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[ckwu]

Hi, folks,

I have posted a new release, v.0.27.1, of CK-ERP, at SourceForge.Net, http://sourceforge.net/projects/ck-erp .

New features include,
connector for AssetMan
connector for Coppermine
connector for Gallery2
connector for phpMyTicket
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CK-ERP is an open source accounting/MRP/ERP/CRM system that runs on top of multiple middlewares. It comprises 22 modules - Administration, i18n, Contact Management, Customer Relationship, Customer Self Service, Vendor Relationship, Ledger, Bank Reconciliation, MRP, Warehouse, Inventory, Service, AP, AR, PO, SO, Quotation, POS for Cashier, POS for Manager, HR, Staff Self Service and Payroll. It provides accounting and back office functionalities to SMEs and utilizes the underlying middleware to administer accounts/groups. Please report error and suggestion to the discussion group / mailing list, CK-ERP-en(at)googlegroups.com or CK-ERP-zh_CN(at)googlegroups.com . General history and expected development is available at the discussion group's Archive.

Supported MiddleWares: AssetMan; Coppermine, Gallery2; phpMyTicket; phpMySport; MyHandyRestaurant; PHPJB; FreightFleetManagementSystem; OpenX, LandShop, FreeRealty; IRM; LegalCase; MirrorMed, ClearHealth, OpenEMR; eGroupWare, Horde-GroupWare; Zencart, CRELoaded, osCMax, osCommerce; Drupal, Joomla, Mambo, e107, XOOPS, Xaraya; Moodle, Atutor; vTiger, XRMS; WordPress, b2evolution; TikiWiki; phpBB.

Information/Demo Websites:
http://ck-erp.org
http://ck-erp.net
http://ck-erp.info

Download is available from,
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ck-erp
http://gforge.oss.org.cn/projects/ck-erp
http://gforge.lupaworld.com/projects/ck-erp
http://gro.clinux.org/projects/ck-ledger


Cheers,
Wu Chiu Kay, aka CK Wu, aka CK (CK is the preferred alias)
Hong Kong

[traderz]

Where is the integration between the invoices and your accounts receivable?

We really need a way to have the invoices from vtiger available in an ERP system and then a way once they are paid to update the status of the invoice in vtiger.

Does this exist anywhere with any system?

[ckwu]

Hi, traderz,

Thank you for your interest in CK-ERP.

One of the FAQs listed at ck-erp.org provides the answer to your query,

"Q. Why is CK-ERP not tightly integrated with the underlying middleware ?

A. Presently, CK-ERP is able to run within 36 different middleware environments and there are more to come. If you are interested in 'integrating' tightly CK-ERP within xxx (database-wise, processing-logic-wise), you may perhaps spend a year to do the job -- 36 different middlewares? 36 man-years. Then, you would have to spend another nnn years to debug the (CK-ERP + xxx + yyy) combos, say, (Joomla + Zencart + CK-ERP). You know the sum.

One may consider things like SOA, RPC to provide some sort of loose coupling. However, these technologies do not seem to be mature enough nor secure enough to be able to stand the test in a court of law. That is, if there is a major processing error within, say, a SOA based (Joomla + CK-ERP) environment, it would take a team of experts to find which is at fault - Joomla, CK-ERP or even the SOA stack itself.

So, it is decided that (CK-ERP + xxx) 'integration' will stop at the point of producing xxx connectors. For the rest of the 'integration' job, it is a standing invitation for any open source software integrator to try his/her hand. Indeed, it is in this area, where software integrators, traditionally, excel. Again, it is also a standing invitation to any and all open source software integrators to contribute their integration code back to CK-ERP, if they, so, incline.

At the same time, please don't ask the CK-ERP project team how a particular (CK-ERP + xxx) tight integration should be done. Because,

1) We have no expertise in xxx .
2) As it is, we are already fully occupied with enhancing the various functions of CK-ERP and producing yyy connectors."

Best Regards,
CK