I came across an interesting article earlier this week. Infoworld's Biggest ERP Failures of 2010 is focused on multiple implementation blunders. This is meant to be your typical "Failed ERP" piece, but the first couple of examples aren't even ERP, they're Payroll and CRM. Beyond that, there are multiple examples of SAP failures.
A company with poor business practices will still have...
Today we are announcing version 1.1 of the xTuple Web Portal Support module, and we're putting it to work immediately.
It has long been our goal to replace our web-based issue tracker, which has been running on a third-party product called Mantis, with a solution that would connect directly to our xTuple database. With the Support module, bug reports , feature requests , and customer...
Just in time for the new year, xTuple is now registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors!
Over the years we've received numerous requests to make our awesome training even better by offering continuing professional education (CPE) credits. Starting in January...
Analyst: China Martens , Jay Layman
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...
Earlier this year there was a strong discussion on the inclusion of Fixed Asset management into the xTuple product ( forum discussion here ). Many people contributed ideas and support. This interest lead to the development of a Specification which in turn generated more ideas and interest. The original intention of the discussion was to determine what additional functionality was needed by the...
I've worked with several accountants over the years and one thing I've noticed about them is that they generally like things neat and orderly. Unfortunately the real world is often messy and chaotic. Transactions get entered for the wrong accounts, quantities, or dates, which leads to reversal transactions, then yet another set of corrected transactions. Even with a flawless transaction record...
UPDATE: The release candidate of xTuple 3.6.0 is available for download (no installer yet, just binaries and databases).
We have really ramped up our efforts this year to increase the appeal and usability of the user interface. From the new Desktop and Quick Start Wizard , to improved search functionality we have focused efforts on making it easier to get started and use xTuple....
The community of open source ERP professionals in which we all live is vast, and international — and I have the privilege of speaking to different corners of this diverse group every single day. Here is just a quick sample of the xTuplers any of us may get to talk to on a weekly basis:
1. PostBooks user, running customer service department on PostBooks CRM 2. PostBooks user, going live...
As year-end draws near, it's not uncommon for businesses to begin to consider polishing up their accounting system or switching off legacy applications in preparation for the new year. The accounting-related community forums become busy with chatter as does xTuple customer support. One message has become loud and clear to us over the years — more accounting!
(Waiting for a punch line?...
By Manufacturing Business Technology
After reviewing six ERP vendors who fulfilled all of their basic requirements, mainly Windows-based solutions, Cedarlane chose xTuple, primarily because of the low cost. “We chose xTuple, at first, for the ‘wrong’ reason: price. But we kept it for the right reasons: because of the great product and company behind it,” stated Baroco. “I had scarcely...
If you follow technology at all, every day you hear about Apple's undeniable impact in the consumer market. Their impressive consumer run, outside of personal computers, started with the first iPod back in 2001. The iPhone has been a continued, evolving success since 2007, and the iPad is all set up to be "THE" gift for this years' holiday season. Apple is clearly rocking in the consumer space...
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xTuple, the leading provider of commercial open source business management software for growing companies, today announced a Feature Mob initiative aimed at providing xTuple users with affordable multi-platform email integration. Modeled after popular social...
By Savio Rodrigues
xTuple has a user community of more than 25,000 active members. Openbravo and Compiere, both previous winners of InfoWorld's Best of Open Source in the ERP category, are two other leading open source ERP products.
By FoodEngineering
“As part of our due diligence we spoke with several companies that were running ERPs of all sizes, and the feedback was consistent-the bigger the software house, the more problems with the ERP program,” says Harry Muller-Thym, Sr., founder of Thymly. After looking at both large and small vendors, Thymly chose xTuple because of its open source philosophy and excellent...
Here at xTuple, on a wall behind our support team are maps with lots of colored pins. We have a detailed map of the United States and a World map. The world map isn't new but many of the pins in it are. The pins signify partners and customers. Kind of 'old school' but fun, in a non-techy sort of way!
Here's the Google maps version:
In addition to our...
UPDATE: 12/17/2010, 5:00 pm ET The Feature-Mob is closed! Thanks to all 56 of our sponsors — we will be moving this discussion to a dedicated forum for xTuple Connect early next week, with details on the upcoming beta, and how Feature-Mob sponsors can get access to the current release of xTuple Connect. And, of course, details on the rebates — everyone will end up paying the final price of $...
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xTuple, the leading provider of commercial open source business management software for growing companies, today announced continued growth through the rapid expansion of its commercial customer base. In recent months, the open source ERP provider has signed ten new...
We tend to put a lot of emphasis on xTuple ERP here since that is clearly the most influential project we sponsor as indicated by its consistent #1 ranking on Source Forge (yes, that's right... #1 of over 240,000 projects). My recent kudos to the many xTuple contributors were focused almost exclusively on the PostBooks project. However, I also need to give praise where it is due to major...
Many ERP implementations focus on integrating the enterprise on a common business platform -- and rightly so. So, once you have successfully accomplished this, how do you move to the next level? Well, at xTuple we have a couple of new products that will enable you to reach out to customers and suppliers, and strengthen your relationship with them.
One is an email and integration...
We invite you to join us and many fellow community members to add email integration into xTuple, and get a discounted license for the fast-growing xTuple Connect product in the bargain. Read on to find out more about what we're calling a "feature mob." For those eager to learn more about xTuple, our chief trainer and video producer extraordinaire Mike Atherton has been hard at work.