This the official blog for Compiere, the leading open source ERP / CRM provider.
The Compiere blog is led by Bill Freedman, Director of Marketing at Compiere. For questions about the blog, you can post in the comments or contact Bill via email: bill.freedman@compiere.com
For more information about Compiere, please visit our website.
Compiere CEO Don Klaiss recently penned an article for the May 2008 issue of Industrial Distribution magazine. The article highlights the advantages of an open source ERP solution over a proprietary software solution and how it can improve your company's bottom line. Check out Don's article Four reasons an open source ERP may be your company's best bet.
In response to our customer’s learning needs, Compiere is providing a new eLearning Module that covers Open Items and Payments. The latest eLearning module teaches users to quickly retrieve information on the current “Open” or unpaid invoices as well as past due invoices. This module will also cover adding a bank and a bank account, receiving payments from customers, and submitting multiple payments to multiple vendors at once.
The new eLearning module is included in the Compiere eLearning series. You may purchase the entire series or simply purchase the “Open Items and Payments” eLearning module separately.
Learn more about all twelve modules by visiting the eLearning Page. To try eLearning products before purchasing, check out ‘Navigation in Compiere’ free of charge.
Compiere was recently featured in a CIO Magazine article about the growing acceptance of open source ERP solutions. CIO Magazine's Robert Lemos interviewed Compiere CEO Don Klaiss for this article. Check out: Open Source ERP Grows Up.
One of the questions I hear most from companies evaluating Compiere is “which Compiere edition is right for my business?” Prospective customers are not sure if they should go with Compiere Community Edition, Compiere Standard Edition or if they would benefit more from going with Compiere Professional Edition. Well, the answer is: it depends. Each company is different, and as such their needs are different.
The Compare Editions page on the Compiere web site is an important resource for choosing between Compiere editions. All three Compiere Editions are listed side-by-side along with the services, features and benefits of each edition.
A similar and frequently asked question is "which edition is most popular with customers?" Since we introduced a premium service level and the Web User Interface as part of Compiere Professional Edition in December 2007, the majority of new customers have opted for this premium offering.
Regardless of which edition you choose, you can easily tailor Compiere to meet your organization's ERP requirements. All editions include core ERP and CRM functionality such as order management, material management, financial accounting and reporting. All editions enable customization without programming through Compiere's model-driven application platform. And all editions are global ready, supporting one or more organizations, currencies, accounting standards, languages, and tax laws.
We've added a new Flash demo to the Product Demos page.
"Easier Application Customization with Compiere" provides an introduction to the benefits and features of Compiere's Model-driven Application Platform and Data Dictionary. In just five minutes users can grasp what Compiere means by "customization without programming," and "easily change any thing at any time."
Check out "Easier Application Customization with Compiere" today.
The Compiere Online Introduction Webcast is an easy and great way to learn about how Compiere can help make your business successful. This live webcast gives you a detailed introduction into Compiere - learn about how Compiere fits into your industry... learn about all the exciting new features in Compiere 3.0…and have the opportunity to directly interact and ask Compiere those important questions related to your business.
You can register for the next upcoming webcast scheduled for this Thursday, March 6th (8AM Pacific, 15:00 GMT, 11AM Eastern) by visiting Compiere Events.
Today Compiere announced the opening of a product development and support center in Noida, India, located near the capital of New Delhi.
The development and support center, which is fully operational, represents significant growth in capabilities, skills and geographical presence needed to address the expanding customer demand for Compiere solutions. The office is staffed by experience application software development, test and support engineers.
Read the press release for additional details.
Every year Gartner Executive Programs (EXP) surveys CIOs for their top business and technology priorities for the coming year. According to the 1500 CIOs who participated in the survey, this year's top priorities are:
Top 10 Business Priorities |
Ranking |
Top 10 Technology Priorities |
Ranking |
Business process improvement |
1 |
Business intelligence applications |
1 |
Attracting and retaining new customers |
2 |
Enterprise applications (ERP, CRM and others) |
2 |
Creating new products and services (innovation) |
3 |
Servers and storage technologies |
3 |
Expanding into new markets or geographies |
4 |
Legacy modernization, upgrade or enhancement |
4 |
Reducing enterprise costs |
5 |
Technical infrastructure |
5 |
Improving enterprise workforce effectiveness |
6 |
Security technologies |
6 |
Expanding current customer relationships |
7 |
Networking, voice and data |
7 |
Increasing the use of information and analytics |
8 |
Collaboration technologies |
8 |
Targeting customers and markets more effectively |
9 |
Document management |
9 |
Acquiring new companies and capabilities (mergers and acquisitions) |
10 |
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) and service-oriented business applications (SOBA) |
10 |
source: Gartner, Inc.
The conclusion I draw from the survey results is very clear: if you want to make progress against the top CIO priorities, business process automation with a solution like Compiere Professional Edition is essential.
You can read the survey results announcement at gartner.com
Compiere was recently featured in the Google Video: Compiere’s Use of Google Web Toolkit (GWT).
The latest version of Compiere 3.0, specifically Compiere Professional Edition now includes the GWT-based rich Internet interface. Compiere Engineers Gary Wu, Chris Sprague and Di Zhao sat down with Google to talk about the natural choice of choosing GWT in Compiere Professional Edition. The team said that GWT helped to create a highly productive web experience for Compiere users in a short amount of time.
You can view the Google video at http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/. For more information about Compiere 3.0, please visit http://www.compiere.com/products/new-compiere-erp-3.php.
Compiere Service Pack 3.0.2 shipped today to Compiere Professional Edition and Standard Edition subscribers. Read the press release and the Release Notes for additional details on the new software.
Compiere 3.0.2 validates our Commercial Open Source Release Model that brings innovative new functionality to market quickly, without sacrificing stability and supportability. The results of our recent eight-week product release cycle include expanded query and reporting capabilities in the Web UI, plus more than 60 customer-requested or community-contributed enhancements.
Compiere Service Pack 3.0.2 is available immediately to Compiere Professional Edition and Standard Edition subscribers, and through Compiere Authorized Partners.
