Open Source ERP Guru

The next series of blog posts will introduce Compiere, the most popular open source ERP solution today. I know some would disagree about the open source nature of Compiere, but that is a separate discussion.

We will start by creating a Client – or Tenant – in our vanilla Compiere system. After that, we will create a business partner, a product and a sales order. That would allow us to compare Compiere to Openbravo and later, to additional open source ERP solutions.

Needless to say, a flash tutorial of the Compiere initial client setup is attached to this post.

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One of the important things for many of my blog’s readers is to get an initial feeling on how each open source ERP solution looks and feels.

Therefore, I will start adding flash clips along with some of the tutorials I am writing. The first flash tutorial I made is a recording showing how to create an initial Client in Openbravo open source ERP.
If you plan to follow the flash to create you first Openbravo Client, you should also read the original guide.

I am still working on getting the flash clip to play full screen properly. I would really appreciate comments – on flash clip playing speed,size of screen,level of details or any other suggestion.

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To view the flash ERP tutorial in a larger screen, click on “Read Complete Article”

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ERP software is different from regular software in many ways. One of the most significant differences is the effort required to take an installed system and make it usable for end users. If you install a spreadsheet software, for example, all you need to do to start using it is just launch the application. On the contrary,it might take a year or more from the moment an ERP systems is installed until users can start using it. Open source ERP software made a huge step in simplifying the installation processes, and its now almost as easy to install open source ERP as it is to install your favorite Office suite (we recommend Openoffice).

The next series of posts will demonstrate how easy it is to set up a vanilla (software system that was just installed and did not undergo any changes,configuration or customization) open source ERP installation to a point where users can start using the system.

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