Need help/direction getting started with OFBIZ ERP

[joefrancois]

Hello All,

I am new to OFBIZ and would like to implement the ERP/MRP system for my
business. This is a long email, but I am basically looking for guidance, for
examples, document to read, etc..

Here is an overview of our business.
- We purchase the retail packaging for the product and send them to the
manufacturer.
- We outsource the manufacturing and the packaging for the product to a 3rd
party.
- We exclusively sales our product on our website (Shopify) and Amazon.

I downloaded and installed OFBIZ, however, I am having a hard time finding
the information needed to get started. On a high-level, here is what I am
trying to accomplish.

- Understand the full procurement cycle. From PO - to receiving the goods
and payments. Including on how to account for shipping costs
- Set up manufacturing to take account of labour costs provided by our 3rd
party manufacturer. This would include the system to calculate the per
product costing.
- Understand the full sale cycle from SO to shipping to customers and
receiving payments.
- I would like to understand how to do bulk import of historical data
- Is there a plugin already developed to synchronize with Amazon?

Any guidance will be highly appreciated.

Regards,





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[Jacques Le Roux]

Hi joefrancois,

Your message has been moderated, else it would not have reach the user ML.

Please subscribe to the user ML for such questions and then use your email client.
See why here http://ofbiz.apache.org/mailing-lists.html.

You will get a better support, people can answer you on the ML.
The wider the audience the better the answers you might get.

Also it's more work for moderators who have to accept your messages as long as you have not subscribed.
I'll personally no longer accept them (other moderators still could).

Thanks

This said there is no plugin to synchronize with Amazon.

Sorry, I have not more time at the moment to answer you more. Hopefully you will get some help before I can...

Jacques

Le 29/04/2020 à 10:48, joefrancois a écrit :

> Hello All,
>
> I am new to OFBIZ and would like to implement the ERP/MRP system for my
> business. This is a long email, but I am basically looking for guidance, for
> examples, document to read, etc..
>
> Here is an overview of our business.
> - We purchase the retail packaging for the product and send them to the
> manufacturer.
> - We outsource the manufacturing and the packaging for the product to a 3rd
> party.
> - We exclusively sales our product on our website (Shopify) and Amazon.
>
> I downloaded and installed OFBIZ, however, I am having a hard time finding
> the information needed to get started. On a high-level, here is what I am
> trying to accomplish.
>
> - Understand the full procurement cycle. From PO - to receiving the goods
> and payments. Including on how to account for shipping costs
> - Set up manufacturing to take account of labour costs provided by our 3rd
> party manufacturer. This would include the system to calculate the per
> product costing.
> - Understand the full sale cycle from SO to shipping to customers and
> receiving payments.
> - I would like to understand how to do bulk import of historical data
> - Is there a plugin already developed to synchronize with Amazon?
>
> Any guidance will be highly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Sent from: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/OFBiz-User-f135036.html

[Ankush Upadhyay-2]

Hello  joefrancois,

I am not sure if we have Amazon integration with Ofbiz or something like
that to sync data from Amazon to Ofbiz.

Regarding
>>>
 Understand the full procurement cycle. From PO - to receiving the goods
and payments. Including on how to account for shipping costs
- Set up manufacturing to take account of labour costs provided by our 3rd
party manufacturer. This would include the system to calculate the per
product costing.

see if these links helps to understand:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBENDUSER/Purchase+Order
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBENDUSER/Create+a+Purchase+Order
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Buyer+Places+Purchase+Order
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBENDUSER/Receive+Purchase+Order
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Manufacturing+Process+Stories+and+Diagrams




Kind Regards,
Ankush Upadhyay
Senior Technical Consultant

*HotWax Systems*
*Enterprise open source experts*
cell: [phone]
office: 0731-409-3684
http://www.hotwaxsystems.com


On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 4:48 PM Jacques Le Roux <
[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi joefrancois,
>
> Your message has been moderated, else it would not have reach the user ML.
>
> Please subscribe to the user ML for such questions and then use your email
> client.
> See why here http://ofbiz.apache.org/mailing-lists.html.
>
> You will get a better support, people can answer you on the ML.
> The wider the audience the better the answers you might get.
>
> Also it's more work for moderators who have to accept your messages as
> long as you have not subscribed.
> I'll personally no longer accept them (other moderators still could).
>
> Thanks
>
> This said there is no plugin to synchronize with Amazon.
>
> Sorry, I have not more time at the moment to answer you more. Hopefully
> you will get some help before I can...
>
> Jacques
>
> Le 29/04/2020 à 10:48, joefrancois a écrit :
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am new to OFBIZ and would like to implement the ERP/MRP system for my
> > business. This is a long email, but I am basically looking for guidance,
> for
> > examples, document to read, etc..
> >
> > Here is an overview of our business.
> > - We purchase the retail packaging for the product and send them to the
> > manufacturer.
> > - We outsource the manufacturing and the packaging for the product to a
> 3rd
> > party.
> > - We exclusively sales our product on our website (Shopify) and Amazon.
> >
> > I downloaded and installed OFBIZ, however, I am having a hard time
> finding
> > the information needed to get started. On a high-level, here is what I am
> > trying to accomplish.
> >
> > - Understand the full procurement cycle. From PO - to receiving the goods
> > and payments. Including on how to account for shipping costs
> > - Set up manufacturing to take account of labour costs provided by our
> 3rd
> > party manufacturer. This would include the system to calculate the per
> > product costing.
> > - Understand the full sale cycle from SO to shipping to customers and
> > receiving payments.
> > - I would like to understand how to do bulk import of historical data
> > - Is there a plugin already developed to synchronize with Amazon?
> >
> > Any guidance will be highly appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Sent from: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/OFBiz-User-f135036.html
>
>

[joefrancois]

Thank you, Ankush for your direction.

To All:

I am now an expert at installing OFBIZ , I currently running to instances
against an external MySQL database. I also played around and created a
plugin suing the Getting Started guide.

Along the way, I am documenting all my steps so that later on, I can share
my experience with the community for newbies like myself.

Now I am at the point to start where I want to start putting in data and
setup the System for my company. However, I am having some problem getting
started, from setting up a COA, Bank and credit card accounts, Main Company,
etc.. I am not sure how things hands together. All documents I found so far
are incomplete, and some are outdated.

As I said, I am documenting everything I do, to put together a complete
tutorial. I can certainly use some help to come up to speed and would
appreciate some help and guidance.  

Regards,
Joseph




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[Eugen Stan]

Hi,

Thank you for taking the time to document your steps.

I am one of the newbies who would use them.

Please share sooner than later :).

Do you upload to a public git repository?

Thanks,

La 29.06.2020 21:48, joefrancois a scris:

> Thank you, Ankush for your direction.
>
> To All:
>
> I am now an expert at installing OFBIZ , I currently running to instances
> against an external MySQL database. I also played around and created a
> plugin suing the Getting Started guide.
>
> Along the way, I am documenting all my steps so that later on, I can share
> my experience with the community for newbies like myself.
>
> Now I am at the point to start where I want to start putting in data and
> setup the System for my company. However, I am having some problem getting
> started, from setting up a COA, Bank and credit card accounts, Main Company,
> etc.. I am not sure how things hands together. All documents I found so far
> are incomplete, and some are outdated.
>
> As I said, I am documenting everything I do, to put together a complete
> tutorial. I can certainly use some help to come up to speed and would
> appreciate some help and guidance.  
>
> Regards,
> Joseph
>
>
>
>
> --
> Sent from: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/OFBiz-User-f135036.html

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[joefrancois]

Hello,

So far my notes are just on my computer, however, I could clean it up and
post what  I did to make it work on Ubuntu if you are interested.

Regards,
Joseph



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[Jacques Le Roux]

Hi joefrancois,

Your message has been moderated (again), else it would not have reach the user ML.
Using the Nabble forum is not enough to reach all the community...

Please subscribe to the user ML for such questions and then use your email client.
See why here http://ofbiz.apache.org/mailing-lists.html.

You will get a better support, people can answer you on the ML.
The wider the audience the better the answers you might get.

Thanks

Jacques

Le 29/06/2020 à 20:48, joefrancois a écrit :

> Thank you, Ankush for your direction.
>
> To All:
>
> I am now an expert at installing OFBIZ , I currently running to instances
> against an external MySQL database. I also played around and created a
> plugin suing the Getting Started guide.
>
> Along the way, I am documenting all my steps so that later on, I can share
> my experience with the community for newbies like myself.
>
> Now I am at the point to start where I want to start putting in data and
> setup the System for my company. However, I am having some problem getting
> started, from setting up a COA, Bank and credit card accounts, Main Company,
> etc.. I am not sure how things hands together. All documents I found so far
> are incomplete, and some are outdated.
>
> As I said, I am documenting everything I do, to put together a complete
> tutorial. I can certainly use some help to come up to speed and would
> appreciate some help and guidance.
>
> Regards,
> Joseph
>
>
>
>
> --
> Sent from: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/OFBiz-User-f135036.html

[Pierre Smits]

Hi Joe François,

Welcome to the project.

We have (some) implementation pages in our wiki.

Feel free to browse through them and improve where necessary.

Your help (contributions) will surely be appreciated.

Mvg

Pierre

Op di 30 jun. 2020 17:55 schreef joefrancois <[hidden email]>:

> Hello,
>
> So far my notes are just on my computer, however, I could clean it up and
> post what  I did to make it work on Ubuntu if you are interested.
>
> Regards,
> Joseph
>
>
>
> --
> Sent from: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/OFBiz-User-f135036.html
>

[Jacques Le Roux]

Hi Joseph,

Sorry, I just checked, you are still no subscribed to [hidden email], at least as Joseph Francois <[hidden email]>
Just follow https://ofbiz.apache.org/mailing-lists.html for that, ie send an email to [hidden email]
You can also do that at https://lists.apache.org/list.html?user@...

You can also share in

  * the OFBiz Slack channel https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Community+Days#OFBizCommunityDays-OFBizChat,
  * using GitHub https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-plugins,
  * or Jira if you need https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/OFBIZ/summary

In your case though, you may want to be a contributor, then follow https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+Contributors

HTH

Jacques


Le 30/06/2020 à 17:43, Joseph Francois a écrit :

> Hello Jacques,
>
> I thought I was following the guideline, I am really confused. Sorry about that. I have subscribed to the User ML. should I only send email to this
> mailing list?
>
> Sorry for being a pain.
>
> Regards,
> Joseph
>
> On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 at 17:39, Jacques Le Roux <[hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
>
>     Hi joefrancois,
>
>     Your message has been moderated (again), else it would not have reach the user ML.
>     Using the Nabble forum is not enough to reach all the community...
>
>     Please subscribe to the user ML for such questions and then use your email client.
>     See why here http://ofbiz.apache.org/mailing-lists.html.
>
>     You will get a better support, people can answer you on the ML.
>     The wider the audience the better the answers you might get.
>
>     Thanks
>
>     Jacques
>
>     Le 29/06/2020 à 20:48, joefrancois a écrit :
>>     Thank you, Ankush for your direction.
>>
>>     To All:
>>
>>     I am now an expert at installing OFBIZ , I currently running to instances
>>     against an external MySQL database. I also played around and created a
>>     plugin suing the Getting Started guide.
>>
>>     Along the way, I am documenting all my steps so that later on, I can share
>>     my experience with the community for newbies like myself.
>>
>>     Now I am at the point to start where I want to start putting in data and
>>     setup the System for my company. However, I am having some problem getting
>>     started, from setting up a COA, Bank and credit card accounts, Main Company,
>>     etc.. I am not sure how things hands together. All documents I found so far
>>     are incomplete, and some are outdated.
>>
>>     As I said, I am documenting everything I do, to put together a complete
>>     tutorial. I can certainly use some help to come up to speed and would
>>     appreciate some help and guidance.
>>
>>     Regards,
>>     Joseph
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     --
>>     Sent from:http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/OFBiz-User-f135036.html
>

[joefrancois]

Hello Jacques,

I believe I should be subscribed now.

Regards,
Joseph

On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 at 18:19, Jacques Le Roux <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> Hi Joseph,
>
> Sorry, I just checked, you are still no subscribed to
> [hidden email], at least as Joseph Francois <[hidden email]>
> <[hidden email]>
> Just follow https://ofbiz.apache.org/mailing-lists.html for that, ie send
> an email to [hidden email]
> You can also do that at
> https://lists.apache.org/list.html?user@...
>
> You can also share in
>
>    - the OFBiz Slack channel
>    https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Community+Days#OFBizCommunityDays-OFBizChat
>    ,
>    - using GitHub https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework
>    https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-plugins,
>    - or Jira if you need
>    https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/OFBIZ/summary
>
> In your case though, you may want to be a contributor, then follow
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+Contributors
>
> HTH
>
> Jacques
>
>
> Le 30/06/2020 à 17:43, Joseph Francois a écrit :
>
> Hello Jacques,
>
> I thought I was following the guideline, I am really confused. Sorry about
> that. I have subscribed to the User ML. should I only send email to this
> mailing list?
>
> Sorry for being a pain.
>
> Regards,
> Joseph
>
> On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 at 17:39, Jacques Le Roux <
> [hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hi joefrancois,
>>
>> Your message has been moderated (again), else it would not have reach the
>> user ML.
>> Using the Nabble forum is not enough to reach all the community...
>>
>> Please subscribe to the user ML for such questions and then use your
>> email client.
>> See why here http://ofbiz.apache.org/mailing-lists.html.
>>
>> You will get a better support, people can answer you on the ML.
>> The wider the audience the better the answers you might get.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jacques
>> Le 29/06/2020 à 20:48, joefrancois a écrit :
>>
>> Thank you, Ankush for your direction.
>>
>> To All:
>>
>> I am now an expert at installing OFBIZ , I currently running to instances
>> against an external MySQL database. I also played around and created a
>> plugin suing the Getting Started guide.
>>
>> Along the way, I am documenting all my steps so that later on, I can share
>> my experience with the community for newbies like myself.
>>
>> Now I am at the point to start where I want to start putting in data and
>> setup the System for my company. However, I am having some problem getting
>> started, from setting up a COA, Bank and credit card accounts, Main Company,
>> etc.. I am not sure how things hands together. All documents I found so far
>> are incomplete, and some are outdated.
>>
>> As I said, I am documenting everything I do, to put together a complete
>> tutorial. I can certainly use some help to come up to speed and would
>> appreciate some help and guidance.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Joseph
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sent from: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/OFBiz-User-f135036.html
>>
>>

[Jacques Le Roux]

\o/ yes!

Le 02/07/2020 à 08:44, Joseph Francois a écrit :

> Hello Jacques,
>
> I believe I should be subscribed now.
>
> Regards,
> Joseph
>
> On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 at 18:19, Jacques Le Roux <[hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Joseph,
>
>     Sorry, I just checked, you are still no subscribed to [hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>, at least as Joseph Francois
>     <[hidden email]> <mailto:[hidden email]>
>     Just follow https://ofbiz.apache.org/mailing-lists.html for that, ie send an email to [hidden email]
>     <mailto:[hidden email]>
>     You can also do that at https://lists.apache.org/list.html?user@...
>
>     You can also share in
>
>       * the OFBiz Slack channel https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Community+Days#OFBizCommunityDays-OFBizChat,
>       * using GitHub https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-plugins,
>       * or Jira if you need https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/OFBIZ/summary
>
>     In your case though, you may want to be a contributor, then follow https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+Contributors
>
>     HTH
>
>     Jacques
>
>
>     Le 30/06/2020 à 17:43, Joseph Francois a écrit :
>>     Hello Jacques,
>>
>>     I thought I was following the guideline, I am really confused. Sorry about that. I have subscribed to the User ML. should I only send email to
>>     this mailing list?
>>
>>     Sorry for being a pain.
>>
>>     Regards,
>>     Joseph
>>
>>     On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 at 17:39, Jacques Le Roux <[hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi joefrancois,
>>
>>         Your message has been moderated (again), else it would not have reach the user ML.
>>         Using the Nabble forum is not enough to reach all the community...
>>
>>         Please subscribe to the user ML for such questions and then use your email client.
>>         See why here http://ofbiz.apache.org/mailing-lists.html.
>>
>>         You will get a better support, people can answer you on the ML.
>>         The wider the audience the better the answers you might get.
>>
>>         Thanks
>>
>>         Jacques
>>
>>         Le 29/06/2020 à 20:48, joefrancois a écrit :
>>>         Thank you, Ankush for your direction.
>>>
>>>         To All:
>>>
>>>         I am now an expert at installing OFBIZ , I currently running to instances
>>>         against an external MySQL database. I also played around and created a
>>>         plugin suing the Getting Started guide.
>>>
>>>         Along the way, I am documenting all my steps so that later on, I can share
>>>         my experience with the community for newbies like myself.
>>>
>>>         Now I am at the point to start where I want to start putting in data and
>>>         setup the System for my company. However, I am having some problem getting
>>>         started, from setting up a COA, Bank and credit card accounts, Main Company,
>>>         etc.. I am not sure how things hands together. All documents I found so far
>>>         are incomplete, and some are outdated.
>>>
>>>         As I said, I am documenting everything I do, to put together a complete
>>>         tutorial. I can certainly use some help to come up to speed and would
>>>         appreciate some help and guidance.
>>>
>>>         Regards,
>>>         Joseph
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         --
>>>         Sent from:http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/OFBiz-User-f135036.html
>>