Xavier Pansaers' presentation summarized OpenERP's status and strategy in 2013. The presentation highlighted that OpenERP has established itself as the leading open-source ERP and relies on a global network of partners. It described OpenERP's goal ambition to address SMB's complex business needs with simple, affordable solutions. The presentation also outlined OpenERP's dual direct and indirect go-to-market strategy and emphasized the huge market opportunity in serving SMBs, which represent hundreds of millions of businesses globally.
5. HOW?
By Breaking the existing rules of Erp’s Market :
• Leverage the power of an Open Source Model
• Make Business Applications accessible to any logo
• Transform ERP into a modular business applications
• Change the user experience by making the software
truly intuitive
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6. Sain PARADOX…
Even Big Corporations
deployed OPENERP for critical
applications
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27. 7OPENERP
A major turning point towards an ERP Integrated Suite of Applications…
Powerfull in any business case …
An efficient and productive usability…
A series of new features…
A suite of social applications…
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28. 38% of time saved to
finalize your business
flow
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OpenERP has Already Established Itself as
the Leading Open-Source ERP
OpenERP has Already Established Itself as
the Leading Open-Source ERP
OpenERP has Already Established Itself
as the Leading Open-Source ERP
36. OpenERP Relies on a Global Network of Partners
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Go to Market Strategy
A Dual Direct & Indirect Apporach
Indirect
• Today’s network is under-sized compared to addressable market
• 100% built inbound (1,000+ requests each month 20+ accepted
partners)
• Many partners create a dedicated OpenERP activity that generates >50%
of total turnover
Direct
• This channel has started to be developed in 2012 and addresses smaller
clients
• ‘QuickStart’ approach: standard product that included OpenERP service
• OpenERP seeks to develop an international reach with the direct
‘QuickStart’ approach
38. A very capital efficient Model
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Differentiated Product
•Product is ergonomic, easy to
customize and to deploy
•As many features as leading
vendors
•Pricing strategy adapted to
the market the Company
addresses
•Collaborative development
with an experimented
community
High ROI S&M
•Limited marketing efforts so
far (client base mostly built
inbound)
•Fast-growth of qualified
partners’ network with a
strong international footprint
•Promising Direct Channel
monetization through Quick
Start approach to better
reach smaller clients
Scalable & High
Margin product
•Global Resources pool allows
to keep costs down
•Product is stable
•Scalable migration services
39. Business Orientation Landscape
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ProductScope
Flexibility
A
B
A. Large ERP Vendors
• Distribution on premise
• Proprietary Software
B. Vertical Applications Vendors
• Cloud/SaaS offers
• Proprietary software
• Independent applications for
specific verticals (CRM, HRM,
Basecamps …)
Differentiated positioning
OpenERP successfully positioned itself within a high-value and competition-free area
40. A huge opportunity to be seized on SMB Segment (1)
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41. A huge opportunity to be seized on SMB Segment (2)
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A less Competitive Pressure at the Bottom of the
Pyramid
Large enterprises market is saturated with large vendors’ on-premise
offers
Cloud specialist target Medium businesses
Small business are barely addressed by current players
SMBs represent c.200 millions companies with c.1 billion employees to
address
Low Penetration amoung SMB’s
Equipment rate for Small Businesses is estimated <20%, 2.5x less
than enterprises (est. penetration: 50+%)
Opportunity for OpenERP to provide SBs with more appropriate
tools and differentiate from competition
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OpenERP has entered a new phase of its development by striving to maximize the value-added for
the end-user
43. Next Steps to maintain Growth
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Increase Brand
Awareness
• Positioning
• Manage transition
from ERP to business
apps
• Develop Lead
generation programs
• Increase visibility
through branding
actions
• Product
• Improve product’s
performance and
flexibility
• Leverage the
community of
contributors
• Fill the last lacks in
apps offering
Improve Lead
Monetization
• “Aggressive
multichannel
Go-to-Market strategy”
• Indirect Channel
• Install Partners
‘hunting’ and
‘farming’ strategies
• Reinforce educational
programs
• Direct Channel
• Reinforce Sales Team
• Develop QuickStart
approach
• Accelerate the
customer acquisition
process
Broaden
International Reach
• New subsidiary in
Hong-Kong due to open
in 2013
• Accelerate Growth in
the US
44. Next Steps to maintain Channel Growth
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INTEGRATORS
Solutions Sellers
Project
Management
Customization
RESELLERS
QuickStart
approach
Sales Management
Standard