ERP Open-source
Open Source ERP
The commercial ERP vendors charge a lot of money for license, implementation & continues with areas like modification and deployment. The erp open source helped to remove this drawback.
The companies can download the software programs at free of cost and use them.Another good thing is that the source code is also available , so the clients are not vendor dependent.
Advantages of Open Source ERP
Cutting down the costs
The main advantage of Open source ERP is the cost. Companies has to pay the additional cess whenever a renewal is made. Is difficult to pay again & again because they invest a large amount for the initial stage. With open source ERP ,the company has to do is to download the software and use it.
The erp open source has made it possible for S.M.E.'s to enter the market owing to the cheap cost.
Lot of Large corporations also prefer to go for open source applications . If the company is convinced they are preferring Open-source ERP.
Vendor Independent
The source code is available to the clients so they make necessary changes according to the company's need.So clients are not dependent on the vendor
Open Source has its limitations also. First is the accountability because vendor has little prominence in this whole part.
The open-source Applications will be dominating the IT industry from 2010 onwards