I haven't used ERPnext for agriculture in such a direct manner before, but I am working in a related field. If you only want to know how much did it cost to produce this crop on this field as an aggregate, they I think you should be set. If you want to use that number to decide for example how many acres to plant in this particular crop (ie forcasting) then you might run into issues. Let's assume that ultimately you would want to track your crops as a production ratio per acre(bushels per acre etc). If that is the case, you will have a similar issue to what I am having. There is a certain minimum cost to run the cycle (season) just get the machinery and labor into the field, then, as your acres/field gets larger, the cost is spread out over more acres and therefore keeping the field serviced is less/acre. The way that ERPnext is currently set up, you would not be able to adjust for this efficiency. It would give you a cost per acre that is the same whether your field is 10 acres or 40.
So while I think you can certainly track your crop costs the way you are outlining, it really depends on what you want that data for .... record keeping? then I think you are on track. Forecasting and planning for future crop cycles? you might need some tweaking from your current proposal, again depending on exactly what you want to plan/forecast.
Good luck!
On Saturday, August 23, 2014 8:12:23 AM UTC-5, François de Ryckel wrote:I was wondering if anybody has every tried to use erpnext for agriculture and how to go about it?It is just a special kind of "manufacturing".Expectworkstation are "farm field" (with many special fields such pH of soils, type of soils, etc.)Then you have all your inputs (seeds, agrochemicals, etc.) spread over the duration of the crop.You have an output 3 to 12 months later depending of your crop.We should be able to track:The total amount & costs of all inputs + labor for a certain cropThe total yield (and income) for that certain crop.What would be the cost to develop a module which can track these things?I'm not a developer but I would be willing to finance part of such a project. The agricultural ERP i've checked, web-based or not, are ridiculously expensive.Best,François
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I haven't used ERPnext for agriculture in such a direct manner before, but I am working in a related field. If you only want to know how much did it cost to produce this crop on this field as an aggregate, they I think you should be set.
If you want to use that number to decide for example how many acres to plant in this particular crop (ie forcasting) then you might run into issues. Let's assume that ultimately you would want to track your crops as a production ratio per acre(bushels per acre etc). If that is the case, you will have a similar issue to what I am having. There is a certain minimum cost to run the cycle (season) just get the machinery and labor into the field, then, as your acres/field gets larger, the cost is spread out over more acres and therefore keeping the field serviced is less/acre. The way that ERPnext is currently set up, you would not be able to adjust for this efficiency. It would give you a cost per acre that is the same whether your field is 10 acres or 40.So while I think you can certainly track your crop costs the way you are outlining, it really depends on what you want that data for .... record keeping? then I think you are on track. Forecasting and planning for future crop cycles? you might need some tweaking from your current proposal, again depending on exactly what you want to plan/forecast.Good luck!
On Saturday, August 23, 2014 8:12:23 AM UTC-5, François de Ryckel wrote:I was wondering if anybody has every tried to use erpnext for agriculture and how to go about it?It is just a special kind of "manufacturing".Expectworkstation are "farm field" (with many special fields such pH of soils, type of soils, etc.)Then you have all your inputs (seeds, agrochemicals, etc.) spread over the duration of the crop.You have an output 3 to 12 months later depending of your crop.We should be able to track:The total amount & costs of all inputs + labor for a certain cropThe total yield (and income) for that certain crop.What would be the cost to develop a module which can track these things?I'm not a developer but I would be willing to finance part of such a project. The agricultural ERP i've checked, web-based or not, are ridiculously expensive.Best,François
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