Purchase Order System for Linux?

trav3l3r asks: "Does anyone out there have any experience with Purchase Order software for Linux? Web based would be preferred. I am trying to set up a P.O. system for a small business (5 employees) in the area and trying to keep cost down for them. I have done the pre-requisite search on Google and Freshmeat and found very little. Any advice would be appreciated."

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DotProject

[dj_cel]

I don't know how much this would help, but I am customizing this software (dotProject) for use as an order acquisition tool (webbased). I found it on http://www.opensourcecms.com/ They have some other stuff on there as well. Good luck.

Re:Compiere

[Red Pointy Tail]

Compiere at the moment requires an Oracle database, so unless you want to shell out truckloads of $$$, you might want to take a look at Fyracle as covered by /. earlier for a way to make it work with the open-sourced Firebird SQL database.

OfBiz

[mandreiana]

The Open For Business Project(OfBiz) is an open source enterprise automation software project licensed under the MIT Open Source License. By open source enterprise automation we mean: Open Source ERP, Open Source CRM, Open Source E-Business / E-Commerce, Open Source SCM, Open Source MRP, Open Source CMMS/EAM, and so on.

Re:OfBiz

[adolf]

Jesus fuck.

There's enough meaningless officious buzzwords there to kill a whole team of horses.

What does it DO?

Re:OfBiz

[llefler]

What does it DO?

We'd tell you, but then we'd have to kill you.

Obviously are you are not in the 'business', so you don't know the secret handshake.

ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning
CRM - Customer Relationship Management
MRP - Manufacturing Resource Planning
SCM - Supply Chain Management

E-Commerce is vague. It could be EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) But it looks more like it's just a web store. BFD. Covers B2C, but certainly doesn't my definition for B2B. No mention of EDIFACT or x.12? Maybe in 5 years if ebXML takes off.

CMMS/EAM - Computer Maintenance Management System/Enterprice Asset Mangement

Google will tell you what all the acronyms are. But, despite having all of this in their 'product description', I see no link between that and their features list that explains HOW they meet the criteria for them.

A PHB can see all the acronyms that an IT department might be looking for, but it will be a time consuming process finding out if the system actually supports any of it.

Of course, now I'm going to have to bookmark it as a reference and investigate the component projects they are using. Thank you, I'm supposed to be on vacation until tomorrow.....

Oh, and while OfBiz is MIT licensed. They are aggregating other open source projects that carry their own licenses.