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Posted to user@ofbiz.apache.org by simon maskell <si...@stannah.co.uk> on 2014/11/13 15:58:18 UTC
Ofbiz Testimonial
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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Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>.
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.
>
>
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Pranay Pandey <pr...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
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" <si...@stannah.co.uk> 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.
>
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Jacopo Cappellato <ja...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
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 <si...@stannah.co.uk>
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.
>
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Pierre Smits <pi...@gmail.com>.
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 <si...@stannah.co.uk>
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.
>
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>.
I know what you are speaking about ;)
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 : info.olagos@gmail.com
>>>>>> 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<si...@stannah.co.uk>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Nick Rosser <nr...@solveda.com>.
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 : info.olagos@gmail.com
>>>>> 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<si...@stannah.co.uk>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>.
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 : info.olagos@gmail.com
>>>> 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<si...@stannah.co.uk>:
>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>
>
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Nick Rosser <nr...@solveda.com>.
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 : info.olagos@gmail.com
>>> 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<si...@stannah.co.uk>:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>.
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 : info.olagos@gmail.com
>> 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<si...@stannah.co.uk>:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>
RE: XBRL Format Reports
Posted by Ajinkya Gadewar <aj...@buffersoftware.com>.
Hi Pierre,
Thanks for the reply.
All financial statements which need to be submitted to government agencies in this format.
Best Regards,
Ajinkya Gadewar
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-----Original Message-----
From: Pierre Smits [mailto:pierre.smits@gmail.com]
Sent: 14 November 2014 12:59
To: user@ofbiz.apache.org
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 <ajinkya@buffersoftware.com
> 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:
>
>
>
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>
>
>
Re: XBRL Format Reports
Posted by Pierre Smits <pi...@gmail.com>.
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 <ajinkya@buffersoftware.com
> 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.
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> information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late
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>
>
>
>
XBRL Format Reports
Posted by Ajinkya Gadewar <aj...@buffersoftware.com>.
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
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Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Ron Wheeler <rw...@artifact-software.com>.
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 : info.olagos@gmail.com
>> 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<si...@stannah.co.uk>:
>>
>>> 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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President
Artifact Software Inc
email: rwheeler@artifact-software.com
skype: ronaldmwheeler
phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Nick Rosser <nr...@solveda.com>.
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 : info.olagos@gmail.com
> 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<si...@stannah.co.uk>:
>
>> 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.
>>
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Heidi Dehaes <in...@gmail.com>.
Congratulations Simon.
Nice big project !
Regards,
Eric
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Heidi Dehaes
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2014-11-13 15:58 GMT+01:00 simon maskell <si...@stannah.co.uk>:
> 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.
>
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Divesh Dutta <di...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
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 <si...@stannah.co.uk>
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.
>
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by simon maskell <si...@stannah.co.uk>.
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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Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>.
Do it yourself, the only way: http://ofbiz.apache.org/mailing-lists.html
Jacques
Le 23/01/2015 10:13, Sumit Sabu a écrit :
> Remove me from this mail chain. I do not belong to this company.
>
> Jacques Le Roux, who ever you may be. Remove me from this crap email chain.
>
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Jacques Le Roux <
> jacques.le.roux@les7arts.com> wrote:
>
>> It seems you have both good ideas, I agree!
>> This could be the references page I spoke and tried to do some days ago
>> but reverted because indeed there are some rules to respect on me static
>> site.
>>
>> Will you handle it Pranay, Sharan?
>>
>> Jacques
>>
>> Jacques
>>
>> Le 23/01/2015 09:39, Sharan-F a écrit :
>>
>> Hi Pranay
>>> I think that we may have some restrictions on what goes onto the OFBiz
>>> website especially if it contains any external links (and references tend
>>> to
>>> have links to the company website).
>>>
>>> We could maybe look at doing a page with some quotes from the references /
>>> user stories and then point it to the wiki page if people wanted to read
>>> more.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Sharan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> View this message in context: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.
>>> com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168p4662235.html
>>> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>>
>>>
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Sumit Sabu <sa...@gmail.com>.
Remove me from this mail chain. I do not belong to this company.
Jacques Le Roux, who ever you may be. Remove me from this crap email chain.
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Jacques Le Roux <
jacques.le.roux@les7arts.com> wrote:
> It seems you have both good ideas, I agree!
> This could be the references page I spoke and tried to do some days ago
> but reverted because indeed there are some rules to respect on me static
> site.
>
> Will you handle it Pranay, Sharan?
>
> Jacques
>
> Jacques
>
> Le 23/01/2015 09:39, Sharan-F a écrit :
>
> Hi Pranay
>>
>> I think that we may have some restrictions on what goes onto the OFBiz
>> website especially if it contains any external links (and references tend
>> to
>> have links to the company website).
>>
>> We could maybe look at doing a page with some quotes from the references /
>> user stories and then point it to the wiki page if people wanted to read
>> more.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Sharan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> View this message in context: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.
>> com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168p4662235.html
>> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>
>>
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>.
Le 23/01/2015 09:54, Jacques Le Roux a écrit :
> It seems you have both good ideas, I agree!
> This could be the references page I spoke and tried to do some days ago but reverted because indeed there are some rules to respect on me static site.
me the (I wonder how my mind or fingers replaced the by me)
>
> Will you handle it Pranay, Sharan?
>
> Jacques
>
> Jacques
>
> Le 23/01/2015 09:39, Sharan-F a écrit :
>> Hi Pranay
>>
>> I think that we may have some restrictions on what goes onto the OFBiz
>> website especially if it contains any external links (and references tend to
>> have links to the company website).
>>
>> We could maybe look at doing a page with some quotes from the references /
>> user stories and then point it to the wiki page if people wanted to read
>> more.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Sharan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> View this message in context: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168p4662235.html
>> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>
>
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Sharan-F <sh...@gmail.com>.
Hi Jacques
No worries - I can put it on my 'To do' list as it is related to some of the
work I'm already doing around the documentation tidy up - and our main
website was part of that.
Thanks
Sharan
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Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>.
It seems you have both good ideas, I agree!
This could be the references page I spoke and tried to do some days ago but reverted because indeed there are some rules to respect on me static site.
Will you handle it Pranay, Sharan?
Jacques
Jacques
Le 23/01/2015 09:39, Sharan-F a écrit :
> Hi Pranay
>
> I think that we may have some restrictions on what goes onto the OFBiz
> website especially if it contains any external links (and references tend to
> have links to the company website).
>
> We could maybe look at doing a page with some quotes from the references /
> user stories and then point it to the wiki page if people wanted to read
> more.
>
> Thanks
> Sharan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> View this message in context: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168p4662235.html
> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Pranay Pandey <pr...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
Thanks Sharan for your input, I think that approach can also work good.
Thanks,
Pranay Pandey
HotWax Media
www.hotwaxmedia.com
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Sharan-F <sh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Pranay
>
> I think that we may have some restrictions on what goes onto the OFBiz
> website especially if it contains any external links (and references tend
> to
> have links to the company website).
>
> We could maybe look at doing a page with some quotes from the references /
> user stories and then point it to the wiki page if people wanted to read
> more.
>
> Thanks
> Sharan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> View this message in context:
> http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Ofbiz-Testimonial-tp4658168p4662235.html
> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Sharan-F <sh...@gmail.com>.
Hi Pranay
I think that we may have some restrictions on what goes onto the OFBiz
website especially if it contains any external links (and references tend to
have links to the company website).
We could maybe look at doing a page with some quotes from the references /
user stories and then point it to the wiki page if people wanted to read
more.
Thanks
Sharan
--
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Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Pranay Pandey <pr...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
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 <
jacques.le.roux@les7arts.com> 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:jacques.le.roux@les7arts.com]
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
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>> distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it. If you have
>> received it in error, please delete it and notify the sender.
>>
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>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
Re: Ofbiz Testimonial
Posted by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>.
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:jacques.le.roux@les7arts.com]
> 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.
>
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>
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