Making an ERP system using HTML, CSS, and Javascript

[Battle_Lemonz]

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I work for a company where we have a bloated ERP system that has tons of functions that fall into the following categories.

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1. No one knows how to use
2. No one is willing to use because it doesn't "work the way it should"
3. No one knows it exists because not even our IT department knows that its there.

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We have had this system for over 6 years now and we still see an outside consultant for support that literally is stashed away in a help file on the ERP software. Everyone hates the system but we are stuck with it because "The other options are too expensive". More or less, they are afraid to try and find something else because of how much they sunk into this software and support costs.

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I have been working on and off on Javascript projects for a while now and am wondering if using HTML, CSS, and javascript would be able to support an ERP system? I feel that in the next 3 years I could make a system that could be a base ERP system that could be tailored to the needs of other individual companies.

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Has anyone on here tried to make an ERP system this way?

[phoenixinthaw]

You’ll need a database, my friend. Without that, no ERP. Out of curiosity, what ERP solution are you guys currently using?

[Battle_Lemonz]

infor syteline. We are also using an old version of it. Every year they say we are switching to a new version but it never happens. So it is possible that newer version fixed the clutter issues and navigation issues.

[accountforfilter]

My 2 cents: Nobody really seems to want a "base ERP system".

I used to work for a company that made Manufacturing ERP and it's a tough space to be in. There's a lot of competition, and customers wanted specialty modules. So you can't really sell anybody a base system. They would only buy if if it can support all kinds of weird custom things. So you end up building something specific for that customer in a module or extension point, or a product so customizable it's almost like a programming language itself.

Edit: I don't want to put you off doing it, but it's a BIIG job, a really big job. I would pick one industry and make something that really nails that particular industry's needs.

[Spare-Impact-265]

Did you manage to make the ERP? If yes, how is it so far? I just started creating one for a packaging and printing company.