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To our knowledge, OpenERP is the only management system which is routinely used not only by big companies but also by very small companies and independent companies. This diversity is an illustration of the software's flexibility: a rather elegant coordination between people's functional expectations of the software and great simplicity in its use.

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Lastly, such software has arisen from the blend of high code quality, well-judged architecture and use of free technologies. In fact, you may be surprised (if you're an IT person) to find that the download size of OpenERP is only around 6 MB. When that's expanded during installation its size is mostly attributable to all the official translations that are packaged with it, not the operating code. We've moved a long way from the days when the only people who could be expected to benefit from ERP were the owners of a widget factory on some remote industrial estate.

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Having restructured and reorganized many businesses, we wanted our management experience to generate a work that is both instructive and practical. It was important for us not to write a manual about OpenERP, but instead a work that deals with advanced management techniques realized through these IT tools. You'll see what management practices might be useful, what's possible, and then how you could achieve that in OpenERP.

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It's this that we'll consider OpenERP for: not as an end in itself but just the tool you use to put an advanced management system into place.

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Part One, :ref:`part1-steps`, starts with the installation of OpenERP. If you have already installed OpenERP you can directly take your first steps on a guided tour in the :ref:`ch-guided` chapter. If you're already familiar with OpenERP or Tiny ERP you can use the :ref:`ch-real` chapter to find out how to create a new workflow from scratch in an empty database with nothing to distract you. Or you can skip directly to the :ref:`ch-crm` chapter in the :ref:`part2-crm` part, to start with details of OpenERP's functional modules.

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Part Four, :ref:`part-ops`, handles all the operational functions of enterprise management: Human Resources for managing projects, through financial analyses supplied by analytic (or cost) accounts. You'll see how using OpenERP can help you to optimize your leadership of an enterprise.

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Part Seven, :ref:`part-qual`, is focused on the Process description and Documentation handling that OpenERP manages.

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Finally Part Eight, :ref:`part-config`, structured in two chapters, explains first how to administer and configure Open ERP then provides a methodology for implementing OpenERP in the enterprise.

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He founded Seath Solutions Ltd (http://www.seathsolutions.com/) to provide services in the use of Open Source software, particularly Open[nbsp]ERP, for business management.

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Author of articles and books focusing on the processes and technology of innovation, Geoff is also an active contributor to the Open[nbsp]ERP project. He holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management and an MA in Engineering and Electrical Sciences from Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He is a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and of the Society of Authors.