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AWC2011 ADempiere in A Nutshell

The document discusses ADempiere, an open source ERP system. It provides an overview of ADempiere's history and development as a project since 1996. It also describes ADempiere's core functionality as a product, including sales, purchasing, accounting and reporting processes. Finally, it outlines some of the challenges in implementing ADempiere, such as balancing out-of-the-box usage with customizations, and managing the technical complexity of changing codebases and deployments.

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AWC2011 ADempiere in A Nutshell

The document discusses ADempiere, an open source ERP system. It provides an overview of ADempiere's history and development as a project since 1996. It also describes ADempiere's core functionality as a product, including sales, purchasing, accounting and reporting processes. Finally, it outlines some of the challenges in implementing ADempiere, such as balancing out-of-the-box usage with customizations, and managing the technical complexity of changing codebases and deployments.

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Langen & Rei GbR

ADempiere in a Nutshell

Autor: Norbert Wessel


metas GmbH
Grantham-Allee 2-8
53757 Sankt Augustin
Tel: 02241 3972111
Fax: 02241 3972114
Internet: http://www.metas.de

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Agenda

Adempiere as a project
Adempiere as a product
Your Challenges when implementing ADempiere

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Overview

ADempiere, italian Fullfill duty with honour


AD = Application Dictionary
Integrated Open Source ERP-System
GPLv2-License
Purely Community-driven and not vendor-driven

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Adempiere as a Project

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History

ADempiere
1996 - Jrg Janke publishes Compiere
September 2006 - Founding friendly
Forks ADempiere
November 2006 ADempiere 3.1.1

2010 Consona acquires Compiere

100% GPL
PostgreSQL and Oracle XE

May 2007 ADempiere 3.2 Mayday


March 2008 Adempiere 3.4 Emily
December 2008 Adempiere 3.5.3

Compiere
1996 - Jrg Janke publishes Compiere
2006 Compiere receives Venture capital

Web Interface
Postgres Improvement
Libero

Juni 2010 Adempiere 3.6.0 Laura LTS


September 2011 Adempiere 3.7.0

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Overview

Hosted on Sourceforge
Top 10 most active Project
Wiki on adempiere.com

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Project Structure

Citizens
Community Council
Technical Team
Functional Team
Wiki Team
Infrastructure Team

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Adempiere as a product

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Adempiere Core Functionality

Sales Process
Purchasing Process
Material Management Process
Accounting
Reports

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Extensions

Libero Production
POS
Fixed Assets
Various Others: http://www.adempiere.com/Feature_Development_Collaboration

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Adempiere Stack

Any OS that has JVM support like Linux or Windows


Postgres / Oracle as DBMS
Jboss
Jasper Reporting

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Architecture

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Multi Organizational

Client

Organisation 1

Warehouse 1

Warehouse 2

Organization 2

Organization 2.1

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Challenges of Implementing ADempiere

What are your challenges?


Decision

Functional complexity

Out of the box vs. Dig in code


What requirements do I have
What does Adempiere provide
How do I avoid disapointing the customer

Technical complexity

How to change the code without breaking something


How do I handle different stages of deployment
How do I keep in sync with trunk

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How metas took on the complexity

Went from small to big implementation

First project was 2 usersback in 2007


Biggest project

Networked with the comunity to gain knowledge


Improved Tools along the way (Continuus Integration)
Improved Methology along the way

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Challenges of Implementing ADempiere

What are your challenges?


Decision

Functional complexity

Out of the box vs. Dig in code


What requirements do I have
What does Adempiere provide
How do I avoid disapointing the customer

Technical complexity

How to change the code without breaking something


How do I handle different stages of deployment
How do I keep in sync with trunk

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