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Rahul Nair

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Community Manager, OpenERP

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WEB: OpenERP Official

Dec. 28, 2010

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Open Source ERP market in ME?

OpenERP partner Sharq Softech has done some major implementations in OpenERP in Middle East. They can help you regarding open source implementations in ME http://bit.ly/hfOsIp more

Dec. 6, 2010

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How can I recover from a mistake at work?

Own up and then re-commit. It's better if you go to him (or her), stand up tall, tell him (or her) what you're going to do to fix it, and then do it without delay.
It's not what you did, it's what you do about ... more

General Management

Crisis Management

Dec. 6, 2010

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What is an ERP gap analysis? and its outcome report?

Standard definition of GAP analysis is the difference between actual and potential.
It is very necessary to understand the changes the ERP implementation would bring into that company. Projections on the basis of available data could be made which help us in tracking the potential. ... more

General Management

Erp Software Solutions

Nov. 14, 2010

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How important is it to know the influencers in your industry?

In this age of Viral marketing I would say very important. For a small business where we dont have millions to spend on advertising and PR one of the major sources of attention is keeping track of influencers in the industry. The best methodology is ... more

Industry Leaders

Small Business Advice

Small Business Strategies

Oct. 13, 2010

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What are some other quality ERP systems aside from Microsoft?

Today smaller companies are going for Open source applications because there are no strings attached in terms of Licensing cost or User up-gradation.Also they are cost effective because it saves 30 to 40% of your cost in a proprietary software which mostly is the licensing ... more

Information Technology

Erp & Crm Software.

Oct. 8, 2010

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What size business works best for the cloud?

Small and Medium size businesses are at advantage with Cloud Computing. Atleast thats what Amazon stated, and since they are the market leader in the offering the correlation is that cloud computing is better for small sized companies.
There aint a certain size, mostly cloud offering ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Servers and Storage

Oct. 8, 2010

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What are the "standard features" that any ERP software should have?

Most generic ERP softwares must have the following functionalities
1) A CRM/SRM Module
2) Financial Accounting
3) Management Accounting
4) HR with Payroll
5) Manufacturing (Also maybe Stock Management)
6) Document Management
7) Point of Sale
8) Task Management
I would ask you to go through some Open source ERP and look for their ... more

Oct. 5, 2010

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Do small businesses need an ERP system?

It depends on your area of activity, your goals for the annual term and whether you find a need for optimising the existing methods of your performance. With a continual run there would come a day when you would have to make a subjective decision ... more

Sept. 21, 2010

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Are "open source CRM" systems really open source?

I concur with Simon when he says that most Open source business models have a open source(with limited features) model and a proprietary version where you have to pay for the enhancement. At OpenERP though we have decided not to follow this philosophy. Our CEO ... more

Open Source Technologies

Open-source CRM

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