OT: do you know of a company or software provider...

[Dave Tiger]

Thanks Martin,

For the info. I have just spoken to sage about their ERP offering Sage =
500,
which seems to do the trick and is UNIX based :-)

The worry was bandwidth over WAN for their current sage 50 and the =
general
stability of the product.

Once again thanks for the info you gave me and if anyone else has any =
other
ideas please let me know.

Yours Truly

Dave Carrera


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-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Hepworth [mailto:martinh at solid-state-logic.com]=20
Sent: 02 September 2004 09:45
To: Dave Tiger
Subject: Re: OT: do you know of a company or software provider...


Dave

If Sage Line 200/500  don't fit you're looking at the next level up of=20
ERP which will cost lots and lots.

There's always SAP, but this is still a dog to implement even for the=20
new lower cost options. (works on Linux/Unix, but not FreeBSD AFAIK)

MFG/Pro from QAD might do what you want, but they tend to operate for=20
the =A350 million turnover and above companies - based on Oracle or=20
Progress as the RDBMS so Linux/Unix is possible.

CODA might be another alternative but again you're looking at either VMS =

or possibly Windows .NET for their newer generation stuff.

What's the issue with SAGE ?? WAN bandwidth??

Anyway ERP is the tla you're looking for when googling around,=20
personally I'd go for off the shelf if possible..

--
Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300


Dave Tiger wrote:
> Hi List,
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> Sorry for being way OT but I thought I would ask the list if anyone=20
> knows of a software solution, preferably FreeBSD based, that is=20
> specifically tailored to the wholesale meat trade in the UK.
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> What I need is a solution for ordering, stock management, customer=20
> management, accounts, invoicing and all the other usual stuff but it=20
> must me able to do nationwide WAN. The company I am looking into this=20
> for is going national with a central distrib / manufacturing office=20
> and satellite distrib offices and "Sage / Windows" just wont cope or=20
> do what is needed, surprise surprise.
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> If anyone has any pointers or urls for UK based companies that might=20
> be able to help I would appreciate the info.
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> I don=92t have to long to find a solution, do we ever, so I plead for=20
> any help you may give.
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> There is an option for creating a bespoke system, maybe web based=20
> which will get over the WAN bit,
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> Again I sincerely apologise for be off topic for this list but if I=20
> don=92t ask...
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