Free ERP

December 22, 2006 from E-Business News – “Sourceforge.net is a repository of free open source software, and a lot of it applies to e-business. We've compiled this list of free enterprise resource planning (ERP) products. One of them might be appropriate for your small business. Click on the product name to get more information and download links straight from Sourceforge.

Compiere: "Smart ERP+CRM solution for Small-Medium Enterprises in the global market covering all areas from order and customer/supplier management, supply chain to accounting. For $5-500M revenue companies looking for "brick and click" first tier functionality..."

180 View – There are 17 more “free” ERP systems discussed in the article. We especially liked the name of one of the systems called WyattERP. On a more serious note, the question is whether it makes sense to implement one of these systems. We believe that ERP systems are mission critical to any business and you don’t want to take any chances with relatively unknown developers or systems that may require a lot of fine-tuning to work for you. You may find that the cost of services (internal and external) makes these “free” systems more costly than the systems you can purchase/license or rent (via an Application Service Provider). However, we admit that we don’t have any personal experience with these systems, and that our fears may be exaggerated. If anyone has experience with one of these systems, we would love to hear from you. Please post a comment. Thanks