Open Source ERP Guru

Open Source Change Notification For SAP ERP

osserpguru — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:02:09 +0000

SAP ERP is by far the leading solution on the market. It’s not open source, of course, but I’ve found a very nice open source solution to a common problem in any ERP system: change notification. Data – both master data as well as transactional data – changes frequently in ERP systems by different users [...]

OpenERP Releases Version 6 Of Its Open Source ERP Solution

osserpguru — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:41:16 +0000

OpenERP, the Belgium company behind one of the leading open source ERP offerings, just released it’s sixth version. According to the company’s website, it worked it worked for a year and a half on this new version, integrating several hundreds of new modules, which cover all of their different components, including a fully featured CRM, [...]

Openbravo Manufacturing

osserpguru — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:24:01 +0000

We continue our series of reviews of ERP manufacturing modules by the leading open source ERP vendors. Last time we covered Compiere’s manufacturing module, and this time we’ll review Opnebravo’s manufacturing, called Production Management. Openbravo, similar to Compiere, provides a comprehensive manufacturing solution for discrete industries. All the usual suspects are supported – configuration of [...]

Compiere Manufacturing

osserpguru — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:13:55 +0000

One of the most frequently asked questions I get is “which open source ERP solution is the best”. There is no straight forward answer, but to solve this problem, I’ll try to use a very common technique – break a large problem to smaller ones. I’ll be reviewing the leading open source ERP software solutions [...]

ERP Future Is Bright For Open Source

osserpguru — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:15:08 +0000

I’ve just finished reading the first part of Computerworld ‘The future of ERP‘ story. It’s a long article, well written, and puts several good questions on the table – is the vision of ERP, as a single, central application, managing all data as well as business transactions , dead? Did the latest economic crisis, along [...]

ERP Cloud Gets Dense

osserpguru — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:27:40 +0000

We wrote about hosted ERP systems a while back, and it’s getting more and more clear that the the ERP cloud is only getting denser. It’s evident in proprietery ERP solutions, where NetSuite, a cloud-only ERP offering is stealing customers away from traditional, on premise ERP vendors, and it’s evident in the open source ERP [...]

Compiere Integrates The Force

osserpguru — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:13:29 +0000

Compiere, one of the leading open source ERP vendors, announced the release of a connector to the most popular on-demand CRM solution, Salesforce. The connector will provide bi-directional synchronization of data between Compiere ERP accounts, sales orders and invoices and Salesforce CRM lead tracking and other account information. It’s always a dilemma for any ERP [...]

Compiere Standardise ISO, Openbravo Expands Partners Network

osserpguru — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:44:12 +0000

ISO Implements Compiere ERP ISO is the worlds largest standards organization, setting international standards for any imaginable industry – from high tech to oil drilling, from quality assurance to software development. Compiere, a leading open source ERP vendor, announced that ISO has selected its solution to run their daily operations. ISO is not a manufacturer [...]

Openbravo Releases 2.50 – Modules Are Here

osserpguru — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:43:36 +0000

Open source ERP vendor Openbravo yesterday announced the release of Openbravo 2.50 – you can download it from here. From a product perspective, the most important feature of this release is Modules. Openbravo now provides the platform required to extend its ERP offering, but it’s up to the community and partners to take Openbravo to [...]

ERP Consulting

osserpguru — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:03:13 +0000

We started Open Source ERP Guru over a year ago recognizing two things: adoption of open source ERP solutions is going to grow exponentially, and a huge knowledge gap exists around these solutions. Since then, it’s been nothing but good news for the industry. Multiple vendors reported double and triple digit growth, venture money was [...]