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> it is a mountain of work, but nerdy me goes to that effort. Presumably required for compliance, if you're selling your products.. Are there decent softwares

> it is a mountain of work, but nerdy me goes to that effort. Presumably required for compliance, if you're selling your products.. Are there decent softwares for tracking this? Or do you use custom spreadsheets or something?

mschuster91 1y ago
What I'm aware of in the industry is that the large ones use SAP. Dunno if SAP provides that from scratch or if it's custom-built though, but I'd take a guess that it comes with their standard inventory/materials tracking/invoice handling package. Edit: looked it up, yep, part of SAP HANA LO-BM [1]. [1] https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_ON-PREMISE/4eb099dbc8a6435c9b36a854a7e05522/e8feb753128eb44ce10000000a174cb4.html?locale=de-DE https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_ON-PREMISE/4eb099dbc8a6...
- jojobas 1y ago
  Every decent ERP has it, even Microsoft ones, because anyone trading in any kind of food (batch tracking) or anything tech (serial nos) need it.
  - mschuster91 1y ago
    I didn't even know Microsoft had an ERP solution. Wtf
    - jojobas 1y ago
      Why wouldn't they? They bought a number of established and emerging solutions and integrated them into their business licensing and sales, upgrading them as their platforms evolved. Some date back 40 years, starting as a standalone DOS program, now a SaaS.
    - TMWNN 1y ago
      Highly relevant: TIL that Microsoft uses SAP software, despite competing with SAP with its own ERP software (Microsoft Dynamics) <https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1jo08m3/til_that_microsoft_uses_sap_software_despite/ https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1jo08m3/til_...>
dylan604 1y ago
I just listed everything in spreadsheets. I have no insights into what real companies do. It's a major case of fake it till you make it. I know enough to that tracking this info is a good idea, so I brute forced it. I now at least have the data to use in a real system if that ever needs to be. Unlikely. I don't even have a company formed or do any kind of sales. It's all been a very involved hobby, with products given away. It's just been a fun way of being able to push back from the keyboard while not sitting on the couch in front of yet another screen.

mschuster91 1y ago

What I'm aware of in the industry is that the large ones use SAP. Dunno if SAP provides that from scratch or if it's custom-built though, but I'd take a guess that it comes with their standard inventory/materials tracking/invoice handling package. Edit: looked it up, yep, part of SAP HANA LO-BM [1]. [1] https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_ON-PREMISE/4eb099dbc8a6435c9b36a854a7e05522/e8feb753128eb44ce10000000a174cb4.html?locale=de-DE https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_ON-PREMISE/4eb099dbc8a6...

jojobas 1y ago
Every decent ERP has it, even Microsoft ones, because anyone trading in any kind of food (batch tracking) or anything tech (serial nos) need it.
- mschuster91 1y ago
  I didn't even know Microsoft had an ERP solution. Wtf
  - jojobas 1y ago
    Why wouldn't they? They bought a number of established and emerging solutions and integrated them into their business licensing and sales, upgrading them as their platforms evolved. Some date back 40 years, starting as a standalone DOS program, now a SaaS.
  - TMWNN 1y ago
    Highly relevant: TIL that Microsoft uses SAP software, despite competing with SAP with its own ERP software (Microsoft Dynamics) <https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1jo08m3/til_that_microsoft_uses_sap_software_despite/ https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1jo08m3/til_...>

dylan604 1y ago

I just listed everything in spreadsheets. I have no insights into what real companies do. It's a major case of fake it till you make it. I know enough to that tracking this info is a good idea, so I brute forced it. I now at least have the data to use in a real system if that ever needs to be. Unlikely. I don't even have a company formed or do any kind of sales. It's all been a very involved hobby, with products given away. It's just been a fun way of being able to push back from the keyboard while not sitting on the couch in front of yet another screen.