Comparative study of Open Source ERP Systems

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Ravindra Nath Sharma

MBA SDM – 07-09

Objectives

Find out some of the issues concerning Open Source ERP for S.M.E'S by taking some prevalent open source ERP packages into consideration

Evaluation Criteria for Open Source ERP.

Compare open source ERP packages on the basis of evaluation criterion

Popularity of Open Source ERP

Bringing down the costs Doing away with Vendor's Dependence Flexibility Easy to understand and use Training security

Evaluation Criteria for Open Source ERP

1. Customization Complexity

2. Functionality

3. User Experience

4. Development Activity

5. Knowledge

6. Production-readiness

7. Integration

8. Migration

9. T.C.O

10.Community

Open Source ERP Products and Prices

Product Name Pricing 1 Pricing 2

Openbravo 5,000€ for the first 5 users

500€ per user, per year

Compiere 25$/User/Month (Standard edition)

50$/User/Month(Professional edition)

XTuple 500$/User/Year(5 to 19 users)

100$/User/Year (200+ users)

OpenERP (Former TinyERP)

100€ per hour(average price)

140€ per user per month(SAAS ERP)

choosing dot net and j2ee for ERP applications

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Module based comparison

Findings

Open ERP is always a good choice in terms of risk and the cost of integration.

Openbravo is best SAAS based application

Compiere’s solution capabilities span Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM).

References

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