Resources
Writing about ERP, honestly.
Platform choices, business cases, and the parts of an ERP implementation that vendors tend not to mention.
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Frappe and n8n: where a workflow tool fits next to an ERP
n8n is good at gluing systems together. Frappe is good at owning the transaction. Confusing the two is how automation projects turn into a second source of truth.
Shakthi Rodrigo · 6 min read → -
Understanding the Frappe framework: what you're actually building on
Doctypes, the ORM, hooks and the permission model: the framework primitives that determine whether a customization survives the next upgrade.
Lahiru Pathirana · 8 min read → -
Enterprise UX isn't consumer UX with fewer colours
The person using an ERP form all day didn't choose to be there. Designing for that is a different job than designing an app someone downloaded voluntarily.
Nethan Kombalavitana · 6 min read → -
Where AI actually earns its place in an ERP, and where it doesn't yet
Document extraction, demand forecasting and anomaly detection are real, working use cases inside Frappe. A conversational interface that replaces the ledger is not.
Thineth Weerasinghe · 7 min read → -
What 'localized for Sri Lanka' actually means in a Frappe implementation
Not a translation layer. A specific set of chart-of-accounts templates, tax rules and document formats configured natively, before the first transaction is entered.
Lakvindu Siriwardena · 6 min read → -
EPF, ETF and VAT: what Sri Lankan payroll and finance actually need from an ERP
Statutory compliance isn't a report you bolt on at month-end. It has to be a property of how payroll and finance are configured from the start.
Niluka Dilrukshi · 6 min read → -
Connecting courier operations to finance, without a rip-and-replace scare
Delivery, invoicing and customer tracking usually live in three separate systems that were each the right call at the time. Here's what it takes to make them one.
Niluka Dilrukshi · 6 min read → -
What actually gets weighed when a Tier-1 evaluation includes Frappe
When SAP is on the shortlist, the decision isn't licence cost versus licence cost. It's whether one connected platform beats a portfolio of departmental tools.
Sean Fernando · 6 min read → -
Integrating an ERP with ASYCUDA: what actually has to be true
Customs connectivity isn't a bolt-on feature. It has to sit on the same transaction data as manufacturing and stock, or the declaration is a second version of the truth.
Jeby Krishoan · 6 min read → -
How the NXTGEN methodology reduces ERP implementation risk
Big-bang go-lives fail for structural reasons. Segregating scope into independently gated modules removes most of the risk.
Sean Fernando · 8 min read → -
Seven signs your legacy ERP needs replacing
Not every ageing system needs replacing. These are the signals that reliably mean it does.
Lahiru Pathirana · 7 min read → -
The true cost of running a business on spreadsheets
Spreadsheets are free at the point of use and expensive everywhere else. A breakdown of where the cost actually lands.
Niluka Dilrukshi · 6 min read → -
Why Sri Lankan businesses are choosing Frappe ERP
Licence-free, locally compliant and genuinely extensible: the three reasons Frappe ERP is displacing both spreadsheets and licensed ERP in Sri Lanka.
Jeby Krishoan · 7 min read →
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