Apache Open For Business or OFBiz as it is more commonly known, is an open source framework designed to facilitate the building of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. ERP is a general name for any system which attempts to integrate all business processes and underlying data into one single system. Indeed the OFBiz framework not only facilitates the building of your own custom software, but also comes packaged with many tools you would expect from an ERP system, and much more. The extent to which you wish to use these applications is entirely up to you and the needs of your business. Some businesses choose to use some or all of these components virtually straight out of the box. Others may spend time and money customizing these components or building new ones to suit their own needs and their own unique business processes. Since OFBiz is licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0, organizations can use, customize, extend, modify, repackage, and even resell OFBiz completely free of charge.

OFBiz is aimed primarily at ecommerce businesses, giving easily customizable tools such as a full Warehouse Management System (WMS), an accounting system and full order and product management systems. It even has a full front end, customer facing website and shopping cart with tools and features comparable to multimillion dollar websites such as Amazon, not to mention its own set of self maintenance and administrative tools. Out of the box, OFBiz is a multi-currency system working just as well with British Pounds, Euros, or any other currency as it does with US Dollars. It is multilingual and is able to display text in different languages depending on where in the world the user or customer is looking. It is so versatile it is not even tied to one database, and fully supports most well known databases.

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