Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
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We are currently using a paper ordering system, whereby if i order something, its written out on carbon pad, and about 4 copies go down the line.
The storeman has a copy for when the item arrives, he ticks it off.
The accounts get the other copies etc.
I was wondering if anyone knew of a type of system that could be used?
Ideally, it would need to be cheap if possible.
We would also like people to be able to login to a PC (even our intranet) and be able to place orders with our purchaser.
Adam
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Dom
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Would only require a simple database driven application - could be written in php/vb/C/perl etc wouldnt think it would be that hard...though from propper systems, not sure
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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true some sort of custom system would be best suited, as alot of things out there are focused on lots of different things & finding one suited to yourselves would be a nightmare...
php/perl/mysql backend would be ideal for it given the fact its all opensource & free, but its the development costs & such which will still put the price up.
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Sam
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SAP 
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PaulW
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used SAP before, found it bloated, buggy, shit and slow...
although this was back in 2000 when it was being trialled at a place i worked 
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Sam
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I used it last year when I was working at Powwow Water (now owned by Nestle), TBH Paul not much has changed, where I am now they use Oracle, that is equally shit!
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MikeLamb
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SAP.. Shit??
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Dom
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used to work for a big ISP and we used a custom system with oracle as the background, was DOS based...was crap too and slow
write your own system - have it how you want, and will probably be a lot lot quicker 
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Ian
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Digest authentication on the domain for logging in to the intranet, easy with IIS, just a tick-box. You ideally need an SSL certificate though as you don't really want to be passing domain credentials over regular HTTP. You can make SSL certs with Win 2003 server, been a while but I've had success in the past with this. Bit of a pain in the ass due to needing to do everything in the right order but not actually that difficult if you have the software.
Alternative is something bespoke PHP for logging in which is programming, potentially a bit quicker though, the one I have which authenticates through the domain is very slow indeed compared to local auth to a MySQL table.
You need to be 100% sure what the system is doing also, ie. what every person along the way needs to see/do.
Then decide what data you need to store and make some tables, then program the PHP.
Easy enough
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam
I used it last year when I was working at Powwow Water (now owned by Nestle), TBH Paul not much has changed, where I am now they use Oracle, that is equally shit!
Dont you talk to me about Oracle... that shitter of a system failed me a module at uni as the damn thing never worked & they never compensated for it  and best thing was they even acknowledged the system was being trialled so wouldnt be 100%... cocks
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
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ive found the perfect package (i think). seems to be able to do everything i want it to, and its web based.
Has anyone heard of CRM-CTT?
its open source too!
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