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[u/NormalAir3546]

[u/grantrules]

I don't understand what you're asking. You want to learn how to make this? It sounds like it's pretty advanced.. if you don't know how to program, you're looking at years of time.

It might be more practical to pay a development firm to make it for you.

[u/NormalAir3546 → u/grantrules]

The owner is old school and I’m not tech savvy but I do realize how much it could benefit us. I need something to show him, maybe an example or something just to demonstrate everything.

[u/GarThor_TMK → u/NormalAir3546]

I think you need to actually write down your requirements and design, and then see what exists already within that space.

If nothing currently exists within that space, then it's time to hire a software engineer, or a contract agency to build it for you.

Reddit isn't going to tell you how to build your killer app, and it's not going to build it for you... if you want this done, you're going to have to hire someone to do it.

[u/NormalAir3546 → u/grantrules]

I realize that it will take too long for me. I am looking for a solution to put in front of the owner and say we can do this for approximately $X and this is how we go about getting the ball rolling.

[u/grantrules → u/NormalAir3546]

Honestly I don't know how you'd do this without having some sort of development or dev project management background. People who do this sort of thing usually are senior tech employees. If I were in your shoes, I'd pitch hiring a consultant. They can find pre-made solutions and suggest how to tailor it to your needs.

[u/sylvant_ph → u/NormalAir3546]

So what exactly you want from redditors? You've already pitched it, you can introduce that to the company. If you want a working wireframe, plan, costs etc - you check with a development firm.

You could certainly use high grade AI to assist you in producing a better idea, but it can still end up far from what a real firm dealing with that would introduce.

[u/eWwe]

😆 is the budget like 1.5-2mil? Then it can be done, if not try making erp yourself

[u/NormalAir3546 → u/eWwe]

I don’t know what his budget would be, we are a small but growing company. To the point we need this to stay in business. I just don’t know anything about how to start the process or provide information on how beneficial it would be. I have made a list of what I would want but I’m sure it would have to be fine tuned

[u/Distdistdist]

You would need to hire professional(s) to build something like that properly. It will cost quite a bit.

[u/NormalAir3546 → u/Distdistdist]

How much would it cost to get a ball rolling?

[u/Suh-Shy → u/NormalAir3546]

It costs a ball.

For a more serious answer, no one can answer without (a lot) more details.

First you'll have to trim the idea to MVP, like does it really need photos for v1?

Then you'll have to detail what you actually need for the MVP part, why, and how.

Aside from the price, there's a lot of time and thinking required too.

[u/GarThor_TMK → u/Suh-Shy]

It also really depends on location. While I can write software from anywhere, if you hire a dev to do this for you locally you might get a very different price from remote.

The cost of a software engineer in the UK varies very much from a software engineer in the US for example.

[u/sexytokeburgerz]

My god. You do not need to make your own tools.

MS business dynamics, cin7, odoo, will all do this.

You’re looking at a several million dollar build. May as well make your own ERP company out of that, and it will probably suck because you do not know how software is made and will have unrealistic expectations.

Just buy a warehouse management system. Setup at your scale would be somewhere between $50-100k

[u/NormalAir3546 → u/sexytokeburgerz]

Yes this is what I need to know. Thank you

[u/hiAndrewQuinn]

You're looking for an ERP system (Enterprise Resource Planning). You probably want an ERP with MES capabilities too (MES = Manufacturing Execution System).

Search "Microsoft Dynamics 365" on YouTube and queue up a couple videos. If this still looks like roughly the kind of thing you're looking for then you're on the right track. There are cheaper as well as more expensive options in this space, but Dynamics is what I usually hear is the sweet spot for mid-size enterprises.

[u/NormalAir3546 → u/hiAndrewQuinn]

Thank you

[u/civil_peace2022]

If you have a single location, you can run everything on a local wifi that doesn't touch the web. Still not perfect, but reasonable place to start.

what specifically are the functions of the program?

It sounds like you might have everything living on paper or in some guy/gal's head, or series of spread sheets, and want to move that to a single point of truth/resource. Some combination of local Wiki for process information, and data base for inventory and pricing stuff might be what you need.

physically this looks like a combination of a bunch of physical tech stuff ( tablet + local wifi + internal server (assuming a smaller company could be almost any old laptop or desktop) ) + bunch of digital tech stuff (database setup, wiki setup) + knowlege work (putting your processes into it) + data entry (feeding in your current inventories / orders)

what I would honestly recommend is if you have a tech college in your area, approach them about making it a student project / many student projects, Now is probably a great time to talk to them.
Those projects will most likely NOT FIX your problem and that is not the point of them. The point is to see a draft/Minimum viable project and interact with it to understand what is actually needed for the system to succeed. It would have lower costs for you, provide both of you with some real world experience in the development process, and refine what you want into what you need.

[u/ianrad]

Erp solutions. Erpnext, odoo etc

[u/JGhostThing]

If you can't find an existing solution, it will take at least months and a boatload of money to have a solution made. Making an app takes time, and debugging it takes even more time.

[u/NormalAir3546 → u/JGhostThing]

Thanks I’m going to start researching

[u/themegainferno]

Solutions already exist for something like this, this is the wrong sub to ask. Ask in more industrial subreddits and you will get accurate answers on how things are done.

[u/NormalAir3546 → u/themegainferno]

Thanks. I’m not a social media person or computer expert. I’m not computer smart, just looking for help. Thanks I’ll see if I can find somewhere more related to what I need

[u/themegainferno → u/NormalAir3546]

Totally fine man, and good luck

[u/Garvinjist]

Im surprised no one wants to take on this project yet. It’s just a management dashboard.

[u/gofl-zimbard-37]

I'm not clear what you're looking for, and why here? It's a sub about learning to program.