[GNC] Accounting Modules
Robert Heller
heller at deepsoft.com
Tue Nov 27 07:46:59 EST 2018
At Tue, 27 Nov 2018 10:13:37 +0100 Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:
>
> Op dinsdag 27 november 2018 00:17:06 CET schreef John Ralls:
> > > On Nov 27, 2018, at 6:35 AM, Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net> wrote:
> > The other big issue is that your description of the various modules in a
> > business accounting system is for *big* business. That’s not what GnuCash
> > is designed for and not what the current development team is interested in,
> > never mind (as you point out) capable of supporting. There are a several
> > open-source projects in that space, search the web for “foss erp†to find
> > them. GnuCash is focussed on very small businesses (as in sole
> > proprietorships) and individuals.
>
> I mostly agree, yet I think many small businesses would benefit from a simple
> inventory management system. My own business would have for that matter.
>
> And while inventory is not strictly accounting it would make gnucash a viable
> option to quite a few extra small businesses. So I'm in two minds with respect
> to inventory support and have been for quite a while. In the past I envisioned
> implementing it myself (reusing certain parts of the existing code and adding
> the missing bits) but for various reasons shifted to other priorities. If
> someone would step in to write it, I would still support the effort though.
"Inventory Management" is so close to managing stocks, that it should be
possible to implement with bit of recycling/repurposing the existing code for
stocks... One can *almost* fake it now by considering physical inventory as
if it were a stock and using a "stock" type account.
>
> Payroll on the other hand is not my cup of tea and likely more targeted at
> larger businesses.
Yes, a full fledged Payroll module would likely to be major bit of coding, but
maybe a simplified small scale Payroll module *might* be of use to smaller
businesses (say < 5 employees).
>
> More generally, we can certainly use more hands to carry gnucash forward. So
> Stephen your offer to lend us a hand is highly appreciated :)
+1
>
> Regards,
>
> Geert
>
>
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