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Adempiere

Submitted by, Anudeep Totha (07mse015) A-Batch.

Adempiere

Adempiere is an Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP software package released under an open source software license. The word ADempiere in Italian means "to fulfill" or "to accomplish".

The software is licensed under the GNU General Public License, and thus can also be described as free software.

History

The ADempiere project was created in September 2006. Disagreement between the open-source developer community that formed around the Compiere open-source ERP software and the project's corporate sponsor ultimately led to the creation of Adempiere as a fork of Compiere.

Within weeks of the fork, ADempiere reached the top five of the SourceForge.net rankings, and has remained one of the top-ranked open-source projects since then. This activity provides a measure of both the size of its developer community and also its impact on the open source ERP software market.

Goals of this project

The goal of the Adempiere project is the creation of a community-developed and supported open source business solution.

The Adempiere community follows the open-source model of the Bazaar described in Eric Raymond' article The Cathedral and the Bazaar.

Project structure
All community members are entitled to their say in the project discussion forums. For practical purposes, the project is governed by a council of contributors. A leader is nominated from this council to act as overall project manager. The role of the Adempiere Council is to: Support decisions of the leader. Accept contributions. Define the roadmap. Review and approve specifications. Vote for new functionalities. Approve changes to core.

Technology
Adempiere is developed with Java EE technology, specifically utilizing the JBoss application server. Currently database support is restricted to Oracle and PostgreSQL.

Architecture

Adempiere inherited the Data Dictionary from the Compiereproject. This architecture extends the Data Dictionary concept into the application; thus the application's entities, their validation rules and screen layout can be controlled from within the application itself. In practice, this means that customization of the application can be done without new coding. AWorkflow Management Coalition and Object Management Group standards based workflow engine is utilized to provide Business Process Management. These features allow for the rapid customization of the application to a business needs.

Business functionality
The following business areas are addressed by the Adempiere application: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Supply chain management (SCM) is the management of a network of

interconnected businesses involved in the ultimate provision of product and service packages required by end customers. Supply chain management spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption. Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Customer relationship management (CRM) is a widely implemented strategy for managing

a companys interactions with customers, clients and sales prospects. It involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize business processes principally sales activities, but also those for marketing, customer service, and technical

support. The overall goals are to find, attract, and win new clients, nurture and retain those the company already has, entice former clients back into the fold, and reduce the costs of marketing and client service. Customer relationship management describes a company-wide business strategy including customer-interface departments as well as other departments. Measuring and valuing customer relationships is critical to implementing this strategy. Financial Performance Analysis Integrated Point of sale (POS) solution

Point of sale (POS) (also sometimes referred to as Point of purchase (POP) )

or checkout is the location where a transaction occurs. A "checkout" refers to a POS terminal or more generally to the hardware and software used for checkouts, the equivalent of an electronic cash register.

A POS terminal manages the selling process by a salesperson accessible interface. The
same system allows the creation and printing of the receipt.

Integrated Web Store

A webstore is a website that sells products or services and typically has an online shopping cart
associated with it. With the popularity of the Internet rapidly increasing, online shoppingbecame advantageous for retail store owners, and many traditional brick and mortar stores saw value in opening webstore counterparts.

E-commerce Business-toConsumer[B2C] product sales totaled $146.4 billion in the United States
in 2006, representing about 6% of retail product sales in the country. The $18.3 billion worth of clothes sold online represented about 10% of the domestic market.[1] Material Requirements Planning

Material requirements planning (MRP) is a production planning and inventory control system
used to manage manufacturing processes. Most MRP systems are software-based, while it is possible to conduct MRP by hand as well. An MRP system is intended to simultaneously meet three objectives:

Ensure materials are available for production and products are available for delivery to
customers.

Maintain the lowest possible material and product levels in store Plan manufacturing activities, delivery schedules and purchasing activities.