@Wetside

You might want to look a product called OpenERP. It is an opensource ERP solution. I used this software 1000s of miles away from its original development environment (which happens to be belgium). Having spent 2 years developing and maintaining systems using OpenERP, i'll say this: 1) its free, 2) it is customizable. HOWEVER there is a catch. Before you look at using an ERP system like this you have to know the downside. The downside is this, if there is no Malaysian module (for malaysian taxes, holidays, payment dates, invoices etc.) it is hard to customize. Not impossible to customize, but OpenERP makes it difficult to customize so that you have to approach them for support.

So depending on the size of your company (10-100 employees and monthly revenue of say RM 500,000) this may be an option - at least check it out - but don't believe all the hype, it is not nearly as Open as the name would imply.

But, with ERP you really end up paying either way. Either pay up front for a standard widely used localized version, or pay for an inexpensive version and pay for heaps of repair and customization later.

That might not answer your question, but food for thought. I hope that adds one more option for you try out.