About opentaps

opentaps Open Source ERP + CRM is a fully integrated application suite that brings together top-tier open source projects to help you manage your business more effectively.   Today, opentaps supports ecommerce, Customer Relationship Management, Warehouse and Inventory Management, Supply Chain Management, and Financial Management to Business Intelligence and mobility integration out-of-the-box.

(This short introduction is also available as PDF or QuickTime movie download.)

Whether you're a manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or e-tailer, opentaps can help you manage your business faster and better:

• Customers and Sales:
  • Sell more effectively by tracking your leads to accounts sales conversion process
  • Manage orders more efficiently with opportunities, quotes, and sales orders entry
  • Improve customer service with customer case tracking tools
  • Market to your customers with campaigns and contact lists.  Send email updates or print mailing labels.
  • Better understand your customers with opentaps Analytics
  • Sell online with the built-in online store from Apache OFBiz or integrate with the award-winning Magento eCommerce platform for a rich online shopping experience
  • Sell more by integrating with new sales channels such as Amazon.com, eBay, and Google Base
  • Give your sales team incentives to sell more with the commission management system
  • Empower your ERP and CRM system with Asterisk Voice Over IP (VOIP) telephony integration
  • Work together more effectively by connecting your Microsoft Outlook and mobile phone devices to opentaps with Funambol
• Inventory, Manufacturing, and Purchasing
  • Manage inventory better with inventory thresholds and inventory transfers between all your warehouses and distribution facilities
  • Plan and automate purchasing and manufacturing with Material Resources Planning
  • Manage the manufacturing process with bills of materials, production runs, marketing packages, and reverse assemblies
  • Ship more efficiently with picklists, packing stations, and integration with UPS, FedEx, and DHL
  • Track serialized, non-serialized, and lot level inventory and trace inventory usages
  • Standardize your product and pricing information with the product catalog manager
• Financials and Reporting
  • Integrated Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable help you stay up-to-date with your customers and suppliers
  • Real-time accounting reports help you stay on top your business
  • Track profitability and control expenses across business segments with accounting tags

And if you are a developer looking to customize opentaps for your organization or your clients, you'll be glad to know that we've tried to make your life better with

• Enterprise Java J2EE foundations using Apache Tomcat and OFBiz projects
• Domain driven architecture embraces object-oriented development model with integrated Hibernate persistence and Spring framework
• Rich AJAX user interface development with Google Web Toolkit
• Business intelligence and reporting with Pentaho and Jasper Reports
• Compatibility with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server

What We Believe

opentaps stands for openness, innovation, technical excellence, and ease of use. We believe that only when all four elements are brought together could software truly meet the needs of its users.

opentaps is sponsored by Open Source Strategies, Inc. and developed by full-time professional developers in conunction with a global community of partners and contributors.  The word "opentaps" was originally an acronym for "Open Source Enterprise Applications Suite."