LOGO Jawad Tariq ITEC-400 Assignment 13-1 April 05, 2007 Robert D’Andrea

LOGOJawad Tariq

ITEC-400

Assignment

13-1

April 05,

2007

Robert

D’Andre

a

Overview

Open Source1

Why Open Source2

Opentaps3

Conclusion4

Open Source

What is Open Source

•Software whose source code is available to everyone.

•Everyone is free to modify.

•Everyone is free to download or distribute.

•Developed by developers communities using the internet.

•The user doesn’t own the software.

Open Source

Why Open Source

•Availability of the source code and the right to modify it.

•The right to redistribute.

•The right to use the software in any way.

•No per copy fees can be asked for modified versions.

•Lower overhead

•Many programmers are actual users, so they have vested interest.

•“Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow” by Linus

Opentaps

ERPEnterprise Resource Planning systems.

Opentaps

CRMCustomer Relationship Management

Open Source

ERP or Enterprise Resource Planning

•ERP systems integrate all data and processes of an organization into a unified system.

•A key ingredient of most ERP systems is the use of a unified database to store data for the various system modules

CRM or Customer Relationship Management

•There are four aspect of CRM

•Active CRM

•Operational CRM

•Collaborative CRM

•Analytical CRM

Opentaps

Features of Opentaps

Opentaps

Accounting

PaymentsInvoices

Payments

Chart of Accounts

Agreements

Transactions

Opentaps

Facilities

Manage warehouses

Manage inventory

Manage shipments

Opentaps

Financials

Payables

Receivables

Transactions

Reports

Opentaps

Manufacturing

Bill of materialsCalendar

Reports

Approve Requirements

Shipment Plans

Material Resource Planning

Opentaps

E-Commerce

Shopping Lists

Online Ordering

Customer Information

Order history Information

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ReferencesSourcefoge.net (2007). opentaps open source ERP+CRM. Retrieved April 04, 2007, from http://sourceforge.net/projects/opentaps/Wikipedia Foundation, Inc. (2007, April 01, 2007). Opentaps. Retrieved April 04, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpentapsWikipedia Foundation, Inc. (2007, April 01, 2007). Open Source.

Retrieved April 04, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source

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