possible. Everything else > > I have tried to mess up I managed to correct. > > > > What is your opinion on this scenario ? How can this problem be fixed ? > > Should it be fixed, if not how do you balance the books then ? It is the > > books I am concerned with, both the company's accounts and the customer > > account. > > You can fix it with an invoice of a dummy item. The dummy item being of a > stock category that posts to the right place to reverse the credit - this is > a little messy and perhaps a journal facility might be good for opening > balances too. > > > > > Revised Manuals Available here again. If you are happy with it please > > put it on Sourceforge > > Replace the Login Screen in the document if you would like to. > > http://www.b2brus.co.za/downloads/WebERPMan/DesktopManual.doc > > http://www.b2brus.co.za/downloads/WebERPMan/DesktopManual.pdf > > http://www.b2brus.co.za/downloads/WebERPMan/DesktopManual.sxw > > > > Below is my contribution to your manual as requested - hope it's ok. > > About the creator(s) of WebERP. > WebERP is the product of countless hours of effort, most of the time an > enjoyable tussle with logic for its own sake. As a CA and businessman with a > perverse lust for internal process improvement and a belief in the power of > software to drive that improvement, webERP has become a conduit for my views > on how the basic business processes should be preformed. I have enjoyed the > input from others in this regard and the evolution of both the system and my > views throughout its development to date. > Having gone through this, largely for the challenge and pleasure of doing so, > the irony is that without businesses taking advantage of webERP, the whole > exercise has been a massive waste of time. The very focus of process > improvement is of course to eliminate waste! > > This is hopefully the beginning of the journey as more and more like-minded > individuals see the value of webERP and their contributions (of code) further > enhance the functionality and appeal of webERP. > > Phil Daintree – BA(Hons) CA > > Why WebERP and not commercial ? > > Why not a commercial product or an alternative like Compiére? > > (This is complex - I am not sure if this should be in the manual really but > this is my 2c - actually this may be more a $1 worth.) > > There are good reasons to adopt a commercial system. Many years of development > by professionals, the backing of possibly an international company and > someone to blame if it all goes pear shaped – to name a few. It is much > easier to use commercial systems that have accumulated some credibility in > the eyes of the accounting profession. Also, commercial companies are more > likely to have the necessary marketing spend to put the product in front of > would be users and promote its features and benefits. There is no doubt that > marketing influences perceptions and that perceptions are particularly > important in mission critical software. To repeat the cliché: > > “No one was ever fired for buying IBM/HP” > > There are also some persuasive reasons against commercial software. Having > purchased a license to run a commercial system, there is no one else to turn > to when it doesn't do exactly what the business needs it to do. Many > businesses have experienced this now. This puts the business in a very > difficult situation, it is beholden to the software company: > 1.The software vendor is the only company where modifications can be made. > 2.The software vendor is the only company that can truly support the product > and know the inner workings of the program. They effectively become a > monopoly as soon as the software is sold. Ongoing support contracts can > become very expensive. > 3.Taking legal action against the software company for breach of contract > would limit the businesses ability to continue using the software with > effective support. > 4.When things go wrong there is no other company to turn to, to resolve > problem.The business is stuck with the software vendor and the alternative, > to change the system completely is often prohibitively expensive. > > The only way around these problems is to have access to the source code of the > software. This is not traditionally available in commercial software > licensing arrangements. > > Further, there are powerful arguments for open source software. The eyes and > scrutiny of the code by so many programmers results in higher quality code > and software that is consequently more reliable. Bugs reports are actively > encouraged and can be repaired by anyone. In use by a business, web-erp > invites the business to create scripts to exactly meet its needs rather than > try to fit within the confines of the square hole of closed source software. > The business is truly free to make the software work precisely according to > its own rules, not those of the commercial software vendor. > Finally, open source software has the advantage of being very cost effective! > There are now a number of other open source systems. Where webERP is strong > relative to other open source accounting systems is: > 1.The accessibility of the PHP code, all written in plain english. Abstraction > which does not add to the efficiency of the code has been actively avoided. > Use of only the one programming language - PHP, reduces the knowledge > necessary to be able to effect meaningful modifications. PHP is widely > regarded as one of the more straightforward languages to program with. > 2.Minimal requirements of the client computers. Only a web-browser and pdf > reader are required. > 3.The basic infrastructure is cheap, PHP and MySQL can run on virtually all > computers and are themselves open source software. > 4.Since it is web-based it offers low cost wide area networking. Using SSL – > it offers a very low cost and efficient VPN. > > Phil > > > > -- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. 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