Manufacturing ERP Goes Open Source

July 6, 2009
The vendor’s Manufacturing suite is billed as the industry’s first end-to-end, industrial-strength manufacturing ERP solution developed on an open-source platform. 
{mosimage} The software is intended to help companies reduce production costs and improve efficiencies by integrating and automating planning and scheduling, production control, cost management and reporting across discrete manufacturing operations. Advanced cost management, analysis and reporting tools provide visibility and insight into production costs and opportunities for improvement. Built on a modern, highly adaptable application development platform, the software can be customized without programming—a first in the ERP industry, says the vendor. The Manufacturing product includes wide-ranging purchasing, materials management, order management and global financial management functionality. Compiere Inc.www.compiere.com650.517.5900

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