Re: Suggestions for multi-office setup?

["Chris Travers" <..hidden..>]

On 7/13/07, Barry Michels <..hidden..> wrote:
> We have 3 offices in our company and currently use 3 copies of
> QuickBooks.  What is the best way to use LedgerSMB in our situation?  We
> would like to be able to use the same master inventory list so updates
> only have to happen once for all 3 locations.  But, we would like each
> of the 3 locations to have separate accounts.  Also, we would need to be
> able to transfer inventory between the 3 offices.
>
> Can a single installation handle this or would we need to install 3
> local copies and write a script to sync the inventory between the 3
> databases?

The easiest thing to do is to set up one instance, have each location
be a "department" and a "warehouse."  Then you can run reports based
on department.  Note that each department will need to be a profit
center if they want to be able to sell things.

Hope this helps.

Best Wishes,
Chris Travers