<s>
ERP5	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
ERP	O
based	O
on	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
Zope	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whereas	O
most	O
ERPs	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
business	O
field	O
specific	O
models	O
and	O
culture	O
dependent	O
ontologies	B-Language
,	O
ERP5	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
single	O
model	O
,	O
called	O
the	O
Unified	O
Business	O
Model	O
,	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
describe	O
all	O
its	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Carvalho	O
,	O
abstraction	O
and	O
genericity	O
not	O
only	O
reduce	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
ERP5	B-Application
systems	O
but	O
also	O
increase	O
code	O
reuse	O
incentive	O
and	O
sustainability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thanks	O
to	O
this	O
unification	O
,	O
a	O
typical	O
ERP5	B-Application
implementation	O
thus	O
consists	O
of	O
20	O
to	O
30	O
tables	O
whereas	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
an	O
ERP	O
based	O
on	O
traditional	O
enterprise	O
modeling	O
requires	O
thousands	O
to	O
tens	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
tables	O
because	O
they	O
need	O
to	O
piece	O
together	O
several	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ERP5	B-Application
was	O
created	O
and	O
is	O
still	O
mostly	O
developed	O
by	O
Nexedi	O
,	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
publisher	O
based	O
in	O
Lille	O
(	O
France	O
)	O
,	O
Dakar	O
(	O
Sénégal	O
)	O
,	O
Tokyo	O
(	O
Japan	O
)	O
,	O
Campos	O
(	O
Brazil	O
)	O
and	O
Dresden	O
(	O
Germany	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
ERP5	B-Application
implementation	O
at	O
Coramy	O
,	O
a	O
midsize	O
swimsuit	O
manufacturer	O
in	O
the	O
north	O
of	O
France	O
,	O
was	O
awarded	O
“	O
Best	O
ERP	O
project	O
”	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Little	O
information	O
is	O
provided	O
by	O
Nexedi	O
about	O
the	O
companies	O
that	O
use	O
ERP5	B-Application
,	O
apparently	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
corporate	O
policy	O
to	O
protect	O
trade	O
secrets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Active	O
research	O
is	O
currently	O
being	O
done	O
on	O
projects	O
called	O
jIO	O
and	O
RenderJs	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
will	O
contribute	O
to	O
a	O
future	O
responsive	O
web	O
interface	O
of	O
ERP5	B-Application
that	O
will	O
include	O
shifting	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
processes	O
performed	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
to	O
the	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
add	O
discrete	O
event	O
simulation	O
capabilities	O
to	O
ERP5	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
design	O
future	O
interface	O
components	O
,	O
Nexedi	O
is	O
currently	O
a	O
contributing	O
partner	O
to	O
an	O
FP7	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
recent	O
adoption	O
of	O
ERP5	B-Application
by	O
large	O
clients	O
like	O
Sanef	O
to	O
launch	O
new	O
services	O
validates	O
the	O
projects	O
recent	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
implementation	O
process	O
of	O
ERP5	B-Application
has	O
been	O
extensively	O
researched	O
and	O
described	O
through	O
academic	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Campos	O
and	O
Carvalho	O
describe	O
the	O
document	O
oriented	O
analysis	O
approach	O
which	O
is	O
considered	O
for	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
large	O
ERP5	B-Application
systems	O
in	O
existing	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ERP5	B-Application
implementation	O
process	O
consists	O
of	O
collecting	O
paper	O
or	O
electronic	O
documents	O
in	O
the	O
organization	O
,	O
mapping	O
each	O
terms	O
and	O
underlying	O
concepts	O
of	O
each	O
type	O
of	O
document	O
to	O
the	O
UBM	O
abstraction	O
,	O
and	O
modeling	O
the	O
decision	O
process	O
materialized	O
by	O
signatures	O
through	O
document	O
workflows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rather	O
than	O
forcing	O
organizations	O
to	O
adopt	O
preset	O
business	O
processes	O
,	O
or	O
so-called	O
best	O
practices	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
ERP	O
vendor	O
,	O
the	O
ERP5	B-Application
implementation	O
process	O
tries	O
to	O
capture	O
efficient	O
practices	O
which	O
are	O
already	O
implemented	O
in	O
the	O
organization	O
and	O
map	O
them	O
to	O
the	O
UBM	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ERP5	B-Application
implementation	O
process	O
was	O
successfully	O
applied	O
to	O
the	O
computerization	O
of	O
business	O
processes	O
of	O
a	O
Central	O
Bank	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
alternative	O
approach	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Software	O
as	O
a	O
Service	O
,	O
was	O
later	O
suggested	O
by	O
Carvalho	O
and	O
Johansson	O
and	O
implemented	O
by	O
SlapOS	O
(	O
previously	O
TioLive	O
LLC	O
)	O
which	O
now	O
provides	O
ERP5	B-Application
SaaS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
a	O
small	O
list	O
of	O
questions	O
,	O
which	O
any	O
CEO	O
of	O
a	O
company	O
can	O
answer	O
to	O
in	O
less	O
than	O
an	O
hour	O
,	O
a	O
standard	O
ERP5	B-Application
configuration	O
is	O
generated	O
with	O
preset	O
business	O
processes	O
and	O
custom	O
nomenclatures	O
(	O
so-called	O
categories	O
in	O
ERP5	B-Application
terminology	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
third	O
alternative	O
consisting	O
of	O
the	O
combination	O
of	O
both	O
approaches	O
,	O
namely	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
preset	O
business	O
processes	O
and	O
their	O
extension	O
at	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
ERP5	B-Application
,	O
seems	O
also	O
possible	O
but	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
covered	O
yet	O
by	O
academic	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nexedi	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
multiple	O
research	O
projects	O
and	O
research	O
clusters	O
with	O
a	O
strong	O
focus	O
on	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
and	O
on	O
ERP5	B-Application
:	O
Compatible	O
,	O
NEOPPOD	O
,	O
Geoblabla	O
,	O
Data	O
Publica	O
,	O
TioSafe	O
,	O
EDOS	O
,	O
Systematic	O
Paris-Region	O
,	O
Wendelin	O
,	O
Cython+	O
.	O
</s>
