Consistantly, clients aren’t looking for perfection but rather “Just good enough.” In this economy the dollar must stretch, when times are tough most business owners are willing to compromise all of their wants and get serious about their needs.
I am on a quest for the Golden Ticket. Today’s piece of the puzzle is Point-of-Sale.
The goal is to discover the golden ticket for small businesses to open their doors, and keep them open – the real stimulus package will be to tie up: an Open Source Operating System, Open Source Point of Sale Solution (utilizing a webserver), Open Source Ecommerce, and finally financial, ERP&CRM solutions to cover the rest while all at an affordable price point.
How do we start at a low entry point and maintain low total-cost-of-ownership? (PST) FOSS!!! (Free and Open Source Solutions)
FOSS solutions range heavily in upfront development costs to suite your business needs however you really save in yearly licensing fees.
In the search for an Open Source POS sytem, OpenBravo POS has taken the trophy. While antiquated Point of Sale systems are abundant (to be listed…), in my opinion, OpenBravo has hit the balance of visual aethestics, usability, simplicity, and functionality.
Cutting through all the clutter of solutions turns you into a genuine Piers Morgan, some solutions are aesthetically unpleaseing yet powerful: (pictures to come)
Looking through the POS market for this past month has presented many challenges towards finding a great entry point for small business. The ideal entry point for the Developer’s overhead is $0.00 on licensing – good luck right?! – but OpenBravo hits this mark and many others.
Lets get down to the meat and potatoes, what is great and what is not so great about this product:
(review update to come…)
OpenBravo POS (open source point of sale)
The Good: (TBC..)
The Bad: (TBC..)
The Conclusion: (TBC..)