On 8/12/2023 9:02 AM, Brad Morrison wrote:
Hi Gregory/Susan/Richard/all,
I think that it is important to remember that GnuCash is an all
volunteer project and not an accounting system suitable for almost any
type of organization, other than a very simple one:
https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/1623#issuecomment-1583966278 -
"But GnuCash isn't suitable for large, or even small, enterprises and
never will be. GnuCash is for tiny and simple enterprises; we often
say individuals and sole proprietorships. Even having employees makes
using GnuCash a dubious proposition (no payroll module), as does
carrying more than a very few line items of inventory (no inventory
module) or performing any sort of manufacturing (no bill of materials
or cost accounting modules).
I disagree in the sense that in the days of pen and ink on paper all of
those things were done before we had computers. Using gnucash you can do
anything you could pen and ink on paper.
What is being said is that gnucash is not an "integrated business
system" with multiple components sending feeds to each other. Components
like POS, inventory, payroll, etc. are not PART of ":general ledger"
(gnucash as normally used). Those other components would be storing data
that isn't financial as well as what is and is sent to by "feeds".
For example, besides things like unit cost of batch an inventory system
is dealing with things like shelving location, restock level, primary
and secondary sources, etc. A POS system is tracking things like the ID
of the sales person currently at the register. The payroll system things
like emergency contact, length of service, etc.
MY druthers? I am opposed to "monolithic" systems, much preferring
"modular" systems << and remember, I used to work on/design LARGE
systems >> If nothing else, makes changing and testing MUCH easier since
well defined boundaries and data exchange between components. So while I
do not think the developers of gnucash should tackle these other
components PERHAPS it would make sense to make gnucash (the general
ledger component) a module that could receive "feeds". Then others could
decide to tackle one or more of these other parts of "a business
system". Hopefully also keeping them modular (as they might be feeding
each other as well as feeding general ledger. For example, POS would
feed both "general ledger" (the money part of the sale) AND inventory
(the physical part of the sale).
Michael D Novack
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