IT BUSINESS SOLUTION :

EuClid System - Completely Paperless With ESS

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:17:00 +0000

EuClid System provides Employee Self Service (ESS), which can improve management efficiency by fully paperless employee services and a satisfied workforce. This service is supported by webbase technology, which makes this system very powerful in network technology.

HR department employees spend much time in managing employee claims, which is typically based paper. This is an extremely expensive, error prone, time consuming and repetitive nature of the human resources management. Automation leads to savings in time, effort, and a qualitative improvement in the HR services. The end result is fast decision making, improved employee satisfaction and significant savings.

Employee self-service capabilities

Allows employees to see their personal data and to update their data. This includes the uploading of digital photos, member information, update contact details, training information and certifications, experience, profile, etc. Includes an approval work flow, the HR can review the updates before accepting the same.
Contains work flow to HR transactions related to managing:

request for leave
request for Expanses
request for open positions
request for training and seminars
benefit claim
travel authorizations
equipment confiscated
etc.

Allows employees to access corporate policy documents
Allows sliding employees in the past content view
Provides access to business directory
Provides multiple helpdesks (eg, leaving help desk, complaints desk, Travel help desk, help desk Accounts Help, etc.) to efficiently manage all staff related processes.

go to... EuClid System

The Future of HR Technology

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:54:00 +0000

About 8 years ago I presented a paper on what HR technology would have to support over the following 10 years ~ with great excitement I developed 5 critical areas that would be critical to HR’s survival, and to a large extent most of those did materialise (The only one that did’nt was my view that smart-card technology would play a bigger part in HR systems), nevertheless the point I am making is that the HR technology future was pretty clear back then because 10 years ago it was about optimising the operational side on HR technology. Back then Peoplesoft was the ERP system and was a leader in the field, with SAP and Oracle trailing in the dust. They eventually all caught up and are pretty much on an equal footing now. These systems as well as other great standalone HR/Payroll tools did help reposition HR to become excellent administrators (granted many system implementation were flops ~ but that’s a people issue).But with the current hype to improve HR’s value contribution to the business and reposition itself as a strategic player, I find myself contemplating the role that HR software will play in achieving this.

What will HR systems need to support over the next 8-10 years.Of course the short term (2 years) improvement areas are pretty obvious, things such as more robust Talent Management tools, improved and integrated Strategic Workforce Planning tools, integration of Enterprise 2.0 tools to facilitate networking and more sophisticated Outsourcing components off the back of your own HR software (eg. plugging your SAP system onto a payroll outsourcer payroll engine.To a large extent though, these short term improvements are really more of the same ~ all of the reputable HR systems have to some extent components of these requirements (except Web 2.0), and will continually enhance them over time to suite their customer demands. But surely there must be be something more fundamental required to support a Strategic HR department, something beyond simply saying we will provide more sophisticated reporting, (slice-and-dice , drill down etc), because these sort of things may help, but won’t make a significant change.Understanding the strategic HR department of the future, may give some insight into the tools they will need. The Strategic HR department of the future will be less focused on the administration of people (in fact I foresee that HR admin will be removed from HR departments of the future to form part of a combined HR/Finance/other call centre and shared services team) and will focus on being a measurable component of the success (or failure) of an organisation.

The CEO will want to know what % the HR department is contributing to shareholder value in a clear and unambiguous manner ~ just as he does of other departments. In order to achieve this, HR will need to become far more clear about how to measure their contributions and will definitely need a different level of sophistication in its tools to achieve this. No longer will a CEO accept that training turnout was 98%, unapproved absence was down to 2%, turnover was stable at 15% and so on, because these measures are meaningless and open to hours of useless debate about their relevance. No in future HR will need to be accountable to absolute specifics ~ The CEO will make (for example) HR accountable for 3 of the 16% growth in net profit over the next 2 years, accountable for 10% of the savings required from marginal operations and 18% for the effectiveness of the next M&A.

A few gasps of air, I hear being taken by concerned HR directors…. but here is the deal, you cannot be a strategic playing in today’s organisations without being accountable for the success (or failure) of the organisation. HR cannot be the fence sitter or referee anymore if they claim to want a strategic status.

Anyway back to the point on HRIS ~ HR will need a new set of tools that allow it to cascade a business strategy more eloquently into an HR strategy that is measurable, it goes beyond a balanced score-card, its lends itself to a new level of sophistication.

More to follow, but your thoughts are welcome.

by:

Rob Scott’s Weblog

Talking HR Strategy and HR Information Technology

NetBeans IDE 6.5 Release Information

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:57:00 +0000

The NetBeans IDE is an award-winning Integrated Development Environment available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris. The NetBeans project consists of an open-source IDE and an application platform which enable developers to rapidly create web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications using the Java platform, as well as PHP, JavaScript and Ajax, Ruby and Ruby on Rails, Groovy, and C/C++. It is supported by a vibrant developer community and offers a diverse selection of third-party plugins.

Release Overview

In addition to full support of all Java platforms (Java SE, Java EE, Java ME, and JavaFX), the NetBeans IDE 6.5 is the ideal tool for software development with PHP, Ajax and JavaScript, Groovy and Grails, Ruby and Ruby on Rails, and C/C++. The 6.5 release provides enhanced support for web frameworks (Hibernate, Spring, JSF, JPA), the GlassFish application server, and databases. Additionally it includes a new IDE-wide QuickSearch shortcut, a more user-friendly interface, and automatic Compile on Save.

The NetBeans IDE 6.5.1 bug fix release is a minor update to NetBeans IDE 6.5.

Feature Highlights

PHP

PHP Editor (Code completion, syntactic and semantic code ighlighting)
Support for heredoc notation and PHTML
Debugging using Xdebug
Generators for MySQL database code snippets

JavaScript and Ajax

JavaScript Debugging on FireFox & Internet Explorer
HTTP transaction monitoring
Improved JavaScript and CSS Editor
JavaScript Library Manager incl Yahoo UI, Woodstock, jQuery, Dojo, Scriptaculous, Prototype libraries

Java EE & Web Development

Enhanced support for Spring, Hibernate, JSF, JSF CRUD generator, JPA (Java Persistence API)
Create RESTful web services from database tables or from JPA entities
Drag and drop SaaS services into PHP files
SQL Editor Improvements (code completion, save/recall queries, and more)
Improved Eclipse project import and synchronization for Java Web projects
Automatic Deploy on Save

JavaFX

Create, test, debug, profile, and deploy JavaFX projects
JavaFX editor with syntax highlighting, source navigation, code completion, code folding, javadoc pop-ups, and error detection.
Live preview of visual elements
Code snippet palette for transformations, effects and animations

Groovy and Grails

Develop pure Groovy apps or use Groovy in Java SE projects
Groovy editor with code completion, highlighting, and more
Grails web application framework
Open existing Grails applications without adding metadata

Ruby and Rails

New Test Runner interface for displaying test results
Rake improvements: Rake Runner and a pre-generated Rake file
Debugger: Conditional breakpoints and catchpoints
Ruby projects accept JVM options from command line

GlassFish v3 Prelude for Web Development

Modular, OSGi based architecture
Small footprint, fast startup and deployment
Support for scripting, including JRuby

C/C++

Improved code completion, error highlighting, and semantic highlighting
Call graph, Memory window
Remote development
Packaging of application as tar files, zip files, or SVR4 packages

Java ME

New project wizard for adding custom components to the Visual Designer Palette
New SVG UI components in the enhanced SVG Composer enable rich UI design
New Data Binding Custom Components in the Visual Designer Palette
Upgraded obfuscation tool to ProGuard 4.2 and test framework to JMUnit 1.1.0

Java Debugger

New multi-threaded debugging with improved UI and work-flow
Smart Step Into with method selection right inside expression
Deadlock detection with visual indication

Java SE

Automatic Compile on Save
Improved Eclipse project import and synchronization
Java Call Hierarchy
Analyze Javadoc
Swing GUI Builder can generate simple or fully qualified class names

IDE Tools and Usability

CamelCase code completion
Customize formatting settings per project
One IDE-wide QuickSearch shortcut for files/symbols/types, IDE actions, options, and docs
Support for Windows UNC paths (shared network folders)

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Learn more at the NetBeans IDE 6.5 New and Noteworthy page. (netbeans official site)

NetBeans IDE 6.5 - Development Simplified (Open Source)

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:36:00 +0000

A free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. You get all the tools you need to create professional desktop, enterprise, web, and mobile applications with the Java language, C/C++, and even dynamic languages such as PHP, JavaScript, Groovy, and Ruby. NetBeans IDE is easy to install and use straight out of the box and runs on many platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris.

The NetBeans IDE 6.5 provides several new features and enhancements, such as rich PHP, JavaScript and Ajax editing features, improved support for using the Hibernate web framework and the Java Persistence API, and tighter GlassFish v3 and MySQL integration.

Highlights

Java Desktop Applications

Create professional desktop applications using the NetBeans Java GUI Builder with Swing Application Framework and Beans Binding support.

PHP Development

A fast and light-weight PHP IDE with code completion and quick fixes, integrated FTP and Xdebug, and support for popular Web Services.

Java EE and Web Applications

Build web applications using Ajax, JavaScript, and CSS. Support for frameworks incl. JSF, Struts, Spring and Hibernate. Full set of tools for EJB development.

Ruby and Ruby on Rails Development

Powerful Ruby editor with code completion and debugger, and full support for Ruby on Rails. Includes the JRuby runtime.

Visual Mobile Development

Create, test and debug GUI applications that run on mobile phones, set-top boxes, and PDAs.

C and C++ Development

Full-featured C/C++ editor, debugger, project templates, support for multiple project configurations, remote development, and packaging of completed projects.

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See a quick overview of features on the NetBeans IDE 6.5 Release Page.

The Business Process

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:13:00 +0000

Mislabeled products

It has become trendy in recent years for software development tool vendors to include "business process" in the names of their tools. Thus we have "business process orchestration" tools, "business process management" tools, etc. This is a pet peeve of mine since these tools often have very little to do with business processes at all. For example, some integration tool vendors suggest that orchestrating a series of web-services together into a single coarse-grained web-service somehow constitutes a "business process". Most business people would beg to differ.

Dealing with the business-IT divide

The "business-IT divide" is the much talked about disconnect between what the business needs and what IT actually delivers. The irony of this situation is that the business-IT divide is the driver for much of the current focus on business processes and yet many IT product vendors have responded in a fashion that only deepens the divide by sowing confusion over the nature of a fundamental concept: the business process.

Business and IT in most organizations are two different and often physically separate communities that communicate poorly if at all, and often seem to be speaking in different languages. Dealing with the business-IT divide starts with understanding the nature of the problem. The business-IT divide is fundamentally a "communication problem", and communication problems are solved by finding ways to communicate better.

A pre-requisite for establishing good communications is establishing a common language or vocabulary between the two communities and an agreement on what the terms in that language mean. Who gets to define the terms? When it comes to business & IT, this is not a two way exchange between equals. We (technologists) are the service providers and they (the business) are our customers. The burden is on us to understand the needs of our customers. We, at a minimum, need to learn their terminology in an effort to communicate better with them and understand their needs better. Perhaps one of the most important terms in this shared vocabulary is "business process".

A "business process" definition

A business process has absolutely nothing to do with technology whatsoever! Business processes have been around since as long as businesses have existed; long before computers or information technology were invented. And as long as businesses have been around they have sought to refine their processes to gain a competitive advantage over their rivals. For most of human history this had absolutely nothing to do with information technology.
A business process is a sequence of activities followed by individuals in a business to achieve some business goal. Often these are manual activities executed by employees who play certain roles in the business in addition to others who are external to the business: customers, business partners, etc.
These processes can be modeled at various levels of granularity in a business process modeling tool like Proforma ProVision. Typically the core elements of a business process diagram include (1) a separate swim lane for each role/person/department that participates in the process, (2) the activities that they perform and (3) directed lines between activities to indicate the order in which things are typically done.
Information technology can be used to improve the efficiency of these processes. Sometimes this involves making applications (built or purchased) available to one or more of the roles in the process to eliminate manual tasks and even roles (down-sizing). Sometimes this might even involve using workflow engines (aka business process management) technology to automate certain portions of the process. This does not change the fact that the business process itself has nothing to do with technology!

Things that are not business processes

There are at least 3 different concepts that are often referred to when "business process" is used in typical IT communications.

usiness perform tasks for the purpose of achieving a particular business goal. This is the one and only concept to which the "business process" label should be affixed. Beyond the data center this is what people in the business world think you mean when you say "business process".

The other two concepts that IT people tend to affix the business process label to are (1) workflow (a.k.a. business process management) software and (2) web-service orchestration software.

Workflows

A workflow is that portion of an otherwise manual business process which is automated via one or more workflow application(s). This typically involves (1) visually modeling workflows in a workflow modeling tool, (2) deploying modeled workflows to a workflow engine and (3) implementing a graphical user interface to initiate and invoke workflows in the workflow engine via an API exposed by the engine.

A typical application might involve, for example changing a process which required circulating paper documents to multiple individuals for manual processing to one in which the paper documents are converted to electronic form and circulated to the appropriate individuals via a workflow-based information system. People sometimes refer to the visual models of these automated process segments as "business processes". However, these almost always represent only a small portion of the real business process and are more appropriately referred to by the traditional name of "workflows". Rule of thumb: if human decision making is needed in a business process then the business process can never be completely automated.

A typical application might involve, for example changing a process which required circulating paper documents to multiple individuals for manual processing to one in which the paper documents are converted to electronic form and circulated to the appropriate individuals via a workflow-based information system. People sometimes refer to the visual models of these automated process segments as "business processes". However, these almost always represent only a small portion of the real business process and are more appropriately referred to by the traditional name of "workflows". Rule of thumb: if human decision making is needed in a business process then the business process can never be completely automated.

One way to conceptualize the difference between a business process and a workflow is to think of the two different kinds of modeling tools that are used to model each, who actually uses each tool, for what purpose and what is actually done with the models produced.

Proforma’s ProVision modeling tool, for example is used by business consultants to model business processes collaboratively with business executives for the purpose of facilitating business discussions on topics like value-chain analysis and/or to run activity-based costing simulations and ultimately to make business decisions. The models are typically at a high level of abstraction and are not intended to be converted into applications. However, that the Process Driven Development (PDD) approach to software development does in fact refine high level process models of this sort to a more fine grained level where process roles (swim lanes) can be mapped to UML actors and process activities to be automated can be mapped to UML use-cases whereby traditional use-case driven development techniques can be utilized to design the appropriate software application.

Workflow modeling tools are used by software engineers for the purpose of generating concrete implementation constructs (source code, xml, database entries) that are then deployed to a workflow engine to support real applications. Visually modeling the workflows involves things like extracting information from scanned documents or user input, processing it (via invoking web-services or other kinds of services), storing information in workflow variables, adding/removing tasks from queues, sending notifications to other users, etc.

Proforma labels their modeling tool as a "Business Process Analysis" (BPA) tool and the later as a "Business Process Management" (BPM) tool.

Web-service orchestrations

Using web-service orchestration products typically involves modeling the implementation of an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) based web-service in an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The orchestrated service invokes one or more other web-services from potentially multiple service providers in a coordinated fashion. In so doing a single coarse-grained web-service is offered to service requestors relieving them of the burden of having to invoke multiple fine-grained web-services themselves.

A range of ESB products are available with a spectrum of capabilities for web-service orchestration. In general, a modeling tool is used to specify how the orchestration is to be implemented and this executable model is deployed to the ESB which serves as its run-time engine.

In the simplest ESB products approaches like itinerary based routing are used wherein an xml file is used to list the services that should be invoked from service providers in a sequential fashion when a particular ESB-based service is invoked by a service requestor.

Some ESB products support more complex options for orchestrating services. They might allow you to specify, for example, that certain sequences of service invocations should be done in parallel. The modeling tool would allow you to specify where the sequences should branch and aggregate. They might also allow you to specify that a sequence of invocations might halt and wait for an event - possibly user input - at certain stages in the sequence. When this level of complexity is reached, the orchestrations begin to look a lot like traditional workflows and might be expressed in the Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) wherein the initial service that was invoked by the service requestor might be something like "startWorkflow()".

Even if they do begin to resemble workflows, coarse-grained orchestrated web-services should not be referred to as business processes. In a sense they do orchestrate distributed "computing processes" insofar as they invoke different web-services from different service providers utilizing the computing resources (process, memory, disk, etc.) of distributed hardware. However, web-services are purely IT constructs and have nothing to do with the business. These things should be referred to as web-services, composite services, orchestrated services, etc. but by no means should they be referred to as "business processes".

EuClid System ERP - Material Management

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:54:00 +0000

Materials Management, one of the most important business processes of a company, to play a major role in reducing costs, efficiency and enhance customer satisfaction.

EuClid System Materials, is a combination of specific materials business processes provided by EuClid System ERP.

Right of the needs assessment materials to make them available at the right time and cost analysis of consumption/ usage patterns, EuClid System provides all materials.

Develop Inventory Master, Withdrawals online Consolidation purchase requisitions, online price comparison, the different types of purchase orders, Material Handling Complete receipt and rejection of the cycle are some of the main features of EuClid System Materials.

Reporting EuClid System covers Inventory Level reports online, real-time positions of stock, price efficiency, vendor analysis. Build in the standard reports cover virtually all the information needs relating to materials of a company.

For further details please visit to http://www.widyatech.com

EuClid System ERP - Sales and Distribution

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:28:00 +0000

Complete customer satisfaction is the principal purpose of the EuClid System Sales and Distribution (SD).

Arranged of business processes by EuClid System ERP, EuClid System SD covers functionality of Prospect increase outstanding collection and the geographical and other parameterized sales analysis.

Sales inquiry, offer, order, order Scheduling, you select material reservation, Credit control and Authorization, dispatch of several business, automatic rendering of invoice, the legal deliveries, Packing Lists and post Serial control are only some the features of EuClid System SD.

Other features of EuClid System SD belong to warranty handling, customer management and Field service management.

The user is with the appropriate on line information at the time the incoming orders, calculations, dispatch etc. makes possible it to take considered decisions and for the immediate information at the customers

EuClid System SD offers a comprehensive reporting system. Reports contain information about the quantitative and value wise sales and pending orders, the creditors aging, customer achievement, customer performance, comparisons etc.

For further details please visit http://www.widyatech.com.

Manufacturers Obsolete ERP Systems

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:47:00 +0000

Companies are struggling to get better business value from their Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) software packages what a lot of companies are doing is extending the functionality of their in house systems meaning that business processes have to be standardised across the enterprise with the problem with this is the companies customers do not appreciate being put in to boxes and are taking their business elsewhere where they get the service that suits their own needs, the on demand world and rigid inflexible ERP systems just do not work together.

Aberdeen key points to consider

Balance aligning business processes to software capabilities against aligning software capabilities to business processes to maximize benefit and allow your business to evolve.
Consolidation decisions must weigh carefully the business value brought to the enterprise.
Resist replacement strategies that simply duplicate business processes currently in place.
Don't fall into the trap of believing an ERP implementation is ever completely done.
Increase collaboration between Information Technology (IT) and Line of Business staff in order to gain the most business value within time and budget constraints.

How do ERP solutions work with e-commerce?

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:46:00 +0000

Compiere ERP systems can help your e-commerce business thrive. With the Compiere Web Store you can easily offer both physical and digital merchandise in a secure environment that can be customized to the look-and-feel of your web site. Our web store is fully integrated with our ERP solution so that it is always up to date with the latest products and inventory information. No synchronization or extra integration work is required. We also provide the ability to run sales, promotions, and discounts on either a global or per customer basis. With a web store that's fully integrated into your ERP system, you'll feel comfortable knowing that your inventory, customer contact information and financial transaction information is always current and easily accessible across your entire enterprise.

How difficult is it to upgrade ERP software?

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:44:00 +0000

Compiere presents another break-through in ERP software - an easily upgradeable application! While many traditional ERP vendors sold the promise of free upgrades, in reality hardly any businesses were able to take advantage of them because they had spent large sums of money customizing the software for their industry and thus had voided their support contract. But easy upgrades aren't just a sales pitch with Compiere ERP. Compiere was built to make customizations and extensions simple without impacting the migration process. No longer does an ERP system need to remain static, as if frozen in time. Now you really can keep up with all the latest product features without sacrificing your custom extensions.

Is a "single instance" of ERP software better?

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:43:00 +0000

Although every business is unique, running only one instance of an ERP application provides several advantages. When running a single instance of ERP software, you save time and have better quality information across the company because you need only input that information once rather then multiple times. Running a single ERP instance also means all your financial data resides in one place which creates a simpler audit trail, eliminates consolidation errors, and saves time and money when closing your books. A single ERP instance also allows you to run comprehensive company-wide reports that allow executives to share resources more easily across the company and see where cross-promotional opportunities may be in order. Single ERP instances are generally less expensive to support, and migration to the newest Compiere ERP software release is quicker and easier, allowing you to take advantage of the latest features we have to offer in a timely manner.

How do companies organize their ERP projects?

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:40:00 +0000

There are three common approaches to installing a new ERP system in an enterprise:

Enterprise-wide full installation - This approach was very common in the early days of enterprise resource planning software installations as, at the time, many large corporations were trying to quickly become Y2K compliant. The biggest challenge usually encountered was getting employees to cooperate and accept a new software system. If you are leaning towards this method of installation, make the transition easier by clearly outlining the ways that the new ERP software will be an improvement over existing software. Provide training for your employees to increase their comfort level with the new system. If your top level staff members are solidly behind the new ERP system and you take the time to help transition your staff to the change, you will go a long way towards helping your company achieve a successful ERP installation.
Unit by Unit - This is common approach among large or diverse companies where there are not many common processes across business units. Management will locate a particularly open-minded and flexible team and install a pilot ERP system in that department. Some process that don't vary much across the company, such as financials, bookkeeping, and HR may be installed across the entire enterprise, but the pilot department has it's own separate ERP system and database, or "instance". Once the company feels comfortable with the success of the installation, the pilot team is used as an in-house customer reference to sell other units on the ERP business solution. This process can be somewhat time consuming, but does often lead to increased employee acceptance of the new ERP application as they hear testimonials from peers on the benefits of the new system. More departments may be added over time with their own discreet instances of the ERP application, or the company may try to consolidate them into a handful of different instances or perhaps even into a single ERP instance for the entire enterprise.
Key-Process Installation - Smaller companies often opt to focus on a few key processes for their initial ERP installation. For instance, they may decide to start out using the ERP application's financial module and add other features as the company grows. Since Compiere provides companies a fully integrated ERP system rather than requiring a company to purchase separate modules, it's easy for a company to add additional processes as the company desires new functionality. Traditional ERP software often caused problems down the road for this type of installation since they required choices to be made at the time of the initial installation that could not easily be changed at a later date. You won't face that problem with Compiere ERP software. Compiere is designed to change with your company now and in the future. Be aware, though, that an ERP implementation isn't really successful until it is in use by employees. You must still expect to devote some time and energy to training employees on new features as they are implemented.

How long will do ERP implementations take?

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:38:00 +0000

The actual installation of Compiere ERP software can be done in a day or two by experienced IT staff. However, keep in mind that implementation of any ERP solution also includes importing old data from various sources into the new system, the integration and testing of the ERP system with existing corporate software, the training of employees on the use of the new system, and the completion of any enterprise-specific customizations. Enterprises also usually find it worthwhile to take time at the beginning of the ERP implementation process to review their current business practices, seeing where they can be streamlined now that they are no longer be 'locked into' a specific business flow with a restrictive software package. The whole process traditionally takes several months to a year depending on the size and complexity of your business.

Compiere's flexibility makes the ERP installation process much easier than a similar installation with traditional ERP applications because, unlike other enterprise applications, with Compiere the decisions you make today can be changed tomorrow. All of the information provided during implementation can be adapted or modified at any time to meet the changing needs and demands of your company. Other ERP systems don't allow these on-the-fly changes. The result is that with these traditional ERP applications, changing anything - whether something complex, like your chart of accounts or even something as simple as a product search key - can require expensive and time consuming modifications or even complete product reinstallations.

What are the costs associated with ERP implementation?

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:38:00 +0000

Compiere's commercial open source ERP software frees you from the burden of the initial product licensing fees that accompany all traditional ERP applications. Instead, use your budget to create a successful ERP implementation for your particular enterprise. Rather than paying software fees, you may decide to have a Compiere Partner create an industry specific feature, or you may have a large staff that could benefit from training on your new system. You may also find that years of working with multiple incompatible data sources has left you with "dirty data" that needs to be cleaned up prior to importation in the new ERP system. Perhaps you've decided that now is the time to upgrade some of your servers or workstations. However you decide to use the money you've saved, you can feel confident that Compiere provides you the best enterprise resource planning business solution at the lowest total cost of ownership.

Can ERP applications help with my integration problems?

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:37:00 +0000

One of the reasons businesses look into ERP applications is that their enterprise is experiencing difficulty in integrating the information they have stored in widely diverse applications that can't "talk" to one another. Organizations within a company may even use different programs to perform the same functions. When you install an ERP application you solve many of your information integration problems. Compiere ERP is an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relations Management (CRM) software solution that combines the power of point of sales (POS), distribution and inventory, e-commerce, accounting, and workflow systems within one robust application. With an ERP system you have better data quality, since information need only be entered once to be available to the entire company. You are also able to easily run reports using enterprise-wide data, allowing you to quickly see trends developing within specific organizations or across your entire company. If you require industry specific software that requires integration with your ERP system you may wish to speak with one of our Compiere Partners worldwide for assistance.

Can I use an ERP system to manage a global enterprise?

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:47:00 +0000

Compiere's enterprise resource planning software is an excellent solution for managing a global enterprise. Traditional ERP applications weren't developed for the complexities of the global market. Gaps in functionality arise when these features are simply layered on top of existing code. However, Compiere ERP software was designed with global markets in mind, featuring multi-currency, multi-tax, multi-costing, multi-accounting and multi-organizational functionalities. Our accounting solutions cater to the needs of your enterprise, no matter what currency or schema you use. Compiere even provides the flexibility to account in one or more accounting schema in parallel.

Compiere allows users all over the world to connect with your ERP system, so geography is no barrier to your business. Plus Compiere ERP applications also feature language packs and the ability to customize both the Web Store and the application itself to suit your language requirements.

Will an ERP application fit the way I do business?

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:36:00 +0000

With traditional ERP solutions, this question was vital. ERP applications normally come with a built-in system of "Best Practices" whose restrictive rules limit your business processes. That is not the case with Compiere. Our open source ERP system was built to adapt to your business structure because we know that every company has unique needs. Compiere is not only easy to customize, we also make it easy to change your ERP implementation decisions at a later time. We know that every company grows and changes and we created ERP software that can adapt with you.

Can ERP software improve business performance?

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:36:00 +0000

ERP solutions give you the ability to save time and money across your entire enterprise. With ERP software you need only input customer, vendor, and order data once and then share it across your functional departments. You can automate inventory and warehouse procedures as well as billing and accounting procedures. You can use ERP applications to create reports and analyze enterprise trends quickly and easily, allowing you to respond quickly to shifts in the market. Compiere also helps make e-commerce easy. The information in our Web Store is shared with the standard application, so no synchronization or extra integration work is required.

Does my enterprise need an ERP software solution?

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:35:00 +0000

For years only very large corporations have been able to enjoy the benefits of enterprise resource planning applications. Now, Compiere ERP and CRM puts the power of timely and consistent communications within reach of all businesses by offering a superior ERP solution that is affordable, adaptable, and scalable.

Is your company burdened by multiple data sources that you can't integrate? Are you losing time and money by duplicating order entries and business processes throughout your enterprise? Are timely customer delivery and inventory stocking procedures getting to be more than your current ERP system can handle? Do you have multiple warehouses that share resources or do you frequently do business in a multi-currency, multi-tax environment? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, then your enterprise may want to consider investing in Compiere ERP.

What makes Compiere open source ERP software better?

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:49:00 +0000

Fast and Flexible ERP Implementation

Unlike other enterprise resource planning applications, with Compiere ERP software the decisions you make today CAN be changed tomorrow. All of the information provided during your ERP implementation can be adapted or modified at any time to meet the changing needs and demands of your company. By choosing Compiere, you can reduce hidden organizational, on-going-integration, operational and maintenance costs.

Commercial Open Source ERP Software

Open Source solutions like Compiere offer numerous benefits over traditional ERP software, like low cost of ownership and unparalleled product control. Compiere is true open source. This means that Compiere ERP software is available free for everyone to download, and it cannot be bought or merged out of existence - ever. This gives freedom from vendor lock-in, and the security of knowing your investment in Compiere will last as long as you want it to.

Compiere pairs those open source benefits with professional training and services. Our rapidly growing, worldwide network of Compiere Certified Partners provide a wide variety of enterprise resource planning services, including: turnkey solutions, ERP implementation, customizations and extensions, maintenance, upgrades and version migration.

Model-driven Architecture Puts You in Control

Compiere's enterprise resource planning software creates an environment free of restrictive rules that limit your business processes. Its model-driven architecture enables you to be in control of every aspect of the ERP application and continue to adapt, update, add new features, and extend Compiere to suit the needs of your company - always. Compiere's customizable web- and window-based user interfaces enable you to create a consistent, personalized appearance for the application no matter where it is being used - office, home, hotel - wherever. The web-based interface also provides flexible, remote deployment options and complete access for customers, partners and executives from anywhere at anytime.

ERP Applications Designed for the Global Economy

Traditional ERP applications weren't developed for the complexities of the global market. Gaps in functionality arise when these features are simply layered on top of existing code. Compiere was designed with global markets in mind, featuring multi-currency, multi-tax, multi-costing, multi-accounting and multi-organizational functionalities. Our accounting solutions cater to the needs of your enterprise, no matter what currency or accounting schema you use. Compiere business solutions even provide the flexibility to account in one or more accounting schema in parallel. Compiere also features language packs and the ability to customize both the Web Store and the application itself to suit your language requirements.

What is ERP software?

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:46:00 +0000

ERP stands for "Enterprise Resource Planning". ERP software integrates all of your major business processes, which helps ensure consistent data across all your functional departments. ERP applications typically consist of modules such as Marketing and Sales, Field Service, Production, Inventory Control, Procurement, Distribution, Human Resources, Finance, and Accounting.

Our Compiere ERP business solution fully integrates ERP and CRM (customer relationship management) capabilities to help you effectively manage a wide range of functions across your enterprise. Compiere offers an effective blend of enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, partner relationship management, supply chain management, and online analysis processing. This gives you the ability to make qualified business decisions based on a seamless, 360-degree view of your business, customers and vendors.

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:41:00 +0000

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

This comprehensive product lifecycle management (PLM) knowledge base models modern product and design-related aspects of PLM for both discrete and process industries. It details product development and portfolio management, manufacturing process management, ideation and requirements management, service data, and regulatory and compliance criteria. This comprehensive knowledge base incorporates the criteria of TEC's other PLM knowledge bases.

Core PLM for Process Industries

Core PLM, Product Specification and Recipe Management (PDM and RM) for Process Industries covers the base foundation of PLM for the process (or recipe-based) manufacturing industries such as food & beverage, chemical, pharmaceutical and others. It covers design and product-related aspects of PLM including management of material specifications, recipes, formulas, production processes, design tools, document management and collaboration.

Core PLM for Discrete Industries

Core PLM and Product Data Management (PDM) for Discrete Industries covers the base foundation of PLM for the discrete manufacturing industries such as automotive, electronics, aerospace and defense, medical devices, complex machinery and others. It covers design and product-related aspects of PLM including management of material specifications, product structures, production processes, design tools, document management, and design collaboration.

Regulatory and Compliance

The Regulatory and Compliance Knowledge Base covers the requirements for ensuring products and their associated materials comply with both external and intenal rules and regulations. It covers regulatory and requirements needs, as well as product related components of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S).

Product Development and Portfolio Management

The Product Development and Portfolio Management Knowledge Base covers the execution processes of new product development projects and programs, including phase-gate processes. It also addresses Product Portfolio Management (PPM), including the evaluation processes of new and existing products and product portfolios to provide the most valuable, balanced, and well aligned portfolio of products.

Information Security

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:38:00 +0000

Information Security Selection

Based on a wide range of security-related issues, the Information Security Knowledge Base covers both solution suites and individual software packages. Organizations can evaluate the capabilities of different vendors' firewall, intrusion detection, anti-virus, virtual private network, public key infrastructure, cryptography, and other enterprise security solutions.

Firewall

Firewalls protect enterprise computer systems from attacks by individuals wishing to crack or otherwise compromise an internal network. The firewall knowledge base addresses requirements for network interfaces and protocols, content filters, VPN capacity, and other security characteristics.

Human Resources (HR) System

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:34:00 +0000

This knowledge base on human resources management systems affords clients the opportunity to rapidly determine their criteria for management and employee personnel tasks. Its extensive criteria include benefits and payroll management, employee self service, data warehousing, and health and safety requirements.

Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)

noreply@blogger.com (Widyatech) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:57:00 +0000

Criteria in this knowledge base pertain to managing supplier, manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, and customer business processes. Addressing demand management, warehouse management, international trade logistics, transportation execution, and many other issues for a complete solution, this knowledge base will support your evaluation of an SCM suite.