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-===== 1.01. Introduction ===== +====== 1.01. Introduction ======
  
 Thank you for choosing mSupply. Thank you for choosing mSupply.
 +mSupply is now a family of software products, a team of trainers and consultants.
 Before you launch in (if you haven't already!), we suggest you plan to take the following steps. Before you launch in (if you haven't already!), we suggest you plan to take the following steps.
  
 +  * Get a feel for [[https://msupply.foundation/open-msupply|Open mSupply]]. If you're running a vertically integrated supply chain, Open mSupply will likely work well for you. It is open source (free of charge) and is the product that [[https://msupply.foundation/|The mSupply Foundation]] is prioritising for development.  As of February 2025, a proprietary Legacy mSupply Central server is still required at the core of an mSupply installation, but most stores in the supply chain below the 'central' store(s) can be Open mSupply.  The plan is to develop all of the central server functionality in Open mSupply. 
   * Read the rest of this introduction.   * Read the rest of this introduction.
-  * Read the setup, tutorial and license chapters in this manual.+  * Read the setup, tutorial and licence chapters in this manual. 
 + 
  
 Please note that installation requires basic computer skills: Please note that installation requires basic computer skills:
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   * Exporting purchase and invoice data for import into an accounting program.   * Exporting purchase and invoice data for import into an accounting program.
   * Reporting on transactions and other data in almost any manner you want!   * Reporting on transactions and other data in almost any manner you want!
-  * If you need help with installing mSupply please feel free to email us at <info@msupply.org.nz>+  * If you need help with installing mSupply please feel free to email us at <support@msupply.org.nz>
  
 ====  About this user guide ==== ====  About this user guide ====
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 Sustainable Solutions was established in 2001 with the primary aim of supplying and supporting mSupply software in developing countries. We are committed to producing software that enables excellence in health care delivery. We take pride in looking after people who choose to use our services. Sustainable Solutions was established in 2001 with the primary aim of supplying and supporting mSupply software in developing countries. We are committed to producing software that enables excellence in health care delivery. We take pride in looking after people who choose to use our services.
  
-We are based in Kathmandu, Nepal+We have offices in: 
 +  * Kathmandu, Nepal 
 +  * Auckland, New Zealand 
 +  * Dundee, United Kingdom 
 +  * Belfast, United Kingdom 
 +  * Melbourne, Australia
  
 **We can be contacted at:** **We can be contacted at:**
-  * email:<info@msuppy.org.nz>  +  * email:<info@msupply.org.nz>  
-  * or <info@sussol.net> +  * phone: +977 1 5548021 (Nepal) or +64 225 190 499 (New Zealand)
-  * phone: +977 1 5548021,  +
-  * fax: +1 (815)572-9431 +
-  * post:  +
-    * PO Box 8975, EPC 355,  +
-    * Kathmandu,  +
-    * Nepal+
  
 Please feel free to request more information. Please feel free to request more information.
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 ====  Thanks ==== ====  Thanks ====
  
-Juliet has always been encouraging and more, and has put up with me thinking about mSupply when I shouldn't have been. +  * This software grew out of necessity at the Medical Supply Department, Kathmandu, Nepal. We learnt a lot from Jaap Zijp's software "Bhandari", and from the staff at MSD where // mSupply// was originally developed and tested. 
- +  * Ujwal Khatry has stuck with Sustainable Solutions for twenty years, including the startup period where our company name could well have been a misnomer. 
-This software grew out of necessity at the Medical Supply Department, Kathmandu, Nepal. We learnt a lot from Jaap Zijp's software "Bhandari", and from the staff at MSD where // mSupply// was originally developed and tested. +  * Jim Staples of 4D inc. http://www.4D.com kindly arranged an initial donation of the 4D development environment we use. 
- +  * Thanks to those people in the 4D tech mailing list who have helped for no benefit to themselves. 
-Ujwal Khatry has stuck with Sustainable Solutions for ten years, including the startup period where our company name could well have been a misnomer. +  * John Ross, Pharmacist of Patan Hospital, Kathmandu, believed in the quality of mSupply enough to use it long before it was fully ready 
- +  * David Adams kindly donated his superb texts on 4D. 
-Jim Staples of 4D inc. http://www.4D.com kindly arranged an initial donation of the superb development environment we use. +  * The moderators of the E-Drug mailing list have been gracious in letting us use that list for occasional announcements. 
- +  * Juliet has always been supporting and more through the ups and downs of starting a new organisation.
-Thanks to those people in the 4D tech mailing list who have helped for no benefit to themselves. +
- +
-John Ross, Pharmacist of Patan Hospital, Kathmandu, believed in the quality of mSupply enough to use it long before it was fully ready. +
- +
-David Adams kindly donated his superb texts on 4D. +
- +
-The moderators of the E-Drug mailing list have been gracious in letting us use that list for occasional announcements.+
  
 ====  Copyright ==== ====  Copyright ====
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 ==== Changes in recent versions ==== ==== Changes in recent versions ====
  
-The mSupply version history is available [[http://msupply.org.nz/history|here]]+The mSupply version history is available here: [[http://msupply.org.nz/history]]
  
  
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