Posted by acts_as_flinn
Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:23:00 GMT
After a very long wait, I just want to let everyone know that the beta program will be launching in a week or two. We’ve made major breakthroughs, and we’re just about ready to start the closed beta.
You can imagine how excited we are to launch this program, and we hope all of our testers are just as excited.
For prospective buyers we’re bringing a simple inventory management system with no strings attached. No IT staff needed, no million dollar upfront investment required, never pay for updates, you don’t even have to worry about backups…we do it for you.
More big news coming soon!
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Posted by acts_as_flinn
Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:29:00 GMT
When we founded Right Traq I had tons of experience doing custom PHP Inventory applications. Some of them were plain old function based, and others MVC based. About a year before we got started I had a prototype asset manager that I did in rails-0.12.1. This project was my first go at a rails application and I was astonished. It was relatively easy to develop, and in about 2 weeks I had about the same features as a huge PHP project I worked on for 6 months. Ruby on Rails really made development simple. Most of routine tasks needed for my projects were already taken care of in Rails, and better yet I could easily add features that really separate it from the competition.
TRAQInventory is a Ruby on Rails Inventory Management application.
After 6 months of development TRAQInventory is the result. We like to call it Inventory Management 2.0 because TRAQInventory brings Web 2.0 features that drive social networking, user generated content, and semantic web content to inventory management. Inventory Management 2.0 means your inventory data can actually tell you something, send you messages, integrate with other apps and be more of an information tool than a cumbersome liability that underperforms, and wastes time and money.
So I am pleased to announce that we’re opening the signup for the TRAQInventory Beta program.
Click Beta Signup to sign up for the TRAQInventory beta program.
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Posted by acts_as_flinn
Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:15:00 GMT
Web 2.0+Inventory Management = Inventory 2.0
With all the buzz lately about Web 2.0, I wanted to take a minute to share my thoughts on what Web 2.0 means to inventory management. Web 2.0 is a hodge-podge of buzz words that typically means that a web site or web application is a little bit more alive than traditional sites. This doesn’t always mean Flash, or screen effects (though it is typical), it can mean simple technologies like tagging, RSS, XML, and other non-visual technologies.
Why are tagging, RSS, XML useful for inventory management?
Tagging Inventory Management
Tagging is a technology that allows you to easily identify content. It’s like placing a keyword on something. Tags can be used to find content, or link similar subjects together.
Tags are perfect for inventory management because they allow you to arbitrarily attach a keyword on to an inventory part, or piece of equipment. These tags create groups that can link together for quick searching, or when part names aren’t as descriptive as they should be.
TRAQInventory provides tagging that will allow users to find items fast. This is one of the biggest complaints I have heard from SAP and other legacy systems. Searches take too long, and are often incorrect. Search is tricky in general, but tagging makes life a lot easier, and everyone can tag, not just system administrators.
RSS Inventory Management Feeds
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication (depending on who you ask). RSS is sometimes referred to simply as a feed. Feeds send notifications when new content is added to a websie, new email hits your inbox, or in the case of TRAQInventory when an inventory level hits the refill level.
TRAQInventory uses RSS (and email) to send notifications for inventory movements, critical refill levels, shipment requests, and a number of other system events.
Open XML Inventory Management
XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a technology that allows computer programs to speak to each other in the same language. For years now vendors have attempted to lock clients into application using proprietary formats. XML is a response to proprietary file formats. What does all this mean for inventory management?
It means that inventory & asset management software has no excuse for not providing simple access to your information. It means that you can download inventory and asset information from the web in an open format. It also means that third party applications can link up to TRAQInventory issue commands for inventory movement, or even create new parts, locations, shipments, etc.
Your information won’t be locked into or out of TRAQInventory ever.
TRAQInventory is a Web 2.0 based Inventory & Asset Management system.
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