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Hi everyone, I don’t often post on the mailing list but I was speaking to one of the committers at the weekend and they thought it would be good to share our Ofbiz development with the community, with a view to getting more non-ecommerce users using Ofbiz.
We have been working with Ofbiz for 2.5 years and plan to rollout Ofbiz to 5 companies across 8 countries and a total of 1800 user. So far we have completed 1 company which comprises of • Telecentre System and lead management • Sales Orders • Invoicing • Product configurators • CRM • Human Resource • Purchase Orders • Stock Management • Hand Held All of the above applications have taken the Ofbiz components as a starting point and then we have extended and added our own customisations(some quite heavily) to get Ofbiz working how we want it to. Going forward we are looking to introduce • Service Management, this will allow us to make planned warranty visits and breakdowns. We have a network of 11 branches around the UK and 250 service engineers out on the road. • MRP – We manufacture in 2 different countries • Installation Scheduling – We install our products and need a way to optimise our installations team. • We are also continuing to make changes to the current live Ofbiz components, as we remove more of our legacy systems. Most of the above will be introduced into the remaining 4 companies and we feel confident that each company/country will be quicker than the previous as our code base builds up. My view on Ofbiz is that it’s a great product once you have taken time to really understand it and its probably this that is the biggest barrier for companies taking it up. When we first started looking at Ofbiz almost everyone outside of IT was against it, we had to do numerous presentation and explanation as to why we should go with Ofbiz as opposed to going with a product like SAP. Now we have got it working for one company and people can see the benefits, we are now being asked to delivery it into the business faster(Now our presentations are setting expectation on when it will be delivered) Anyone wanting to introduce Ofbiz, should be prepared for the difficulties at the beginning of the project but I am sure by the end of the project they will be more than please they chose Ofbiz. Just like to thank all the committers and contributors who have worked on producing a great product. |
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Hi Simon,
Nice testimonal. Sharing your experiences and plans is appreciated. Best regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 3:58 PM, simon maskell <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hi everyone, I don’t often post on the mailing list but I was speaking to > one > of the committers at the weekend and they thought it would be good to share > our Ofbiz development with the community, with a view to getting more > non-ecommerce users using Ofbiz. > > We have been working with Ofbiz for 2.5 years and plan to rollout Ofbiz to > 5 > companies across 8 countries and a total of 1800 user. > > So far we have completed 1 company which comprises of > • Telecentre System and lead management > • Sales Orders > • Invoicing > • Product configurators > • CRM > • Human Resource > • Purchase Orders > • Stock Management > • Hand Held > > All of the above applications have taken the Ofbiz components as a starting > point and then we have extended and added our own customisations(some quite > heavily) to get Ofbiz working how we want it to. > Going forward we are looking to introduce > > • Service Management, this will allow us to make planned warranty > visits and > breakdowns. We have a network of 11 branches around the UK and 250 service > engineers out on the road. > • MRP – We manufacture in 2 different countries > • Installation Scheduling – We install our products and need a way to > optimise our installations team. > • We are also continuing to make changes to the current live Ofbiz > components, as we remove more of our legacy systems. > > Most of the above will be introduced into the remaining 4 companies and we > feel confident that each company/country will be quicker than the previous > as our code base builds up. > > My view on Ofbiz is that it’s a great product once you have taken time to > really understand it and its probably this that is the biggest barrier for > companies taking it up. When we first started looking at Ofbiz almost > everyone outside of IT was against it, we had to do numerous presentation > and explanation as to why we should go with Ofbiz as opposed to going with > a > product like SAP. Now we have got it working for one company and people > can > see the benefits, we are now being asked to delivery it into the business > faster(Now our presentations are setting expectation on when it will be > delivered) > > Anyone wanting to introduce Ofbiz, should be prepared for the difficulties > at the beginning of the project but I am sure by the end of the project > they > will be more than please they chose Ofbiz. > > Just like to thank all the committers and contributors who have worked on > producing a great product. > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168.html > Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > |
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Congratulations Simon.
Nice big project ! Regards, Eric Olagos bvba Heidi Dehaes Kerkstraat 34 2570 Duffel Belgium Tel. : 015/31 53 04 GSM : 0485/22 35 80 E-mail : [hidden email] http://www.olagos.eu http://www.olagos.com http://www.olagos.be http://www.olagos.nl 2014-11-13 15:58 GMT+01:00 simon maskell <[hidden email]>: > Hi everyone, I don’t often post on the mailing list but I was speaking to > one > of the committers at the weekend and they thought it would be good to share > our Ofbiz development with the community, with a view to getting more > non-ecommerce users using Ofbiz. > > We have been working with Ofbiz for 2.5 years and plan to rollout Ofbiz to > 5 > companies across 8 countries and a total of 1800 user. > > So far we have completed 1 company which comprises of > • Telecentre System and lead management > • Sales Orders > • Invoicing > • Product configurators > • CRM > • Human Resource > • Purchase Orders > • Stock Management > • Hand Held > > All of the above applications have taken the Ofbiz components as a starting > point and then we have extended and added our own customisations(some quite > heavily) to get Ofbiz working how we want it to. > Going forward we are looking to introduce > > • Service Management, this will allow us to make planned warranty > visits and > breakdowns. We have a network of 11 branches around the UK and 250 service > engineers out on the road. > • MRP – We manufacture in 2 different countries > • Installation Scheduling – We install our products and need a way to > optimise our installations team. > • We are also continuing to make changes to the current live Ofbiz > components, as we remove more of our legacy systems. > > Most of the above will be introduced into the remaining 4 companies and we > feel confident that each company/country will be quicker than the previous > as our code base builds up. > > My view on Ofbiz is that it’s a great product once you have taken time to > really understand it and its probably this that is the biggest barrier for > companies taking it up. When we first started looking at Ofbiz almost > everyone outside of IT was against it, we had to do numerous presentation > and explanation as to why we should go with Ofbiz as opposed to going with > a > product like SAP. Now we have got it working for one company and people > can > see the benefits, we are now being asked to delivery it into the business > faster(Now our presentations are setting expectation on when it will be > delivered) > > Anyone wanting to introduce Ofbiz, should be prepared for the difficulties > at the beginning of the project but I am sure by the end of the project > they > will be more than please they chose Ofbiz. > > Just like to thank all the committers and contributors who have worked on > producing a great product. > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168.html > Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > |
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Simon,
Congrats and thanks for sharing. Couple of interesting points come to mind: You mentioned: "as opposed to going with a product like SAP" * proof that OFBiz can compete at the highest level * and anecdotal evidence is that an SAP implementation starts at a few million $'s * and there are lots of stories of multi-million $ implementations that still run into trouble * I think this is an excellent case for OFBiz How nice would it be to have a collection of case studies like this formalized somewhere on the web? * suspect we'd have problems publishing on ofbiz.org (understandable, it can't get too "salesy") * perhaps some other domain? * It would be nice to think that as a community we could leverage this type of case study and get adoption with some larger companies You mentioned "should be prepared for difficulties ..." * agreed, but compared to a huge commercial product (like SAP) this learning curve is still more manageable * and more cost effective Again, congrats! Nick On 11/13/2014 10:32 AM, Heidi Dehaes wrote: > Congratulations Simon. > > Nice big project ! > > Regards, > Eric > > Olagos bvba > Heidi Dehaes > Kerkstraat 34 > 2570 Duffel > Belgium > Tel. : 015/31 53 04 > GSM : 0485/22 35 80 > E-mail : [hidden email] > http://www.olagos.eu > http://www.olagos.com > http://www.olagos.be > http://www.olagos.nl > > > > 2014-11-13 15:58 GMT+01:00 simon maskell<[hidden email]>: > >> Hi everyone, I don’t often post on the mailing list but I was speaking to >> one >> of the committers at the weekend and they thought it would be good to share >> our Ofbiz development with the community, with a view to getting more >> non-ecommerce users using Ofbiz. >> >> We have been working with Ofbiz for 2.5 years and plan to rollout Ofbiz to >> 5 >> companies across 8 countries and a total of 1800 user. >> >> So far we have completed 1 company which comprises of >> • Telecentre System and lead management >> • Sales Orders >> • Invoicing >> • Product configurators >> • CRM >> • Human Resource >> • Purchase Orders >> • Stock Management >> • Hand Held >> >> All of the above applications have taken the Ofbiz components as a starting >> point and then we have extended and added our own customisations(some quite >> heavily) to get Ofbiz working how we want it to. >> Going forward we are looking to introduce >> >> • Service Management, this will allow us to make planned warranty >> visits and >> breakdowns. We have a network of 11 branches around the UK and 250 service >> engineers out on the road. >> • MRP – We manufacture in 2 different countries >> • Installation Scheduling – We install our products and need a way to >> optimise our installations team. >> • We are also continuing to make changes to the current live Ofbiz >> components, as we remove more of our legacy systems. >> >> Most of the above will be introduced into the remaining 4 companies and we >> feel confident that each company/country will be quicker than the previous >> as our code base builds up. >> >> My view on Ofbiz is that it’s a great product once you have taken time to >> really understand it and its probably this that is the biggest barrier for >> companies taking it up. When we first started looking at Ofbiz almost >> everyone outside of IT was against it, we had to do numerous presentation >> and explanation as to why we should go with Ofbiz as opposed to going with >> a >> product like SAP. Now we have got it working for one company and people >> can >> see the benefits, we are now being asked to delivery it into the business >> faster(Now our presentations are setting expectation on when it will be >> delivered) >> >> Anyone wanting to introduce Ofbiz, should be prepared for the difficulties >> at the beginning of the project but I am sure by the end of the project >> they >> will be more than please they chose Ofbiz. >> >> Just like to thank all the committers and contributors who have worked on >> producing a great product. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168.html >> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> |
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Le 13/11/2014 16:44, Nick Rosser a écrit :
> Simon, > > Congrats and thanks for sharing. Couple of interesting points come to mind: > > You mentioned: "as opposed to going with a product like SAP" > > * proof that OFBiz can compete at the highest level > * and anecdotal evidence is that an SAP implementation starts at a few > million $'s > * and there are lots of stories of multi-million $ implementations > that still run into trouble > * I think this is an excellent case for OFBiz > > How nice would it be to have a collection of case studies like this formalized somewhere on the web? Why not https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+User+Stories ? It seems it fits. Jacques > > * suspect we'd have problems publishing on ofbiz.org (understandable, > it can't get too "salesy") > * perhaps some other domain? > * It would be nice to think that as a community we could leverage this > type of case study and get adoption with some larger companies > > You mentioned "should be prepared for difficulties ..." > > * agreed, but compared to a huge commercial product (like SAP) this > learning curve is still more manageable > * and more cost effective > > Again, congrats! > > Nick > > On 11/13/2014 10:32 AM, Heidi Dehaes wrote: >> Congratulations Simon. >> >> Nice big project ! >> >> Regards, >> Eric >> >> Olagos bvba >> Heidi Dehaes >> Kerkstraat 34 >> 2570 Duffel >> Belgium >> Tel. : 015/31 53 04 >> GSM : 0485/22 35 80 >> E-mail : [hidden email] >> http://www.olagos.eu >> http://www.olagos.com >> http://www.olagos.be >> http://www.olagos.nl >> >> >> >> 2014-11-13 15:58 GMT+01:00 simon maskell<[hidden email]>: >> >>> Hi everyone, I don’t often post on the mailing list but I was speaking to >>> one >>> of the committers at the weekend and they thought it would be good to share >>> our Ofbiz development with the community, with a view to getting more >>> non-ecommerce users using Ofbiz. >>> >>> We have been working with Ofbiz for 2.5 years and plan to rollout Ofbiz to >>> 5 >>> companies across 8 countries and a total of 1800 user. >>> >>> So far we have completed 1 company which comprises of >>> • Telecentre System and lead management >>> • Sales Orders >>> • Invoicing >>> • Product configurators >>> • CRM >>> • Human Resource >>> • Purchase Orders >>> • Stock Management >>> • Hand Held >>> >>> All of the above applications have taken the Ofbiz components as a starting >>> point and then we have extended and added our own customisations(some quite >>> heavily) to get Ofbiz working how we want it to. >>> Going forward we are looking to introduce >>> >>> • Service Management, this will allow us to make planned warranty >>> visits and >>> breakdowns. We have a network of 11 branches around the UK and 250 service >>> engineers out on the road. >>> • MRP – We manufacture in 2 different countries >>> • Installation Scheduling – We install our products and need a way to >>> optimise our installations team. >>> • We are also continuing to make changes to the current live Ofbiz >>> components, as we remove more of our legacy systems. >>> >>> Most of the above will be introduced into the remaining 4 companies and we >>> feel confident that each company/country will be quicker than the previous >>> as our code base builds up. >>> >>> My view on Ofbiz is that it’s a great product once you have taken time to >>> really understand it and its probably this that is the biggest barrier for >>> companies taking it up. When we first started looking at Ofbiz almost >>> everyone outside of IT was against it, we had to do numerous presentation >>> and explanation as to why we should go with Ofbiz as opposed to going with >>> a >>> product like SAP. Now we have got it working for one company and people >>> can >>> see the benefits, we are now being asked to delivery it into the business >>> faster(Now our presentations are setting expectation on when it will be >>> delivered) >>> >>> Anyone wanting to introduce Ofbiz, should be prepared for the difficulties >>> at the beginning of the project but I am sure by the end of the project >>> they >>> will be more than please they chose Ofbiz. >>> >>> Just like to thank all the committers and contributors who have worked on >>> producing a great product. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168.html >>> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> > |
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Thanks Simon for sharing and congratulations!
Would you mind adding your "story" to the https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+User+Stories page ? For that you need to register on Confluence and give us your username. Then we can open the wiki to you as a contributor. Else I can copy the story there for you... Jacques Le 13/11/2014 15:58, simon maskell a écrit : > Hi everyone, I don’t often post on the mailing list but I was speaking to one > of the committers at the weekend and they thought it would be good to share > our Ofbiz development with the community, with a view to getting more > non-ecommerce users using Ofbiz. > > We have been working with Ofbiz for 2.5 years and plan to rollout Ofbiz to 5 > companies across 8 countries and a total of 1800 user. > > So far we have completed 1 company which comprises of > • Telecentre System and lead management > • Sales Orders > • Invoicing > • Product configurators > • CRM > • Human Resource > • Purchase Orders > • Stock Management > • Hand Held > > All of the above applications have taken the Ofbiz components as a starting > point and then we have extended and added our own customisations(some quite > heavily) to get Ofbiz working how we want it to. > Going forward we are looking to introduce > > • Service Management, this will allow us to make planned warranty visits and > breakdowns. We have a network of 11 branches around the UK and 250 service > engineers out on the road. > • MRP – We manufacture in 2 different countries > • Installation Scheduling – We install our products and need a way to > optimise our installations team. > • We are also continuing to make changes to the current live Ofbiz > components, as we remove more of our legacy systems. > > Most of the above will be introduced into the remaining 4 companies and we > feel confident that each company/country will be quicker than the previous > as our code base builds up. > > My view on Ofbiz is that it’s a great product once you have taken time to > really understand it and its probably this that is the biggest barrier for > companies taking it up. When we first started looking at Ofbiz almost > everyone outside of IT was against it, we had to do numerous presentation > and explanation as to why we should go with Ofbiz as opposed to going with a > product like SAP. Now we have got it working for one company and people can > see the benefits, we are now being asked to delivery it into the business > faster(Now our presentations are setting expectation on when it will be > delivered) > > Anyone wanting to introduce Ofbiz, should be prepared for the difficulties > at the beginning of the project but I am sure by the end of the project they > will be more than please they chose Ofbiz. > > Just like to thank all the committers and contributors who have worked on > producing a great product. > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168.html > Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > |
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Jacques: indeed. Didn't know that existed (my fault for not paying
attention!). Thanks. On 11/13/2014 11:02 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: > Le 13/11/2014 16:44, Nick Rosser a écrit : >> Simon, >> >> Congrats and thanks for sharing. Couple of interesting points come to >> mind: >> >> You mentioned: "as opposed to going with a product like SAP" >> >> * proof that OFBiz can compete at the highest level >> * and anecdotal evidence is that an SAP implementation starts at a few >> million $'s >> * and there are lots of stories of multi-million $ implementations >> that still run into trouble >> * I think this is an excellent case for OFBiz >> >> How nice would it be to have a collection of case studies like this >> formalized somewhere on the web? > > Why not > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+User+Stories > ? It seems it fits. > > Jacques > >> >> * suspect we'd have problems publishing on ofbiz.org (understandable, >> it can't get too "salesy") >> * perhaps some other domain? >> * It would be nice to think that as a community we could leverage this >> type of case study and get adoption with some larger companies >> >> You mentioned "should be prepared for difficulties ..." >> >> * agreed, but compared to a huge commercial product (like SAP) this >> learning curve is still more manageable >> * and more cost effective >> >> Again, congrats! >> >> Nick >> >> On 11/13/2014 10:32 AM, Heidi Dehaes wrote: >>> Congratulations Simon. >>> >>> Nice big project ! >>> >>> Regards, >>> Eric >>> >>> Olagos bvba >>> Heidi Dehaes >>> Kerkstraat 34 >>> 2570 Duffel >>> Belgium >>> Tel. : 015/31 53 04 >>> GSM : 0485/22 35 80 >>> E-mail : [hidden email] >>> http://www.olagos.eu >>> http://www.olagos.com >>> http://www.olagos.be >>> http://www.olagos.nl >>> >>> >>> >>> 2014-11-13 15:58 GMT+01:00 simon maskell<[hidden email]>: >>> >>>> Hi everyone, I don’t often post on the mailing list but I was >>>> speaking to >>>> one >>>> of the committers at the weekend and they thought it would be good >>>> to share >>>> our Ofbiz development with the community, with a view to getting more >>>> non-ecommerce users using Ofbiz. >>>> >>>> We have been working with Ofbiz for 2.5 years and plan to rollout >>>> Ofbiz to >>>> 5 >>>> companies across 8 countries and a total of 1800 user. >>>> >>>> So far we have completed 1 company which comprises of >>>> • Telecentre System and lead management >>>> • Sales Orders >>>> • Invoicing >>>> • Product configurators >>>> • CRM >>>> • Human Resource >>>> • Purchase Orders >>>> • Stock Management >>>> • Hand Held >>>> >>>> All of the above applications have taken the Ofbiz components as a >>>> starting >>>> point and then we have extended and added our own >>>> customisations(some quite >>>> heavily) to get Ofbiz working how we want it to. >>>> Going forward we are looking to introduce >>>> >>>> • Service Management, this will allow us to make planned >>>> warranty >>>> visits and >>>> breakdowns. We have a network of 11 branches around the UK and 250 >>>> service >>>> engineers out on the road. >>>> • MRP – We manufacture in 2 different countries >>>> • Installation Scheduling – We install our products and need >>>> a way to >>>> optimise our installations team. >>>> • We are also continuing to make changes to the current live >>>> Ofbiz >>>> components, as we remove more of our legacy systems. >>>> >>>> Most of the above will be introduced into the remaining 4 companies >>>> and we >>>> feel confident that each company/country will be quicker than the >>>> previous >>>> as our code base builds up. >>>> >>>> My view on Ofbiz is that it’s a great product once you have taken >>>> time to >>>> really understand it and its probably this that is the biggest >>>> barrier for >>>> companies taking it up. When we first started looking at Ofbiz almost >>>> everyone outside of IT was against it, we had to do numerous >>>> presentation >>>> and explanation as to why we should go with Ofbiz as opposed to >>>> going with >>>> a >>>> product like SAP. Now we have got it working for one company and >>>> people >>>> can >>>> see the benefits, we are now being asked to delivery it into the >>>> business >>>> faster(Now our presentations are setting expectation on when it >>>> will be >>>> delivered) >>>> >>>> Anyone wanting to introduce Ofbiz, should be prepared for the >>>> difficulties >>>> at the beginning of the project but I am sure by the end of the >>>> project >>>> they >>>> will be more than please they chose Ofbiz. >>>> >>>> Just like to thank all the committers and contributors who have >>>> worked on >>>> producing a great product. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> View this message in context: >>>> http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168.html >>>> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>> >> |
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Thank you for the great testimonial Simon!
I am glad that OFBiz works for your project and congratulations for your successful results. Best regards, Jacopo On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 3:58 PM, simon maskell <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hi everyone, I don’t often post on the mailing list but I was speaking to > one > of the committers at the weekend and they thought it would be good to share > our Ofbiz development with the community, with a view to getting more > non-ecommerce users using Ofbiz. > > We have been working with Ofbiz for 2.5 years and plan to rollout Ofbiz to > 5 > companies across 8 countries and a total of 1800 user. > > So far we have completed 1 company which comprises of > • Telecentre System and lead management > • Sales Orders > • Invoicing > • Product configurators > • CRM > • Human Resource > • Purchase Orders > • Stock Management > • Hand Held > > All of the above applications have taken the Ofbiz components as a starting > point and then we have extended and added our own customisations(some quite > heavily) to get Ofbiz working how we want it to. > Going forward we are looking to introduce > > • Service Management, this will allow us to make planned warranty > visits and > breakdowns. We have a network of 11 branches around the UK and 250 service > engineers out on the road. > • MRP – We manufacture in 2 different countries > • Installation Scheduling – We install our products and need a way to > optimise our installations team. > • We are also continuing to make changes to the current live Ofbiz > components, as we remove more of our legacy systems. > > Most of the above will be introduced into the remaining 4 companies and we > feel confident that each company/country will be quicker than the previous > as our code base builds up. > > My view on Ofbiz is that it’s a great product once you have taken time to > really understand it and its probably this that is the biggest barrier for > companies taking it up. When we first started looking at Ofbiz almost > everyone outside of IT was against it, we had to do numerous presentation > and explanation as to why we should go with Ofbiz as opposed to going with > a > product like SAP. Now we have got it working for one company and people > can > see the benefits, we are now being asked to delivery it into the business > faster(Now our presentations are setting expectation on when it will be > delivered) > > Anyone wanting to introduce Ofbiz, should be prepared for the difficulties > at the beginning of the project but I am sure by the end of the project > they > will be more than please they chose Ofbiz. > > Just like to thank all the committers and contributors who have worked on > producing a great product. > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168.html > Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > |
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You should Nick, you let a story there :)
Jacques Le 13/11/2014 17:08, Nick Rosser a écrit : > Jacques: indeed. Didn't know that existed (my fault for not paying attention!). Thanks. > > On 11/13/2014 11:02 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: >> Le 13/11/2014 16:44, Nick Rosser a écrit : >>> Simon, >>> >>> Congrats and thanks for sharing. Couple of interesting points come to mind: >>> >>> You mentioned: "as opposed to going with a product like SAP" >>> >>> * proof that OFBiz can compete at the highest level >>> * and anecdotal evidence is that an SAP implementation starts at a few >>> million $'s >>> * and there are lots of stories of multi-million $ implementations >>> that still run into trouble >>> * I think this is an excellent case for OFBiz >>> >>> How nice would it be to have a collection of case studies like this formalized somewhere on the web? >> >> Why not https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+User+Stories ? It seems it fits. >> >> Jacques >> >>> >>> * suspect we'd have problems publishing on ofbiz.org (understandable, >>> it can't get too "salesy") >>> * perhaps some other domain? >>> * It would be nice to think that as a community we could leverage this >>> type of case study and get adoption with some larger companies >>> >>> You mentioned "should be prepared for difficulties ..." >>> >>> * agreed, but compared to a huge commercial product (like SAP) this >>> learning curve is still more manageable >>> * and more cost effective >>> >>> Again, congrats! >>> >>> Nick >>> >>> On 11/13/2014 10:32 AM, Heidi Dehaes wrote: >>>> Congratulations Simon. >>>> >>>> Nice big project ! >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Eric >>>> >>>> Olagos bvba >>>> Heidi Dehaes >>>> Kerkstraat 34 >>>> 2570 Duffel >>>> Belgium >>>> Tel. : 015/31 53 04 >>>> GSM : 0485/22 35 80 >>>> E-mail : [hidden email] >>>> http://www.olagos.eu >>>> http://www.olagos.com >>>> http://www.olagos.be >>>> http://www.olagos.nl >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2014-11-13 15:58 GMT+01:00 simon maskell<[hidden email]>: >>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, I don’t often post on the mailing list but I was speaking to >>>>> one >>>>> of the committers at the weekend and they thought it would be good to share >>>>> our Ofbiz development with the community, with a view to getting more >>>>> non-ecommerce users using Ofbiz. >>>>> >>>>> We have been working with Ofbiz for 2.5 years and plan to rollout Ofbiz to >>>>> 5 >>>>> companies across 8 countries and a total of 1800 user. >>>>> >>>>> So far we have completed 1 company which comprises of >>>>> • Telecentre System and lead management >>>>> • Sales Orders >>>>> • Invoicing >>>>> • Product configurators >>>>> • CRM >>>>> • Human Resource >>>>> • Purchase Orders >>>>> • Stock Management >>>>> • Hand Held >>>>> >>>>> All of the above applications have taken the Ofbiz components as a starting >>>>> point and then we have extended and added our own customisations(some quite >>>>> heavily) to get Ofbiz working how we want it to. >>>>> Going forward we are looking to introduce >>>>> >>>>> • Service Management, this will allow us to make planned warranty >>>>> visits and >>>>> breakdowns. We have a network of 11 branches around the UK and 250 service >>>>> engineers out on the road. >>>>> • MRP – We manufacture in 2 different countries >>>>> • Installation Scheduling – We install our products and need a way to >>>>> optimise our installations team. >>>>> • We are also continuing to make changes to the current live Ofbiz >>>>> components, as we remove more of our legacy systems. >>>>> >>>>> Most of the above will be introduced into the remaining 4 companies and we >>>>> feel confident that each company/country will be quicker than the previous >>>>> as our code base builds up. >>>>> >>>>> My view on Ofbiz is that it’s a great product once you have taken time to >>>>> really understand it and its probably this that is the biggest barrier for >>>>> companies taking it up. When we first started looking at Ofbiz almost >>>>> everyone outside of IT was against it, we had to do numerous presentation >>>>> and explanation as to why we should go with Ofbiz as opposed to going with >>>>> a >>>>> product like SAP. Now we have got it working for one company and people >>>>> can >>>>> see the benefits, we are now being asked to delivery it into the business >>>>> faster(Now our presentations are setting expectation on when it will be >>>>> delivered) >>>>> >>>>> Anyone wanting to introduce Ofbiz, should be prepared for the difficulties >>>>> at the beginning of the project but I am sure by the end of the project >>>>> they >>>>> will be more than please they chose Ofbiz. >>>>> >>>>> Just like to thank all the committers and contributors who have worked on >>>>> producing a great product. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> View this message in context: >>>>> http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168.html >>>>> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>>> >>> > |
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On 11/13/2014 11:18 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: > You should Nick, you let a story there :) > > Jacques > > Le 13/11/2014 17:08, Nick Rosser a écrit : >> Jacques: indeed. Didn't know that existed (my fault for not paying >> attention!). Thanks. >> >> On 11/13/2014 11:02 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: >>> Le 13/11/2014 16:44, Nick Rosser a écrit : >>>> Simon, >>>> >>>> Congrats and thanks for sharing. Couple of interesting points come >>>> to mind: >>>> >>>> You mentioned: "as opposed to going with a product like SAP" >>>> >>>> * proof that OFBiz can compete at the highest level >>>> * and anecdotal evidence is that an SAP implementation starts at a >>>> few >>>> million $'s >>>> * and there are lots of stories of multi-million $ implementations >>>> that still run into trouble >>>> * I think this is an excellent case for OFBiz >>>> >>>> How nice would it be to have a collection of case studies like this >>>> formalized somewhere on the web? >>> >>> Why not >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+User+Stories >>> ? It seems it fits. >>> >>> Jacques >>> >>>> >>>> * suspect we'd have problems publishing on ofbiz.org (understandable, >>>> it can't get too "salesy") >>>> * perhaps some other domain? >>>> * It would be nice to think that as a community we could leverage >>>> this >>>> type of case study and get adoption with some larger companies >>>> >>>> You mentioned "should be prepared for difficulties ..." >>>> >>>> * agreed, but compared to a huge commercial product (like SAP) this >>>> learning curve is still more manageable >>>> * and more cost effective >>>> >>>> Again, congrats! >>>> >>>> Nick >>>> >>>> On 11/13/2014 10:32 AM, Heidi Dehaes wrote: >>>>> Congratulations Simon. >>>>> >>>>> Nice big project ! >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Eric >>>>> >>>>> Olagos bvba >>>>> Heidi Dehaes >>>>> Kerkstraat 34 >>>>> 2570 Duffel >>>>> Belgium >>>>> Tel. : 015/31 53 04 >>>>> GSM : 0485/22 35 80 >>>>> E-mail : [hidden email] >>>>> http://www.olagos.eu >>>>> http://www.olagos.com >>>>> http://www.olagos.be >>>>> http://www.olagos.nl >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2014-11-13 15:58 GMT+01:00 simon >>>>> maskell<[hidden email]>: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi everyone, I don’t often post on the mailing list but I was >>>>>> speaking to >>>>>> one >>>>>> of the committers at the weekend and they thought it would be >>>>>> good to share >>>>>> our Ofbiz development with the community, with a view to getting >>>>>> more >>>>>> non-ecommerce users using Ofbiz. >>>>>> >>>>>> We have been working with Ofbiz for 2.5 years and plan to rollout >>>>>> Ofbiz to >>>>>> 5 >>>>>> companies across 8 countries and a total of 1800 user. >>>>>> >>>>>> So far we have completed 1 company which comprises of >>>>>> • Telecentre System and lead management >>>>>> • Sales Orders >>>>>> • Invoicing >>>>>> • Product configurators >>>>>> • CRM >>>>>> • Human Resource >>>>>> • Purchase Orders >>>>>> • Stock Management >>>>>> • Hand Held >>>>>> >>>>>> All of the above applications have taken the Ofbiz components as >>>>>> a starting >>>>>> point and then we have extended and added our own >>>>>> customisations(some quite >>>>>> heavily) to get Ofbiz working how we want it to. >>>>>> Going forward we are looking to introduce >>>>>> >>>>>> • Service Management, this will allow us to make planned >>>>>> warranty >>>>>> visits and >>>>>> breakdowns. We have a network of 11 branches around the UK and >>>>>> 250 service >>>>>> engineers out on the road. >>>>>> • MRP – We manufacture in 2 different countries >>>>>> • Installation Scheduling – We install our products and >>>>>> need a way to >>>>>> optimise our installations team. >>>>>> • We are also continuing to make changes to the current >>>>>> live Ofbiz >>>>>> components, as we remove more of our legacy systems. >>>>>> >>>>>> Most of the above will be introduced into the remaining 4 >>>>>> companies and we >>>>>> feel confident that each company/country will be quicker than the >>>>>> previous >>>>>> as our code base builds up. >>>>>> >>>>>> My view on Ofbiz is that it’s a great product once you have taken >>>>>> time to >>>>>> really understand it and its probably this that is the biggest >>>>>> barrier for >>>>>> companies taking it up. When we first started looking at Ofbiz >>>>>> almost >>>>>> everyone outside of IT was against it, we had to do numerous >>>>>> presentation >>>>>> and explanation as to why we should go with Ofbiz as opposed to >>>>>> going with >>>>>> a >>>>>> product like SAP. Now we have got it working for one company and >>>>>> people >>>>>> can >>>>>> see the benefits, we are now being asked to delivery it into the >>>>>> business >>>>>> faster(Now our presentations are setting expectation on when it >>>>>> will be >>>>>> delivered) >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyone wanting to introduce Ofbiz, should be prepared for the >>>>>> difficulties >>>>>> at the beginning of the project but I am sure by the end of the >>>>>> project >>>>>> they >>>>>> will be more than please they chose Ofbiz. >>>>>> >>>>>> Just like to thank all the committers and contributors who have >>>>>> worked on >>>>>> producing a great product. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> View this message in context: >>>>>> http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168.html >>>>>> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>>>> >>>> >> |
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Jacques Le 13/11/2014 17:25, Nick Rosser a écrit : > Brain is getting older and more forgetful every day ... > > On 11/13/2014 11:18 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: >> You should Nick, you let a story there :) >> >> Jacques >> >> Le 13/11/2014 17:08, Nick Rosser a écrit : >>> Jacques: indeed. Didn't know that existed (my fault for not paying attention!). Thanks. >>> >>> On 11/13/2014 11:02 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: >>>> Le 13/11/2014 16:44, Nick Rosser a écrit : >>>>> Simon, >>>>> >>>>> Congrats and thanks for sharing. Couple of interesting points come to mind: >>>>> >>>>> You mentioned: "as opposed to going with a product like SAP" >>>>> >>>>> * proof that OFBiz can compete at the highest level >>>>> * and anecdotal evidence is that an SAP implementation starts at a few >>>>> million $'s >>>>> * and there are lots of stories of multi-million $ implementations >>>>> that still run into trouble >>>>> * I think this is an excellent case for OFBiz >>>>> >>>>> How nice would it be to have a collection of case studies like this formalized somewhere on the web? >>>> >>>> Why not https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+User+Stories ? It seems it fits. >>>> >>>> Jacques >>>> >>>>> >>>>> * suspect we'd have problems publishing on ofbiz.org (understandable, >>>>> it can't get too "salesy") >>>>> * perhaps some other domain? >>>>> * It would be nice to think that as a community we could leverage this >>>>> type of case study and get adoption with some larger companies >>>>> >>>>> You mentioned "should be prepared for difficulties ..." >>>>> >>>>> * agreed, but compared to a huge commercial product (like SAP) this >>>>> learning curve is still more manageable >>>>> * and more cost effective >>>>> >>>>> Again, congrats! >>>>> >>>>> Nick >>>>> >>>>> On 11/13/2014 10:32 AM, Heidi Dehaes wrote: >>>>>> Congratulations Simon. >>>>>> >>>>>> Nice big project ! >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Eric >>>>>> >>>>>> Olagos bvba >>>>>> Heidi Dehaes >>>>>> Kerkstraat 34 >>>>>> 2570 Duffel >>>>>> Belgium >>>>>> Tel. : 015/31 53 04 >>>>>> GSM : 0485/22 35 80 >>>>>> E-mail : [hidden email] >>>>>> http://www.olagos.eu >>>>>> http://www.olagos.com >>>>>> http://www.olagos.be >>>>>> http://www.olagos.nl >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 2014-11-13 15:58 GMT+01:00 simon maskell<[hidden email]>: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi everyone, I don’t often post on the mailing list but I was speaking to >>>>>>> one >>>>>>> of the committers at the weekend and they thought it would be good to share >>>>>>> our Ofbiz development with the community, with a view to getting more >>>>>>> non-ecommerce users using Ofbiz. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We have been working with Ofbiz for 2.5 years and plan to rollout Ofbiz to >>>>>>> 5 >>>>>>> companies across 8 countries and a total of 1800 user. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So far we have completed 1 company which comprises of >>>>>>> • Telecentre System and lead management >>>>>>> • Sales Orders >>>>>>> • Invoicing >>>>>>> • Product configurators >>>>>>> • CRM >>>>>>> • Human Resource >>>>>>> • Purchase Orders >>>>>>> • Stock Management >>>>>>> • Hand Held >>>>>>> >>>>>>> All of the above applications have taken the Ofbiz components as a starting >>>>>>> point and then we have extended and added our own customisations(some quite >>>>>>> heavily) to get Ofbiz working how we want it to. >>>>>>> Going forward we are looking to introduce >>>>>>> >>>>>>> • Service Management, this will allow us to make planned warranty >>>>>>> visits and >>>>>>> breakdowns. We have a network of 11 branches around the UK and 250 service >>>>>>> engineers out on the road. >>>>>>> • MRP – We manufacture in 2 different countries >>>>>>> • Installation Scheduling – We install our products and need a way to >>>>>>> optimise our installations team. >>>>>>> • We are also continuing to make changes to the current live Ofbiz >>>>>>> components, as we remove more of our legacy systems. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Most of the above will be introduced into the remaining 4 companies and we >>>>>>> feel confident that each company/country will be quicker than the previous >>>>>>> as our code base builds up. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My view on Ofbiz is that it’s a great product once you have taken time to >>>>>>> really understand it and its probably this that is the biggest barrier for >>>>>>> companies taking it up. When we first started looking at Ofbiz almost >>>>>>> everyone outside of IT was against it, we had to do numerous presentation >>>>>>> and explanation as to why we should go with Ofbiz as opposed to going with >>>>>>> a >>>>>>> product like SAP. Now we have got it working for one company and people >>>>>>> can >>>>>>> see the benefits, we are now being asked to delivery it into the business >>>>>>> faster(Now our presentations are setting expectation on when it will be >>>>>>> delivered) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anyone wanting to introduce Ofbiz, should be prepared for the difficulties >>>>>>> at the beginning of the project but I am sure by the end of the project >>>>>>> they >>>>>>> will be more than please they chose Ofbiz. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Just like to thank all the committers and contributors who have worked on >>>>>>> producing a great product. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> View this message in context: >>>>>>> http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168.html >>>>>>> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>>>>> >>>>> >>> > |
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Many congratulations and thanks so much Simon for sharing your experience.
Its really great to review such adoption stories, it surely serves as a great feedback too which helps planning future shape for the project. On 13 Nov 2014 20:34, "simon maskell" <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hi everyone, I don’t often post on the mailing list but I was speaking to > one > of the committers at the weekend and they thought it would be good to share > our Ofbiz development with the community, with a view to getting more > non-ecommerce users using Ofbiz. > > We have been working with Ofbiz for 2.5 years and plan to rollout Ofbiz to > 5 > companies across 8 countries and a total of 1800 user. > > So far we have completed 1 company which comprises of > • Telecentre System and lead management > • Sales Orders > • Invoicing > • Product configurators > • CRM > • Human Resource > • Purchase Orders > • Stock Management > • Hand Held > > All of the above applications have taken the Ofbiz components as a starting > point and then we have extended and added our own customisations(some quite > heavily) to get Ofbiz working how we want it to. > Going forward we are looking to introduce > > • Service Management, this will allow us to make planned warranty > visits and > breakdowns. We have a network of 11 branches around the UK and 250 service > engineers out on the road. > • MRP – We manufacture in 2 different countries > • Installation Scheduling – We install our products and need a way to > optimise our installations team. > • We are also continuing to make changes to the current live Ofbiz > components, as we remove more of our legacy systems. > > Most of the above will be introduced into the remaining 4 companies and we > feel confident that each company/country will be quicker than the previous > as our code base builds up. > > My view on Ofbiz is that it’s a great product once you have taken time to > really understand it and its probably this that is the biggest barrier for > companies taking it up. When we first started looking at Ofbiz almost > everyone outside of IT was against it, we had to do numerous presentation > and explanation as to why we should go with Ofbiz as opposed to going with > a > product like SAP. Now we have got it working for one company and people > can > see the benefits, we are now being asked to delivery it into the business > faster(Now our presentations are setting expectation on when it will be > delivered) > > Anyone wanting to introduce Ofbiz, should be prepared for the difficulties > at the beginning of the project but I am sure by the end of the project > they > will be more than please they chose Ofbiz. > > Just like to thank all the committers and contributors who have worked on > producing a great product. > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168.html > Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > |
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Testimonials are fine in Open Source projects.
They will get edited by the other contributors if they are not useful or too much self promotion. One thing that can be done is put the case study on your own web site and provide a link to it in a discussion on the OFBiz LinkedIn groups. Ron On 13/11/2014 10:44 AM, Nick Rosser wrote: > Simon, > > Congrats and thanks for sharing. Couple of interesting points come to > mind: > > You mentioned: "as opposed to going with a product like SAP" > > * proof that OFBiz can compete at the highest level > * and anecdotal evidence is that an SAP implementation starts at a few > million $'s > * and there are lots of stories of multi-million $ implementations > that still run into trouble > * I think this is an excellent case for OFBiz > > How nice would it be to have a collection of case studies like this > formalized somewhere on the web? > > * suspect we'd have problems publishing on ofbiz.org (understandable, > it can't get too "salesy") > * perhaps some other domain? > * It would be nice to think that as a community we could leverage this > type of case study and get adoption with some larger companies > > You mentioned "should be prepared for difficulties ..." > > * agreed, but compared to a huge commercial product (like SAP) this > learning curve is still more manageable > * and more cost effective > > Again, congrats! > > Nick > > On 11/13/2014 10:32 AM, Heidi Dehaes wrote: >> Congratulations Simon. >> >> Nice big project ! >> >> Regards, >> Eric >> >> Olagos bvba >> Heidi Dehaes >> Kerkstraat 34 >> 2570 Duffel >> Belgium >> Tel. : 015/31 53 04 >> GSM : 0485/22 35 80 >> E-mail : [hidden email] >> http://www.olagos.eu >> http://www.olagos.com >> http://www.olagos.be >> http://www.olagos.nl >> >> >> >> 2014-11-13 15:58 GMT+01:00 simon maskell<[hidden email]>: >> >>> Hi everyone, I don’t often post on the mailing list but I was >>> speaking to >>> one >>> of the committers at the weekend and they thought it would be good >>> to share >>> our Ofbiz development with the community, with a view to getting more >>> non-ecommerce users using Ofbiz. >>> >>> We have been working with Ofbiz for 2.5 years and plan to rollout >>> Ofbiz to >>> 5 >>> companies across 8 countries and a total of 1800 user. >>> >>> So far we have completed 1 company which comprises of >>> • Telecentre System and lead management >>> • Sales Orders >>> • Invoicing >>> • Product configurators >>> • CRM >>> • Human Resource >>> • Purchase Orders >>> • Stock Management >>> • Hand Held >>> >>> All of the above applications have taken the Ofbiz components as a >>> starting >>> point and then we have extended and added our own >>> customisations(some quite >>> heavily) to get Ofbiz working how we want it to. >>> Going forward we are looking to introduce >>> >>> • Service Management, this will allow us to make planned warranty >>> visits and >>> breakdowns. We have a network of 11 branches around the UK and 250 >>> service >>> engineers out on the road. >>> • MRP – We manufacture in 2 different countries >>> • Installation Scheduling – We install our products and need a >>> way to >>> optimise our installations team. >>> • We are also continuing to make changes to the current live >>> Ofbiz >>> components, as we remove more of our legacy systems. >>> >>> Most of the above will be introduced into the remaining 4 companies >>> and we >>> feel confident that each company/country will be quicker than the >>> previous >>> as our code base builds up. >>> >>> My view on Ofbiz is that it’s a great product once you have taken >>> time to >>> really understand it and its probably this that is the biggest >>> barrier for >>> companies taking it up. When we first started looking at Ofbiz almost >>> everyone outside of IT was against it, we had to do numerous >>> presentation >>> and explanation as to why we should go with Ofbiz as opposed to >>> going with >>> a >>> product like SAP. Now we have got it working for one company and >>> people >>> can >>> see the benefits, we are now being asked to delivery it into the >>> business >>> faster(Now our presentations are setting expectation on when it will be >>> delivered) >>> >>> Anyone wanting to introduce Ofbiz, should be prepared for the >>> difficulties >>> at the beginning of the project but I am sure by the end of the project >>> they >>> will be more than please they chose Ofbiz. >>> >>> Just like to thank all the committers and contributors who have >>> worked on >>> producing a great product. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168.html >>> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> > -- Ron Wheeler President Artifact Software Inc email: [hidden email] skype: ronaldmwheeler phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 |
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Hi,
I would like to know if OfBiz can export XBRL format report. XBRL Details: https://www.xbrl.org/the-standard/what/the-standard-for-reporting/ Best Regards, Ajinkya Gadewar Privacy & Confidentiality Notice: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, and/or privileged material. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any errant transmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system and notify the sender. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail |
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Hi Simon,
Thanks for sharing your experiences. One of the line you mentioned in your email is: When we first started looking at Ofbiz almost everyone outside of IT was against it, we had to do numerous presentation and explanation as to why we should go with Ofbiz as opposed to going with a product like SAP. Could you please share presentations and explanations you did to adopt OFBiz ? It will help surely help to increase adaptability of OFBiz . Thanks in advance -- Divesh Dutta. On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 8:28 PM, simon maskell <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hi everyone, I don’t often post on the mailing list but I was speaking to > one > of the committers at the weekend and they thought it would be good to share > our Ofbiz development with the community, with a view to getting more > non-ecommerce users using Ofbiz. > > We have been working with Ofbiz for 2.5 years and plan to rollout Ofbiz to > 5 > companies across 8 countries and a total of 1800 user. > > So far we have completed 1 company which comprises of > • Telecentre System and lead management > • Sales Orders > • Invoicing > • Product configurators > • CRM > • Human Resource > • Purchase Orders > • Stock Management > • Hand Held > > All of the above applications have taken the Ofbiz components as a starting > point and then we have extended and added our own customisations(some quite > heavily) to get Ofbiz working how we want it to. > Going forward we are looking to introduce > > • Service Management, this will allow us to make planned warranty > visits and > breakdowns. We have a network of 11 branches around the UK and 250 service > engineers out on the road. > • MRP – We manufacture in 2 different countries > • Installation Scheduling – We install our products and need a way to > optimise our installations team. > • We are also continuing to make changes to the current live Ofbiz > components, as we remove more of our legacy systems. > > Most of the above will be introduced into the remaining 4 companies and we > feel confident that each company/country will be quicker than the previous > as our code base builds up. > > My view on Ofbiz is that it’s a great product once you have taken time to > really understand it and its probably this that is the biggest barrier for > companies taking it up. When we first started looking at Ofbiz almost > everyone outside of IT was against it, we had to do numerous presentation > and explanation as to why we should go with Ofbiz as opposed to going with > a > product like SAP. Now we have got it working for one company and people > can > see the benefits, we are now being asked to delivery it into the business > faster(Now our presentations are setting expectation on when it will be > delivered) > > Anyone wanting to introduce Ofbiz, should be prepared for the difficulties > at the beginning of the project but I am sure by the end of the project > they > will be more than please they chose Ofbiz. > > Just like to thank all the committers and contributors who have worked on > producing a great product. > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168.html > Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > |
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Hi Ajinkya,
In current feature set of OFBiz it is possible to assign XBRL classes to GL Accounts, so that they can be used for reporting. There have been some mail threads in the past regarding the subject. See here: http://ofbiz.markmail.org/search/?q=xbrl What kind of reports are you thinking of? Regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 3:56 AM, Ajinkya Gadewar <[hidden email] > wrote: > Hi, > > > > I would like to know if OfBiz can export XBRL format report. > > > > XBRL Details: > https://www.xbrl.org/the-standard/what/the-standard-for-reporting/ > > > > Best Regards, > > Ajinkya Gadewar > > > > Privacy & Confidentiality Notice: > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential, and/or privileged > material. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any errant > transmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately > delete it and all copies of it from your system and notify the sender. > E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as > information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late > or incomplete, or contain viruses. > > > > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > |
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Hi Pierre,
Thanks for the reply. All financial statements which need to be submitted to government agencies in this format. Best Regards, Ajinkya Gadewar Privacy & Confidentiality Notice: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, and/or privileged material. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any errant transmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system and notify the sender. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -----Original Message----- From: Pierre Smits [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: 14 November 2014 12:59 To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: XBRL Format Reports Hi Ajinkya, In current feature set of OFBiz it is possible to assign XBRL classes to GL Accounts, so that they can be used for reporting. There have been some mail threads in the past regarding the subject. See here: http://ofbiz.markmail.org/search/?q=xbrl What kind of reports are you thinking of? Regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 3:56 AM, Ajinkya Gadewar <[hidden email] > wrote: > Hi, > > > > I would like to know if OfBiz can export XBRL format report. > > > > XBRL Details: > https://www.xbrl.org/the-standard/what/the-standard-for-reporting/ > > > > Best Regards, > > Ajinkya Gadewar > > > > Privacy & Confidentiality Notice: > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity > to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, and/or > privileged material. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost > by any errant transmission. If you receive this message in error, > please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system and notify the sender. > E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as > information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive > late or incomplete, or contain viruses. > > > > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > |
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Hi
Divesh I can't go into the details around the presentation as a lot of them have financial information in them. When looking at Ofbiz the first thing that attracted us was cost, our estimates for a 5 year period is that Ofbiz would be around 5-6 times more cost effective than going down the normal ERP route. We needed to persuade people that Ofbiz could deliver what we wanted, so we did a proof of concept at the beginning of the project. We also created a theme in our co-operate colours, management love to see something that looks nice!!! We talked a little about the costs of setting up an Ofbiz environment and currently we have a server set-up that would be expensive to replicate in a normal ERP implementation. We have 3 test servers and 3 live servers in the UK and have have just deployed a server into a country outside the UK. All of this is done at just the cost of the hardware. The reality of doing the presentations was that, management were at best sceptical that we could deliver what we had promised but the owners of the company trusted us and gave us the go ahead to proceed. Just to be clear we are an internal IT team that have employed Ofbiz experts to help us, we don't supply IT resources to companies but I Am happy to meet up with anyone who wants to see what we have been up to. |
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Thanks Simon,
Done at https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+User+Stories Jacques Le 21/01/2015 17:40, Simon Maskell a écrit : > Hi Jacques > > Yes am happy for the story to be added > > Cheers > > Simon > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jacques Le Roux [mailto:[hidden email]] > Sent: 21 January 2015 16:34 > To: Simon Maskell > Subject: Re: Ofbiz Testimonial > > Hi Simon, > > If you agree I could put/adapt your story at https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+User+Stories > > What do you think? > > Cheers > > Jacques > > Le 13/11/2014 15:58, simon maskell a écrit : >> Hi everyone, I don’t often post on the mailing list but I was speaking >> to one of the committers at the weekend and they thought it would be >> good to share our Ofbiz development with the community, with a view to >> getting more non-ecommerce users using Ofbiz. >> >> We have been working with Ofbiz for 2.5 years and plan to rollout >> Ofbiz to 5 companies across 8 countries and a total of 1800 user. >> >> So far we have completed 1 company which comprises of >> • Telecentre System and lead management >> • Sales Orders >> • Invoicing >> • Product configurators >> • CRM >> • Human Resource >> • Purchase Orders >> • Stock Management >> • Hand Held >> >> All of the above applications have taken the Ofbiz components as a >> starting point and then we have extended and added our own >> customisations(some quite >> heavily) to get Ofbiz working how we want it to. >> Going forward we are looking to introduce >> >> • Service Management, this will allow us to make planned warranty visits and >> breakdowns. We have a network of 11 branches around the UK and 250 >> service engineers out on the road. >> • MRP – We manufacture in 2 different countries >> • Installation Scheduling – We install our products and need a way to >> optimise our installations team. >> • We are also continuing to make changes to the current live Ofbiz >> components, as we remove more of our legacy systems. >> >> Most of the above will be introduced into the remaining 4 companies >> and we feel confident that each company/country will be quicker than >> the previous as our code base builds up. >> >> My view on Ofbiz is that it’s a great product once you have taken time >> to really understand it and its probably this that is the biggest >> barrier for companies taking it up. When we first started looking at >> Ofbiz almost everyone outside of IT was against it, we had to do >> numerous presentation and explanation as to why we should go with >> Ofbiz as opposed to going with a product like SAP. Now we have got it >> working for one company and people can see the benefits, we are now >> being asked to delivery it into the business faster(Now our >> presentations are setting expectation on when it will be >> delivered) >> >> Anyone wanting to introduce Ofbiz, should be prepared for the >> difficulties at the beginning of the project but I am sure by the end >> of the project they will be more than please they chose Ofbiz. >> >> Just like to thank all the committers and contributors who have worked >> on producing a great product. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168.html >> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> > This email is intended only for the above addressee. It may contain privileged information. If you are not the addressee you must not copy, distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it. If you have received it in error, please delete it and notify the sender. > > Stannah Lift Holdings Ltd registered No. 686996, Stannah Management Services Ltd registered No. 2483693, Stannah Lift Services Ltd registered No. 1189799, Stannah Microlifts Ltd registered No. 964804, Stannah Lifts Ltd registered No. 1189836, Stannah Stairlifts Ltd registered No. 1401451. > > All registered offices at Watt Close, East Portway, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 3SD, England. > > All Registered in England and Wales. > > |
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Hi Jacques, Sharan,
Wiki is a good place to put user stories/testimonials but shouldn't we have one page on OFBiz website for the same, WDYT? Thanks, Pranay Pandey HotWax Media www.hotwaxmedia.com On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Jacques Le Roux < [hidden email]> wrote: > Thanks Simon, > > Done at https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/ > Apache+OFBiz+User+Stories > > Jacques > > Le 21/01/2015 17:40, Simon Maskell a écrit : > >> Hi Jacques >> >> Yes am happy for the story to be added >> >> Cheers >> >> Simon >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jacques Le Roux [mailto:[hidden email]] >> Sent: 21 January 2015 16:34 >> To: Simon Maskell >> Subject: Re: Ofbiz Testimonial >> >> Hi Simon, >> >> If you agree I could put/adapt your story at https://cwiki.apache.org/ >> confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+User+Stories >> >> What do you think? >> >> Cheers >> >> Jacques >> >> Le 13/11/2014 15:58, simon maskell a écrit : >> >>> Hi everyone, I don’t often post on the mailing list but I was speaking >>> >>> to one of the committers at the weekend and they thought it would be >>> good to share our Ofbiz development with the community, with a view to >>> getting more non-ecommerce users using Ofbiz. >>> >>> We have been working with Ofbiz for 2.5 years and plan to rollout >>> Ofbiz to 5 companies across 8 countries and a total of 1800 user. >>> >>> So far we have completed 1 company which comprises of >>> • Telecentre System and lead management >>> • Sales Orders >>> • Invoicing >>> • Product configurators >>> • CRM >>> • Human Resource >>> • Purchase Orders >>> • Stock Management >>> • Hand Held >>> >>> All of the above applications have taken the Ofbiz components as a >>> starting point and then we have extended and added our own >>> customisations(some quite >>> heavily) to get Ofbiz working how we want it to. >>> Going forward we are looking to introduce >>> >>> • Service Management, this will allow us to make planned warranty >>> visits and >>> breakdowns. We have a network of 11 branches around the UK and 250 >>> service engineers out on the road. >>> • MRP – We manufacture in 2 different countries >>> • Installation Scheduling – We install our products and need a way >>> to >>> optimise our installations team. >>> • We are also continuing to make changes to the current live Ofbiz >>> components, as we remove more of our legacy systems. >>> >>> Most of the above will be introduced into the remaining 4 companies >>> and we feel confident that each company/country will be quicker than >>> the previous as our code base builds up. >>> >>> My view on Ofbiz is that it’s a great product once you have taken time >>> to really understand it and its probably this that is the biggest >>> barrier for companies taking it up. When we first started looking at >>> Ofbiz almost everyone outside of IT was against it, we had to do >>> numerous presentation and explanation as to why we should go with >>> Ofbiz as opposed to going with a product like SAP. Now we have got it >>> working for one company and people can see the benefits, we are now >>> being asked to delivery it into the business faster(Now our >>> presentations are setting expectation on when it will be >>> delivered) >>> >>> Anyone wanting to introduce Ofbiz, should be prepared for the >>> difficulties at the beginning of the project but I am sure by the end >>> of the project they will be more than please they chose Ofbiz. >>> >>> Just like to thank all the committers and contributors who have worked >>> on producing a great product. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168.html >>> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> >>> This email is intended only for the above addressee. It may contain >> privileged information. If you are not the addressee you must not copy, >> distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it. If you have >> received it in error, please delete it and notify the sender. >> >> Stannah Lift Holdings Ltd registered No. 686996, Stannah Management >> Services Ltd registered No. 2483693, Stannah Lift Services Ltd registered >> No. 1189799, Stannah Microlifts Ltd registered No. 964804, Stannah Lifts >> Ltd registered No. 1189836, Stannah Stairlifts Ltd registered No. 1401451. >> >> All registered offices at Watt Close, East Portway, Andover, Hampshire, >> SP10 3SD, England. >> >> All Registered in England and Wales. >> >> >> |
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