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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

Open item management


Compiere is, by default, an open item management system. This means that customer invoices and receipts (Sales Cycle) and purchasing invoices and payments (Payment Cycle) need to be allocated in order for the open balance on a document to be correctly reflected. Account statements are thus shown for the document on an open amount basis and not on a balance brought forward basis. Thus, in terms of accuracy of open amounts on documents, this requires discipline in the accounts department and also from customers and vendor reconciliations in order to reflect the correct statement of account at any given time. If this is not practical then an automated oldest invoice allocation process can be followed, but unless this is normal business practice in your industry or region, it is suggested that it is legally agreed with your customer.

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