OpenERP 5.0 - Fully developed with Python

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Stephane Wirtel

OpenERP 5.0 is out !
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Why do I talk about OpenERP on this mailing list ? Because OpenERP is fully developed with Python

That major enhancement of Open ERP can now answer to all the needs of a business. Open ERP V5 not only provides management functions, but also all functionalities necessary to a SMB, like : a process
management by modules, a wiki, a webmail, a Business Intelligence (Cube OLAP), a Document Management System, an eCommerce, an idea box, etc.

Emphasis was placed on an extreme simplification of the software for the new users, a carefully designed ergonomy of the web client with, amongst others, drag&drop, Gantt graph, editable processes,
etc., and more then 350 modules for specific sectors and big companies.

This new version comes with a full review of the web site giving access to more then 1500 pages of documentations on business management and a reorganization of the community sources build upon the
Open Object framework. Free cycles of conferences are planned with the version 5.0 release of Open ERP.

Thanks to its huge community, Open Object produce more then 20 modules a month. The Open Object community it is more then 1000 contributors, 126 development branches in parallel, an average of 400 new
functinalities or bugfix per month, one commit every 5 minutes and functional and technical experts specialized by activity and working in teams.

The rise of Open Object and the diversity of the projects makes it an unmatched framework composed of more then 400 modules installable in a few clicks to cover all kinds of need or to simply start,
with a simple module, to answer a simple need. Then, you can install other functionalities to come to a fully integrated and automaized system.

Open ERP v5 is characterized by the appearance of many functionalities far beyond the perimeter of traditional management.
One can underline the following innovations:

* A integrated wiki.
* An integrated document management system.
* A Business Intelligence (BI) using a OLAP database.
* An integrated BPM (management of process).
* A web portal for clients and suppliers.
* Improvement of translations (1 translation file by language and module).
* A touchscreen point of sale.
* A full Ajax webmail .
* A shared calendar.
* Plugins for Outlook, OpenOffice, ms. Office, Thunderbird.
* An integrated eCommerce, etc

This new release offers 3 user interfaces :
* the rich application client for a day to day advanced use,
* the web interface allowing a remote access and an easy deployment,
* the QT client that perfectly fits in a KDE environment.

Numerous improvements have been added to the client interfaces, like :
* dynamic graphs and dashboards,
* really ergonomic calendar views,
* dynamic Gantt graphs for planning,
* workflows editors,
* a fully integrated documentation,
* a dynamic process view used for the end-user training,
* etc.

The web version of Open ERP includes numerous functions to modify or create your own application :
* an visual view editor,
* an object editor,
* a workflow (process) editor,
* an Open Office integrated report editor
* a statistics engine (BI cube),
* etc.

URL: http://www.openerp.com
URL: http://www.openobject.com
DOC: http://doc.openerp.com
Screencast: http://www.openerp.tv
LaunchPad Project: http://launchpad.net/openobject
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Stephane Wirtel - "As OpenERP is OpenSource, please feel free to contribute."
Developper - Technical Instructor OpenERP
OpenERP - Tiny SPRL
Chaussee de Namur, 40
B-1367 Gerompont
Tel: +32.81.81.37.00
Web: http://www.tiny.be
Web: http://www.openerp.com
Planet: http://www.openerp.com/planet/
Blog: http://stephane-wirtel-at-tiny.blogspot.com
 

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