The document discusses an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system called Profoundis. It provides information on common executive problems that ERP systems help address, the history and growth of ERP and OpenERP/Profoundis in particular, and highlights key features of Profoundis including its fully functional web interface, integration of business departments, and functional modules that cover areas like sales, purchasing, and accounting.

1. Profoundis
Why
?
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2. Common Executive Problems
• How many days do your staffs spend on preparing the
business report for the last period?
• How many hours do you use to process leave
applications, expense imbursement…
• Is your accounting system fully integrated with your
sales and warehouse management?
• Do you want to have an overview of the company at
any time and any where?
• Do you find the paper documents cannot fit your
cabinet any more but you just cannot dump them?
• Can you obtain the executive report from each
department in one day?
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3. ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning)
• Concept raised and adopted in 90’s, soon accepted by
worldwide enterprises
• Popular among Fortune 500 and huge capital invested
in ERP
• Almost every departments of the company digitally
integrated
• Fast response in business transformation and instant
obtain of company statistics and reports
• Gaining popularity among SMEs
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4. OpenERP History - Past
• Past: Fast Growth of OpenERP
– 2002, Fabien Pinckaers (AKA Belgium ‘Bill Gates’),
established Tiny ERP system
– 2005, Tiny ERP went Open
Source
– 2008, Tiny ERP changed
name to OpenERP
– 2010, OpenERP published
revolutional V6.0 Version
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5. Current Stats
• Currently No.1 in Open--‐Source ERP
• Over 1000 installation everyday, the most installed software in the
world
• More than 2000 other useful modules contributed from the
community - Over 300 working partners distributed in 60 countries
- Over 1000 active explorers in the world
- Support over 20 languages including Chinese
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6. OpenERP – Present & Future
Future： ERP software which has the most users in the world
• 2012 First season over 700 Thousand users in the world
• 2013 First season over 2 Million users
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7. OpenERP - Major features
• Open Source
– Source of OpenERP is open, allow you to download, modify
the software and the code procedure, no dependency on
Single Vendor
• Huge Official Modules Resources
– OpenERP covers Sales, Purchase, Warehouse Management,
Project Management, Manufacturing, Accounting, Human
Resources etc. over 2000 Modules Resources
• The Most Developed Modular Technology
• Delivered as SAAS
• Better framework, Easy Configuration
• Just a web browser, you can access to your system
anytime anywhere
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9. Fully Functional Web Interface
• Just a web browser, you can access to your system
anytime anywhere
• As powerful as local client software
• Need not worry about Operating System compatibility
• Local Desktop client software is also available
• User--friendly interface
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10. All--in--One
• Save time and cost on different software for different
business department
• Low Cost
• User-friendly and refreshing interface, Web and Client
Available
• Enhance the communication efficiency among
departments
• No redundant data input
• Keep information integrated and organized
• Simplify operation procedures
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11. OpenERP - Best choice for Enterprise
Information System
• Low Risk in Implementation
• Rich in the variety of functional modules latest advance
modular technology，
• solid platform for customization the keys in assuring the
successful implementation of OpenERP
• No Tie--‐down by Developer
• Open source, no license needed to use, not restricted
by any single developer
• Tailor Make to Suite Business Processes
• Cost Saving & Effective
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12. OpenERP VS Other ERPs
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13. Open ERP Function Modules
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14. Sales Management
Sales module allows you to
Manage and classify your sales
orders into a structural and
hierarchical system.
Key points:
 Get all information needed by the salesman to do his quote in one
screen
 Complete follow-up and control of sales orders, deliveries and
invoicing
 Traceability of all customers operations
Integration benefits:
 Integrated with point of sales
 Automatic accounting (financial and analytic) entries creation,
 Integrated with contracts, projects, master production shedule,
 Design of re-useable offers templates with the report designer
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15. Purchases
Purchase management enables
you to track your suppliers’ price
quotations and convert them into
Purchase Orders. Open ERP has
several methods of invoices
monitoring and tracking of the
receipt of ordered goods.
Key points:
 Purchase tender management,
 Integrates best practices: MTS / MTO, JIT, MPS, Kanban,
 Invoices, delivered products and services control.
Integration benefits:
Automatic procurement propositions based on different logistics,
Perfectly integrated with accounting, stock, manufacturing and project
management.
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16. Accounting
Open ERP provides a fully
integrated accounting module
that covers financial
accounting, analytic accounting,
third party management, taxes
management, budgets,
assets, etc.
Key points:
 Multi-company, multi-currency, multi-analytic axes,
 Real-time consolidation of multiple charts of accounts,
 Very good ergonomy for fast encoding of entries and invoices,
 Integrated analytic/cost accounting,
 Lots of customizable reports.
Integration benefits:
 No more re-encoding , all documents are pre-generated,
 Accountants decisions impact on the whole system,
 Cross reporting with others modules.
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17. Thank you
contact@profoundis.com
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