Running simple business using office

[bobbysbooks]

Hi,
I'm a student and have begun selling some books on amazon.
I wanted to develop my business process skills so see it as running a
small business.
I want to use office to store my 'inventory,' transactions, generate
simple invoices and perform some simple analysis e.g. how much i made
in a month. (I have student edition with excel and word)
I want to keep one data source from which I can perform these tasks.
I've got a lot of programming experience but its more from a business
process perspective i'm interested. e.g. the best way to store and
manipulate the data.
I would really appreciate if anyone's got any tips/advice/websites.

Thanks for your time

Bobby

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Actually, you need a database application. For instance, I know some people
use BookMinder for online book sales, which is built on FileMaker Pro,
probably the most common Mac database app. 4D is another big database
program, and I just saw a review of Panorama.

MacOffice doesn't include any database programs. Assuming you have
AppleWorks, it includes a database module that should work for a small
business. I don't have much experience with it, and imagine it is rather
basic, but it looks like it will meet your needs.

Admittedly, you could probably finagle your needs out of Word and Excel
together, but it would not be as efficient.