ERP Vendors Get Into Medical Marijuana Business

jfruhlinger writes "As medical marijuana is legalized in more and more states, a new market is emerging for ERP applications that can handle this unique business. Many people running medical marijuana dispenseries aren't used to running legitimate businesses and need technical help doing so. In addition, the drug itself is tricky to keep track of; as one vendor puts it, 'there's no other product that is sold by weight that evaporates, dehydrates and [turns into] shake.'"

ERP?

[Daetrin]

I guess we're talking about Enterprise Resource Planning [wikipedia.org]? At least that's the only thing on wikipedia that looked like it made sense.

Re:Super unique.

[Kjella]

Repeat after me, we are all individuals. Yeah, the whole premise here is lame. ERPs are essentially custom tailored one-stop solutions for your business, it's pretty close to the definition of an ERP. So they wrote some special stuff for this business, just like they do for every business. Yawn.

Re:Super unique.

[itsenrique]

Ha ha. THC (and other active cannabinoids) do not evaporate but break down in the presence of light and/or oxygen. There is an optimal wetness (varies by individual preference), however it has to be dry enough to not mold if its in airtight storage (if its done drying, in other words). Theres a lot more too it proper drying and curing of pot, google is there for any interested souls. I don't think that quote was meant in relation to ANY and ALL products, but in relation to other medical products, like pills, creams, liquids, powders, etc.

Re:Super unique.

[Khyber]

$20/ounce is actually a low price. Most outdoor growers average $50 an ounce to obtain AAA medical quality. Most indoor growers using HID spend about $100-150 per AAA ounce produced. Also, outdoor growing is actually very inefficient and soil takes much longer than hydro to produce a crop.

It's cheaper for me because my particular system drops resource usage WAY, WAY down. LED for growth, NFT for highly reduced water usage and nutrient usage.

Waste not, pay not.