Collective Brainpower: xTuple unites the worlds of open-source software and manufacturing
12/07/11 Filed in: xTuple
Manufacturers have many, if not most, of the business needs of larger companies. With those needs come a number of complexities in processes, and most manufacturers use, or would like to use, some sort of ERP — Enterprise Resource Planning — software to manage the flow of information in the business.
An ERP system links all the operations inside a business – from sales to accounting, from customer relationship management to purchasing, manufacturing, inventory, and distribution. Read More...
An ERP system links all the operations inside a business – from sales to accounting, from customer relationship management to purchasing, manufacturing, inventory, and distribution. Read More...
Spreading the appeal: xTuple aims its ERP apps at both smaller and larger user targets
10/18/11 Filed in: News
As we head into 2011, we're expecting incremental but constant change to occur in the ERP applications arena. Faster deployment times and ease of customization will become even more important issues than ever for customers. Against this backdrop, commercial open source ERP vendors may win over additional customers, particularly if they can field apps tailored to those twin needs. That's one reason why xTuple has been bringing more capabilities to market this year, some designed specifically to woo smaller firms, others aimed more at larger organizations. Read More...
Outgrowing QuickBooks? Maybe open source ERP can help
05/24/11 Filed in: News
Open source ERP packages are gaining traction as midsize companies increase adoption of open source software. Recent surveys have found that small and medium-size businesses are increasingly willing to consider open source tools. Not surprisingly, small businesses and large enterprises are predisposed to different categories of open source software. Survey data suggest that ERP is one category where small businesses are more likely to adopt open source than their large enterprise peers. Read More...
xTuple's MOB Approach to Integrated Email
09/04/10 Filed in: xTuple
xTuple is going to try something new, and hopefully exciting - in order to facilitate getting some cool new functionality into xTuple.
The feature is one that we hear, and talk, about all the time: better email integration. We've agonized publicly about this in the past, particularly over the fact that we don't want to be tied to any one particular client, server, or platform - in keeping with our overall design philosophy here. But we think we have an answer, which I'll detail below. Read More...
The feature is one that we hear, and talk, about all the time: better email integration. We've agonized publicly about this in the past, particularly over the fact that we don't want to be tied to any one particular client, server, or platform - in keeping with our overall design philosophy here. But we think we have an answer, which I'll detail below. Read More...