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Welcome to 2BizBox quick start tutorial!
2BizBox is full-featured, easy-to-use, free ERP software. This tutorial will help you to set up
your 2BizBox quickly and easily. The step-by-step instructions will help you walk through
major processes in 2BizBox and will cover major modules. Once you have completed this
tutorial, you will have a general knowledge of how to use 2BizBox to manage your business.
Compared with any other complex ERP software, to download, install, run and use 2BizBox is
fairly easy. This tutorial can take less than 30 minutes to complete. After you finish this
tutorial and get acquainted with 2BizBox, you can move on to the online user manual that
provides a comprehensive guide and covers a wider range of 2BizBox features and
techniques.
This tutorial requires a computer with any version of a Windows operation system. Adobe
Reader is recommended so you can read PDF files generated by 2BizBox. No database, Java,
or any other software needs to be installed or run for 2BizBox.
DOWNLOAD 2BIZBOX
Download All-In-One install program at website
www.2bizbox.com which contains both server and
client programs. You can download Windows
Installer or zip archive file. For Windows Installer,
keep all options to defaults during the install wizard.
Server and client can be automatically run after the
install. Make sure “2BizBox ERP Server and Client”
option is selected during the install. For zip archive,
unzip the package and find “run.bat” and
“client.exe” to run server and client.
Double click “2BizBox Server” shortcut on the desktop, or find “run.bat” in the 2BizBox ERP
install folder, to run 2BizBox server program. If there is any firewall software running on the
computer, make sure port 80 is allowed to open so the 2BizBox client program is able to
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connect to this 2BizBox server. Also check other programs (for example Skype) to make sure
port 80 is not used.
Two command prompt windows will show up as below after clicking file run.bat. The one
named run_database.bat is MySQL database server, it runs MySQL database on port 3307.
Another one named run.bat is the 2BizBox server program deployed on JBoss Application
Server. Wait about half or one minute until 2BizBox server is initialized, then you can login
2BizBox with client program.
As you can see, lots output logs will be generated in the 2BizBox server command prompt
window. It will take half a minute to startup. Check the output until the logs stop scrolling
and a message as below appears:
17:56:49,046 INFO [Server] JBoss (MX MicroKernel) [4.0.5.GA (build: CVSTag=Branch_4_0
date=200610162339)] Started in 34s:750ms
Now the 2BizBox server is startup and ready to be connected by clients. To stop 2BizBox
server, simply close the MySQL window (run_database.bat) and press Ctrl+C in the 2BizBox
server window (run.bat).
Double click “2BizBox Client” shortcut on your desktop, or find “client.exe” inside the
unzipped 2BizBox directory to run 2BizBox client. If you run 2BizBox client on another
computer, make sure 2BizBox server is reachable from that computer via Internet or
Intranet.
LOGIN 2BIZBOX
In the login screen, you will see the following fields:
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a) Server: The server computer to login. Input the server computer name or IP
address in this field.
b) Company: Company to login. One 2BizBox server instance is able to host multiple
companies and each company has a separate database instance. After installation,
two companies are already created there: the “Test” company is used for testing,
evaluation, studying 2BizBox. Another one “Default” company is for the official
usage. Select “Test” company for this tutorial.
c) User Name: The user name to login. User “admin” is the pre-created user as the
administrator for your company with full permissions. Input “admin” for this
tutorial.
d) Password: The password for this user.
The default password of user “admin” is
empty. Keep this field empty.
e) Language: The display language in client
program. 2BizBox supports multiple
languages, and more languages will be
added in the future. The default
language is English.
f) Click “Login” button at the bottom of the
screen to login 2BizBox. Wait until the
main screen appears. Now you can use
2BizBox.
The following step-by-step instructions will help you to create parts, BOM (Bill of materials),
Sales Order(SO), Purchase Order(PO), Work Order(WO), issue materials, receive parts, create
AP, AR and make payments.
Main menu
Module view
Quick task list
Example:
Click “Engineering Box -> Part Master->2Add Part” means click “Engineering Box” in
the module view, click “Part Master” sub-module, and click “2Add Part” task item
in the quick task list.
Pick data: A small “pick button” is available to make data input quick and easy
(such as part number, employee ID etc). You can click “pick button” beside the
input text field to pick existing data from a list on the popup dialog. In this tutorial
when we say “Input or pick”, it means you can input data manually or use pick
button.
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Pick button
This tutorial will guide you through major business processes in 2BizBox as pictured
below.
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4) To make it simple, click “2Update” button to finish the update. Part Detail screen will
appear to display all information for the created part.
Now, the new Part “A01-01-100” has been created in 2BizBox ERP. Repeat above process to
create two more parts as below information:
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of creating BOM.
BOM Detail screen appears and BOM of “A01-01-100” has been created.
Before creating a SO, a Customer Address Book entry with the customer information is
needed.
1) Click “Address Box -> Customer & Vendor -> 2Add Customer/Vendor” to create a new
Customer Address Book entry in 2BizBox main
screen
2) Input customer address ID and company name in
the following screen. For customer ABC GROUP
LLC, we use ID “ABC001” and company name
“ABC GROUP”
3) Click “2Add” button to access Address Book
Update screen. In this screen you can setup more
information for this customer
4) Finally, click “2Update” to finish the process
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2) Input or pick the customer address ID we just
created in the coming screen. Customer ID, Bill
ID and Ship ID is normally the same address, but
Bill and Ship values will be changed
automatically when Customer ID is added
3) Click “2Add” button to go to its Update screen
To Authorize:
On Part “A01-01-100” Detail screen, “On Demand” quantity will be 10 which indicate that SO has taken effect.
“On Hand” quantity is 0 because there is no any inventory for Part “A01-01-100”. The next task is to increase
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To meet the demand generated by a SO, the company can make the parts required or
buy them from other vendors. In 2BizBox, WO is used to manage manufacturing tasks and
Purchase Order (PO) is used to manage purchasing tasks. Make-or-Buy decisions
are strategic choices between producing and part internally (in-house) or buying it externally
(from an outside vendor/supplier).
The two most important factors to consider in a Make-or-Buy decision are cost and the
availability of production capacity. The decisions will be made normally by the planning
department of the company.
Normally, Vendor ID in WO is the company ID or the company manufacturing department ID. If the
manufacturing task is outsourced to an outside new vendor, this new Vendor ID may need to be created in
You’ll find that WO item has been added into the item
table.
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WO Detail screen will appear to indicate that WO has been created successfully.
To approve WO,
Go to Part “A01-01-100” Detail screen, “On Order” quantity is 10 which means WO or PO of this part has been
created. Also, “On Hand” is 0 and On Demand is 10 because inventory is zero and the 10 demand has not yet
been met.
Take an example of WO created as above; item status of WO is “Not Set Up” which means
WO item needs to be setup.
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In WO setup Detail screen above, 2BizBox will pull BOM structure of part “A01-01-100” out
automatically and list all required materials with quantities in the table. Once needed, other
materials that are not listed can be added to the standard BOM.
2) Review this information and click “2SetUp Work Order” button to setup WO. Or click
“Cancel” button if you want to cancel and set it up later.
Now go to Part “B01-01-100” Detail Screen, you can see that ”On Demand” quantity is 10 which means that the
demand has been broken down from Part “A01-01-100” into “B01-01-100” and “B01-01-200”. A Make-or-Buy
decision is needed again.
In this example, buy Part “B01-01-100” and “B01-01-200” as materials from an outside
vendor.
RUN MRP
Note: When creating dozens of WOs every day, it is difficult to know all demand information
of all parts of the whole company. MRP is a powerful and easy system to obtain all parts
demand information.
To run MRP: Click “Purchasing Box -> MRP -> 2Run MRP”. Ignore all input fields and click
“2Run MRP” to see MRP report.
In the next portion of this tutorial, we will create POs without MRP’s help.
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If Tomato Company has different shipping address ID would be TOM001A. The next
company might be Potato Company and will have ID POT001 and shipping address ID
would be POT001A.)
1) Click “Address Book Box -> Customer & Vendor –> 2Add Customer/Vendor”. For
the Vendor and Name, use “JOH001” and “JOHN’S HARDWARE STORE”
2) Click “2Add” button to go to Update screen
3) Check the information on this screen and click “2Update” button to finish the
process
2. Create one PO for Vendor ID as “JOH001”.
1) Click “Purchasing Box -> Purchase Order ->
2Add PO”. Input or pick Vendor ID
of”JOH001” and click “2Add” button to go
to PO Update screen
In Update screen, two PO items are needed: One is Part “B01-01-100” with quantity of
10, and the other is Part”B01-01-200” with quantity of 20.
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APPROVE PURCHASE ORDER
The newly created PO will not take effect until approved by authorized user.
To authorize,
On Part “B01-01-100” Detail Screen, “On Order” quantity is changed to 10 which indicate that WO or PO of this
part has been created. Also, “On Hand” with 0 means inventory is zero and “On Demand” with 10 means
demand is coming from the WO and has not yet been met.
RECEIVING FROM PO
All parts should be received into inventory in
2BizBox.
If you don’t remember the PO number, return to “Purchasing Box -> Purchase Order -> 2Search OPEN PO” to
make a search.
If a location does not exist for part, click “2Add Location” button in that part item pane. Input a location name
and click “OK” button to create a location. Then input received quantity in location table for each part.
All or a partial number of the parts purchased from a vendor may be received. Part quantity
actually received should be added to receiver. In this tutorial we assume that all parts are
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received from the vendor. Input quantity as 10 for Part “B01-01-100” and quantity as 20 for
part “B01-01-200”.
4) Click “2Receive” button at the bottom to receive all parts into inventory
Receiver will be displayed automatically once PO has been received successfully. Receiver
contains information such as what and how many parts were received, where parts have
been stored, and who did the receiving, etc.
Go to Purchasing Box and open the PO which just has been received, the status of PO has
been changed to “Closed” because all parts listed in the PO have been received.
Go to Part Master module and check Part “B01-01-100” and “B01-01-200” Detail, quantities of On Demand and
On Hand have been changed.
To have a better understanding about how 2BizBox works, knowing how these numbers are
changed is helpful.
After receiving parts from a PO, a Receiver will be generated and displayed.
In the next screen, three fields are required by 2BizBox to create AP:
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Vendor invoice number: Invoice number received from the vendor. It can be used
to search AP by vendor invoice number
in the future. Or just input anything
such as “none” if you don’t have this
number. In this tutorial, input “I090123”
as the vendor invoice number.
Vendor invoice total: Total amount of
cost on vendor invoice. Most of the
time it should be the same with the
total number on the PO. However, it
can be different from PO’s total. Input
the actual number of the vendor invoice
here. In this tutorial, input “800”, the same as the PO.
Payment terms: Input the payment terms for this payment. For example, “NET 30”.
2) Click “2Update” button to create AP. The created AP will be displayed with “OPEN”
status. The status of the Receiver will now be “Closed”.
AP PAYMENT
If you do not want to learn about the accounting box at this time, just skip this section.
Assume you have paid the vendor by check or bank wire. AP payment will be input in
2BizBox to record it.
1) In AP Detail screen, click “Accounting Info” button at the bottom of the screen. AP will
be changed to payment display mode.
2) Click button “2Add Payment” in the right bottom of the screen to add new AP payment.
In the coming dialog, below information are needed:
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Account: Input the chart of account number from where the money is paid. For
example, one account number of a
bank account.
Total Paid: Input the total amount of
money you have actually paid to the
vendor. You can pay all or pay partial.
Check Number or Wire Number:
Input the check or wire number of
the payment so you can keep track of
it. It is not recommended but input
“none” or a memo if the check/wire number is not available.
3) Click “2Add” to add AP payment. If all money has been paid, AP will be closed
automatically and the status will be changed to “Closed”.
Many related GL transactions will be generated automatically during the whole process. In
the AP Detail screen, you will find a “Transaction” tab in the table area where you will see all
the details about the related GL transactions. All these GL transactions are generated
automatically by 2BizBox.
So far we complete the entire process of purchasing parts and the payment from Vendor.
Next the purchased parts from the WO will be used.
1) Open the specific WO, find the WO item in the item table, click “Part Detail” button in
“Part Detail/Time Detail” table column, and Part Detail screen of this WO item will be
displayed
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2) Click “2Issue Parts” button at the bottom
of the screen to go to “Issue Parts to WO”
screen. In this screen, all required and any
short materials will be listed
3) Input the issue quantity in the table from
proper warehouse location. All or partial
amounts of parts can be issued as
needed.
4) Click “OK” button to issue. A list screen with all part issue history logs of this WO item
will be displayed automatically.
In this tutorial, issue all parts needed to WO, so that the manufacturing department can
execute the WO.
In the next detailed receiving screen, all WO items are listed in different tabs. Each tab
shows a table with all available warehouse locations and On Hand part quantity at that
location.
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An empty location table indicates that a location is not available for that part. To add a location for a part, click
3) Input quantity to be received in the location table for each WO item. You may receive
all or partial amounts of the parts of the WO. Input the correct amount
4) Finally click “2Receive” button to finish the receiving. WO will be closed and displayed
automatically.
Now if you open and check detail for Part “A01-01-100”, you will find that “On Hand” quantity of Part
With these Onis Hand
“A01-01-100” 10 and parts, you
On Order can
is 0. ship
With thethese parts
On Hand toyou
parts, customer “ABCparts
can ship these Group LLC”. “ABC Group
to customer
LLC”.
A shipper will be created and displayed. If all parts of the SO have been shipped, status of SO
will be changed to “Closed” automatically. SO with partial parts shipped will keep status as
“OPEN” until all parts are shipped.
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The major processes in 2BizBox have been completed. The next section is about accounting
and how to create AR and AR payment.
If you don’t want to learn about accounting modules of 2BizBox, skip the following sections.
AR PAYMENT
When payments are received from customer, add payment in 2BizBox.
1) In Invoice (AR) Detail screen, click “Accounting Info” button at the bottom of the screen
to switch to payment display mode.
2) Click button “2Receive Payment” at the right bottom of the screen to receive AR
payment. The following information is required:
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Account#: Input or pick Chart Account number to which the money will be received.
For example, one account number is the bank account.
Total Paid: Input total amount of money you actually received from customer. You
may have received all money specified in AR or partial amount. Input the actual
number you’ve received.
Check /Wire Number: Input the customer’s check or wire number for the payment
so it can be traced. It is not recommended but “none” or a memo can be added if
the check/wire number is not available.
3) Click “2Add” to receive AR payment.
Many related GL transactions have been generated automatically during the entire process.
In Invoice Detail screen, a “Transaction” tab in the table area will show the details about all
related GL transactions.
CONGRATULATIONS
Done! Pat yourself on the back.
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About 2BizBox
Our goal is to offer worldwide manufacturing businesses free ERP software and to give
them the ability to setup ERP system with the lowest cost, and then to make the
businesses more successful.
Just download, install, setup and use 2BizBox software. All manufacturing businesses
can utilize computer applications to improve manufacturing management.
2BizBox is an independent, privately held company located in Wichita Falls, Texas.
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