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<h1 class="span8">Getting Started - Business Users</h1>
<div class="span4" id="navTrail"> <a href="index.html" class="homeLink">home</a><span>/</span><a href="">Getting Started</a><span>/</span><span class="current">Business Users</span> </div>
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<li> <a href="#UsrStart"> Where to Start? </a> </li>
<li> <a href="#UsrDemo"> Online Demos </a> </li>
<li> <a href="#UsrModules"> Modules and Features </a> </li>
<li> <a href="#UsrInstall"> Download and Install </a> </li>
<li> <a href="#UsrDocs"> Documentation and Help </a> </li>
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<h2>Where to Start?</h2>
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<p>Getting started with OFBiz is easy and you also have the choice about where you want to start. We have a range of information about OFBiz modules and features as well as an online demo that you can try. After taking a look you want to download and install OFBiz too, then you'll find details about how to do this later in this page.</p>
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<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> To see what OFBiz looks like and how it works, please try our <a href="ofbiz-demos.html"><strong>Online Demos</strong></a></li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> To get details about what modules and features Apache OFBiz has, please take a look at <a href="#UsrModules"><strong>Modules and Features</strong></a> </li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> To download your own version of Apache OFBiz, please take a look at <a href="#UsrInstall"><strong>Download and Install OFBiz</strong></a> </li>
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<p>If you are still unsure or have any questions then please feel free to use our <a href="//lists.apache.org/list.html?user@ofbiz.apache.org" target="external"><strong>User Mailing List</strong></a> </p>
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<h2>Online Demos</h2>
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<p>If you would like try out OFBiz, then we have a range of demos that you can login to to see what OFBiz looks like and also to test out any of the modules. Our demos include <strong> demo data </strong> that will help you understand how to use specific modules.</p>
<p>We have two demos,
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<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> one demo for the backend ERP applications and;</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> one demo for the e-commerce store </li>
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<p>Please take a look at <a href="ofbiz-demos.html"><strong>Online Demos</strong> </a> page for details about how to login and access the system.</p>
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<h2>Modules and Features</h2>
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<li class="active"> <a href="#tabs-v-1" data-toggle="tab"> Accounting </a> </li>
<li> <a href="#tabs-v-3" data-toggle="tab"> Manufacturing </a> </li>
<li> <a href="#tabs-v-4" data-toggle="tab"> Human Resources </a> </li>
<li> <a href="#tabs-v-5" data-toggle="tab"> Inventory Management </a> </li>
<li> <a href="#tabs-v-7" data-toggle="tab"> Catalog Management </a> </li>
<li> <a href="#tabs-v-9" data-toggle="tab"> CRM & Order Management </a> </li>
<li> <a href="#tabs-v-10" data-toggle="tab"> e-Commerce / e-Shop </a> </li>
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<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Standard Double entry General Ledger </li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Supports multiple organisations, account hierarchies and segmentation</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Accounts Receivable (AR), Accounts Payable (AP), Invoices, Payments, Statements and Aging </li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Agreement contracts and Credit management</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Asset Management including Depreciation</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Budgeting Management</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Support for payment gateways and payment processing</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Financial Reporting </li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Fully integrated with Order Management, Inventory, Purchasing and Manufacturing out of the box</li>
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<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Bill of Materials </li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Jobshop, Manufacturing Routings and Tasks</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Production Planning and MRP </li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Production and Job Costing</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Equipment Billing</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Raw Material Procurement</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Manufacturing Reporting</li>
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<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Company and Department Structure </li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Manage Job Positions, Skills and Performance Reviews</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Manage Recruitment Process, Applications, Interviews </li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Salaries and Payments</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Employment Contracts</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Employee Expenses</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Training</li>
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<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Manage and setup single, multiple warehouses </li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Inventory Locations </li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Serialized on non serialized Inventory </li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Lot Management</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Shipment Integration</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Picklist and Package Management</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Receiving </li>
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<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Support unlimited stores, catalogs, categories, and products</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Handles a range of products (physical, digital, downloadable products, variant, configurable)</li>
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<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Price rules for customer or group-specific pricing </li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Online store promotion engine</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Integration with major payment gateway providers</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Fully integrated online and Point of Sales (POS) stores out-of-the-box</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Keyword search capability in all the applications using hibernate search</li>
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<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Lead and Sales Opportunity Management </li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Sales ForecastsManage sales opportunities</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Shared Sales Team Documents, Calendar and Tasks </li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Email Integration</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Customer Service and Case Managment</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Quotes, Order Entry and Order Management</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Manage marketing campaign including tracking code reporting</li>
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<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Unlimited stores, catalogs, categories and products </li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Cross-sell and upsell products</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Supports physical, digital, downloadable, variant and configurable products </li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Gift Certificates and Gift Cards</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Pricing rules and Discounts</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Online store promotion engine</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Integrations with payment gateways</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Product searching </li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Customer portal </li>
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<h2>Download and Install</h2>
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<h3>Downloading OFBiz</h3>
<p>You can download Apache OFBiz from one of our <a href="download.html">download mirrors</a>. Once downloaded, extract the file to create the OFBiz directory. </p>
<p><strong>NOTE</strong>: Please make sure that you use our latest stable release as this version has been verified by the project as suitable for our users.</p>
<h3>Build and Running OFBiz</h3>
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<p>Once you have downloaded OFBiz it needs to be built before you can run it. To build OFBiz and start it running, you will need to:</p>
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<li><i class="icon-pin"></i>open a command line window and navigate to the OFBiz directory.</li>
<li><i class="icon-pin"></i>Open the INSTALL text file and follow the directives.</li>
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<h2>Documentation and Help</h2>
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<p><a href="//cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Documentation#Documentation-End-UserDocumentation" target="external"><strong>User Documentation</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="//cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Home" target="external"><strong>OFBiz Wiki</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="faqs.html" target="external"><strong>OFBiz Frequently Asksed Questions (FAQs)</strong></a></p>
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