NORFOLK, VA
OpenMFG, the leading provider of open source-based enterprise solutions for small manufacturers and distributors, today announced version 1.3 — the fourth release of its namesake Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, packed with major new features such as integrated credit card...
NORFOLK, VA
OpenMFG, the leading provider of open source-based enterprise solutions for small manufacturers and distributors, today announced a dramatic expansion of its OpenMFG Partner Program. The new program will significantly expand the opportunities for developers and systems integrators to build...
Analyst: Martin Schneider
OpenMFG is looking to get more visible with its ERP suite built using open source components. The company operates under what it calls a 'proprietary GPL' wherein users and partners extend the source code, and OpenMFG writes it back into the core product. But there are no free downloads or SourceForge.net projects here. OpenMFG might talk open source, but it...
By Laurie Sullivan
Though the major enterprise-application vendors are readying their software for the brave new open-source world, and more companies are shifting to open-source environments, there's plenty of room for growth.
By John Cox
The software uses or exploits several key open source components. It runs on several operating systems, but the preferred platform is Linux. The heart of the application is the PostgreSQL object-relational database.
NORFOLK, VA
OpenMFG, the leading provider of open standards-based enterprise solutions for small manufacturers and distributors, today announced the general availability of the OpenMFG Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Suite Version 1.2 — the third major...
NORFOLK, VA
OpenMFG, the leading provider of open standards-based enterprise solutions for small manufacturers and distributors, today announced that its flagship OpenMFG Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Suite has been certified for Apple Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger."
The OpenMFG...
By Larry Greenemeier
OpenMFG isn't a pure open-source model. The license makes the software's source code available to paying customers, and they can make revisions. But any improvements then belong to OpenMFG. "We bring those modifications back in like with open source, but we own them and push them to the main product," OpenMFG CEO Ned Lilly says. "This is like a proprietary GPL."...
NORFOLK, VA
OpenMFG, a leading enterprise software vendor with deep roots in the open source software community, today announced the public beta testing of its open source report writer and rendering engine, OpenRPT. The company also announced a...
NORFOLK, VA
OpenMFG, the leading provider of open standards-based enterprise solutions for small manufacturers and distributors, today announced the general availability of the OpenMFG Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Suite for Mac OS X.
The OpenMFG Suite is a next-...
By Josh Chalifour
There's two different ways that we license software from the pricing perspective but the terms of the license — what you can do with the software and source code availability — are the same. Anyone who purchases the software from OpenMFG gets the full source code and under the terms of the OpenMFG license any changes they wish to make to the source code. . . they need...
NORFOLK, VA
OpenMFG, the only company using open source software to bring full-featured enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications to small manufacturers, today announced its support for version 7.4 of PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced open source database.
PostgreSQL is the default...
NORFOLK, VA
OpenMFG, the only company using open source software to bring full-featured enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications to small manufacturers, announces the pending arrival of OpenMFG ERP Suite Version 1.1, a fully integrated ERP solution which adds General Ledger, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable...
By Ned Lilly
Replacing an aging enterprise resource planning/manufacturing resource planning (ERP/MRP) system to stay competitive brings with it a host of questions. Will the system have the necessary visibility into manufacturing processes, particularly costs? Will it give customers and partners direct data exchange through the supply chain? Many companies facing this decision are...
By Information Week
So AMCO turned to OpenMFG, a new ERP suite designed to meet the needs of small manufacturers. "Our scheduling, planning, and work orders were killing us," general manager Kirby Slack says. "But now, with OpenMFG, that's all two mouse clicks away." Where scheduling tasks used to take a day to set up, now they're done in 30 minutes, he says.
NORFOLK, VA
OpenMFG LLC today announced the launch of its first product, a fully integrated manufacturing, distribution and finance software suite aimed directly at small entrepreneurial manufacturers (SEMs) — the 300,000 companies with revenues under $50 million...