Compiere provides integrated Customer Relations Management (CRM), Partner Relations Management (PRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and Online Analysis Processing (OLAP). The application was designed to be web hosted and allows flexible deployment options.

　　The Active Data Dictionary (ADD) based application ensures stable functionality with a consistent look and feel. The functionality was designed for global deployment supporting multi-lingual, multi-currency and multi-accounting requirements.

　　Compiere is designed to change as the business's evolves. At any time, customers - even in production - can change the information structure, adjusting to new information needs. In contrast, traditional ERP/CRM systems are often accounting-driven, resulting in an information gap, which is filled by derived information or expensive and ineffective bridges.

　　Compiere provides multiple views of a businesses¨ information based on the detail of the actual transactions. This structure allows maximum flexibility and easy integration of supplemental external information. And since information is simply presented as views, it can be changed quickly to meet the needs of the business.