Second annual Partner Conference for global leader in open source accounting, ERP and CRM
xTuple, the world’s #1 open source ERP, recognized its rapidly growing channel base at the annual xTuple Partner Conference (PartnerCon) with awards for exceptional growth and outstanding service.
xTuple’s mission is to help companies of all sizes successfully implement powerful and easy-...
Choosing the right software vendor is just as important to the success of your company as putting a solid marketing plan into place. After all, the software package your company uses will play a big factor in the efficiency of your staff, and it will have a direct impact on your ability to provide your customers with up-to-the-minute information and services.
If you invest in a...
Startup America , touring the Commonwealth of Virginia this month, learned about unique cultures and communities — startups and the people associated with them. The tour stopped at xTuple headquarters in Norfolk for a TechMeetup on Wednesday, November 28, 2012. Donna Harris and Mary Simonds of StartupAmerica brought knowledge, experience — and encouraging words — to all of the entrepreneurs...
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What is your Herby*? Everyone has at least one.
Product Enthusiast, Mike Atherton , opens one of his regular xTuple training weeks with, "I've taught more xTuple classes and accomplished more implementations of the ERP platform than anyone on the planet."
He added, "But what I'm really known for is my low-key, retiring personality."
All jokes aside, Atherton is a...
I am Jen Hobbs, xTuple Graphic Artist. As you all have noticed over the past few months, the marketing department has been working hard to update the xTuple.com website. The new look and functionality has inspired a website clean up for all of the pages. Each individual page is being updated, and the new organization of the pages makes the site easier to navigate.
One of my recent...
If you are currently involved in an xTuple implementation — or you are getting ready to start one — then you need to consider attending the upcoming Project Management and Implementation Methodologies (PMIM) class. This remote training opportunity will be conducted over two days next week, Wed/Thurs November 7-8. Led by xTuple Training Director Mike Atherton, this class will provide you with...
Was recently putting some thoughts together on the tipping point for a business to finally make the plunge and replace their ERP system, and it seems that many "experts" and "articles" like to include the cloud or "The Cloud" in this discussion. Recalling an event where Oracles' Larry Ellison expressed his opinion of the cloud.
"The interesting thing about cloud computing is that we've...
Wholesale Distribution. And the average citizen will live their entire life without giving this vital industry a single thought. The average Congressman or other members of the Federal government know little about the industry as well.
The wholesale distribution industry has annual sales greater than that of the retail trade industry, to the tune of $4 trillion or approximately 140%...
September Rewards, our way of saying "thank you" — that was CEO Ned Lilly's introduction to our recent xTupler e-Newsletter — to say "thank you" to our ever-growing global community of customers, partners and other users. He introduced Rewards that are hard to pass up; I especially want to highlight one which should be uber important to our FREE PostBooks® users:
Upgrade to a...
These days, amid the austerity, cuts, and general malaise, it is refreshing to hear about the whopping annual growth of a manufacturing-oriented enterprise resource planning (ERP) software vendor. Sure, one can discount the magnitude of this upbeat news — this particular vendor is still budding, if you compare it to SAP , Oracle , or Infor — but I welcome this (and so should any ERP vendor)....
You might have noticed a particular phrase that's worked its way into a lot of our branding here at xTuple: "Grow your world." You might have even noticed that it's got a little (R) registered trademark notice after it. That's how strongly we feel about this phrase. Could you indulge me for a minute while I explain why?
Of course, we believe that a good ERP system like ours, properly...
Companies who utilize business intelligence with their ERP system get the most value and are more likely to implement business performance improvements. These are the results of Aberdeen's 2011 ERP survey of 549 organizations (see ERP Plus BI: Maximizing the Return on Your ERP ).
What is Business Intelligence? Explore, analyze and understand your data, at-a-glance. See your key...
Why does Forbes keep indulging SaaS/cloud vendors looking to pick straw-man fights? (see also “ The End of ERP ” — and my comments there).
Bryan from Acquia makes the point well that open source and SaaS/cloud are mutually complementary, so I won’t try to add anything to that.
Mr. Cohen quotes a passage from Richard Stallman that I actually agree with — the distinction between...
Why buy alone? This is the question any small business owner needs to ask.
In answer, Industries United formed to connect thousands of small businesses into industry groups who purchase material and operational supplies, together. IU recently launched a national buying program with Fastenal.
Fastenal is a global sourcing company with local, one-...
xTuple customer Dodson and Horrell [photo credits] sponsors the Great Britain’s Equestrian Team (GBR).
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games are held in London this year. Dodson and Horrell, a British company making specialized feed for horses (and xTuple customer), sponsors and is the official supplier of nutrition to Team GBR.
Not only does Dodson and Horrell supply horse feed to...
If you’re in the process of deciding to migrate to a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and hope to have it in place by the end of the year, i.e., 2012 , don’t wait any longer to make the decision.
Count on at least four to six months depending upon the complexity of your business — unless you have a dedicated team working on the implementation nearly full-time. December and...
Hey! How have you all been?! I've stepped back into my cubicle and will attempt to grace the xTuple Blog-o-sphere once again with something I think EVERYONE may find interesting.
Sales Account Assignments — In the Beginning...
Setting up Sales Account Assignments within the bounds of Site, Product Category and Customer Type is more than sufficient to meet the needs of most...
"Eating your own dog food,” also called “dogfooding,” is a slang term used to define a scenario in which a company (usually, a software company) uses its own product to demonstrate the quality and capabilities of the product.
This is the definition provided by the free, non-profit web encyclopedia, Wikipedia , self-proclaimed as the “#5 website in the world, serving 482 million people...
Great post on why Business Intelligence is only utilized by 22% of small to mid-size businesses.
Invest in Business Intelligence Right Now
Reasons explored:
1. I don’t need it. 2. I don’t have time for it. 3. My data quality is not up to snuff. 4. We're too busy hiring right now. 5. I'm too small. 6. It's too expensive.
Good BI increases revenue. In fact, new...