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ERPNext has been around for a decade now and doing quite well! https://github.com/frappe/erpnext https://github.com/frappe/erpnext. Founder here, happy to answ

ERPNext has been around for a decade now and doing quite well! https://github.com/frappe/erpnext https://github.com/frappe/erpnext. Founder here, happy to answer questions.

solarkraft 8y ago
Did you underestimate the complexity? Did you limit scope to not go insane? What is the typical size/complexity of a typical using company? Could LIDL have used your software for 500M€, could they have even implemented their completely own solution for that money? Thanks!
- rushabh 8y ago
  There have been a few very large implementations of ERPNext. If I were to consult Lidl, we would have done a few low risk pilots, starting with their warehouses or back-office. I would have gone for a federated architecture where each store / warehouse would have its own system that would then be consolidated at higher levels, rather than going for a mega instance with zillions of transaction rows. There are many interesting things you can do when you have an open source system you can work to your advantage.
cosmoharrigan 8y ago
I was curious to learn more about the project, and would like to share some quick feedback; the first thing I noticed was that the first page of the documentation which I opened has multiple spelling and grammar errors: “Distrobutors have large part of their net worth is invested in the stock in hand. With ERPNext, you can always keep a birds eye view on your stock availability, replineshment, procurement and sales.“ https://erpnext.org/docs/user/manual/en/stock https://erpnext.org/docs/user/manual/en/stock Second, I noticed that the CI build is failing on GitHub.
- rushabh 8y ago
  If you have questions, there is a very active community at https://discuss.erpnext.com https://discuss.erpnext.com Typo: Thanks for the report. We will get it fixed. CI: The marker is for the develop branch. So if you are on master, its much more stable.
thirdsun 8y ago
I've been interested in ERPNext for years and always kept an eye on it as an alternative or replacement for our in-house developed ERP, which currently grows in complexity and may end up at a point where it's too much of a burden for a small team like ours. One area where ERPNext really seems to be lacking is marketing and presentation. You definitely have the features, but I don't think you're doing a good job of showcasing and documenting them, particualrly before I create an account. You try to show those features in Youtube videos, but the production value doesn't seem to be much higher than a private screencast - I'm worried that this kind of presentation actually hurts you. Another problem is language support. Last time I checked you worked on community based translation efforts, which resulted in experimental international support. May the quality of the translations has improved since then, and of course I could (and did) help, but without proper doemstic language support (german in my case), there's no way I could use ERPNext with our non-tech, barely english speaking staff. Other than that I've been intrigued for a long time and wish you would not delete free single user accounts so soon (do they still exist at all?) - I tend to try ERPNext from time to time, with long pauses inbetween, and often have to create a new account.

ERPNext has been around for a decade now and doing quite well! https://github.com/frappe/erpnext https://github.com/frappe/erpnext. Founder here, happy to answer questions.

solarkraft 8y ago

Did you underestimate the complexity? Did you limit scope to not go insane? What is the typical size/complexity of a typical using company? Could LIDL have used your software for 500M€, could they have even implemented their completely own solution for that money? Thanks!

rushabh 8y ago
There have been a few very large implementations of ERPNext. If I were to consult Lidl, we would have done a few low risk pilots, starting with their warehouses or back-office. I would have gone for a federated architecture where each store / warehouse would have its own system that would then be consolidated at higher levels, rather than going for a mega instance with zillions of transaction rows. There are many interesting things you can do when you have an open source system you can work to your advantage.

cosmoharrigan 8y ago

I was curious to learn more about the project, and would like to share some quick feedback; the first thing I noticed was that the first page of the documentation which I opened has multiple spelling and grammar errors: “Distrobutors have large part of their net worth is invested in the stock in hand. With ERPNext, you can always keep a birds eye view on your stock availability, replineshment, procurement and sales.“ https://erpnext.org/docs/user/manual/en/stock https://erpnext.org/docs/user/manual/en/stock Second, I noticed that the CI build is failing on GitHub.

rushabh 8y ago
If you have questions, there is a very active community at https://discuss.erpnext.com https://discuss.erpnext.com Typo: Thanks for the report. We will get it fixed. CI: The marker is for the develop branch. So if you are on master, its much more stable.

thirdsun 8y ago

I've been interested in ERPNext for years and always kept an eye on it as an alternative or replacement for our in-house developed ERP, which currently grows in complexity and may end up at a point where it's too much of a burden for a small team like ours. One area where ERPNext really seems to be lacking is marketing and presentation. You definitely have the features, but I don't think you're doing a good job of showcasing and documenting them, particualrly before I create an account. You try to show those features in Youtube videos, but the production value doesn't seem to be much higher than a private screencast - I'm worried that this kind of presentation actually hurts you. Another problem is language support. Last time I checked you worked on community based translation efforts, which resulted in experimental international support. May the quality of the translations has improved since then, and of course I could (and did) help, but without proper doemstic language support (german in my case), there's no way I could use ERPNext with our non-tech, barely english speaking staff. Other than that I've been intrigued for a long time and wish you would not delete free single user accounts so soon (do they still exist at all?) - I tend to try ERPNext from time to time, with long pauses inbetween, and often have to create a new account.