Compiere Announces Expansion into Manufacturing Applications Market; Open Source ERP Supports Manufacturing Assembly Operations
Redwood Shores, Calif. – Sept. 17, 2008 – Compiere, Inc., the global leader in open source business solutions, today announced the addition of manufacturing-specific functionality for its award-winning open source ERP and CRM business solutions. The company is delivering manufacturing capabilities in phases, the first of which, available in their 3.1 product, is targeted at manufacturers with assembly operations. Capabilities include support for multi-level Bills of Material, work-in-process tracking, completion of final assemblies to shipping, work order costing, the ability to create work orders and select customer specific options at order entry time, and seamless integration with Compiere's existing materials management, purchasing, sales order management and financial systems. Compiere 3.1 is currently available in three editions, professional, standard and community. Additional manufacturing capabilities will be announced in future offerings.
"Manufacturers today face new business pressures that are causing them to rethink their ERP strategies" said Don Klaiss, president and CEO, Compiere. "Most midsize companies that currently have an ERP system are using either custom, in-house developed software, or expensive, inflexible, vendor-dependent software based on technology that is at least a decade old. CIOs and business executives are looking for new alternatives that lower the ERP cost of ownership and improve their ability to respond to business change."
Compiere's rollout of manufacturing industry support is based on input from thousands of existing Compiere users and a global network of VARs and system integrators in 25 countries. The new functionality was developed on an advanced application architecture that allows customers and partners to customize and extend Compiere without programming.
"Having implemented ERP, Warehouse Management and Manufacturing Execution Systems throughout the world during the past 20 years, we are excited about Compiere's entry into the manufacturing market", said Geoff Mobisson, Managing Director of Levementum, based in Chandler, Ariz. "The combination of Compiere's ERP platform and toolkit combined with Levementum's ERP services group provide an offering that is uniquely suited to the needs of mid-size manufacturing businesses in the U.S."
About Compiere, Inc.
With more than 1.4 million software downloads, Compiere, Inc., founded in 1999, delivers the world's most widely used open source enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) automation solutions. Compiere's solutions, which earned InfoWorld's 2008 Best of Enterprise Resource Planning Bossie Award, enable distribution, manufacturing, retail and professional services companies to gain competitive advantage through the automation of financial, distribution, sales and service processes. With applications built on a model-based development platform, Compiere provides unprecedented adaptability, rapid deployment and low cost of ownership. The company, which offers commercial backing, support and services to its global network of authorized partners operating in more than 25 countries, is privately held and headquartered in Redwood Shores, Calif. For more information, please visit www.compiere.com.
