Jacopo, All, I am a proponent of any kind of OFBiz integration solution that will enhance the feature set and drives the adoption. It is good to see that people are willing to put the effort in, as we see (and have seen) with components (like BIRT, PoS) and other attempts (Asterisk integration, Jackrabbit, etc) and solutions (Magnolia/CATO, BigFish).
However, I remember a discussion thread not long ago where strong opinions were voiced about not having more under the umbrella of the Apache OFBiz project. It seems to me that we should discuss strategy, process and risks first, before we discuss integration of anything into the project. Otherwise we will be having the same discussion over and over with each integration idea that pops up. Best regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Jacopo Cappellato < jacopo.cappell...@hotwaxsystems.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > in the last year, the research and development lab of HotWax Systems has > implemented a series of components and tools for OFBiz. > Some of them are ready-to-be-used applications and, in my opinion, would > be a good fit for OFBiz. > > After discussing the topic internally, we believe that the community could > benefit from them and at the same time help to further improve them. > > Accordingly, I would like to start by exploring with you the opportunity > to include in OFBiz our integration with Magento eCommerce platform. > > Magento eCommerce (http://magento.com/products/overview) is a popular > solution for merchants; it is an open source product (but the company is > owned by eBay). > In terms of features it competes with the OFBiz ecommerce component, but > it is easier to setup and with a shorter go to market. > For these reasons it is a good fit for small-medium merchants that need an > ecommerce store with no backend capabilities and it has a very large users > base. > > We realized that there could be a rather large group of merchants, already > using Magento for online sales, that may be interested in integrating it > with a powerful ERP system for the backend tasks (order fulfillment, > accounting etc...). > > The integration component we have implemented has a nice user interface to > import categories, products, orders from Magento eCommerce and then synch > held/cancelled orders; there are screens to manage shipment options and > product store settings. > > You can find some screenshot here: > http://people.apache.org/~jacopoc/magento-integration-2.png > http://people.apache.org/~jacopoc/magento-integration-3.png > http://people.apache.org/~jacopoc/magento-integration-4.png > http://people.apache.org/~jacopoc/magento-integration-5.png > > Arun Patidar led the effort and is happy to provide additional details so > please feel free to ask any questions. > > In my opinion this product could be integrated as a specialpurpose > component, but I am open to suggestions. > > What do you think? > > Jacopo
