Coramy, a European leader of apparel industry and first userof ERP5, was awarded best ERP implementation project in the special edition of Décision Informatique on June, 21st, 2004. A panel of 40 corporate managers, researchersand journalists voted this award. They recognize the excellence ofERP5 implementation as Open Source / Libre Software in a highlymission critical manufacturing environment. ERP5 is an Enterprise Resource Planning Solution published underOpen Source / Libre Licenses. ERP5 main features include customerrelation management (CRM), production management (MRP),supply chain management (SCM), product design management (PDM),accounting, human resources and e-commerce.

For Thierry Brettnacher, COO of Coramy, "this award recognizesour vast corporate investment in the development of Open Sourcetechnologies for mission critical enterprise computing.ERP5 provides us unparalleled flexibility. Our choice ofLibre Software development model has led us to designa generic architecture which can now be implemented in othercompanies and organisations."

Jean-Paul Smets, CEO of Nexedi SARL and leader of the ERP5 projectadds "ERP5 was designed from the ground up as a Web applicationbased on Zope transactional workflow application server anda cluster architecture. ERP5 introduces major innovations in thedesign of ERP systems with a document oriented *Unified Business Model* (UBM)approach. ERP5 innovative design allows to model with the exactsame concepts human resources as well as production planningor accounting. ERP5 unified design drastically reduces theimplementation costs of an ERP solution. We consider the awardof Décision Informatique as a recognition of theexcellence of ERP5 technical foundation."

Members of the panel who elected ERP5 explain their choice.Jacques Eltaber, director of the Test Group laboratory:"this application is exemplary both for the ambition ofthe ERP5 project which is based on Linux and forthe courage of Coramy management which has trusted Nexedifor the implementation." Gérard Boulon, CIO of PSG: "theenterprise application could fit to the client needs for acheaper budget than initially planned and is going toevolve based on community contributions." Alexandre Zapolsky,CEO of Linagora: "The Coramy case shows how to leverageopen source software the right way".

Stéfane Fermigier, CEO of Nuxeo, points out "Nuxeo hasadopted ERP5 for its commercial offering in order to provide acomplete solution for both content management, collaborativework and for the management of quantitative data. Combinedwith Nuxeo CPS , ERP5 can be used to manage a budget process, taking into accountroles, security, reporting and project management. ERP5 and CPShave become the most complete development environment fore-government."

Jean-Paul Smets concludes: "ERP5 is already a great ERP solutionfor medium and large organisations with complex managementprocesses. Nexedi will soon publish a simplified version ofERP5 dedicated to small enterprises and with little or norequirement for parametrization."