HeliumV
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Helium V is an open source
ERP
suite. It has been developed by Helium V IT-Solutions GmbH in Austria starting in 2005. The industry of initial focus has been electronic manufacturing. The targeted customers are small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). In this SME context, the evaluation of KPI
s is of great importance, so this is very high on the developer's agenda.
The software is available as open source
since October 2010. It is an integral part of the Lisog
open source
stack initiative.
In practice, the ERP shows a high degree of flexibility and customization opportunities, allowing solutions to be tailored to fit the needs of each company.
, using JBoss
as applications server and Postgres as default database. MS-SQL or Oracle
are supported on special request. The GUI
is written with the Java SWING
toolkit. As a result Helium V runs on any platform which supports Java
(Linux, Mac OS X, Windows).
A key feature of the suite is its customizability: For example, the administrator can define the screens, tabs or elements visible for users. The time tracking functionality can already be accessed via an API; more APIs are planned and in development.
Helium V provides multilingual support through Unicode
. Languages available as of today are German (Germany/Austria/Switzerland) and English.
. The open source
edition comes with no warranty. The open source edition comes with no warranty or professional support; such services are provided by Helium V IT Systems GmbH (Austria) for the enterprise edition. The developer does, however, provide an open platform to nurture open source engagement.
Hence, community contributions are accepted and appreciated. The contributor has to sign a contribution agreement or provide the source code under a liberal open source license like the MIT license
.
official integration partner is agorum with the DMS
system agorum core
.
The following universities are supporting the further development of Helium V at the moment:
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
ERP
Enterprise resource planning
Enterprise resource planning systems integrate internal and external management information across an entire organization, embracing finance/accounting, manufacturing, sales and service, customer relationship management, etc. ERP systems automate this activity with an integrated software application...
suite. It has been developed by Helium V IT-Solutions GmbH in Austria starting in 2005. The industry of initial focus has been electronic manufacturing. The targeted customers are small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). In this SME context, the evaluation of KPI
KPI
KPI may stand for:*Key performance indicator*Kiev Polytechnic Institute*Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute*King pin inclination, see also camber angle*Kralyevich Productions, Inc*Kuwait Petroleum International...
s is of great importance, so this is very high on the developer's agenda.
The software is available as open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
since October 2010. It is an integral part of the Lisog
Lisog
Lisog is a German open source non profit business development organization founded in 2005 in Stuttgart. Lisog has about 120 members and branch offices in Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, Zurich, Palo Alto and Toronto. The members are providers, user companies, and scientific partners like universities.In...
open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
stack initiative.
Features
Helium V covers the whole process cycle of a company, providing modules for:- Quotation
- Purchase
- Production planning
- Procurement
- Capacity planning
- Merchandise management (ERP)
- Item master
- Time tracking
- Production
- Delivery
- Post calculation
- Accounting
- Payment management
In practice, the ERP shows a high degree of flexibility and customization opportunities, allowing solutions to be tailored to fit the needs of each company.
Industries
As a result of constant development the ERP-suite has managed to cover all major industries:- Electrical
- Electronics
- Metal processing
- Mechanical engineering
- Plastics technology
- Food
- Advertising agencies
- Services
Architecture
The system is based on a J2EE architecture. Therefore it is written in JavaJava
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, using JBoss
JBoss
JBoss Application Server is an open-source Java EE-based application server. An important distinction for this class of software is that it not only implements a server that runs on Java, but it actually implements the Java EE part of Java...
as applications server and Postgres as default database. MS-SQL or Oracle
Oracle database
The Oracle Database is an object-relational database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation....
are supported on special request. The GUI
Gui
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is written with the Java SWING
Swing (Java)
Swing is the primary Java GUI widget toolkit. It is part of Oracle's Java Foundation Classes — an API for providing a graphical user interface for Java programs....
toolkit. As a result Helium V runs on any platform which supports Java
Java
Java is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java...
(Linux, Mac OS X, Windows).
A key feature of the suite is its customizability: For example, the administrator can define the screens, tabs or elements visible for users. The time tracking functionality can already be accessed via an API; more APIs are planned and in development.
Helium V provides multilingual support through Unicode
Unicode
Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems...
. Languages available as of today are German (Germany/Austria/Switzerland) and English.
Business model
The business model of Helium V is based on the dual licensing modelDual license
Multi-licensing is the practice of distributing software under two or more different sets of terms and conditions. This may mean multiple different licenses or sets of licenses. Prefixes may be used to indicate the number of licenses used, e.g...
. The open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
edition comes with no warranty. The open source edition comes with no warranty or professional support; such services are provided by Helium V IT Systems GmbH (Austria) for the enterprise edition. The developer does, however, provide an open platform to nurture open source engagement.
Hence, community contributions are accepted and appreciated. The contributor has to sign a contribution agreement or provide the source code under a liberal open source license like the MIT license
MIT License
The MIT License is a free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . It is a permissive license, meaning that it permits reuse within proprietary software provided all copies of the licensed software include a copy of the MIT License terms...
.
Integration
The Helium V development team is interested in a seamless integration with other (open source) components. The firstofficial integration partner is agorum with the DMS
Document management system
A document management system is a computer system used to track and store electronic documents and/or images of paper documents. It is usually also capable of keeping track of the different versions created by different users . The term has some overlap with the concepts of content management...
system agorum core
Agorum core
agorum core is a free Open-Source Enterprise Content Management system by agorum Software GmbH from Germany. One of the main features is the Document-Network-Share. With that the documents within the ECM are shown as a normal network share...
.
Co-operations
The developers of Helium V are working closely together with academic institutions in order to improve the quality of the software.The following universities are supporting the further development of Helium V at the moment: