Chapter 2 Blog

Most major ERP vendors have been focusing on selling multi-million dollar installations of their software to very large organizations. That is shifting in focus somewhat as ERP vendors realize that the small-to-medium-size business market is probably just as large. Search the Internet for ERP vendors that focus on small-to-medium size businesses. Also, search for open-source ERP software. Prepare a short report for class presentation and offer the vendors that you found and their Web site addresses.

Although most major ERP vendors have been focusing on selling multi-million dollar installations of their software to very large organizations, it has begun shifting in focus as ERP vendors realize the small-to-medium size business market is probably just as large. There are a large amount of ERP vendors depending on the size of the business. Some ERP vendors that focus on small-to-medium sized businesses are open source or cloud base ERP systems. An open source software is a software in which its source code is made available by the copyright holder, and provides the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone. A few open source ERP vendors I found were: Odoo, xTuple, Dolibarr, and ERP 5.

http://logistics.about.com/b/2010/05/26/erp-for-small-business.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software

http://www.enterpriseappstoday.com/erp/10-open-source-erp-options.html