Today’s information technology world is buzzing with ERP solutions. The power of ERP solutions has greatly attracted companies of all scales and domains. The ERP concept of INTEGRATION is so valuable that it has made ERPs a key element of success. Not only large-scale, but medium and small businesses are also adopting the ERP culture – Thanks to web-based ERPs!

Web-based (Open Source) ERP solutions have made ERP a real success. These solution packages can be easily downloaded through web browsers for free of cost. They provide functionality to support core business operations of the organization with user-friendly interface. Web-based ERPs are cross-platform and maintained centrally, which does not require any client side installation. Therefore, we find hundreds of web-based ERP solutions available on the Internet. Some of the popular ERPs are following.test

webERP (www.weberp.org)

webERP is a popular web-based ERP solution, which is widely used in SMEs (Small and Medium-sized enterprises) for its wide range of effective features. It covers sales, accounts, purchase, inventory, general ledger, and manufacturing systems of an organization. It is an open source project that features multi-language and multi-currency support. Its latest version is 3.09, which released in June 2008.

Openbravo (www.openbravo.com)

Openbravo is a leading web-based, open source ERP solution package, which offers accounting, sales, warehouse management, manufacturing, and Point Of Sale systems. It provides user-friendly interface, which helps user to track the performance of the company through production information, inventory, and order tracking information. It is easy to synchronize with other applications through its APIs and generates reports in PDF and Microsoft Excel.

ERP5 (www.erp5.com)

ERP5 is another popular open source ERP solution package based on Zope application server, developed by Nexedi. This solution package features accounting system, payroll system, budget, product data management, trade, material requirement planning, customer relation management, and document management system. There are currently two versions available of ERP5; ERP5 Enterprise and ERP5 Express. The ERP5 solution package is available in all major languages of the world.

J Fire (www.jfire.org)

This ERP solution package is for small and medium-sized enterprises, which was published in January 2006. It is an EPR and CRM system providing functionality to support accounting operations, store management, security management, and online trading. This software is written in Java and based on JavaEE 1.4 (formerly J2EE), JDO 2, and Eclipse RCP 3, which make it easity to extend and customize. The main disadvantage of J Fire is that it requires a longer training period. 

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