xTuple Unveils Powerful New ERP (enterprise resource planning)
Features in xTuple 3.3 New version of open source ERP software
helps take growing businesses' supply chains global, layering in
international tax support and distribution resource planning
SAN FRANCISCO, CA and NORFOLK, VA - August 11, 2009 - xTuple,
the leader in open source enterprise resource planning (ERP)
software, today announced the release of xTuple ERP 3.3, showcasing
a robust international tax management system and over 100 new
product enhancements. The new release is the culmination of seven
months of collaborative development between xTuple, its customers
and partners, and open source users and contributors in dozens of
countries around the world.
While xTuple ERP is deployed in companies of all sizes
(including several Global 1000 firms), it is a particularly
compelling choice for small to midsized businesses around the
world. It is for this reason that the International Council for
Small Business, a membership organization supporting
entrepreneurship and economic development worldwide, has partnered
with xTuple to make its open source ERP system available to its
members around the globe.
"The ICSB and xTuple have a common goal of sharing best
practices to help small businesses grow and thrive," said Ayman El
Tarabishy, ICSB Executive Director. "We believe the open source
development process, combined with xTuple's global community of
innovators and entrepreneurs, offers a tremendous opportunity for
small businesses to acquire leading-edge technology and expertise
at very little, if any, cost."
xTuple ERP is widely considered the most highly capable, fully
cross-platform open source ERP system available in the marketplace.
In addition to improved tax management, version 3.3 also boasts a
new distribution requirements planning (DRP) feature, a powerful
function allowing users to generate planned transfer orders (to
move inventory, anticipated order blocks or indirect materials
between warehouses, as an example) either manually or by using
logic contained in xTuple's existing Material Requirements Planning
(MRP) algorithms. Sponsored by xTuple customer Sitwell Furniture, a
Mexico-based upholstery manufacturer and supplier for a major
international furniture retailer, xTuple's DRP capability enables
users to manage and release planned transfer orders with the same
tools used to execute similar activities for other planned
orders.
"We're happy to be able to directly impact the ongoing
development of such a comprehensive, feature-rich piece of ERP
software," said Sitwell General Controller Alfredo Martinez. In
addition to their sponsorship of the DRP functionality, Sitwell was
also part of a working group of users from five continents who
contributed to the international tax development effort. Martinez
further noted that "since going live with version 3.2 earlier this
year, we have already seen tremendous efficiencies and improvements
in our operations; now, with the features we helped develop for
version 3.3, we have an ERP system that is well-tuned to even our
most demanding business processes."
Other new capabilities in xTuple ERP version 3.3 include:
* Improved support for email integration and electronic document
interchange (EDI)
* Consolidation of all customer information on one "workbench"
screen
* Numerous usability requests in Accounting, such as the ability
to reverse and void Cash Receipts, and optional automatic
forwarding of trial balances
* Export all displays to OpenOffice document formats, as well as
HTML and comma-separated text
* Support for Qt version 4.5, now available under the Lesser GNU
Public License (LGPL)
The PostBooks Edition of xTuple ERP is available free of charge
under the open source Common Public Attribution License (CPAL), and
is consistently ranked among the top ten projects on the
SourceForge open source download portal, where it has been
downloaded over 260,000 times by IT and ERP professionals around
the world. The Standard and Manufacturing Editions are available
under xTuple's innovative hybrid license, whereby customers and
partners have full access to the application source code, and any
enhancements made to the product flow back to xTuple for review,
quality testing, and possible incorporation into the baseline
product.
All xTuple ERP products run equally well on Mac, Windows, and
Linux computers, and are fully internationalized with
multi-currency, support for multiple tax structures, and
multilingual translation packs maintained by the global open source
community. All this and more, including public discussion forums, a
documentation wiki, blogs, and the community issue/bug tracker, can
be found at www.xtuple.org.
About xTuple
xTuple (formerly OpenMFG) develops next-generation,
enterprise-class business process applications powered by open
source software such as Linux, PostgreSQL, and Qt. xTuple products
give companies better control over operations, increased
productivity, and measurable growth across all areas of their
businesses -- all at a lower cost of ownership. For more
information, please visit the company web site at
www.xtuple.com.
