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Learn ERPNext

A visual path through ERPNext — role-based tracks, module guides, and the document flows that make it click. We curate and map the journey; the lessons themselves are the official, free courses from Frappe School.

A curated path · the lessons live on Frappe School
How to read this pageFrappe School's courses are excellent but flat — a list of modules. This page adds what's missing for a team rolling out (or migrating onto) ERPNext: where to start by role, how the documents connect, and how training follows a migration. Every topic links out to the official Frappe lesson — we don't reproduce the content, we route you to it.

01 · Start here — the two core courses

Introduction to ERPNext

Beginner · 8 lessons · free

What ERPNext is, the desk, navigation, and the core concepts — the right first hour for any new user or stakeholder.

★ 4.5922,543 enrolledERPNext V15
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ERPNext Essentials

Complete program · 10 lessons · free

The full functional walkthrough across Accounting, Buying, Selling, Stock, Manufacturing and HR — real business scenarios end-to-end.

★ 5.016,950 enrolledERPNext V15
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Courses by Frappe School (Dharmesh Chitroda, Dipen Gala, Umair Sayyed, Pushkar Joshi and team). Stats live from the Frappe School catalogue.

Go deeper — focused module courses

Beyond the essentials, Frappe School runs dedicated deep-dive courses for the areas that carry the most detail. All free — the natural next step once a role has the basics.

Accounting

Deep dive · 28 lessons · 7 quizzes

The complete finance module — concepts through advanced ERPNext accounting. The biggest course on the platform.

★ 4.8113,590 enrolled
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Inventory Management

11 lessons · 1 quiz

Run inventory efficiently — stock insight, valuation and control in depth.

★ 4.86,674 enrolled
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Manufacturing

7 lessons · 1 quiz

The Manufacturing module — production planning, BOMs, work orders and job cards.

★ 4.57,676 enrolled
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ERPNext E-commerce

4 lessons · beginner

Take the business online and manage it in ERPNext — pairs naturally with our Shopify integration playbook.

★ 4.92,066 enrolled
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02 · Learning paths by role

Don't send everyone through every module. Point each person at their track — a curated sequence through the courses above.

Finance lead

controllers · bookkeepers
IntroAccountingBuyingSellingSA VAT (csf_za)

Sales & CRM

reps · sales admin
IntroSellingStock (availability)Accounting (AR)

Warehouse & stock

storekeepers · buyers
IntroStockBuyingManufacturing

Manufacturing

planners · production
IntroStockManufacturing (BOM · Work Order)

Implementer / admin

2nth & client champions
IntroAll modulesMigration playbookGo-live

People & payroll

HR admin
IntroFrappe HRPayroll (PAYE)

03 · Functional modules

The six areas of ERPNext Essentials. Each card links to the course — your team learns it there; here you see what it covers and how it connects.

Accounting

Chart of AccountsJournal EntryPaymentVAT

GL, AR/AP, taxes, financial statements — the system of record everything posts into.

Lesson on Frappe School →

Buying

Material RequestPurchase OrderReceipt

Procurement from request to supplier invoice, with supplier & pricing master data.

Lesson on Frappe School →

Selling

QuotationSales OrderInvoice

Quote-to-cash: customers, price lists, sales orders and invoicing.

Lesson on Frappe School →

Stock

ItemWarehouseStock EntryValuation

Items, warehouses, movements, valuation — the inventory engine under buying & selling.

Lesson on Frappe School →

Manufacturing

BOMWork OrderJob Card

BOMs, work orders, routing and job cards — make-to-stock and make-to-order.

Lesson on Frappe School →

Frappe HR

EmployeeLeavePayroll

HR & payroll — employees, leave, salary structures (PAYE for SA).

Lesson on Frappe School →

04 · How ERPNext documents flow

ERPNext's real power is that documents connect — each one pulls from the last and posts stock and GL automatically. This is the mental model the module lists don't show. (Highlighted = where money or stock posts.)

Order to cash (Selling)
CustomerQuotationSales OrderDelivery NoteSales InvoicePayment Entry
Procure to pay (Buying)
Material RequestPurchase OrderPurchase ReceiptPurchase InvoicePayment Entry
Make to stock (Manufacturing)
BOMWork OrderJob CardStock EntryFinished Item
Why this matters for trainingOnce a user sees these three chains, ERPNext stops feeling like 200 disconnected forms. Teach the flow first, the fields second — then send them to the module lessons.

05 · From migration to mastery

Training isn't separate from a migration — it's the last mile. The moment a client is live on ERPNext (off SysPro, Sage, Xero, QuickBooks, Dynamics, or synced from Shopify), point each team at its path above.

The full journey
  1. Why ERPNext — the case (erp.2nth.ai)
  2. Migration playbooks — move the data & cut over
  3. Learn ERPNext — onboard the team by role (this page)
  4. Run it — with AI agents assisting on inventory, invoicing & data quality

Sources & credit

Courses & lessons: Frappe School — Introduction to ERPNext · Frappe School — ERPNext Essentials · Frappe School
Docs: ERPNext documentation
Programme: erp.2nth.ai · ERPNext Africa migration playbooks
All course content is authored and hosted by Frappe School. This page is a curated guide that links to it — no lesson content is reproduced here.