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Implementing SugarCRM

By : Michael Whitehead
Book Image

Implementing SugarCRM

By: Michael Whitehead

Overview of this book

<p>SugarCRM is a popular customer relationship management system. It is available in both free open source and commercial versions, making it an ideal way for small-medium business to try out a CRM system without committing large sums of money. Although SugarCRM is carefully designed for ease of use, attaining measurable business gains requires careful planning and research. This book distils hard won SugarCRM experienced into an easy to follow guide to implementing the full power of SugarCRM. SugarCRM is an extensive PHP/MySQL based application but with its rich administration interfaces no programming is required to get the most of it.</p> <p>This book will give you all the information you need to start using this powerful, free CRM system. Written by veteran SugarCRM expert and experienced documentation author, Michael J. Whitehead, this book is the definitive guide to implementing SugarCRM. Whether you are wondering exactly what benefits CRM can bring, or you have already learned about CRM systems but have yet to implement one, or you're working with SugarCRM already; this book will show you how to get maximum benefit of this exciting product.</p>
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Implementing SugarCRM
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
Preface
Index

Commercial Open Source Add-Ons


Just as SugarCRM offers three versions of its software, two of which have commercial licenses attached, so there are many more commercial products that are built to add on to Sugar Open Source. Some of these commercial products (like our own Info At Hand at The Long Reach Corporation, and like Sugar Pro itself) are complete pre-configured CRM systems built on top of the base Sugar Open Source, with extended capabilities. Others, like the modules presented here, and other notable products such as the ZuckerDocs document management client, and the JRabbit Outlook plug-in, are designed to add on to Sugar Open Source to provide exciting new capabilities.

Human Resources Management

One aspect of business management that has not been explored by Sugar Open Source or Pro is Human Resources Management. In many states and countries around the world, businesses—even quite small ones—have a statutory responsibility to securely maintain records on their employees. The required...