"CW" <> wrote in message
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> I am not sure if this is the right news group to post the question. If
not,
> my apologies in advance.
>
> I am looking for an off-the-shelf accounting software with a manufacturing
> module. In particular, the features I am looking for are multi-level bill
of
> material (typically called MRP in larger ERP packages), and multilingual.
>
> Large ERP packages are out of the question because (1) they are too
> expensive, and have too many features that I will never need, and (2) they
> are too buggy (I should know, since I used to do consulting,
customization,
> installation and training on a few supposedly top tier ERP packages).
>
> I really only need the stock control/multi-level BOM with multilingual
> capabilities. I don't really need G/L, Purchases, Sales etc (well, they'd
be
> nice to have, as an integrated package, but not essential).
>
> Does anyone know or can suggest any packages with the feature set I am
> looking for? I haven't been able to find any off-the-shelf products that
> even have a manufacturing module. If there is none available off the
shelf,
> I might just have to write one myself - and it would most likely end up
> being much cheaper than buying a fully fledge ERP product.
>
>
I am looking for something like this myself. I am currently looking into
SQL-Ledger
http://www.sql-ledger.org/
but would also like to know of any other packages out there that do
multi-level BOM and handle the stocking and costing issues.
Rich C.
