| This is relatively new ERP, MRP, CRM and Accounting | | | | 9. Drag and Relate. Here you have online data |
| package in USA, however this application is very | | | | analysis, comparisons, if you are familiar with OLAP, |
| popular Internationally: Latin America, Brazil, Europe, | | | | Excel Pivot tables, you should enjoy this feature |
| Asia, Africa. As it is ERP from SAP, we recommend | | | | 10. Financials. Besides required GL logics: Balance |
| you to consider it in the case if you have high-end | | | | Sheets, P&L, you also have 1099 Editing, good |
| SAP ERP domestically and need Accounting for your | | | | multicurrency support |
| overseas branch. It is localized in the sense of | | | | 11. Customizability. You can add fields to existing |
| translation to local language and tuning to local fiscal | | | | tables, plus you can create custom tables and their |
| requirement. If you work for Internal Audit | | | | hierarchies, user defined fields and tables automatically |
| department in US, and you would like to make internal | | | | have Interface to add, modify and delete data. In the |
| audit in overseas branch, all you need to do is switch | | | | forms, such as AR Invoice, you can add fields to the |
| SAP B1 interface from Brazilian Portuguese to English | | | | scrolling windows, including newly created user defined |
| and all the data is in your disposition | | | | fields. If you are still not happy - you can always |
| 1. Intuitive User Interface. SB1 is exceptionally user | | | | extend SBO interface with SB1 SDK (Software |
| friendly, you should recognize navigation and simple | | | | Development Kit), which requires certification, but in our |
| switch from adding new document to document inquiry | | | | opinion is pretty open to VB or C# programmer |
| in the same form and this basic navigation skill allows | | | | 12. Integrations. It has Data Transfer Workbench with |
| you to make system discovery on your own | | | | CSV templates. However, if you need advanced |
| 2. CRM. It is named here as Sales Opportunities. | | | | integration, consider using ODBC SQL Views to |
| With reduced CRM only user licenses you can | | | | replicate the same data format as CSV templates |
| automate all your sales people directly in your ERP, | | | | and you could easily cover such cool routines as EDI, |
| MRP and Accounting system | | | | ongoing ecommerce integrations, price list updates. |
| 3. Production and MRP. If you have to automate | | | | SB1 SDK is also very powerful if you prefer real |
| discrete manufacturing or light assembly - it is included. | | | | time integration or web services type of interface |
| One of the cool features in our opinion is | | | | 13. Data Export. If you are accountant, you probably |
| disassembly bill of material, where you can | | | | like Excel, and yes, all the reports are exportable to |
| disassemble returned product and put parts back to | | | | MS Excel with the clicks of the mouse |
| the shelves in their appropriate bins. MRP wizard | | | | 14. Upstream Data Consolidation. If you are working |
| allows you to replenish your inventory, based on | | | | for large corporation, which deploys Microsoft |
| various rules | | | | Dynamics GP, AX, Accpac, Epicor, PeopleSoft, Oracle |
| 4. Logistics and Warehouse Management. You can | | | | eBusiness Suite, or SAP R3/mySAP, you can easily |
| organize your picking and packing process and trace | | | | consolidate GL or even transactions from SAP |
| your boxes of merchandize. | | | | Business One on the SQL Export level. In the case |
| 5. Service Management, Contracts and Rentals. Here | | | | of Dynamics GP - consider using Integration Manager |
| you have pretty robust Field Service or Items sold | | | | module to import GP or Sales data extracts in CSV or |
| under support contracts with or without warranty, with | | | | Tab Delimited file formats into dedicated GP company. |
| simple procedures you can extend the logic to cover | | | | If your concern in GP is FRx consolidated reporting, |
| Rental Contracts with Transferring rented items to | | | | consider exporting SB1 Financial Statement to Excel |
| Technician and returning it back from technician upon | | | | and consolidating your GP Headquarters company |
| the rental contract expiration or preliminary termination. | | | | with Excel worksheet of the overseas subsidiary |
| It allows you to service your items under contract | | | | 15. SAP B1 in International Business. Taking into |
| with parts, labor, expenses - billable or free of charge | | | | consideration its simplicity to be consolidated with USA |
| (covered by warranty). Plus for your service you | | | | based corporate ERP, we recommend this system for |
| can build up and maintain Knowledge Base | | | | small, mid-size and even large production, distribution, |
| 6. Human Resources (please note that it doesn't have | | | | wholesale facilities of large publicly traded corporations |
| Payroll module in core functionality, however you can | | | | in such countries as Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Colombia, |
| add Payroll Add-Ons from SAP B1 ISV Partners). It is | | | | Venezuela, Caribbean, Central America, East Europe, |
| pretty basic, however it is very useful to have it | | | | South East Asia. SAP B1 supports UNICODE and |
| organized in SBO | | | | such languages as Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, |
| 7. Sales Order Processing. As you should expect, it | | | | Japanese |
| has Quote, Sales Order, Return, Credit Memo, and | | | | 16. SB1 Licensing. Initially it had all-in-one license per |
| some cool features, such as Invoice with Down | | | | named user, however currently you can pick CRM |
| Payment and even simple Collection Management: | | | | only and other specific employee role only license at |
| Dunning Wizard | | | | the reasonable (often up to 50%) discount. Plus you |
| 8. Purchase Order Processing: PO, Goods Receipt, | | | | should expect annual support fee, which is percentage |
| Goods Return, AP Invoice, AP Down Payment Invoice, | | | | or your SAP Business One Price List |
| Landed Cost should be mentioned, however you will | | | | 17. |
| find a lot more | | | | |