Dolibarr ERP CRM is an

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, free software package for companies of any size, foundations or freelancers. It includes different features for enterprise resource planning ( ERP) and customer relationship management ( CRM) but also other features for different activities.

Features

There are several feature modules that can be enabled or disabled, as needed. This software is free under GNU General Public License 3.0. It is a web-based application, and can therefore be used wherever an internet service is available. Dolibarr aims to offer free open source ERP and CRM features for people with no technical knowledge, by providing a simple solution. Dolibarr includes all the important features of an ERP CRM suite. It is modular and is thus characterized by its ease of installation and use, despite the large number of features. Main Dolibarr features include:

Main modules

* Sales Management * Purchase Management * Commercial proposals management * Customer Relationship Management * Products and services catalog * Stock Management * Event Management * Bank account management * Address book *

Calendar A calendar is a system of organizing days. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months and years. A date is the designation of a single and specific day within such a system. A calendar is also a physi ...

* Foundation-members management * Payments management * Donations management * Contracts management *

Standing orders management Standing, also referred to as orthostasis, is a position in which the body is held in an ''erect'' ("orthostatic") position and supported only by the feet. Although seemingly static, the body rocks slightly back and forth from the ankle in the s ...

Shipping management Freight transport, also referred as ''Freight Forwarding'', is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English, it has been ext ...

Point of sale The point of sale (POS) or point of purchase (POP) is the time and place at which a retail transaction is completed. At the point of sale, the merchant calculates the amount owed by the customer, indicates that amount, may prepare an invoice f ...

* Electronic document management * Project Management * Manufacturing resource planning *

Human resource management Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, ...

* Surveys * PDF and OpenDocument generation * Reporting * Wizard to help to export/import data * LDAP connectivity

Miscellaneous

* Multi-user, with several permissions levels for each feature. * Multi-language * Multi-currency *

User-friendly Usability can be described as the capacity of a system to provide a condition for its users to perform the tasks safely, effectively, and efficiently while enjoying the experience. In software engineering, usability is the degree to which a soft ...

* Assorted skins * Code is highly customizable ( modular). * Works with MySQL 5.1 or higher, PostgreSQL 9.1.0 or higher * Works with PHP 5.6 or higher, (Max 7.4.*)

Missing features

These features are not available in the most recent version of Dolibarr: * Manages (by default) only one company/foundation (mono-company). This means you need to install the software twice if you want to manage two different companies, or install an external addons. * No Webmail (not to be confused with a mailing-list).

Architecture

Dolibarr is written in PHP. It uses MySQL, MariaDB or

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databases. It works with a wide choice of hosting services or servers. Dolibarr works with all PHP configurations and does not require any additional PHP modules. Dolibarr can also be installed from an auto-installer file that is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. This is aimed at enabling users with no technical knowledge to install Dolibarr and its prerequisites (such as Apache, MySQL and PHP). This version is called DoliWamp for Windows users, DoliDeb for Debian or Ubuntu users, DoliRpm for Fedora, Redhat, Mandriva or OpenSuse users.

History

Dolibarr was started by Rodolphe Quiedeville in April 2002. At this time, Jean-Louis Bergamo began writing the foundation management module. Version 1.0 was released in September 2003. In July 2008, Laurent Destailleur - the main contributor and author of AWStats - took over from Rodolphe Quideville as the main developer. A foundation and several user groups have been created in several countries. The first was set up in France, the country where Dolibarr is most well-known. Dolibarr's popularity in France increased after it was freely distributed by a number of government agencies to people starting up new businesses. The software is now also used in many other countries and translated into more than 50 languages.

Awards

; 2003 : 1st in the category "Management Company" at the Les Trophées du Libre contest. ; 2014, 2015, 2016 : Several times project of the week (March 2014, September 2015, September 2016 ...) ; 2020 : Trophy Naos d'Or : Project of the month December 2020

ERP Research Regarding Dolibarr

Dolibarr ERP also pique by some researcher for ERP studies like future of ERP, Multi Branch ERP Solution, integration with several e-commerce, ERP Evolution, reporting analysis

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