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Thursday 09th of September 2010

Compiere

Is an open source ERP and CRM business solution for the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) in distribution, retail, service and manufacturing. Compiere is distributed by Compiere, Inc. and through the Compiere Partner Network, a collection of trained and authorized business partners.

Compiere Screenshot

The application and source code is provided on the basis of the GNU General Public License version 2. A commercial license, documentation and support contracts are also available for a fee. It is a Model Driven Architecture development, deployment and maintenance framework designed with the intention of following changes as business evolves. At any time, customers can change the information structure, adjusting to new information needs. It provides multiple views of business information based on the detail of the actual transactions. This structure allows flexibility and integration of supplemental external information. And since information is presented as views (using Compiere's MVC architecture), they can be changed to meet the needs of the business.

It is entirely based on the concept of Active Data Dictionary (ADD). Compiere Data Dictionary contains definitions of a data entity (type, validation, etc.), how it is displayed (label on screens and reports, help, display sequence and position relative to other fields), and the display rules. It also contains security and access rules. It has long been criticized for not being a pure open source product because of its dependence on Oracle database (including the free Oracle XE); this has changed now, Compiere is database independent. The project has released a Database Kit for porting Compiere to multiple database. PostgreSQL, MySQL and Sybase ports are in Beta status. Compiere can also be run under the Firebird database using the Fyracle extensions, without porting.

Taking advantage of the Database Kit to create a port for the Apache Derby database the ER/Box project provides an integrated all-Java, all open source Compiere distribution. In addition to the Apache Derby database port ER/Box is also capable of running on PostgreSQL. Compiere also works with the open source alternative to Oracle database, EnterpriseDB. User documentation is still offered on a fee-based accessibility.

 

Compiere modules

 

  • Quote-to-Cash
    Covers the business process for creating a quote for a prospect or customer, order management, invoicing, and cash receipt. The functionality is highly integrated with Supply Chain Management and Customer Management. In traditional systems, you find this in modules like order entry and accounts receivable.
  • Requisition-to-Pay
    Requisition to Pay covers the business process for creating requisitions, purchase order, invoice receipt, and payment processing. The functionality is highly integrated with Supply Chain Management. In traditional systems, you find this functionality in modules like purchasing and accounts payable.
  • Customer relationship management
    Customer Relations Management is not an independent module, but the logical view of all customer and prospect related activities. Customer management functions are an integrated part of the business process. Therefore, there are (in contrast to traditional CRM systems) no batch or synchronization processes for the back-office functionality.

 

  • Partner Relations Management
    Partner Relations Management links different clients to each other allowing them to manage lead distribution, service requests,fdef09 collateral distribution,and marketing expenses. It also allows you to provide (centralized) services.
  • Supply Chain Management
    Covers all material management activities including inventory receipts, shipments, moves, and counts within a client and its organizations and to suppliers and customers.
  • Performance Analysis
    Covers the costing and accounting dimension of the application. In traditional systems, you find this functionality in Reporting and General Ledger,psdk03 modules as well as in those modules that generate accounting entries.

 

  • Web Store
    The Compiere Web Store provides all you need to run your web presence. The information is shared with the standard application, so no synchronization or extra integration work is required. The web store components can be customized to the look-and-feel of your web site.

 

  • Warehouse
    Helps companies increase visibility into warehouse operations, reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction by automating inbound and outbound logistics within the warehouse. Compiere Warehouse Management can be adapted quickly and easily to changing user and business requirements.
  • Double-entry Book-keeping and Work-flow-Management.
Demo: http://www.compiere.com/products/product-demos/index.php
 

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