Is SAP Business One the right solution for my small business?

SAP Business One Solution

SAP Business One is designed for small to medium sized business. The question I am often asked by smaller businesses is “Is SAP Business One well suited to smaller business”. If we talk to SAP Business One implementation partners we will see that there is a wide range of implementations of SAP Business One across the world – in more than 50,000 companies use SAP Business One to manage their business.
These implementations range in complexity and include everything from 2 users, fairly simple implementations of SAP Business One to complex implementations with hundreds of users across multiple sites and countries.

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This might create some confusion for people asking the question – “will SAP Business One work for my small business requirements?” Let’s discuss this in more detail.

SAP Business One, especially on the SAP HANA platform, is a highly scalable solution that can be used for complex implementations across hundreds of users. However, one of the fantastic features of SAP Business One is that it was originally designed for small to medium sized business and therefore has a number of functions and features that are well suited to the appropriate level of implementation for a smaller business. Here are some of the reasons that SAP Business One can be implemented very successfully in a small business:

Available on premise or in the cloud – SAP Business One is available on premise (your own on-site server), or in the cloud (monthly payments to include software, server and infrastructure). As a customer you can choose which option is best for your business.
Designed to allow an internal super user to do system maintenance. SAP Business One is designed to allow a trained, internal, super user to do the system maintenance and admin. This reduces the on-going costs associated with typical user admin:

Adding additional users
Configuring the system for new requirements
Changing user forms
Adding user defined fields
Adding user defined tables
Implementing user authorisations

Quick and simple to implement – the SAP Business One solution and associated implementation methodologies allow for a quick time to implement.

Easily configurable – if you want to reconfigure SAP Business One you can do so with relative ease given the standard configuration tools available.

Customized screens and integration – SAP Business One offers a vast array of tools to allow you to integrate, develop and add solutions into the SAP Business One framework.

Access to on-line web based training – SAP has invested a huge amount in on-line training and user help. These training tools make it easy to get team members trained in the use and admin associated with SAP Business One.

On-line portal – need help with SAP Business One? Try one of the great on-line forums.

In summary, SAP Business One can be implemented in a short space of time for relatively small businesses that require an end to end business management solution.

A little known fact is that more than 80% of SAP customers globally are SME’s. If you would like to find out if SAP Business One is right for your business – call us on 1300 045 046