Revolutionize your merchandise management with the open gFM-Business ERP software.
The way you run your business defines your success. The open license of our gFM-Business ERP software takes your inventory management to a new level. Thanks to its versatility and efficiency, you maximize your control over stock, orders and deliveries.
With the gFM-Business open license, you have the freedom to customize your inventory management with Claris FileMaker while increasing accuracy. This open license is not only an investment in your business, but in your future.
Discover how you can optimize your inventory management to provide outstanding service to your customers and increase your efficiency. This page provides you with insights and details on the open license that will drive your business development.
With the open license of gFM-Business, you have the option of customizing and expanding the FileMaker-based CRM and ERP system yourself according to your wishes. The office software is therefore an affordable and easy-to-use alternative to ERP systems such as SAP or Microsoft Dynamics and runs on Mac, Windows and iOS. The open license as the basis for your Individual software includes full administration rights and allows you to customize and extend all FileMaker functions such as field definitions, relationship graphs, scripts, value lists and layouts. The package also includes the original FileMaker training materials "FileMaker Training Series: Basics" and "FileMaker Training Series Advanced" to quickly explore the possibilities of FileMaker and gFM-Business. If required, you can also take advantage of personal coaching sessions, during which solutions to your individual questions can be found directly on your computer via remote maintenance.
Rapid Development with FileMaker.
The gFM-Business office software is based on the FileMaker platform and thus offers all functions of the modern database system FileMaker - Cross Platform on Mac OS X, Windows and iOS. In addition, you benefit from the advantages of the gFM Business platform, which optimally supports the adaptation or development of new functions through the use of system-wide dynamic navigation, integrated layout templates for Mac OS X, Windows and iPad as well as integrated user administration. In this way, adaptations and new functions can be implemented in the shortest possible time.
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More Rapid Development with gFM-Business.
The CRM, invoicing and merchandise management system gFM-Business is based on the FileMaker platform and offers all the functions and advantages of FileMaker. The gFM-Business software line also has numerous other advantages to facilitate customization and expansion:
- Dynamic navigation - With dynamic navigation, new screen masks can be added system-wide in no time at all. Simply copy an existing layout or layout template, assign the layout to a module in gFM-Business and a new screen template is available. The dynamic navigation makes it possible to show and hide any modules and sub-modules on a user-specific basis.
- Dynamic main menu - Like the navigation, the main menu is also dynamic and allows the user-specific display of menu items. You can add a new menu item to the main menu with just a few mouse clicks.
- Templates for screen masks - Easily add new screen masks for Mac OS X, Windows and iPad using layout templates.
- Integrated custom functions - gFM-Business already contains numerous own functions (custom functions) for use in formulas and scripts.
- Integrated standard scripts - gFM Business contains many integrated scripts for standard tasks. If you add a new document type, for example, existing scripts only need to be extended in a simple way to obtain the full range of functions for the new document type.
- Dynamic import system - For importing data, gFM Business has a dynamic import system that allows you to import any number of data from different sources. Simply add your desired data import, expand the value list for the data import accordingly, and the new data import is available in gFM Business.
- Integrated printing system - The integrated printing system makes it easy to add new print layouts throughout the system.
- Program code and data separated - If only changes are made to the program code, only the main database 'gFM_Business.fmp12″ needs to be updated. All data remains unchanged after an update.
With FileMaker and the open license you can:
- Customize and extend all screen masks for Mac/Windows and iPad
- Add new screen masks for Mac/Windows and iPad
- Customize existing function scripts according to individual requirements
- Add new function scripts in all modules
- Edit and add data tables in all modules
- Edit and add fields in all modules
- Add interfaces to any third-party systems
- Edit and add your own functions* (Custom Functions*)
- Edit and add FileMaker value lists
* FileMaker Pro Advanced required
...summarized: With FileMaker and the open license of gFM-Business you can customize and extend the entire software according to your wishes. With the exception of a few system scripts and a system table, all components of the FileMaker database can be edited according to individual requirements.
Simple expandability of all existing objects
The user interface of the gFM-Business ERP software has been further optimized in gFM-Business 4.6. This applies not only to the data content of all screen masks, but also to the entire navigation, all function menus and favorites buttons. As a result, not only have more than 10,000 layout objects been removed across the solution, but the overall performance of the software has also been increased.
All labeling and navigation objects have been converted to button bar elements in gFM Business. These objects are much easier to customize because they can be edited simply by double-clicking on the respective object. The label itself is obtained dynamically from the language table using a formula. If desired, each label object can also be directly assigned an additional symbol or a button function and the object can be reformatted if required.
With the revised user interface, users of a customizing or open license can now add customizations and extensions even more easily and quickly.
All texts customizable in all languages
gFM-Business Custom Professional and the open license allow the adaptation of all texts of the entire ERP software in all languages. This makes it possible to rename parts or entire modules in gFM-Business for use in your own processes. The software supports the automatic translation of language sentences or entire language packages with Google Translate or Deepl Pro (own API key required).
Integrated development environment
The open license of the gFM-Business office software contains an integrated development environment for users with administration rights in order to optimally support the adaptation and expansion of the software. Each file immediately shows which tables it contains and whether the file contains system-relevant fields, value lists, custom functions, layouts or scripts. All dialogs for managing the database and its components can be called up directly with a click of the mouse. All contained data tables have their own administration layouts, which can be selected with a mouse click.
Add new screen or iPad layouts in the development environment with just a few mouse clicks, which automatically appear in the system-wide navigation and in the main menu after assignment to a module.
Changes to screen masks with layout log
The integrated development environment automatically saves all changes to screen masks in a layout log. In addition to the date and person responsible, screenshots of the screen are automatically taken before and after the changes. After a screen has been changed, a dialog appears for optional entry of further documentation for the change to the screen.
Included: The database book with a difference
The license includes a copy of the "somewhat different database book". In this book you will learn how processes and databases work in order to achieve optimum results when adapting gFM-Business to your operating processes.
The database book with a difference is aimed at all interested parties and does not require any programming knowledge.
More than 600 pages of documentation for customization
The open license of gFM-Business is delivered with several documents that document all tables, fields, scripts and custom functions in detail.
PDF, 34 pages
PDF, 400 pages
PDF, 193 pages
Customizable online store interfaces based on REST API
The REST-API-based online store interface included in all versions of gFM-Business is available as standard for Shopware 5.x, WooCommerce and Gambio GX3.
With the open license, the integrated online store interface can be adapted and expanded according to individual requirements. It is also possible to extend the interface for any other online shop systems with RESTful API. Each store system requires exactly one script in gFM-Business. To extend the interface to include another shop system, a script from an existing store system can simply be copied and adapted for use with a new store system. Other suitable store systems with a REST API include Magento, OXID or PrestaShop.
Software made in Germany
The gFM-Business office software has been awarded the "Software Made in Germany" seal of approval by the Bundesverband IT-Mittelstand e.V. (BITMi).
Dr. Oliver Grün, BITMi President and CEO of GRÜN Software AG, presented the seal of approval to gofilemaker.de. According to Grün, the product "gFM-Business" is characterized above all by user-friendliness, flexibility, a well thought-out design and cost efficiency. In addition, the product is flanked by competent customer service and has already proven itself successfully in practice.
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Open license for FileMaker developers
If you as a FileMaker developer do not have a basic system for a CRM and ERP system, you can purchase an open license of gFM-Business for your customer and adapt and expand it individually for your customer. Thanks to the system-wide dynamic navigation and iPad integration, new functions can be implemented particularly easily and quickly on the gFM Business platform.
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