Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Bista Solutions implements OpenERP for La Ruche Aux Lots EBay store.

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Great Solution! This integration by Bista solutions is sober and efficient, indeed, thanks to this solution I can import my catalog and all orders placed on my eBay store “La Ruche Aux Lots” and to handle these in OpenERP, as well the software allows me to manage my inventory and keep stock levels synchronized with eBay, to manage purchases and sales. Another important point, the accounting records are done automatically and properly - Entrepreneur, Founder of La Ruche Aux Lots - Hatim Rahoui

Result:

Eliminated the risk of selling items not in stock because stocks levels are maintained in OpenERP and synched with EBay store

Increased the efficiency of operations, logistics and finance by 20% by reducing manual processes.

Business working environment has become noticeably more dynamic and target-driven due to access to real-time reporting.

Challenges:

Company required affordable, agile solution to survive and thrive in industry with fierce competition and thin margins

Order processing required manual typing and retyping customer information, slowing sales processes and risking errors. Lack of analysis and reporting.

Maintaining real time inventory for the huge selection of beads.

Solution:

Implemented OpenERP modules for Sales Management, Purchase Management, Warehouse Management, Accounting and Customer Relationship Management.

Implemented BistaSolution's EBay connector to connect the EBay store with OpenERP. This gives an integrated view of the entire business

Implemented OpenERP to provide analytics and give a 360 degree view of the business.

Fast Facts

Client: La Ruche Aux Lots

Country: France

Industry: Fashion Accessories

Web store: http://stores.ebay.fr/LA-RUCHE-AUX-LOTS

Solutions:

OpenERP

EBay connector of BistaSolutions

Partner:

BistaSolutions

1435 Scott Blvd,

Santa Clara, California, 95050


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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

How to Process Drop-Ship orders from OpenERP

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This video demonstrates how to process drop-ship orders from OpenERP, with some minor modifications in the workflow. A drop-ship order is one where the order is shipped directly from the Supplier to the Customer without coming to your stock.

Friday, June 10, 2011

ERP Customization - Customized ERP software | ERP solutions customization

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In this post we will have some most important points towards the implementation of customized ERP solution to achieve your business targets/ goals, Any ERP solution must have a quality to provide satisfaction to your business. In fact any Enterprise Resource planning tool or Business software is created to make your business running smoothly. This statement depends on the most suitable ERP solution you have chosen for your business.
There are ERP solutions available in the market which gets mould as per your business processes which helps your business to get more effective and efficient with the help of automating the business operations. An ERP solution helps you to remove the duplication of data entry and errors are easily eliminated. It allows you to have a quick and best decision with the available resources with the touch of several clicks.
There are many ERP solutions in the market with is mainly targeted to a particular industry or for multiple industries. Some solutions offered is rigid which works on industry best practices and some of them help you to customize the ERP software as per your requirement although this software can be more innovative and flexible as it works with respect to your business processes. This customized software helps you to achieve your business process mapped in the ERP solutions.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

ERP Implemenation GAP analysis

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ERP is one of the most important Business software which requires a proper planning and GAP analysis for a proper and successful ERP implementation. This is the step which cannot be skipped as this might result in unwanted results and failures.

GAP analysis is done to know the business processes and working which help to implement ERP system as per the requirement. After GAP analysis is done then only company can able to find out the best and the easiest way to make changes in the practices or existing Business processes to improve the day to day business activities. In short is can be said as that GAP analysis his just a comparison between the current business processes and future improved business processes.

Though GAP analysis before an ERP implementation is the most important part but it might be time consuming and resource consuming.

GAP analysis for ERP implementation allows you to provide a complete image of the things working in future with the help of ERP solutions. It is always recommended to check the Positive aspects need to be outlined such as future integration of Enterprise Resource Planning with third party software etc.

The goal of gap analysis for an ERP system is to identify the gap between the maximized allocation and integration of the resources with the current level of allocation. This helps provide the company with insight into areas which could be improved. The gap analysis process involves determining, documenting and approving the variance between business requirements and current capabilities.

GAP analysis leads the top management of any organization to find out the most suitable ERP solution. Although GAP analysis take time and cost but it is better rather than taking Risk during the Implementation.

Tools that replace Expensive Software

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What if you can lower your company IT expenses just by installing Open source Alternate Software which allows you to reduce your cost by 40% with more flexibility? Not convince with the statement! Yes, As per Gartner, 2009 report approximately 85% of companies surveyed are already using Open Source Applications in 2008. The other 15% surveyed have plans to incorporate Open Source Strategies within their Enterprise incoming years, we also done some of our recent posting where Russia will go Open Source by 2015.

Whether you’re a small business, or you are looking to minimize costs – attached are some of the most cost effective applications on the market that can easily replace some of your more expensive Enterprise solutions and functions.

In 2011, Gartner refers to open-source software as OSS.My, how times have changed. Less than 10 percent of IT organizations used open-source software five years ago. The number rose to 30 percent three-and-a-half years ago. Gartner noted a proportional drop in commercial software usage, which surely is no coincidence.

Most organizations now use commercial and open-source software side by side, particularly for home grown projects. Here we come up with a list of Open source software which can be replaced by the Expensive licensed software.

Open Office – One of the excellent and free alternative to replace the Microsoft Office Suite. The suite provides you with functionality that even Microsoft’s Office suite does not ship with like the ability to convert files to PDF.

Customer Relationship Management
Sugar CRM or vTiger – A highly recommended CRM packages which is Free of cost and Easy to customized.

Content Management Systems & Community Software
Alfresco Open Source Content Management & OpenCMS - Another Content Management application with great promise, and free to utilize.

Web Analytics
Google Analytics – One of the best free analytic dashboards for your web site, which provide you with every details of your website performance.

Server Software
Linux – Linux will be one of the most important platform in coming days, I covered this in one of my posting that Dell Says – Linux has a powerful booster in the never-ending debate over what OS is safest from malware and spyware: Dell. “The vast majority of viruses and spyware written by hackers are not designed to target and attack Linux”

Database Software
MySQL – The best and most cost effective choice for a free SQL/Database environment that needs to be hosted in the cloud.

Screen Sharing Software
Join.me – Free, simple, fast online meetings. Share your screen instantly with anyone. Also client is not require to download any plugins.

The Above list is just the basis list of software that can be replaced with the high cost Proprietory software. The list can go on endless.

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Advantages of an ERP integrated eCommerce solution

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Enterprise Resource Planning tool is one of the most important and complete business software for any organization today but if you do business through eCommerce and your ERP is not integrated with your eCommerce website then it would not consider that you are using a complete package.

Here we go with the 5 most important benefits of integrated ERP software with your eCommerce website :

1. No Duplication of Entries – One of the key features of an ERP integration with your eCommerce website eliminates the re-entering or re keying process which frurther allows you to have more accuracies in accounting and other modules. Further this importance also provides you to waste your time on re entering of the entries into an erp system and Vice versa.

2. Less Manual Process – ERP and eCommerce integration allows you to have less Manual intervation as every part or entry is taken care with the help of this integration. Automatically uploading of all the entries in the ERP system or vice versa help to reduce re entry.

3. Improves inventory - ERP ecommerce integration allow you to check your inventory in real time, Products uploaded in the ERP system can be automatically publised on your eCommerce website.

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Monday, April 11, 2011

ERP - eCommerce integration

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We all know that today Internet is getting bigger and bigger day by day across the world, people started searching for products and services with the help of internet, In coming year this would be huge as the initiation of buying of any products and services will start from Internet. Also we have seen that before buying any products people searches the review on respective forums or put status messages on Facebook and other social media. This phenomenon is called by various names such as online buying, webstore, electronic commerce, e-business, e-commerce, online stores etc.
There are any online stores available on Internet today which provides best deals in different products and services whether it is electronic goods or fast moving goods. There are websites such as eBay.com, Amazon.com, Alilbaba.com which connects buyers and seller to assist with the business (Externally). And to assist business internally we all know that the activities such as selling & marketing consist of various backend such as accounting, CRM, Warehousing, Inventory etc. Use of ERP or business software is a must.
Our offering of Business software / ERP software integrated with your eCommerce website make simpler your operations and selling of goods and services. eBay, Amazon Sellers who are looking out for a single Business Application integrated with the eCommerce, products, inventory, warehouse etc can take the advantage of this software as its a packaged offering which integrates with your shipping system such as UPS, USPS, FedEx, web-store, eCommerce websites.
About Our Package offering
This package offering is an integration between your ecommerce website using OpenERP one of the leading Open source ERP software which consist of more than 500+ modules
What is the Need of this Packaged offerings:
We are offering this package of OpenERP and eCommerce integration because of the problems faced by the eCommerce Sellers which is stated below:
  • Having a single back-end system to process orders for eBay stores, multiple Magento webstores, osCommerce webstores, Amazon MarketPlace stores etc.
  • Be able to have a single system to manage inventory & warehousing for all the multiple sales channels in one system.
  • Also to be able to configure advanced Inventory rules for the various webstores.
  • Have a full-fledged warehousing system integrated with UPS, USPS and FedEx.
  • To have a fully-featured accounting system integrated with the Order processing and Receivables & Payables, not having to do manual re-entry into Quickbooks.
  • Handle Purchasing from the same system and set advance stock rules and pricing policies.
  • Handle Returns processing from the ERP system.
  • Get Reports & Analytics about the performance of various Products, Categories, and Stores etc.
  • Be able to handle a multi-company scenario in a seamless fashion.
  • Be able to handle multiple currencies.
Advantages of moving to an ERP system:
  • Integration of eCommerce with ERP system provide eCommerce Sellers to have an integrated and consolidate view of their businesses
  • Seller can manage the entire operation with this single system
  • This system helps you to increase the Inventory, Warehousing & Accounting operations by having all operations managed from a unified system.
  • Eliminate duplication of efforts which normally happened during handling multiple CMS systems, Accounting & Inventory software.
  • Configure advanced inventory & stock rules to improve profitability.
  • Handle the distinct operations of multiple companies, yet have a high-level view of the performance of your business.
The above eCommerce integration with OpenERP is currently supported for Magento, Other platforms are also supported as per the requirements.
other advantages of this package software is that it is built on Open source platform which gives you an advantage of unlimited users, cost effectiveness, further future modification is possible and much more.
You can have a check onto the features and pricing of this ecommerce ERP package at www.bistasolutions.com
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Friday, April 8, 2011

Open Source ERP for Manufacturing Industry

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Open Source ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) for manufacturing industry:
OpenERP one of the leading Open source Business software offers more than 500+ modules provide an add on advantage to Manufacturing Industry as it covers all your manufacturing needs and requirement.

OpenERP Manufacturing Module offers you with the capability to have a perfect integration across the organization, say for eg. Sales forecasting till production planning, (MRP) Material Requirement Planning, Inventory, (BOM) Bill of materials, Warehouse Management, Maintenance etc. (OpenERP) perfectly suits all those small and mid-sized manufacturing companies who are looking out for a customized and low cost Business application to manage their entire activity.

(OpenERP) ERP for manufacturing industry allow you with excellent suppleness with wide range of production methods. OpenERP Manufacturing Module allows you to achieve competitive advantage in a dynamic marketplace.

Open ERP manufacturing modules offers you with a wide range of features such as Purchasing and receiving of materials, Material verification, capacity planning, scheduling, performance, cost estimation, lot tracking, MRP – Material Requirement Planning.

OpenERP for manufacturing industry allows manufacturing industry to improve yield and effectiveness in working, Open ERP for manufacturing industry covers maximum aspects of the manufacturing process. Also being open source it allows you to integrate and synchronize with variety of other Modules and third party software which allows you to have a single integrated software system.
Another Advantage of OpenERP for manufacturing industry is that it does not involved huge investment which is out of reach of small and medium sized industries (SMEs) if applying for Proprietary ERP solutions

OpenERP solution enables manufacturers to compete in the existing market environment. It allows manufacturers to develop proper planning and schedule. Due to its web based capability you can even share the communication within OpenERP through Web.

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Lead Management - How to create campaings in Education CRM - vTiger

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This video gives you an overview on how to create different campaings in Education CRM. This CRM is created on the platform of Open source vTiger CRM.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Manufacturing Process in OpenERP version 6

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Bista Solutions releases ERP packaged solution for eCommerce sellers

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Bista Solutions, based in California, US,  a provider of ERP, CRM & BPM implementation services announced its ERP package for eCommerce sellers on eBay, Amazon & branded webstores.
Today, eCommerce sellers are selling on multiple channels to maximize their revenue & profitability. Though there are custom applications for select channels like eBay, Amazon and various eCommerce systems like Magento, osCommerce etc; what is lacking is a consolidated  system to manage all the channels and provide strong functionality for Inventory, Warehousing & Accounting all integrated into 1 system. Bista has built a packaged solution to address this need by using the popular open-source ERP – OpenERP.
OpenERP is a full-fledged, feature-rich open-source ERP with modules to manage Sales, Purchase, Inventory, Warehousing, CRM, Manufacturing, HR & Accounting. OpenERP has a very modular architecture and a rich-set of 500+ modules for various industries and verticals.
Some of the salient features of this ERP-eCommerce package includes
  • Integration with Magento webstore, eBay & Amazon
  • Completely integrated with UPS, USPS & FedEx for shipping
  • Inbuilt multi-company, multi-currency features.
  • Advanced stock rules, separately customizable per store.
  • Updating of Order & Shipping status back to the eCommerce webstore.
  • All the benefits of a web-based, full-feature open-source ERP system.
  • Package includes training, support & OpenERP warranty.
Bista Solutions which is an official partner of OpenERP in US, has done numerous implementations for eCommerce sellers.  After having gained a lot of experience in implementing OpenERP for various eCommerce vendors, Bista designed this implementation package to roll-out an ERP system in a short time and within budget.
For more information please read OpenERP eCommerce Overview or email sales@bistasolutions.com

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

OpenERP integration with RMA module of Magento

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OpenERP - eCommerce - Magento Integration - by Bista Solutions

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