When your implementation is done and you are looking for the second phase where something like SDK programming or Crystal Reports should be planned then consulting firm might not be local. However it is nice to have local folks come onsite and discuss project status with your management team.
Business One is relatively new Corporate ERP application and on very competitive market it probably helps two streams of potential customers. The first reason to change existing accounting system is grows. Here you typically need data migration from such small business packages as Great Plains Accounting for DOS, QuickBooks or Peach Tree. The second situation is reverse or downsizing where company can no longer afford something like Oracle Financials or maybe Navision. We know examples where SAP B1 is implemented for fifty plus active users but it is rather small to midsize business oriented. Well probably the first question is ‘why here in west Chicago suburbs?’
1. Historically Chicago is perfect distribution hub with connection to East and West coast as well as water way to the Mexican Gulf. Here we are seeing such requirements as Shipping and Receiving, Warehouse Management, SCM and final Assembly on Order in B2B distribution networks. Typical distribution firm is rather small but with the nationwide and even international customers. Such company needs ERP application with elements of simple manufacturing, picking and packing, inventory management and open to being easily modified. And all these features are present. And now tell us why in western suburbs?
2. Chicago as railroad hub is now transforming to the highway hub with the importance of highway 80 linking California and New York. And since the year 2000 we see rapid warehouse facilities building projects along highway 80 in the area of Joliet and all the way to Minooka. Plus we think that it is not a surprise that toll way 355 is now linking highway 80 with toll way 88 and including such areas as Naperville, Aurora into the distribution activity. We recommend you to take a look at warehouse building along highway 55 as diagonal to the mentioned ones. This is perfect distribution artery. So in our opinion the trend is moving from Chicago downtown connected railroads a little bit to the west and southwest where warehouse rent is more reasonable and you can afford large trucks simple access without parking fee. Well after this introduction let’s come back to SB1
3. Is license cost competitive and affordable? The answer is it is competing with such packages as Microsoft Dynamics GP, SL and NAV where Dynamics is a facing competition when coming down to smaller businesses and the second part of the competition is popular small business accounting products such as MYOB, QuickBooks and Peach Tree. Plus consider the statement that SAP is focusing on Corporate ERP applications while Microsoft is more diversified at this time
4. ‘We acquired licenses from another VAR and implementation was a disaster. What do we do now to end this crisis?’ Well, first of all we would like to tell you that it is probably not the application itself but rather poor expertise of chosen consulting organization. Consider seeking for second opinion as partner channel is diversified and you are not really committed to just single consulting firm
5. Customization and Integration. Software Development Kit code samples and objects library opens Business One to Microsoft Visual Studio C# and VB programming community. However there are some cautions to be too optimistic to plan the coding to be done by internal programmer. Software Developers are perfect in programming by reviewing code samples however they need coaching from professional technical consultant who knows business processes and internal architecture
6. International Connection. If you are purchasing parts from manufacturing subcontractors in China or South East Asia the good news is the fact that Business One supports Unicode characters meaning Hieroglyph based alphabets like Chinese, Japanese or Korean. But this is not all. You can switch client interface from English to Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese or even Russian in the few clicks of the mice. SAP also owns Business Objects and its product Crystal Reports where there is no limit on internationalization
7. Please call us 1-866-304-3265, 1-269-605-4904 (for international customers, where our representatives pick up the phone in Naperville, IL and St. Joseph, MI call centers). help@efaru.com. We have local presence in Atlanta, Chicago, Southern California, South West Michigan, 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. One of our experiences is international Corporate ERP and Consolidated Financial reporting
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