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Name Roll No.

Ahsan Raza 08

Nadeem Abbas 09

Waleed Ahmad 10

ERP Software packages

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ERP Software packages • Adaxa Suite • Adempiere• ERP5• HeliumV• OpenERP• Microsoft Dynamics GP• Sage 300 ERP

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Adaxa Suite • Adaxa Suite is a General Public License GPL/GPL2 license and code is contributed back to the

Open Source Community.• The core of the Adaxa Suite is ADempiere, an Open Source ERP & CRM tool that handles core

business processes:• Financials - General Ledger, receivables and payables, multi-company, multi-currency, bank

reconciliation, complex banking, financial reporting• Sales - Quotes, Order entry, sales reporting, purchase orders, vendor reporting• CRM - Contact management, sales pipeline, campaign management• Inventory - multiple facility, multiple location, customizable rules engine, shipment

consolidation• Manufacturing - MRP, scheduling, infinite BOM, demand management, production control, job

costing• Asset Management - Tracking, barcoding, fixed asset register, depreciation• Reporting - built-in reporting tools, customized and standard reports, exportable reports 3

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Industries

TextileGovernmentScientific InstrumentRetailLawBanking (Peer to Peer)Agricultural Chemicals Manufacture

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)Supply Chain Management(SCM)Customer Relationship Management(CRM)Financial Performance AnalysisIntegrated Point of Sale (POS)Integrated Webstore (eGility)Asset ManagementMaterial Requirements Planning (MRP)

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Adempiere• ADempiere is an Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP software package

released under an free software license. The word ADempiere in Italian means "to fulfill" or "to accomplish".[1]

• The software is licensed under the GNU General Public License.[2]

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Business Functionality• The following business areas are addressed by the Adempiere application:• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)• Supply Chain Management (SCM)• Customer Relationship Management (CRM)• Financial Performance Analysis• Integrated Point of sale (POS) solution• Integrated Web Store• Material Requirements Planning (or Manufacturing Resource Planning, in beta for

Release 3.5), contributed by the Libero project.[7]

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Project Structure• All community members are entitled to their say in the project discussion forums.

For practical purposes, the project is governed by a council of contributors. A leader is nominated from this council to act as overall project manager. The role of the Adempiere Council is to:

• Support decisions of the leader.• Accept contributions.• Define the roadmap.• Review and approve specifications.• Vote for new functionalities.• Approve changes to core.

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ERP 5

• ERP5 is an open source ERP based on Python and Zope. It has the particularity of being based on a unified Model to describe its implementation.

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Current status• Recently the project's activity has rapidly declined - commits fell by 70%, the project

wiki is not being edited, and the developers' mailing lists processes 3-4 occasional emails a month. The project leader is not publishing any announcements about the project development or plans for the future. At this moment, the status of the projects is unknown, and its future seems a bit uncertain.

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Helium V

• Helium V is an open source ERP suite. It has been developed by Helium V IT-Solutions GmbH in Austria starting in 2005. The industry of initial focus has been electronic manufacturing. The targeted customers are small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). In this SME context, the evaluation of KPIs is of great importance, so this is very high on the developer's agenda.

• The software is available as open source since October 2010. It is an integral part of the Lisog open source stack initiative.

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Features• Quotation• Purchase• Production planning• Procurement• Capacity planning• Merchandise management (ERP)• Item master• Time tracking• Production• Delivery• Post calculation• Accounting• Payment management• In practice, the ERP shows a high degree of flexibility and customization opportunities, allowing

solutions to be tailored to fit the needs of each company

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Industries

• As a result of constant development the ERP-suite has managed to cover all major industries:

• Electrical• Electronics• Metal processing• Mechanical engineering• Plastics technology• Food• Advertising agencies• Services

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OpenERP

• OpenERP is an open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) software actively programmed, supported, and organized by OpenERP s.a. OpenERP similar to many open source projects where customized programming, support, and other services are also provided by an active global community and partner network.

• OpenERP is an open source alternative to SAP ERP, Microsoft Dynamics, Netsuite, Adempiere. Compiere, OFBiz, Openbravo, and other enterprise resource planning software.

• OpenERP is licensed under the terms of the AGPL license.

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Business Applications• Sales Management• Purchase Management• Customer Relationship Management• Project Management• Warehouse Management• Manufacturing• Accounting & Finance• Asset Management• Human Resource Management• Fleet Management• Event Management• Social Network

• Point of Sale• Knowledge and Document Manageme

nt• Calendar• Purchase Management• Expense Management• Time Sheet• Employee Appraisals• Manufacturing Resource Planning• Portal• Employee Directory• Address Book• Recruitment Process

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Industry Solutions• OpenERP for Paper Industry• OpenERP for Packaging Industry• OpenERP for Hologram Industry• OpenERP School Management System• OpenERP Health & Hospital Management System• OpenERP Best ERP

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Microsoft Dynamics GP ()

• Great Plains corporation developed this ERP software from DOS in the 1980s to Windows in the 1990s. Great Plains Software purchased Solomon and RealWorld software prior to its acquisition by Microsoft in 2000-2001. Great Plains discontinued new sales of RealWorld almost immedately. Microsoft renamed the products from Great Plains Software Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) and Microsoft Dynamics SL (Solomon).

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Strengths of Microsoft Dynamics GP

• Great Plains enjoyed a large market share prior to the Microsoft acquisition. Microsoft's purchase of the company gave Microsoft an instant intalled base in the mid-market ERP space. Microsoft Dynamics GP supports industrial distributors, wholesalers, service companies, and manufacturers well. It is a horizontal package, with partners that have developed add-on modules to provide vertical market functionality. Since GP is a well-accepted product with a history in the US, there are many of these products to choose from.

• The current GP product provides a variety of API products to assist developers who need to extend the product in exporting and importing data. This includes a web service API as well as traditional export / import.

Weaknesses of Microsoft Dynamics GP

• As with many products developed primarily in the US, many observers considered the multi-currency and international support in the product weaker than other competitors in the market space. Dynamics GP was developed in a little-known (except among its followers) language called Dexterity. It has a reputation of being somewhat difficult to develop in.

• Customization of the GP product by the end user is limited. Microsoft has moved the GP look and feel to the RTC (role tailored client) model introduced in 2009 with Dynamics NAV.

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Sage 300 ERP • Sage 300 ERP (ACCPAC) has a long history, beginning as a DOS based product in

the 1980s. At that time, the product contained a core of accounting and business management functionality that rivaled competitors.

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Strengths & Weaknesses of Sage 300 ERP

Strengths of Sage 300 ERP

• ACCPAC has a good core collection of modules. It is particularly strong in distribution, inventory, and general accounting. The Job Cost (Project and Job Cost) has improved dramatically since it's first release and works well for some industries needing project or job costing. Add ons are generally used for other functionality such as manufacturing, service, and warehousing. 

• ACCPAC is very solid, and has good quality control on service packs. Data corruption is rare to non-existant in current versions. The number of databases supported is wide, and Sage is moving toward industry leading technologies with GWT and Sdata. This movement corrects the weaknesses in the former development environments. It will be several versions before these technologies are fully implemented.

Weaknesses of Sage 300 ERP

• Throughout its history, it has relied on independent software developers to provide functionality that the core product lacked. In previous versions, this also included such core functionality as serial numbers, manufacturing, and warehousing. Recently, Sage has acquired several of these products and integrated them into the core product, strengthening the offering. However, there are areas in which ACCPAC is still catching up from a features standpoint. Careful needs analysis will reveal whether needed functionality is needed.

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References• Finalists in NZ open Source Awards [1]• Open Source ERP, Redhuan D Oon, Pearson Education, January 1, 2010, ISBN 967-3-49022-8• ADempiere 3.4 ERP Solutions, Bayu Cahya Pamungkas, Packt Publishing, December 16, 2009,

ISBN 1-84719-726-4• ^ Google Translation of ADempiere• Jump up ^ ADempiere follow GNU General Public License (GPL)• Jump up ^ From Compiere to ADempiere!• Jump up ^ Debate - Has Compiere Become Closed? Do We Fork? How?(Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:48 pm)Red1• Recent changes on wiki http://www.erp5.org/RecentChanges• Jump up ^ As of June 21st, the last email on developer list is dated March 26th• Jump up ^ de Carvalho, RA; de Campos, R (2006), "A Development Process Proposal for the ERP5

System", IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, pp. 4703–8 .• Jump up ^ de Carvalho, RA; de Campos, R; Monnerat, RM (2008), "Quality Assurance in the ERP5

Development Process", Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems II 1, pp. 677• ^ Documentation• Jump up ^ OpenERP Apps• Jump up ^ OpenERP Apps modules submission form

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