January ago, my brother's small furniture factory to open a store, ask me this software brother: "Brother, you help me find a software bar, I want to put the company's inventory management." I think this is not a piece of cake, I used to be in a software company, but also really developed a set of such systems. The system developed 5 years ago to find out, only to find to install, configure, User manual is good hundreds of pages. Although I personally developed, but to configure the software can be used, I have a headache. Or forget it, go to the market to find an SME version of the business software. To ask the agent Kingdee, a quote 3 points all down 20,000 more. There will be more money to add a terminal in the future. Although provide door-to-door installation and training, but I think my brother's company in order to be trained to be able to learn to use, do not know how much time to spend. Not ready to just church one, people a job-hopping, and no one will use.
Finally, I used my own business time, Asp.net+sql 2000 developed a Super Mini ERP system, a total of 10 pages, the database has only 5-6 tables. Don't look shabby, but it's enough. This small system includes three functions for product management, inventory management and sales management. Product management can maintain the number of all products, the name. Inventory Management to support the warehousing of multiple warehouses, you can count the current inventory situation. Sales management can be entered into sales orders, can be based on the time period and product categories for statistics.
Use a common PC as a server, through ADSL access to the Internet, to the peanut shell application for a dynamic domain name. This mini ERP system is officially online. Companies, factories, stores three locations as long as each computer can be connected to the Internet can use the system. Because there are few pages, there are eye-catching action tips on the page. No user manual is required and no training is required.
At home, small companies like my brother can say there are countless, but no manufacturers can offer the kind of ERP system they need without training and use. Although foreign already have this kind of business, do not know when can become popular in domestic.