xTuple Custom Development Services

At xTuple, we are all about helping you make the best possible use of our software—we offer training classes, online videos and documentation designed to help you learn to use it, and even to delve under the hood to modify and enhance it. The source code is publicly available, and we offer scripting tools and tutorials to show how to change screens or even create entirely new modules or interfaces to other software. On top of it all, we throw in a free report writer to allow you to make unique reports to meet any business need.

 
Even so, we recognize that customizing a complex tool like xTuple is not easy, and not everyone has the time or the programming background to attempt it. That's where our Custom Development team can help. We have the skills and knowledge to help analyze your needs and provide you with a timely, effective, high-value solution to meet the unique demands of your business.

 

Custom Feature Enhancements

We've helped customers with everything from changing the placement of a single button, to adding complex new functionality. Some examples of past enhancement projects include:
  • Vehicle / Fleet tracking system
  • Consignment sales
  • Sales Reservations
  • Wireless receiving
  • Tooling
  • Point-in-time Inventory
  • Promotional Discounts

Integration

Often in an ERP implementation you need to exchange data with an outside system. xTuple Connect can automate exports and imports, but there's usually some customization required to extend APIs and to transform data from one system to another. In the past, we've assisted customers with integrating with the following systems:
  • PDM (Product Definition Management) system
  • EDI of purchase orders and invoices for major grocery store chain
  • Full-service webstore

 

Interface Modifications

If the screens of the application don't quite meet your needs, we can change them. Just tell us what you're looking for and we'll create an update package you can install to modify the app to do things the way you want. We've added data to screens where customers needed to see it, and removed fields that customers preferred not to have shown to their users. Every company works a little differently, and sometimes a slight change to the layout or content of one or two screens can help you achieve a leap in productivity.

 

Custom Reports

xTuple ERP comes with hundreds of premade reports that cover all the basic business needs, but we recognize that every company has its unique requirements. We offer OpenRPT training classes to help you and your employees use our embedded report writer because we believe the more you can do yourself, the more quickly and efficiently you'll be able to respond to your own needs. But if you need outside help, we are happy to assist. We've written countless specialized reports for customers to customize everything from standard business forms like invoices and purchase orders, check formats, financial reports, operational documents like pack lists and routings, and much more.
 
Maybe the report you want doesn't exist today.  But the chances are pretty good that the xTuple system is already capturing the data you need -- you probably just need a way to access it the way you want it.  If there's a report you're lacking, just let us know, and we can create it for you. 

 

Maintaining Your Enhancements

After we've delivered your enhancements, you'll naturally want to think about how to maintain them over time.  In many cases, we're able to build them in such a way that they become part of the base xTuple package.  This is frequently the best option; it makes for uncomplicated upgrades to future versions of the software, and of course, you're helping to make the product better for everyone (that's the main reason xTuple is the product it is today - hundreds of contributions from companies and individuals over the years, many of which have been sponsored development).  However, if your enhancement is particularly customized to your business - a screen that reflects a business process flow peculiar to your business, or highly customized reports - you might consider our xTuple Network (XTN) services.  XTN subscribers get managed upgrades from one release to the next - and we include time to ensure that any custom changes are properly migrated to the new release.

 

Contact Us for More

If you're ready to discuss your custom development needs, please contact us today.