The buisness functions

In the following chapters, we will present how Tiny ERP can help to organize, automate and manage the different functions of the company.

Each company is different, that's why Tiny ERP is centered on a modular development. The different functionality are grouped in modules which can be installed or not according to needs.

There is today more than 60 different modules, and approximately three new modules are published each month. We will thus be contented in the following pages to present in detail only the principal modules of Tiny ERP. An outline of the other optional modules is given in the one before the last chapter of this book.

The following chapters concern each one a buiness function established by a Tiny ERP module. In order to help you to work out all the management aspects of management, they are structured in 5 great phases:

• Introduction
• The process
• Use of the module
• Setting parameters
• Technical data sheet

For each chapter, a short introduction allows to define the role of the concerned module. The different terminologies are described there and the roles of the documents are located in their context.

Then, a presentation of the process concerned is given for each module. This presentation of the different operations allows to locate the activities of the company in their global context. This chapter is mainly useful for the system administrator which has to control all the interactions between the different people and documents.

The following section, on the use of the module, consists of procedures for the different operations to do. These different operations are detined to the end users and are to be seen like recipe book, simple, to apply.

The following section of each chapter describes the setting module parameter. This section is interesting for the implementation and the initial software configuration. A good Tiny ERP setting parameter allows an adequate adaptation to the needs of the company.

Lastly, each chapter ends in a technical data sheet presenting the listing of the detailed module functionalities. This feature can be used as guide with the evaluation of the software compared to your needs or to compare it with other solutions. All the functions of the module are listed there to help you to determine the applicability and the range of the possibilities.

The 11 principal modules are thus described in detail in thefollowing chapters: client relationship management(CRM), accountancy and finance, purchase follow-up and reordering, human resources management, inventory control, sales order, project management and service activities, the campaigns marketing, the production management,eCommerce interface and the system administration.

Tiny ERP is a very flexible management system, which allow to obtain different results according to the use and the setting system parameter. We will present a good working method with Tiny ERP in the following chapters. But with the reading of these pages, it is important to keep in mind that Tiny ERP is a formidable toolbox, and that each one is free to use the tools proposed according to its own needs.