I would like to have a PHP based work order system that more or less covers the following features:
- Create work order (WO), with fields like: Title, Description, Start Date, etc.
- Assign resources to it, say: # of labors at $ cost, # of materials at $ cost
- Ability to graphically plan workflow for processing the work order
- Project planning and scheduling (WO assignment, accomplished, etc.)
- Invoice Generation and approval.
Surprisingly, there seems to be no concrete work order system built with PHP. Ofcourse, there are many ERP systems but either they are too huge or does not contain the required structure.
My plan is to study and customize http://phprojekt.com/index
Please advise.
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by: trippy1976Posted on 2009-09-23 at 06:59:32ID: 25403089
What's your specific industry need? I ended up having to build my own to get what I wanted. I did start with evaluating phpprojekt and we actually ended up using dotProject for a while. I found dotProject to be pretty good. We do a LOT of repetitive jobs and I eventually found its lack of job templating to be annoying. I may have been able to do some customization of it to auto-load job templates.
Another option you can explore depending on your need is BaseCamp. It's a software as a service project management solution. Its largest downshot is that it's not free (you pay a monthly fee for access). The pro there is you don't have to install it and maintain it. The con is that you don't have the ability to tweak the code.
You might also like to look at quickbooks online. Again, it's pay to use but it has (I think) most of what you're asking for and if you use an accountant you can grant them access to it as well which makes tax planning a lot easier.