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Apache OFBiz is now officially a TLP (top level project) at the Apache Software Foundation! See the detailshere.
The 2006 OFBiz Users Conference turned out Great! The video recordings are availablehere.
Free Training Videos are now available that offer an introduction to the Apache OFBiz Framework, based on the example component. They can be downloadedhere.
Introduction: What is Apache OFBiz?
The Apache Open For Business Project is an open source enterprise automation software project licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0. By open source enterprise automation we mean: Open Source ERP, Open Source CRM, Open Source E-Business / E-Commerce, Open Source SCM, Open Source MRP, Open Source CMMS/EAM, and so on.
Apache OFBiz is a foundation and starting point for enterprise solutions, be they for one organization or one million. OFBiz can certainly be used OOTB (out of the box), but if you‘re looking for something that works really well for that there are many open source projects that do a great job there. OFBiz is great for creating specialized applications for use OOTB by other organizations. OFBiz is also great for organizations that need more than what an OOTB application can offer in order to grow their operations, but find the deployment and maintenance costs of traditional enterprise systems that can handle such things to be unreasonable or unjustifiable.
Being open source under the Apache 2.0 license and driven by a community Apache OFBiz offers both flexibility by design and by access to code, and a solution where you‘re not along but rather can work with many others to get things done.
For answers to your questions you might find the following documents useful:Project Overview,Is Apache OFBiz for Me?,Feature List, andFeatures Coming Soon
For more technical information, see theDocumentation & Books page.
Apache OFBiz offers a great deal of functionality, including:
advanced e-commerce catalog management promotion & pricing management order management (sales & purchase) customer management (part of general party management) warehouse management fulfillment (auto stock moves, batched pick, pack & ship) accounting (invoice, payment & billing accounts, fixed assets) manufacturing management general work effort management (events, tasks, projects, requests, etc) content management (for product content, web sites, general content, blogging, forums, etc) and much more all in an open source package!
Who is Using Apache OFBiz?
It‘s hard to say who and how many organizations are using Apache OFBiz because you don‘t have to tell us when you use it, but there are lots of public sites and we‘ve listed some of them for you here.
Products based on Apache OFBiz:Codesquare HelixMvelopes (FREE TRIAL!) (Commercial-Service)Atlassian JIRA (Commercial)opentaps Open Source ERP + CRM (GPL/Commercial)Neogia (GPL)SourceTap CRM (GPL/Commercial)NeuLion SAVANNAXtraMind Mietta 2
A selection of public sites (mostly, but not all, ecommerce) using Apache OFBiz:***1-800-Flowers.com***Action Envelope***American Heart Association: Grocery List Builder***Ameniti Luxury Travel Club**CellularOne (flash front-end)**Chocolate Secrets***City Deals**Compliance Online Store**DKNY***Gracious Style***ImagINwood***Juniper Music + Soundesign***La Belle Ecole**Messer Group (German, French)***Old Glory***Parago**Partner Homes***Peacock Alley***Salton***Shirt Painter (German)***Silver Wings Plus Club***Steiner Sports**totes >> ISOTONER***Ulta**Undersun Consulting***Xinit Systems**World Franchise Council
For a more complete list of sites see theApache OFBiz User List page.
Announcements
Apache OFBiz is now officially a TLP (top level project) at the Apache Software Foundation! See the detailshere.
The 2006 OFBiz Users Conference turned out Great! The video recordings are availablehere.
The 2006 Open For Business Users Conference was held in Ephraim, UT, USA on the 3rd and 4th of November, 2006. Special thanks toAutomation Groups for hosting the conference this year.
Apache OFBiz had an exhibit booth and BoF session at the upcoming OSCON show in Portland, OR on 26-28 July 2006. For details see the mailing list announcementhere.
OFBiz is in the Apache Incubator. See the status here:here.
Free Training Videos are now available that offer an introduction to the Apache OFBiz Framework, based on the example component. They can be downloadedhere.
The 2005 OFBiz Users Conference turned out Great! The video recordings are availablehere.
The 2005 Open For Business Users Conference was held in St. Louis, MO, USA on the 21st and 22nd of July, 2005. Special thanks toContegix for hosting the conference this year.Hotwax Media teamed up with Contegix to offer 2 days of training prior to the conference (on July 19-20). For details and registration information please see theofficial announcement on the OFBiz Users mailing list, and thepreview/update with more information about what you‘ll see there.
Also see thelatest update on the 2005 OFBiz Users Conference with detailed session information and everything you need to know to attend.
New Case Study from Integral Business Solutions about their projects based on Apache OFBiz, especially recent work they have done for the US Air Force.Download the complete document here.
Apache OFBiz Basic Production Setup document Now Available:Apache OFBiz Production Setup Guide. This is a free download meant to help you get going with Apache OFBiz. It is sponsored byHotwax Media andIntegral Business Solutions.
New Success Story Article about OFBiz on java.net:Read it here.
The 2004 Open For Business Users Conference was held in Minneapolis, MN, USA on the 27th and 28th of May, 2004. It was hosted byIntegral Business Solutions and held in a contributed room on the new Best Buy campus. Just like the 2003 conference hosted byAutomation Groups this conference turned out great, and was well attended. We did a recording of the conference again this year, but this time it is DVD quality, and requires 2 DVDs even though it is compressed with DivX. Includes about 14 hours of high quality discussion and presentation of new and stable features in OFBiz. For more information, see theServices page.
Apache OFBiz in the News
2007-02-26 "6 Key Players In ERP" onCRN
2007-02-22 "More midmarket firms choose open-source ERP" onComputerWorld
2006-12-06 "Feathercast Episode 22: OFBiz" onFeatherCast
2006-11-30 "LinuxWorld LinuxCast: Ean Schuessler on Apache Open For Business" onLinuxWorld
2006-10-25 "SEMA Technology: Open Source Explained" onSEMA.org
2006-10-02 "JOSS4BIZ Episode 5 - David E Jones and Apache OfBiz" onJOSS4BIZ Podcast
2006-09-30 "Interview with Si Chen by Colin Charles" onMysql Developer Zone
2006-08-28 "AMR: SOA will kill ERP" onZDNet
2006-06-23 "ERP Enters Open-Source Renaissance" onCRN
2006-06-10 "Why Enterprises are Adopting Open Source Apps" onNewsForge
2006-03-13 "ERP: Share and Share Alike" oneWeek Channel Insider
2005-11-18 "The Case for Open-Source ERP" oneWeek Channel Insider
2005-09-06 "Open Source Offers ERP Alternative" oneWeek Channel Insider
2005-09/10 "Gaining Acceptance: Real-World Experiences with Open Source Business Applications (Vol 1, Num 2, Page 40)" onEnterprise Open Source Journal
2005-08-08 "Open Source CRM" onInfoWorld
2005-06-16 "SMBs no longer shut out of ERP" onSearchEnterpriseLinux.com
2005-01-26 "ObjectWeb announces Winners of Best Use Cases Award" onNewsForge
2004-09-11 "Open For Business" onCIO Australia
2004-09-07 "TEC Talks to the Open For Business Project - Free and Open Source Software Business Models Part One: OFBiz" onTechnology Evaluation Centers
2004-06-01 "java.net Success Story: Open For Business" onjava.net
2004-03-10 "The Open Source Alternative for Direct Commerce (presentation)" oneCSForum
2003-06-01 "A New Business Model for Web Services" onConnect Magazine
2003-03-01 "They Did It Their Way" onInternet Retailer
2003-01-27 "ReturnBuy.com’s open source platform saves big off the bat" onInternet Retailer
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