Glossary of OFBiz Terms and Concepts
This glossary is intended to help beginners with OFBiz terms and concepts. Most of them come from the Data Model Resource Book some are OFBiz specific.
There is a such glossary which defines terms used by the Apache Software Fundation
Concept or Term |
Definition |
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Party |
Person or oganisation implied in at least one process modelled and implemented by OFBiz |
eg : administrator of the website, company dealing goods in the website, etc. |
ERP |
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CRM |
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E-Business |
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E-Commerce |
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MRP |
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SCM |
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CMMS/EAM |
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Vendor |
Roles to be detailled |
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Supplier |
Roles to be detailled |
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Application |
A part of Component at the user level |
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Component |
Application at the developper level, a Component may contains several Applications |
For example the product component has a Facility Manager application and a Catalog Manager application in it. |