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Compiere 3

By : Andries L Pretorius
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Compiere 3

By: Andries L Pretorius

Overview of this book

Compiere is a world leading open source commercially supported ERP system. Very large companies have already chosen Compiere over traditional systems. By its nature ERP is a complex subject and while you may be familiar with ERP this book will introduce you to the concepts of Compiere. Here you will learn the Compiere essentials quickly and concisely.The aim of this book is to get you up and running with Compiere through a practical hands on approach. This book will also give you an overview of the main Compiere business process aspects. This book will help you get comfortable with using and exploring the Compiere system as you prepare for a roll out in your organization.Maturing from an open source project to a leading edge competitor in the ERP space, Compiere offers what other traditional big name systems lack. Offering its best of class functionality on a model driven architecture, the latest enterprise platform independent web technologies (GWT, Java, JBoss, Oracle, Postgress), while maintaining openness, value, flexibility, scalability and most of all an integrated ERP platform that can be extended upon with ease.In this book we will introduce you to understanding Compiere functionality exploring the different essential business processes. We will cover the setup, the business processes of sales, purchasing, inventory, financial management as well as advanced aspects like workflow, project planning and migration.Every chapter is illustrated by example so as to facilitate quick and practical reading. This is not a Java programming manual and the book’s aim is to take your basic knowledge of the ERP environment and ensure a proper practical understanding of the critical functional aspects during the Compiere implementation process.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Compiere 3
Credits
About the author
About the reviewer
Preface

Summary


Creating the Compiere Tenant is just the starting point, as this requires many other set-up steps that must be clarified before transaction processing can start. Such aspects include language packs, account charges, taxation, Business Partner Groups, and Product Categories.

During the initial installation process of Compiere you will have created a default database. This database contains the Compiere demo Tenant, data namely the Garden World Demo Company. We will be using this Tenant's data, and extending it for illustration purposes during subsequent chapters.

In this chapter you have learned:

  • Compiere terminology and setup

  • How to set up an initial tenant in the system, load the Organization Tree, and define Warehouses

  • How to load and set up account elements and the accounting schema

  • How to change unit of measures and document sequences

  • How to set up a basic user and role

In the next chapter, we will illustrate Customer Relationship Management through the document transactions of the Sales...