07/21/2008

Openbravo announced the launch of its updated open source web-based ERP software, Openbravo ERP 2.40.

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With the release of Openbravo’s beta version of ERP 2.40, which is available for download from SourceForge.net, Openbravo continues its innovations in user experience. Openbravo ERP 2.40 has updated the product with numerous enhancements focused on two distinct key areas that users care about most: increased user productivity and improved global functionality.

Increased User Productivity

Openbravo ERP 2.40 raises the productivity of the user interface to levels comparable to client server applications. Users can now fully operate the system using only the keyboard and all the most frequently used operations are just a click away, dramatically increasing productivity.

To further improve the user experience, a new set of icons and a revised look and feel keep the user better informed of the status of the system, preventing user mistakes. The user interface has been updated with new AJAX functionality, making the web-based application quick loading, faster to install and easier to use than ever.

Improved Global Functionality

A major theme behind the release is improved global operation support. With the enhanced multi-schema accounting capabilities, it is now possible to manage each transaction according to multiple accounting rules, in multiple currencies and in multiple calendars. This enables international organizations easier compliance for each local accounting regulation, while at the same time comply with a corporate accounting standard that allows roll-ups and consolidation.

Openbravo ERP 2.40 also has many new features that improve the ease of deploying the software in different geographies. There is a completely revised VAT module with improved support for key reporting requirements, such as VAT Registers and Withholding Tax. In addition, the new International Bank Account feature enables users to define bank accounts out-of-the-box according to their local conventions and avoid frequent customization.

The new release also includes several additional improvements in other areas. The functional scope has been broadened with an enhanced projects and services module, with newly introduced features such as a historical salary category, goods receipt by PO number and purchase requisitions support. Reports have been revamped, including a new payment ageing balancing, budget and Pareto reports with a broadened payments report for more than one business partner at a time. Infrastructure has been upgraded with significantly revised security and more control over user roles, audit to review who created and updated each transaction, additional web services, and better reporting back to Openbravo to help the development process and PostgreSQL 8.3 support.

“The release of Openbravo ERP 2.40 is the product of generous effort from our community to simplify enterprise resource planning,” said Paolo Juvara, Chief Products Officer of Openbravo. “With all the enhancements contained in this update, the fundamental advantage to 2.40 is that it simply makes the end user’s business run more efficiently and effectively. It is with great support and feedback from our community that we have made our best web-based ERP system to date.”

To learn more about Openbravo products and services visit the Openbravo website, and to download and install Openbravo ERP 2.40 beta visit the download page. Openbravo Network 2.40, the commercial subscription service Openbravo offers to clients looking for professional support for a complete solution, is expected to be released in September.