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xTuple ERP 3.8.2 is now available

Posted Mon, 05/14/2012 - 09:56 by ghartnett

xTuple ERP 3.8.2 is now available for download from SourceForge. The commercial editions can be downloaded by commercial customers from xtuple.org.  This patch release fixes 31 bugs.  See Release Notes for more details.

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How Efficient is Your Business?

Posted Mon, 03/19/2012 - 15:24 by jgunderson

By some estimates, about 13% of a company’s revenue can be tied up in excess working capital.  Freeing up this capital can make more cash available for needed investments or to reduce debt.

Your company’s financial data can give you valuable insights into how efficiently you operate.  Three areas to measure are:  how long is inventory on hand before being sold, how long does it take to receive money from customers and how long does it take you to pay vendors?  The standard key performance indicators are: Read more »

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Fixed Asset Packages updated

Posted Thu, 03/15/2012 - 03:10 by anderson

After an extended period of development, I am pleased to announce updates to all of the Fixed Asset Management packages.  All three packages (Fixed Asset, Asset Depreciation, Asset Maintenance) have been updated to version 1.1.

The new versions include the following:

  • Numerous minor bug fixes
  • Removed deprecated function calls in advance of xTuple release 3.9
  • Developed and tested with PostgreSQL 9 support.  Please note xTuple version 3.8 is the first offically supported release on PostgreSQL 9.
  • Numerous minor improvements to functionality and improved workflow
  • Added the concept of Parent/Child asset relationships (see below)
  • Added much better initialisation of asset depreciation for historic assets
  • The Asset Maintenance release now integrates with the CRM ToDo and alarms for maintenance task reminders .
  • All releases are synchronised on version 1.1. 
  • Universal installers for these packages have been developed so the 1.1 packages will install fresh or upgrade from any version. 
  • Updated the User Guides to this version.
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Upgrading to xTuple ERP 3.8.0

Posted Tue, 02/07/2012 - 08:42 by gmoskowitz

UPDATE:  Version 3.8.0 is now final.  We're highlighting this blog from earlier in the release cycle to help people navigate the upgrade process.  If you would like for xTuple to manage your upgrades for you (any Edition of the software, including PostBooks), consider our XTN offering!

Before you upgrade to xTuple EPR 3.8.0, there are a few things you should know: Read more »

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What You Should Know About Open Source Business Intelligence

Posted Wed, 02/01/2012 - 19:50 by jgunderson

Open Source Business Intelligence Technology is growing rapidly - see Open Source Technology Heats Up.  Open Source Business Intelligence (OSBI) offers a number of advantages over proprietary business intelligence including cost-effectiveness, high innovation and ease of integration with existing systems.  And of course, more freedom from licensing restrictions and vendor lock-in.

OSBI can provide an excellent infrastructure for building a solutions.  But although it is maturing rapidly, OSBI tends to be more complex than proprietary BI, requiring higher levels of technical expertise. Read more »

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Go Live: Are We Ready?

Posted Fri, 12/30/2011 - 09:13 by matherton

The clients I work with frequently ask me this question once we are deep into the implementation.  I never give a straight answer.  You see, I believe you should know if you are ready and with the right preparation you will.  So let's take a high level look at what must happen before you will be confident enough to go live.

Initial Training Read more »

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Attention Scripters and Report Writers

Posted Fri, 12/23/2011 - 12:01 by gmoskowitz

Internal work on the xTuple ERP 3.8.0 release is winding down - the first release candidate was published a few weeks ago and a second RC and final release are coming soon. Now is the time to start planning for 3.9.

I don't know yet what features will be added in 3.9. There will be some internal changes, though, that you need to prepare for if you write scripts, MetaSQL statements, or reports. Read more »

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New Super Powers for Developers in 3.8

Posted Tue, 12/06/2011 - 11:06 by jrogelstad

Right after every major release I like to draw attention to new features that may not be immediately evident or even included on the product roadmap. Now that 3.8 has been published as a release candidate I'd like to point out that the new Display class that was introduced in 3.7 has been exposed to our JavaScript interface in 3.8 so that creating new table-style reports is easier than ever. Read more »

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What is your time worth?

Posted Thu, 11/10/2011 - 19:33 by annecote

In a do-it-yourself economy, with a do it yourself product, it's maybe a little too easy to talk yourself into trying work through  software implementation challenges on your own.  But before you go down that road, think about what economists call "opportunity cost" - what is all that time you're spending really costing you?  And how much better off would you be, if you could just plug into an xTuple subject matter expert? Read more »

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It's Official: Lion gets the xTuple Stamp of Approval

Posted Wed, 10/19/2011 - 14:06 by jrogelstad

The title says it all. We ran the xTuple client through our test battery on the lastest Apple operating system and it has passed with flying colors. As of today we officially support running our published xTuple 3.7.4 distribution on Macintosh Lion.*

*Note however, that PostgreSQL 9 that ships with Lion is not currently supported. xTuple 3.7.4 must connect to an 8.3 or 8.4 database. If you use the xTuple installer it will install an 8.4 PostgreSQL database. Support for PostgreSQL 9 is coming in xTuple 3.8.0 which is currently in beta.