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Open Source Business Management
Software
Martin FuggleCEO
Agenda Topics
Why are enterprises adopting Open Source applications?
Case StudiesAdaxa Suite - an Open Source suite of applications Open Source components Integration scenariosQuestionsVisit Adaxa’s stand for a personalized demonstration (see us at Booth K11 in the Business Process area)
Why adopt Open Source?
What do the polls say? Vendor independence Lower cost of ownership Easier to customise Flexibility and control
When Open Source is a better fitWhen commercial applications are not availableBecause Open Source is addictive
Case StudiesIntouch DirectA distributor of health care products in Australia
AcquosA manufacturer of masterbatch products
Intouch Direct
Integrated Shopping Cart
The Open Source Stack Product adopted
EnvironmentHardwareOperating SystemDatabaseNetwork Management
DELL ServersRed HatPostgresNagios
Business ApplicationsCentralized LogonEnterprise Resource PlanningCustomer Relationship ManagementBusiness IntelligenceTelephonyContent Management SystemShopping Cart
OpenLDAPADempiere ERP & CRMADempiere ERP & CRMPentahoAsteriskDrupalUbercart
Project TimelineActivity Date
Selection Process October 2008 to January, 2009ADempiere Conference Room PilotClient evaluation of competing solutionsFinal selection
Implementation February to October, 2009Requirements gathering and Gap AnalysisApplication configurationApplication developmentDevelop data migration scriptsWebsite design and development
Set to Work October to November, 2009Data migrationApplication cutover
Brief StatisticsType of data Quantification
Data MigrationCustomersProductsPricingSales and Purchase Order HeadersSales and Purchase Order Line Items
150,0003,0009,000
380,0001,520,000
MiscellaneousOrders per dayUsers
1,200 to 2,500more than 100
Case StudiesIntouch DirectA distributor of health care products in Australia
AcquosA manufacturer of masterbatch products
Acquos
The ChallengeReplace an existing BPCS system with a new ERP system in 20 working days!Business structureTwo legal entities in different tax regimes (Australia and New Zealand)Four manufacturing plantsEighteen warehouse locationsMultiple sales outletsData Migration45,000 products1,000,000 lines in the Bills of Material1,000 customers and suppliers5 years of sales history
Project TimelineActivity Date
Selection Process October, 2005 to 28th March, 2006
Client evaluation of competing solutionsFinal selection
Implementation 28th March, 2006 to 30th April, 2006
Requirements gathering and Gap AnalysisApplication configurationApplication developmentDevelop data migration scripts
Set to Work 1st May, 2006Data migrationApplication cutover
One Year LaterAcquos acquires an industry competitor and more than doubles its size!CharacteristicsAdditional manufacturing locationsAdditional warehousesCommon customersCommon productsData amalgamation strategyIdentify common products and customersAutomatically change product and customer codesOutcomesBoth organisations able to operate with known codesNo incremental software licence feesNo incremental user licence feesNo disruption to existing business
Adaxa Suite
Business Management SoftwareEnterprise Grade
Pure Open Source
Integration Scenarios (Part 1)Examples of the integration that is included in the Adaxa suiteTelephonyUse the ERP contacts as the telephone directoryIdentify inbound callers and pop screen with user defined information to ERP userEnable single click outbound calls from any telephone field in the ERP systemOptionally allow calls to be recordedStore recorded calls in document management systemDocument Management System (DMS)Store and access all documents from within the DMSAutomate the process of assigning metadata for easy searchProvide ‘full search’ capabilityProvide ‘single click’ access to data from within the ERP system
Integration Scenarios (Part 2)Examples of the integration that is included in the Adaxa suiteCustomer Relationship ManagementNo synchronization of dataCommon customer fileCommon Product fileCommon transaction files (e.g. Quotations, Orders, Invoices, Payments)Business IntelligenceAccess to information from Adaxa suite components (e.g. ERP, CRM,…)Access to information from external sources (e.g. Currency rates,…)Ability to mine, slice and dice and display information in a web browserExtraction, transformation and loading data from internal (and external) systemsIncorporation of outputs from the major report and graphing engines
"Adaxa believes the days of predatory pricing practices by large software companies are on the way out.In today's economic climate, we believe that well informed businesses will embrace pure open source applications that are as advanced, reliable, and in many cases, better than proprietary alternatives at a fraction of the cost.”
Martin Fuggle, CEO of Adaxa.
Thank you for listening
Visit Adaxa’s stand for a personalized demonstration at Booth K11 in the Business
Process area
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