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Functionality

Compiere encompass all the major ERP functionalities, but in order to avoid the duplication of information and the need for synchronisation, it's organized in a different way. Compiere modules are: Quote-to-Cash, Requisition-to-Pay, Customer relationship management, Partner Relations Management, Supply Chain Management, Performance Analysis, and Web Store . A manufacturing module is being developed within an independent project CMPCS, (see external links section). The generally accepted purpose of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is to enable organizations to better manage their customers through the introduction of reliable systems, processes and procedures for interacting with those customers. ... Supply chain management (SCM) is the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the operations of the supply chain with the purpose to satisfy customer requirements as efficiently as possible. ...

Architecture

Compiere is designed to follow changes as business evolves. At any time, customers - even in production - can change the information structure, adjusting to new information needs. Compiere provides multiple views of business information based on the detail of the actual transactions. This structure allows maximum flexibility and easy integration of supplemental external information. And since information is simply presented as views, thanks to Compiere's MVC architecture, they can be changed quickly to meet the needs of the business. This article or section should include material from Model view controller triad Model-View-Controller (MVC) is a software architecture that separates an applications data model, user interface, and control logic into three distinct components so that modifications to the view component can be made with minimal impact to...

Compiere is entirely based on the concept of Active Data Dictionary (ADD), which ensures an easy adaptation and a consistent look and feel across all modules. Compiere Data Dictionary contains definitions of a data entity (type, validation, etc.), how it is displayed (label on screens and reports, help, display sequence and position relative to other fields), and the display rules. It also contains security and access rules.

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Database independence

Compiere has long been criticized for not being a pure open source product because of its dependence on Oracle database; this has changed now, since version 2.5.2 Compiere is database independent. The project has released a Database Kit for porting Compiere to multiple database. PostgreSQL, MySQL and Sybase ports are in Beta stadium. Compiere can also be run under the Firebird database using the Fyracle extensions, without porting. oracle, see Oracle (disambiguation) An Oracle database, strictly speaking, consists of a collection of data managed by an Oracle database management system or DBMS. The term Oracle database sometimes refers — imprecisely — to the DBMS software itself. ... PostgreSQL is a free object-relational database server (database management system), released under a flexible BSD-style license. ... David Axmark (left) and Michael Monty Widenius, Founders of MySQL AB, at a conference MySQL is a multithreaded, multi-user, SQL Database Management System (DBMS) with an estimated six million installations. ... Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is Sybase Corporations flagship relational database management system product. ... It has been suggested that Release to manufacturing be merged into this article or section. ... Firebird (sometimes called FirebirdSQL) is a relational database management system offering many ANSI SQL-99 and SQL-2003 features. ... Fyracle is a special version of the open source Firebird database which supports Oracle PL/SQL syntax, to ease porting of Oracle applications to open source. ...

External links

• Compiere SourceForge Project Site
• Compiere
• Compiere Manufacturing (CMPCS)
• Compiere Database Independence
• Compiere Manufacturing (MFG) and Supply Chain Management (SCM)
• Compiere Architecture and Database porting steps