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Openbravo 2.3 - Simply breathtaking!
New features and functionality, usability enhancements and practical contemporary design make Openbravo's web-based enterprise management solution more compelling for modern businesses
Pamplona, 3rd August - Openbravo, the leading developer of professional, web-based, open source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions designed specifically for small and medium businesses has updated and improved its open source ERP application, making it more usable and powerful than ever before.
Openbravo provides web-based resource planning for businesses through a range of capabilities spanning key business functions, including Customer Relationship Management (CRM), billing, procurement, inventory, project management, financial/accounting and Business Intelligence (BI). Openbravo 2.3 introduces a new flexible contemporary interface which a more intuitive and usable look and feel, greater scope for localization, improved integration with leading reporting tools, plus clearer, friendlier management and monitoring features.
Manel Sarasa, CEO of Openbravo explains: "At Openbravo we have always believed every company, regardless of its size, has the right to own their own ERP that is fully-accessible and flexible enough to adapt to individual needs. By adding new functionality and features, updating our user interface and improving usability and navigation in our latest Openbravo Release 2.3 we are further addressing this demand."
He continues: "Once again we are delivering standards of quality, functionality and usability for small and medium businesses that were once only provided for the very biggest enterprises."
At the turn of the year Openbravo Release 2.2 introduced several important new modules and capabilities to the popular ERP, including: a manufacturing module; service projects management; price modifier; multicurrency support; international support; security enhancements; extended tax model; new cash flow forecasting report; manual settlement and GL (general ledger) journal; and a number of additional efficiency tweaks and fixes. Openbravo has made a partnership with BitRock to deliver an easy-to-use installation wizard, automating the deployment process and allowing new users to be up and running with a complete Openbravo ERP system in just minutes.
Now with the availability of Openbravo Release 2.3, customers will also benefit from:
  • New user interface
    Improved design, intuitive widget layout, hierarchical navigation, greater usability, simplified interface, and flexible skin customization features. The main application menu and application windows have been re-organized to group functionality in a more logical pattern, making it more user-friendly.
  • Accounting revision
    Tools for importing taxes for specific countries, general ledger and tax reports configuration dependent on local rules and complete account tracking through improved debt payment information.
  • Integration with JasperReports
    JasperReports is a powerful open source Java reporting tool that has the ability to deliver rich content onto the screen, to the printer or into PDF, HTML, XLS, CSV and XML files. It provides a simple, flexible and attractive method of generating reports within Openbravo.
  • User message management
    Clear, user friendly messages are now provided for all model validations (database constraints etc...) enabling all exceptions to be caught and clearly communicated to users using new, practical text messages.
  • Alerts
    A new background process periodically checks all defined alerts in the system. Revised alerts and data validations are proactively communicated to designated users, shown in the applications menu and available to manage via pending alert windows. The alerts are also sent to users via email.
  • Single Sign-on
    In collaboration with the Open Solutions Alliance, support for single sign-on has been implemented paving the way for integration with other corporate applications.
Downloading and installing Openbravo 2.3
Openbravo 2.3 may be downloaded from SourceForge and installed with the help of the quick installation guide.
More information about Openbravo 2.3.