Odoo is another option. It’s open source, and free, but they do try to talk you into buying their hosted version. (there is a Turnkey-Linux version which you can spin up quickly to play with using VirtualBox or VMWare) It’s probably more beast than you need though. On that note, check out the Turnkey-Linux apps and you might find something more to your needs.
I do freelance work and wanted to track my separate service revenue so I just created revenue sub-accounts for that. When I create invoices, I put a description and choose the appropriate revenue sub-category. Everything rolls into ‘revenue’ if I want to see it consolidated, otherwise, I can see it separately. If I start using a similar description as a previous invoice (because some services repeat each month) I get an auto-fill benefit which includes quantities, prices, discounts, taxes, and posting account. Regards, Adrien > On Oct 17, 2017, at 9:56 AM, C M Reinehr <c...@reinehr.net> wrote: > > Probably the most common, and least expensive one, that I run into most often > is Quick Books. I've never used it but I have used Quicken -- and left it for > GnuCash! > > Here at my office we use an ERP product called Southware Innovations. We've > been using it for quite a long time now so I'm not up on their current > pricing but at a guess I think the cost of a single user license for the > basic accounting modules as well as order entry/sales & inventory management > will likely run between $2,500 & $5,000. > > Here is a website that I just discovered that appears to list any & all kinds > of software available. Narrowing it down to inexpensive accounting packages > you get: > > https://www.softwareadvice.com/accounting/?deployment_id=&market_products_sort_order=&market_products_sortby=great_fit&more=true&price_ranges=1&stars=&segment_id=&platforms=&int_site_code=&subsize1_id= > > If that URL is corrupted just start at www.sofwareadvice.com. > > Cheers! > > On 10/16/2017 05:44 PM, fellowtrave...@comcast.net wrote: > > Thanks CM, I’ll take a look. Given that this is a very small non-profit, I > > am hoping to avoid a commercial package and so far GC has (mostly) met the > > needs but now we’re looking at trying to have more data available that is > > not strictly just dollars and cents so to speak. In any case, are you (or > > anyone else here) aware of some common commercial packages? > > > > > > > > > >> On Oct 16, 2017, at 6:31 PM, C M Reinehr <c...@reinehr.net> wrote: > >> > >> I second the comments by Michael. While I use GnuCash to keep up with my > >> personal accounting, for my business I use commercial accounting software > >> which provides all of the modules described and quite a few more. You can > >> license as few or as many modules as desired -- at a cost, of course. So, > >> if you're doing only basic accounting you can license only the general > >> ledger module, which would be analogous to GnuCash. But if your needs are > >> greater than there are the accounts receivable module, the accounts > >> payable, module, payroll, inventory control, sales order entry, point of > >> sale, etc. > >> > >> The only other open source software of which I am aware that would provide > >> you these types of modules is a product called SQL-Ledger which you may > >> wish to investigate: > >> > >> http://www.sql-ledger.org/cgi-bin/nav.pl?page=feature/index.html&title=Features > >> > >> At the very least looking at what SQL Ledger has to offer will show you > >> the kinds of packages available. > >> > >> Otherwise, you're looking at purchasing commercial enterprise resource > >> software. > >> > >> Hope this helps! > >> > >> CMR > >> > >> On 10/16/2017 05:04 PM, fellowtrave...@comcast.net wrote: > >>> Michael: > >>> Thanks for the reply. I have to say, I was thinking this would be a > >>> natural function of business accounting software but I see your point > >>> about the bulk. This is a function I am currently looking into for a > >>> non-profit. Basically, we receive invoices for services which I’ve been > >>> inputing as bills into the AP register. The invoices of course could > >>> contain any number of services, many of which are common. What we’d like > >>> to be able to do is to create reports that might say, these are the top 5 > >>> services that were preformed in 2016 and how many of each there were. I’d > >>> prefer to only have to enter this data once, so I was hoping that GC > >>> would have the functionality but I am finding out that this might be > >>> outside the scope of any accounting type of software. > >>> Would you be able to suggest an approach, a tool, that might compliment > >>> GC? Or is this just going to have to be something totally different? > >>> Thanks. > >>>> On Oct 16, 2017, at 9:17 AM, Mike or Penny Novack > >>>> <stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On 10/15/2017 10:08 PM, DaveC49 wrote: > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> The facilities you are requesting are likely to require an inventory > >>>>> management system. At present Gnucash is an accounting package and > >>>>> currently > >>>>> does not incorporate any features for inventory management. As far as i > >>>>> know > >>>>> there are no plans to incorporate such features in the near future. To > >>>>> do so > >>>>> would reuire a developer(s) interested in developing these features. > >>>>> Similarly while it can handle the accounting specific side of payroll > >>>>> management it does not handle the calculation of payrolls, deductions, > >>>>> taxes > >>>>> etc. You may need to took at ERP software if you require these > >>>>> facilities. > >>>>> > >>>>> David Cousens > >>>> > >>>> I am going to point something out. Gnucash is an accounting package. A > >>>> business might need a number of OTHER packages that would interact with > >>>> the accounting package, but normally are separate parts. Why separate? > >>>> Because which of these other parts a business might want/need depend on > >>>> the business. A unified business application (including ALL the > >>>> different possible pieces) would be unnecessarily bulky, with a given > >>>> business never using many of those pieces. > >>>> > >>>> inventory -- only if the business HAS inventory that it sells > >>>> payroll ------ only if the business has employees (employees in the > >>>> legal sense of that word) > >>>> billed time -- only of a business deals in "billable hours" > >>>> POS --- only if a business does this kind of retail << point of sales > >>>> not only interacts with accounting but also inventory >> > >>>> etc. etc. etc. > >>>> > >>>> Since I do accounting just for non-profits, I am aware of OTHER "pieces" > >>>> that would apply to this specialty. Just because I may be using gnucash > >>>> to provide these pieces does NOT mean "part of gnucash" << I am simply > >>>> ALSO using gnucash to implement "virtual books" for those specific > >>>> pieces >> > >>>> > >>>> Michael D Novack > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> gnucash-user mailing list > >>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >>>> ----- > >>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> gnucash-user mailing list > >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >>> ----- > >>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > >> > >> -- > >> "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." -- Thomas Jefferson > >> -------- > > > -- > "The essence of Libertarianism -- and civilization -- from what we learned in > kindergarten: 1) Don't hit other people; 2) Don't take their stuff; & 3) Keep > your promises." -- Anonymous > -------- > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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