102 Project Management and ERP using ERPAL with Manuel Pistner - Modules Unraveled Podcast

## ERPAL
* What is ERPAL?
* Why did you guys at Bright Solutions decide to build ERPAL? What did you need that wasn’t already available?
* What are some of the features of the distro?
    * CRM (contact and activity management)
    * Project management (timetracking, payments, agil and fixed price, expenses, gantt charts, requirement management) with Freelancer support
    * Document management and document creation
    * Contract management with reccuring invoices
    * Employee management (over hours, holidays, costs)
    * Invoice creation and PDF export
    * Calendars
* Tell me about the mobile app.
* I noticed that there are some addon modules listed on the project page. Did you want to mention some of those?
    * ERPAL Task Templates
    * ERPAL Repeatable Tasks
    * ERPAL Project Reports
    * ERPAL CRM Reports
    * ERPAL Contacts Importer
    * ERPAL GIT integration
* Is this basically Basecamp built with Drupal?
    * What features do they have in common?
    * What does ERPAL have that Basecamp doesn’t?
 
## Use Cases
* Do you know of anybody using ERPAL right now?
* Who should use this?
    * Large companies?
    * Solo developers?
* What’s the development status of ERPAL?
* What’s in the future for ERPAL? What still needs to be done before a 1.0 release can be released?
* How does Drupal benefit from something like ERPAL?
 
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