<div>Hi,</div>
<div>Thank you for these remarques.</div>
<div>Now I know that the cost can't be defined easily. But I would like just a concrete exemple to have an idea.<br>this would allow me to have a larger view when comparing ERP5 to other solutions like Compiere.
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Nizar.<br><br> </div><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jean-Paul Smets</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:jp@nexedi.com" target="_blank">jp@nexedi.com</a>> wrote:
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Le vendredi 23 février 2007 15:37, Nizar LYAZIDI a écrit :<br>> Hi,<br>> Does anybody here know the overall cost of implementing Dolibarr in a
<br>> SME, and how long does the process last? and, too, what are training<br>> fees? (if there are trainigs). I'm working on a comparison between open<br>> source solutions for SME, and this kind of details aren't really
<br>> available. Thank you in advance for your help.<br>><br>> Nizar<br><br>Your question can not be answered as such.<br><br>SME: how you need to define it ?<br>Implement: what is covered by the imlementation ?<br>
Cost: what is your way of defining a cost ?<br><br>I would say that the answer with ERP5 is anything between<br>-10,000,000 EUR to +2,000,000 EUR (which includes zero cost).<br><br>Negative values represent profit (eg. negative cost) related to the
<br>implementation.<br><br>Posivitive values represent all costs (internal + external) in an SME where<br>employees receive high salaries. The largest part of the cost is therefore<br>taken by internal costs.<br><br>Zero represents an SME which downloads ERP5 and makes it work by themselves
<br>(such as some we know in Europe).<br><br>All the these costs are equally relevant or equally meaningless. I would<br>recommend the reading of this document:<br> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.riveline.net/poly/" target="_blank">
http://www.riveline.net/poly/ </a><br><br>To summarise, this document explains that "the cost" of something does not<br>exist as such unlike "the price" of something. However, it is possible to<br>compare scenarii of cash flow related to decision making.
<br><br>Regarding the implementation time, it can be anything between half a day and<br>2 years with ERP5. Half day is a quick configuration of standard ERP5. 2<br>years is the configuration of huge system with hundred custom workflows,
<br>automatic testing, multiple interfaces, extensive scalabiilty optimisation<br>and extensive migration simulation.<br><br>What happens nowadays is that SMEs behave more and more like multinationals.<br>The same have also become true with non profit associations. As a result,
<br>SMEs requirements for ERPs have become as complex sometimes as for<br>multinationals.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>JPS.<br><br><br>--<br>Jean-Paul Smets-Solanes, Nexedi CEO - Tel. +33(0)6 62 05 76 14<br>Nexedi: Consulting and Development of Libre / Open Source Software
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