This package is recommended as Small Business ERP however there are consultants who are also recommending it for lower mid-market where business processes might be complex. SAP B1 has such modules as Production often referred as discrete manufacturing, Warranty Contracts, Client Relation Management and Humane Resource beside standard set of General Ledger, AP, AR and Inventory.
These modules allow you to deploy Business One in diversified spectrum of industries from services and project management to small or mid-size manufacturing or assembly on order. There are innovations in customization as user defined fields could be appended to existing table as well as completely new user defined table could be created with automatic simple user interface. These customizations are available directly in setup and no coding is required. SAP BO is also available internationally and it is localized in the sense of supporting the language of the country and its legislation and tax code in major world regions and countries. This international availability makes SB1 a good choice for overseas facility of the multinational corporation even when they have non-SAP Corporate ERP system running in the headquarters. Let’s come through various highlights:
1. Tailored Implementation. Customization traditionally is considered as something vulnerable in the future version updates as well as potentially exposed to software bugs. However when we are talking about Business One we would like to note that user defined objects are created directly in Settings and programming is not required. ‘But wait a minute – we do not believe that custom integration could be created without coding.’ Well, yes of course in some cases you need special logic and B1 is exposed via Software Development Kit. Typical instrument is Microsoft Visual Studio where you create VB or C# project and SDK provides you with object descriptions and code snippets. You can program integration logic and address user defined and standard objects as well as modify existing user interface. If you are thinking about cross platform integrations where external database is hosted in non-Microsoft platform or something like Linux with PHP and MySQL then you can wrap SB1 SDK code into XML SOAP web services and call them from Linux
2. Implementation in Various Industries. Horizontal and Vertical solutions are usually based on standard generic accounting package with industry specific small extension. When you are selecting your new Small Business ERP application then you first try to locate the one with maximal fit of native logic. When you are done with native logic then you are locating ISV packages where unique features are typically addressed. SAP B1 has diversified network of ISV partners and offers variety of add-ons
3. International Business. When you are expanding via acquisition there might be a problem in retaining managerial control over overseas facility which is running local accounting package. For example in Brazil you may have Microsiga or in Russian Federation and Siberia you might succeed 1S Bukhgalteria. These foreign packages are popular in their respective countries but they are difficult for centralized internal and CPA audit. Business One is audit friendly and allows you to deploy it on the MS SQL Server located in the Headquarters for all international branches. Consider Citrix, Microsoft Terminal Server or similar packages to expose client interface to international users via internet
4. Competition. From the higher price range it comes from Microsoft Dynamics ERP family especially Dynamics GP or formerly known as Great Plains Dynamics and Plus Sage MAS 90/200. There is also competition from 100% web packages such as NetSuite. From the lower price diapason competition is given by Peachtree and similar small business packages
5. Please call us 1-866-304-3265, 1-269-605-4904 (for international customers, where our representative pick up the phone in St. Joseph, MI call center). help@efaru.com. We have local presence in Chicagoland, Southern California, South West Michigan and Houston and Dallas areas of Texas. We serve customers USA, Canada, Mexico and Brazil nationwide and internationally via web sessions and phone conferences (Skype is welcomed). Our consultants speak English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese. We feature our expertise is in International Business. We provide second opinion in SB1 data migration, customization and reporting
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