Different types of adoption and implementation have been described by the
participants. In one case, a solution based on the open-source ERP system (FOS-ERP)
OpenERP has been selected and implemented, only after the IT consultant was certain that the system was able to support specific requirements, such as local regulations, and could be
customized in order to generate the required documents. This IT consultant also decided to
use a cloud-based platform (PaaS) from Amazon to host the FOS-ERP, with a goal of
minimizing IT maintenance, required IT knowledge, and operating costs; and, they also used
connected devices to input inventory data into the ERP system.