Baan
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Baan was a vendor of enterprise resource planning
(ERP) software that is now owned by Infor Global Solutions
.
Baan or Baan ERP
was also the name of the ERP product created by this company.
, Netherlands
, to provide financial and administrative consulting services. With the development of his first software package, Jan Baan and his brother Paul Baan entered what was to become the ERP industry. The Baan company focused on the creation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.
Jan Baan developed his first computer program on Durango F-85 computers in BASIC language. In the early '80s, Baan Company began to develop application on Unix computers with C and self-developed Baan-C language, whose syntax was very similar to BASIC language.
Baan gained its popularity in the early nineties. Baan software is famous for its Dynamic Enterprise Modeler (DEM), technical architecture and its 4GL language. Baan 4GL and Tools nowadays is still considered to be one of the most efficient and productive database application development platforms. Baan became a real threat to market leader SAP
after winning a large Boeing
deal in 1994. It went IPO in 1995 and became a public listed company in Amsterdam and US Nasdaq. Several large consulting firms throughout the world partnered to implement Baan IV for multi-national companies. It acquired several other software companies to enrich its product porfolio, including Aurum, Berclain, Coda and Caps Logistics. Sales growth rate was once claimed to reach 91% per year.
However the fall of the Baan Company began in 1998. The management exaggerated company revenue by booking "sales" of software licenses that were actually transferred to a related distributor. The discovery of this "creative" revenue manipulation led to a sharp decline of Baan's stock price at the end of 1998.
In June 2000, facing worsening financial difficulties, law suits and reporting seven consecutive quarterly losses and bleak prospects, Baan was sold at a price of US$700 million to Invensys
, a UK automation, controls, and process solutions group to become a unit of its Software and Services Division. Laurens van der Tang was the president of this unit. With the acquisition of Baan, Invensys's CEO Allen Yurko began to offer "Sensor to Boardroom" solutions to customers.
In June 2003, after Allen Yurko stepped down, Invensys sold its Baan unit to SSA Global Technologies
for US$ 135 million.
Upon acquiring the Baan software, SSA renamed Baan as SSA ERP Ln. In August 2005, SSA Global released a new version of Baan, named SSA ERP LN 6.1. In May 2006, SSA was acquired by Infor Global Solutions
of Atlanta, which was a major ERP consolidator in the market.
Baan 4.0 (last version of BaanIV is BaanIVc4 SP30) & Industry extensions (A&D,...)
Baan 5.0 (last version of BaanV is Baan5.0 c SP26)
Baan 5.1, 5.2 (for specific customers only)
SSA ERP 6.1 /Infor ERP LN 6.1 / Infor10 ERP Enterprise
ERP Ln 6.1 FP6, released in December, 2009
ERP Ln 6.1 FP7, released in January, 2011 - latest version
Infor ERP Ln 6.1 supports Unicode and comes with additional language translations.
Windows Server, Linux, IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, AS400(Obsolete), OS390 (Obsolete)
Database:
Oracle, DB2, Informix, MS SQL Server, MySQL (Obsolete since year 2010), Bisam (Obsolete), Btam (Obsolete)
Common (tc), Finance (tf), Project (tp),Manufacturing (ti),Distribution (td),Process (ps),Transportation (tr),Service (ts),Enterprise Modeler (tg),Constraint Planning (cp),Tools (tt),Utilities (tu), Baan DEM ( tg)
ERP Ln 6.1 modules:
Enterprise Modeler (tg), Common,Taxation (tc),People(bp), Financials (tf),Project (tp),Enterprise Planning (cp),Order Management (td), Electronic Commerce (ec),Central Invoicing (ci),Manufacturing (ti),Warehouse Management (wh),Freight Management (fm), Service (ts), Quality Management (qm), Object Data Management (dm), Tools (tt)
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...
(ERP) software that is now owned by Infor Global Solutions
Infor Global Solutions
Infor Global Solutions is a privately held U.S. software company that specializes in enterprise software ranging from financial systems and resource planning to supply chain and customer relationships.-Company overview:...
.
Baan or Baan ERP
Baan ERP
Baan ERP is the ERP business application developed by Baan Company. Baan ERP was renamed as "SSA ERP Ln" after SSA Global acquired Baan Company in year 2003...
was also the name of the ERP product created by this company.
History
The Baan Corporation was created by Jan Baan in 1978 in BarneveldBarneveld
Barneveld is a town and a municipality in the province of Gelderland in the center of the Netherlands. It is known for its poultry industry and large protestant community. The population of the municipality was 52.629 in June 2010, the town having a population of 29.756.-Transport:Barneveld is...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, to provide financial and administrative consulting services. With the development of his first software package, Jan Baan and his brother Paul Baan entered what was to become the ERP industry. The Baan company focused on the creation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.
Jan Baan developed his first computer program on Durango F-85 computers in BASIC language. In the early '80s, Baan Company began to develop application on Unix computers with C and self-developed Baan-C language, whose syntax was very similar to BASIC language.
Baan gained its popularity in the early nineties. Baan software is famous for its Dynamic Enterprise Modeler (DEM), technical architecture and its 4GL language. Baan 4GL and Tools nowadays is still considered to be one of the most efficient and productive database application development platforms. Baan became a real threat to market leader SAP
SAP AG
SAP AG is a German software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. Headquartered in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, with regional offices around the world, SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software...
after winning a large Boeing
Boeing
The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
deal in 1994. It went IPO in 1995 and became a public listed company in Amsterdam and US Nasdaq. Several large consulting firms throughout the world partnered to implement Baan IV for multi-national companies. It acquired several other software companies to enrich its product porfolio, including Aurum, Berclain, Coda and Caps Logistics. Sales growth rate was once claimed to reach 91% per year.
However the fall of the Baan Company began in 1998. The management exaggerated company revenue by booking "sales" of software licenses that were actually transferred to a related distributor. The discovery of this "creative" revenue manipulation led to a sharp decline of Baan's stock price at the end of 1998.
In June 2000, facing worsening financial difficulties, law suits and reporting seven consecutive quarterly losses and bleak prospects, Baan was sold at a price of US$700 million to Invensys
Invensys
Invensys plc is a global engineering and information technology company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was formed in 1999 through the merger of BTR plc and Siebe plc. It has offices in more than 50 countries and its products are sold in around 180 countries.Invensys is organised into...
, a UK automation, controls, and process solutions group to become a unit of its Software and Services Division. Laurens van der Tang was the president of this unit. With the acquisition of Baan, Invensys's CEO Allen Yurko began to offer "Sensor to Boardroom" solutions to customers.
In June 2003, after Allen Yurko stepped down, Invensys sold its Baan unit to SSA Global Technologies
SSA Global Technologies
SSA Global Technologies was a company developing Enterprise resource planning software. On May 15, 2006, SSA Global announced that it would be acquired by Infor Global Solutions. The acquisition was completed on July 28, 2006...
for US$ 135 million.
Upon acquiring the Baan software, SSA renamed Baan as SSA ERP Ln. In August 2005, SSA Global released a new version of Baan, named SSA ERP LN 6.1. In May 2006, SSA was acquired by Infor Global Solutions
Infor Global Solutions
Infor Global Solutions is a privately held U.S. software company that specializes in enterprise software ranging from financial systems and resource planning to supply chain and customer relationships.-Company overview:...
of Atlanta, which was a major ERP consolidator in the market.
Product version
Triton 1.0 to 2.2d, 3.0 to last version of Triton is 3.1bx, then the product is renamed to BaanBaan 4.0 (last version of BaanIV is BaanIVc4 SP30) & Industry extensions (A&D,...)
Baan 5.0 (last version of BaanV is Baan5.0 c SP26)
Baan 5.1, 5.2 (for specific customers only)
SSA ERP 6.1 /Infor ERP LN 6.1 / Infor10 ERP Enterprise
ERP Ln 6.1 FP6, released in December, 2009
ERP Ln 6.1 FP7, released in January, 2011 - latest version
Infor ERP Ln 6.1 supports Unicode and comes with additional language translations.
Supported Platform and Database (Server)
Server Platform:Windows Server, Linux, IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, AS400(Obsolete), OS390 (Obsolete)
Database:
Oracle, DB2, Informix, MS SQL Server, MySQL (Obsolete since year 2010), Bisam (Obsolete), Btam (Obsolete)
Standard Modules
Baan IV modules:Common (tc), Finance (tf), Project (tp),Manufacturing (ti),Distribution (td),Process (ps),Transportation (tr),Service (ts),Enterprise Modeler (tg),Constraint Planning (cp),Tools (tt),Utilities (tu), Baan DEM ( tg)
ERP Ln 6.1 modules:
Enterprise Modeler (tg), Common,Taxation (tc),People(bp), Financials (tf),Project (tp),Enterprise Planning (cp),Order Management (td), Electronic Commerce (ec),Central Invoicing (ci),Manufacturing (ti),Warehouse Management (wh),Freight Management (fm), Service (ts), Quality Management (qm), Object Data Management (dm), Tools (tt)
Baan Virtual Machine - bshell
Bshell is the core component of Baan application server. It is a process virtual machine to run Baan 4GL language. Bshell were ported to different server platforms and make Baan program scripts platform independent. For example, a Baan session developed on Windows platform can be copied to Linux platform without re-compiling the application code. Bshell is similar to nowaday's Java VM or .Net CLR.External links
- Infor
- BaanERP at PC mag
- Jan Baan the software man at The Register
- Baan news