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A smart company’s leadership will always probe their operational departments on “How do we do this?” and “Who does this?” — followed up by the hard question “Why do we do this?”

Yes, the reasons vary widely as to why a business would want to implement an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. First and foremost firms want to knit the organization together on a common platform, an...

Today xTuple announces the release of the xTuple Admin Utility (xTAU), a toolkit for administering xTuple databases, including Web-enabled database servers. A web-enabled xTuple database allows users to access the database via the xTuple web client, and also includes the REST API, which is necessary to integrate with xTupleCommerce.

xTAU allows a database administrator to provision a...

Payroll . It's a word that evokes a visceral reaction from most business owners. (And, let's be honest, business software vendors, too!)

It can be a real black hole for staff and management time — and expense . The very definition of something that's not a core competency for really any business BUT a payroll provider. Something that, in a nutshell, begs to be outsourced.

Our...

As longtime users of the free and open source PostBooks® accounting solution know, we've recently started requiring a license key for users of the software. Our policy has been that anyone who requires just a single concurrent user can get that PostBooks® key automatically here . For more than one concurrent user, we've been asking you to fill out the same form , and we've been following up...

Cut Pieces is a package developed for a supplier of sheet goods. The package added functionality to the sales order line entry that allowed the user to calculate total square feet of an item by entering quatity, width and length of pieces to be cut. The total square footage was calculated for the sum of all the cut pieces required of the item.

The information is stored in a...

Cash Commissions: This package created a report keying on cash receipts to determine commission payable. Logic was included to prorate commission based upon how much of the invoice was being paid and how much of the invoice was commissionable. Commission rates were assigned at the sales rep level with two (2) different commission rates based on product category. There was also the abilty to...

Our mission is not just selling software. Anyone can do that. It's to help you — and your company — successfully implement powerful and easy-to-use open source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software to grow your business profitably.

Take advantage of these affordable educational options coming up — from free webinars to live online training to in the classroom workshops.

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If you are just beginning to look at xTuple, you may be wondering where to start. Perhaps you've already registered for a Free Trial of xTuple .

Now what? This is where xTuple University can help you out.

I've pulled six videos from the xTupleU library which I think are well-suited to anyone who is just getting started.

After you watch these videos, you'll probably want...

If you're the type of person who has questions about accounting but are either afraid to ask or don't know what to ask, then you should consider joining xTuple's lead trainer Mike Atherton as he takes class members through the basics of accounting in his online course Accounting for Non-Accountants . This is your chance to learn how to read financial statements. To understand the difference...

ERP systems remain indispensable for distributors of all sizes and industries. Today’s quandary facing distributors, though, is that technology — and customer expectations — are evolving at such a pace that their ERP can’t keep up. History isn’t repeating; it’s accelerating at break-neck speeds. Disruptive technologies that came along once in a generation now occur yearly, driven by the global...

xTuple is always looking for interns in software development, sales and marketing, and information technology. If you have had exposure to small businesses struggling with business software, you are halfway here already. Coursework in relevant technologies or operations management is helpful. And, best of all, an internship with xTuple may qualify you for course credits in many college majors...

We have a vested interest in — and make our own — improvements to the user experience on SourceForge. After all, we are at well over one million downloads (and growing every day) from our project page PostBooks ERP, accounting, CRM by xTuple .

Sharing this article on "SourceForge’s Ongoing Effort to Eliminate Misleading Ads" which explains how the open source community can help make...

Important Notice for PostBooks® Users

The generic single-user software license key for xTuple PostBooks® Edition expired on March 1, 2015 . You will be unable to log into your xTuple database, if you did not renew your complimentary license before that time. If you have already received a PostBooks® license directly from xTuple, you may ignore the rest of this message.

To...

xTuple makes next generation business management software that grows and matures with your company. When we say “next generation,” we mean it.

At xTuple, we’ve created Accounting, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Corporate Relationship Management (CRM) software that is more than evolutionary. It’s revolutionary. Not only does it provide one platform that efficiently and...

The best opportunity to #GrowYourWorld for your “Next Business” is the democratization of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Businesses of all sizes — from startup to Global 1000 — should have the same access and ability to actively use powerful business management software, at an affordable cost.

To that end, xTuple — the word’s #1 open source ERP — hopes as many companies as...

One of the very fortunate parts of my job as head of sales is that I get to travel all over visiting with the xTuple community and prospective xTuplers. I am just back from a whirlwind road trip, on the heels of several road tips. I was up and down the East Coast from Norfolk, VA to Toronto, ONT to Atlanta, GA. As you might imagine, I have enjoyed a healthy variety of accents. Either up in the...

Top Open Source Community Awards Announced at xTupleCon 2014 — Business partners receive accolades for achievement in sales, technical expertise, implementation success, and customer support and satisfaction

Read more at: http://www.xtuple.com/press/top-open-source-community-awards-announced-xtuplecon14

xTuple’s Global Conference proves business value of Open Source — Event...

Guest blog post by Ted Rohm, a senior research analyst at Technology Evaluation Center (TEC) focusing on ERP manufacturing solutions. He has over 20 years of experience in large-scale selection, design, development, and implementation projects.

xTuple, an award winning open source ERP vendor, recently held its user conference — xTupleCon 2014 — in its home town of Norfolk, VA. xTuple’s...

Guest blog post by Cindy Jutras, president of Mint Jutras , a widely recognized expert in analyzing the impact of enterprise applications on business performance.

Recently I had the opportunity to present one of the keynotes at xTupleCon 2014, xTuple’s second annual user conference. After last year’s inaugural event I posted a recap, referring to xTuple itself, an open source ERP...

Thanks to everyone who made xTupleCon 2014 such a fantastic event! We'll be putting together all the conference materials in a special area of the website accessible to attendees only — give us a couple days to finish collating everything, and watch this space for the link once it's ready.

In the meantime, check out the album of pictures on our Facebook page — including a slew of...