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ERP to Go Live on Jan 1st 2009

We are getting there…..

Those of you that follow Clive Birnie (@positivechurn) and myself (@martynshiner) on twitter will know that we are in the process of building our own ERP system based on open source tools. The background is as follows.

We have not been able to find a “right-sized” ERP solution for our needs to replace the ageing character based system (which had been “sunsetted” by the vendor). We also needed some form of CRM package to mange the growth of the company once we had moved into our new building in ‘05. So…. we decided to develop our own system in combination with an open source CRM package from a company called Senokian Solutions (http://www.senokian.com) called EGS.

EGS is PHP/Ajax based and runs against PostgreSQL - it also has its own development framework that allows you to add modules. EGS 2.0 core has CRM, Project Management, Ticketing modules and a framework that allows for integrated e-commerce apps and site content management. It is free and open source, which we like! We have added “many” modules to run our business including manufacturing, distribution and accounting.

The whole lot runs in a browser and is very cool - even though I do say so myself.

And we are now less than 8 weeks from Go Live on January 1st! :-D

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3 Responses to “ERP to Go Live on Jan 1st 2009”

  1. Brendan Lally Says:
    April 27th, 2009 at 8:06 pm

    Saw your ‘interview’ by Dennis Howlett on http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=817&tag=nl.e540

    Interested in hearing more on what tweaks/modules you have added on and how these differ from the Senokian system

    Brendan

  2. mshiner Says:
    April 27th, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    Hi Brendan

    Way too many! The original Senokian system had Contact Management. CRM and project management. There is also a ticketing system and some e-commerce stuff.

    We’ve added a full accounting suite (ledgers, VAT, cash book, asset register), logistics and manufacturing. We’ve also hacked the framework and the permissions system and re-written the reporting integration.

    If you want a fuller picture, get in touch - my contact details are on the Severn Delta web site or I’m on twitter @martynshiner.

    Martyn

  3. ERP Software Says:
    November 11th, 2009 at 11:46 am

    nice.

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