ABSTRACT Wandapos is not the first pos software, neither is it the last, but wandapos is unique in several aspects, from its conception to its realization. This document highlights the dominance of wandapos over other pos software, supported with facts. Check it out! By Why choose Wandapos over other POS software? Dr.-Ing Stanley Mungwe And Sondi Mikael Steve Jobs Project, Cameroon October 2014 1 STEVE JOBS PROJECT CAMEROON http://wiki.idempiere.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs_Project WANDA POS THE UNIQUENESS OF WANDAPOS BY Dr –Ing Stanley Mungwe Sondi Mikael Raphael Chairman and CEO wiki.idempiere.org/User:Ralph ITKAMER 2 Get it right! Why the noise about another POS software? Why more than 100 downloads in less than a week? Why the slogan ‘Africa’s gift to the world’? We freely give out what others don’t. 3 Contents ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Get it right! .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction: ................................................................................................................................................. 5 Used for this paper: ...................................................................................................................................... 6 Let’s start! ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 We are open, others are closed ................................................................................................................ 7 We freely give what others ask you to pay for ......................................................................................... 8 We are a fork of unicenta opos, so, imagine the functionalities we provide ......................................... 10 Here is a list of the functionalities that Wandapos provides: ................................................................. 10 We provide training at a very low prices ................................................................................................ 11 We have a vision ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Strategy ............................................................................................................................................... 14 Steve Jobs Project core values ............................................................................................................ 14 Matrices for participants ..................................................................................................................... 14 Metrics under which participants are measured ................................................................................ 14 We keep working on the software.......................................................................................................... 16 Conclusion: .................................................................................................................................................. 17 4 Introduction: Wandapos is not what you think it is, it is more than that. Wandapos = stable(unicenta + iDempiere + openbravo).Choosing a POS software for your business has to be a big task, it is not done by imitating or choosing what others use at their frightening maintenance prices. Do you know that the leather Gucci uses to produce its leather shoes are also used by other shoe manufacturers to produce the same leather shoe? But you might be wondering why the Gucci shoe is far more expensive than those of other manufacturers? Well… get it now! It is because Gucci is branded as being the Company that has/is dressing so many stars. Here, at Wandapos, we believe you will brand us, not because you are the biggest company on earth, but because our product is better than others, as per the training and maintenance prices. Yes only the training and maintenance prices, no buying price! Wandapos is free to download. We received freely, so we are giving freely. We are prosumers and not consumers (Check out the Web Economy by Redhuan D. Oon). Wandapos is better than others in the following aspects: - We are open, others are closed - We freely give what others ask you to pay for - We are a fork of unicenta opos, so, imagine the functionalities we provide - We provide training at a very low cost - We have a vision - We keep working on the software There might be some terms you don’t understand above. Everything is detailed in this document. You will have answers even to questions you did not ask yourself. 5 Used for this paper: - High speed internet connection - Eclipse / Netbeans IDE - Screenshots - Picasa software - Web Economy by Redhuan D. Oon - ERPSoftware by Redhuan D. Oon - 6 Let’s start! We are open, others are closed We believe in the community, in you. We believe you in three ‘kings’, as inspired by the WebEconomy by Redhuan D. Oon; Content, Community and Traffic. Our content is and is being set by you, you generate the traffic, and you are the community. You are king. We are open to any request to be a developer at wandapos, we are open to any criticisms, and of course! To companies that wish to make use of our services. We will not close our services to a group of companies to frighten others because they will look our services to be the best. We are already better than our competitors, and now we are being different from them. We will not restrict our certifications to a group of individuals because we are hungry of fame. We will give you the necessary info to use our software on your own. We will not cheat on you! Here is a table also made available in our installation guide, of all Wandapos references. Reference Description Link Wa6ndapos For users who http://wandaapos.com/support.html Support seek support on certain issues concerning Wanda POS Wandapos Link to download http://sourceforge.net/projects/ Download the latest version wandaposdapos/files/latest/download?source=files of Wanda POS Wandapos For developers http://wiki.idempiere.org/Cm:Cameroon Developers’ who are support interested in working on Wanda POS Support libraries http://sourceforge.net/projects/wandaposdapos/files/ for wandapos For other libraries needed for smooth operation of Wanda POS WandaPos http://www.wandaapos.com website For users who want to visit the Wanda POS website Wandapos Wiki http://sourceforge.net/p/wandaposdapos/wiki/Home/ 7 For those who want to meet the real gurus behind the success of Wanda POS Here is a screenshot of our support page on our website: We freely give what others ask you to pay for 8 We freely give what others ask you to pay for You see it for yourself. I provide this info because Wandapos gives those two buttons free… free as in ‘free lunch’. This functionality is packaged with the application even in Version 1.0! Now, iDempiere ERP was chosen for the sync because T The code for the implementation of these buttons was written by Redhuan D. Oon. Wandapos does not just synchronize with any ERP. It does so with iDempiere ERP. An ERP as seen and published by Redhuan D. Oon, and published in his book titled ERPSoftware is; The right way of understanding a software is to understand not only what it is needed for but how it has to be done. ERP has to follow these constraints and requirements: 1. It has to do sound accounting transactions that are approved by auditors; 2. It has to cover numerous departments of different roles within an organization; 3. It has to cover numerous roles of users with different access authority; 4. It has to carry processes and data across departments to satisfy different users; 5. It has to be responsive when accessing voluminous data including archived ones of previous years; 6. It has to present data in very well formatted user-friendly tone and design; 7. It has to be secured from fraudulent practice and traceable to source documents; 8. It has to interface with latest web technologies and external 3rd party applications; 9. It has to be able to operate on different computers with different operating systems; 10. It has to follow design of business and operational rules governing its data from different authorities be they internal, external or regulatory; 11. It has to allow changes to its behavior or model constantly or periodically as the case may be. Now, knowing what an ERP is and the advantages of using one, evaluating the benefits got from using it are outlined above. 9 We are a fork of unicenta opos, so, imagine the functionalities we provide Get this information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openbravo: Openbravo POS is a web-based Point-of-Sale (POS) application for retail and hospitality businesses. The application came into existence called TinaPOS. For legal reasons the application was renamed to LibrePOS.[13] In 2007 LibrePOS was acquired by Openbravo and it is known by its current name. The program is completely integrated into Openbravo's ERP application. Through this integration it is possible to update stock levels, financial journals and customer data directly in the central database when a POS sales is executed in the stores. Openbravo POS can be applied using PDAs for order intake In 2009, Unicenta forked Openbravo and nowadays, record so many downloads. Now, in 2014, WANDAPOS