Feature List
From PERPWiki
Project ERP will let you do most things you expect to be able to do with an inventory management system, but pERP is more than inventory management. The following is a brief introduction to some of the unique features of pERP.
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Semi-automatic conversion between supplier units and your units of measure
What's the best way to handle differences between the units you purchase in and the units you sell in?
For instance, buying a bulk container of chocolate raisins then selling them in bags. pERP lets you set a conversion factor, so when you buy from your supplier, you buy it as they sell it: 1 container. When you receive that container, you receive into inventory 100kg, or 2000 bags, or whatever that container works out to in your units of measure. Once you define the conversion rate, it is done automatically.
Stock production with options
Work Orders support the production of items with options. Bills of Materials can be simplified by factoring out the differences, and setting those as options. Paint color, for example, only changes 1 part: the paint color. By moving the paint into subassemblies and including them as options, you reduce the complexity of your product line. Instead of needing a seperate part number and bill of materials for each color, you can reuse the same one. When it changes, change it once.
pERP Work Orders support both make-for-stock and make-for-order. Work Orders can be created and scheduled as needed, and finished goods will be created in the selected stock location. When a manufactured item with options is added to a Sales Order, pERP will first check stock on hand, then stock in production. If something can be found that matches a customer's selected options, that item is assigned to the Sales Order. If not, a new Work Order will be created, ready for approval and scheduling.
Integration
Many parts of pERP are tightly linked. Invoice lines refer to the shipment lines which refer to the order lines, keeping you informed of what parts of which are where. This also makes the next step easier, because shipments can be created from orders, invoices can be created from shipments or orders, payments or receipts can be entered against invoices, each step only needing the click of a button. In additon, if an order is partially backordered, the lines show in the backorder list. As goods are received or shipped, the status of the order is updated. As goods are invoiced and invoices are paid, the invoices and payments are linked in.
pERP also integrates into the rest of eGroupWare. All addresses are stored in the Addressbook. Important information, like price overrides on a Sales Order, are stored in the Infolog. Payroll work shifts are defined in the calendar. Suppliers can be linked to appointments. Phone calls can be linked to Clients.
Clients with multiple accounts and locations
The possibility of multiple accounts per client lets you offer different terms for different goods. Because you assign price lists to client accounts, you can offer deals or terms on replacement parts, and charge a premium, prepaid, for emergency maintenance.
As clients grow, they may branch out into separate locations. pERP supports their growth using Client Branches. The branches can order on their own, or ordering can be done corporately. The invoices still go to the parent company, but your shipments are sent to the branch that needs them.
Multiple price lists
Different price lists for multiple locations in multiple currencies for the same stock, and Clients are restricted to buying off the price lists you assign to them.
