ERPNext Implementation & Frappe Development Services — Ali Raza

ERPNext implementation, Frappe custom apps, integrations, portals, reports, deployment and long-term support services by Ali Raza.

How you can work with me

Audit & Blueprint

Teams evaluating ERPNext, or already on it and stuck.

  • Free 45-minute audit call on your processes and bottlenecks
  • Written findings: what to keep, fix, configure or build
  • Blueprint: module list, DocType & workflow map, roles, reports, integrations
  • Hosting recommendation — Frappe Cloud vs self-hosted
  • Dated plan and a fixed-price implementation quote

Audit call is free. The Blueprint is a small fixed fee, credited in full if you proceed.

Fixed-Scope Implementation

SMEs, clinics, public bodies, NGOs and trading companies going live on ERPNext.

  • Signed scope with milestones and acceptance criteria
  • Configured modules, custom DocTypes, workflows, reports, print formats
  • Integrations in scope — biometric devices, gateways, WhatsApp, REST APIs
  • Data migration with validation; bilingual UI where needed
  • Weekly demos on a live test server
  • Production deployment, role-based training, handover pack, hypercare

Fixed quote from the Blueprint, paid by milestone. Changes quoted in writing.

Monthly Retainer

Organisations with a live ERPNext/Frappe system that keeps evolving.

  • Reserved monthly hours, unused hours reported transparently
  • Priority channel with an agreed response window
  • Fixes, enhancements, new reports and workflow tweaks
  • Version upgrades (v14 → v15 → v16) with pre-upgrade testing
  • Server care: backups, monitoring, performance, security updates
  • Monthly summary of what changed and what is next

Custom quote on the hours block. Month-to-month, no long-term lock-in.

ERPNext modules I implement

  • Accounting & Billing: Chart of accounts, invoicing, payments, Insurance claim and billing cycles, Multi-currency, tax and GDPR-aware setups (Gainhis · Spanish Client ERP)
  • Stock & Warehouse: Stock ledger and warehouse movements, Reorder levels and valuation, Inventory reports management trusts (Wholesale Footwear ERP · Vedani Mobili)
  • Buying & Selling: Purchase and sales cycles, Approval workflows by value, Customer and supplier portals (Spanish Client ERP · Mubtkir)
  • Manufacturing: Multi-level BOMs and routings, Work orders from sales orders, Job costing and margin per project (Vedani Mobili)
  • HR & Payroll (Frappe HRMS): Biometric attendance & geofenced check-in, Multi-level leave and expense approvals, Attendance-linked payroll (Alkhidmat HR Platform)
  • Healthcare: Patient registration and appointments, Role-based EHR access, Pharmacy and diagnostics integrations (Gainhis Clinic Management)
  • Projects & Services: Lead-to-invoice lifecycle, Resource planning and timesheets, Profitability dashboards (Business Solution for Mubtkir)
  • Public Sector Workflows: Permits, licensing and citizen requests, Revenue with online citizen payments, Public-information & transparency workflows (SAM Municipal ERP)
  • Portals & Apps: React / Vue self-service portals, Mobile PWA with push notifications, 30+ REST API integrations (Alkhidmat · Bookfyd)

Industries

Manufacturing & Made-to-Order

Every job is custom, so quotations, BOMs, production and purchasing live in separate places and nobody knows the real margin until the invoice is out. Configurable variants, multi-level BOMs, work orders from sales orders, purchase planning and project-wise job costing. Case study

Municipal & Public Sector

Permits, licences, citizen requests and revenue are approved on paper across departments, with no audit trail and no way for citizens to pay or file a request online. Municipal platform with online payments, permit and licensing workflows, citizen and public-information requests, public works tracking and budgeting dashboards. Case study

Healthcare & Clinics

Registration, appointments, EHR, billing, insurance and pharmacy stock live in separate tools — and privacy rules make ad-hoc fixes risky. Bilingual clinic management system on ERPNext with role-based EHR, billing and insurance flows. Case study

HR-heavy & Multi-site Organisations

Attendance across sites and devices, multi-level approvals and payroll never agree; employees chase HR for everything. 60+ custom DocTypes, ZKTeco biometric attendance with GPS geofencing, attendance-linked payroll, self-service portal and mobile app. Case study

Wholesale, Trading & Distribution

Nobody trusts the stock figure: purchases, sales and warehouse movements sit in different places and reports arrive late. Stock ledger, warehouse flows, purchasing and inventory reports management actually uses. Case study

Retail & POS

The counter, the stockroom and the accounts never agree, and end-of-day reconciliation is done by hand. Stock, selling and accounting on one system with multilingual interfaces and approval workflows. Case study

Professional & Digital Services

Projects, people and invoices are tracked separately, so profitability per client is guesswork and billing lags delivery. Lead-to-invoice lifecycle, resource planning, billing automation and profitability dashboards. Case study

Education & Training

Verifying tutors, publishing catalogues and handling bookings happens over chat and spreadsheets. Tutoring marketplace with verified tutors and booking enquiries — React frontend on a custom Frappe backend. Case study

Frequently asked questions

Is ERPNext really free? What do we actually pay for?

Yes. ERPNext and the Frappe Framework are open source under the GPL, so there is no per-user or per-module license fee. You pay for the work: configuring it to your processes, custom DocTypes and workflows, data migration, integrations, training and support — plus hosting, either Frappe Cloud's published plans or your own server, which I set up and maintain.

How much does an ERPNext implementation cost?

It depends on the modules you switch on, how much of your process needs custom DocTypes or workflows, how much data has to be migrated, and which systems have to connect. After a free audit call I write a Blueprint with a fixed quote, so you know the full price before any build work starts. Change requests are quoted separately in writing.

How long does it take to go live?

A single-company setup with standard modules and clean data is measured in weeks; multi-department systems with custom modules, integrations and bilingual interfaces — like a clinic network or a municipality — are delivered in milestones. The Blueprint gives you a dated plan, and you see progress every week on a live test server.

Can you migrate our data from spreadsheets or an old system?

Yes. Master data (customers, suppliers, items, employees, chart of accounts) and opening balances are migrated and validated with you before go-live; historical transactions are migrated where the value justifies it. I have moved paper-based municipal processes and spreadsheet-run inventories onto ERPNext, and I upgrade existing sites to the current version.

Where will our ERPNext be hosted, and who controls the data?

Two good options: Frappe Cloud, the managed hosting run by the makers of ERPNext, or your own cloud or on-premise server that I deploy with Docker, Nginx and Ubuntu and keep backed up and monitored. Either way the data and the code are yours. I recommend one in the Blueprint based on your size, compliance needs and in-house IT capacity.

What happens after go-live? Are we on our own?

No. Every implementation ends with role-based training, a handover pack and a defined hypercare period during which I fix issues and fine-tune workflows. After that you can continue on a monthly retainer for enhancements, upgrades and server care, or call on me when needed. Your code lives in your own Git repository and follows Frappe standards.

How much can ERPNext be customised — and will it break on upgrade?

Almost anything: new DocTypes, approval workflows, reports, dashboards, print formats, portals and integrations. Customisations go into a separate Frappe app using hooks, server and client scripts and standard APIs — never edits to core — so ERPNext keeps upgrading cleanly. My published Frappe apps and v16 theme on GitHub follow exactly this approach.

Why work with one certified engineer instead of an agency?

You talk to the person who builds the system, from the first call to hypercare, with no handoffs between sales, project managers and junior developers. I hold the Frappe Certified Techno-Functional credential, work across the whole product — accounting, stock, manufacturing, HR and payroll, CRM, projects and custom Frappe apps — and quote fixed scope. Everything is documented, upgrade-safe and in your repository, and a written retainer keeps me on call.