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SAP ERP Solutions

SAP for Small Business: SAP Business One Software

Everything you need for your small or midsize company

Entire Business as an Integrated Whole

SAP Business One is a business management software that offers an affordable way to manage your entire business as an integrated whole, from accounting and financials, purchasing, inventory, sales, and customer relationships, to operations, project management, and human resources.

More than 60,000 businesses around the world choose SAP Business One because it helps small to mid-market firms streamline business processes, gain greater insight into operations, make faster decisions using real-time visibility, and drive growth and profitability.

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End-to-end Business Suite

The SAP Business One application truly integrates customer and vendor management — including sales, finance, manufacturing, Web-based access, robust e-commerce, campaign and prospect management, and inventory — so that everyone in your company is on the same page and you have a clear, 360-degree view of your business.

Register for this 35-minute live, webinar and participate in an up-close look into why SAP Business One is the best move for growing small businesses and receive a functional look into the software. In the webinar, you'll learn how SAP ERP solutions can benefit your business.

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SAP Business One for small business

Business One in the Cloud is Real

Take advantage of the release of continuous enhancements provided by SAP in their quarterly releases automatically without any effort on your part. It’s not an effort to “stay current”, you just “are current”. This includes SAP’s aggressive move of the User Interface to the Fiori Browser front end.

Navigator was the leader in operating SAP Business in the cloud, in fact, we became a cloud-only company 6 years ago. We have the experience to handle the transition to the cloud either “with you” or “for you”. Transitioning to a cloud SAP business solution can offer greater flexibility and independence for your company.

  • Trial Upgrade and Testing Period
  • Database Choice - you choose between SAP HANA or Microsoft SQL Server
  • Infrastructure evaluation and advice
  • Live, US-based IT and Application Support

Learn more about moving your on-premise SAP Business One solution to the cloud

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The question of why your company may need ERP SAP Business services is usually brought up by the growing pains your company is experiencing. Learn how the services SAP Business offers can help resolve the challenges your business may be facing.

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Some of the biggest reasons that SMBs choose SAP Business:

  • Affordable. SAP Business delivers a low total cost of ownership.
  • Comprehensive. All your departmental needs are met with a single solution.
  • Quick and easy. SAP Business can be up and running in a matter of days or weeks.
  • Powerful. Everything you need now and as you scale.
  • Industry-Specific. Pre-build and tailored for your specific industry needs.
  • Global. Offers 43 localized versions, multi-currency support, and a global user base.

SAP Business One Fast Facts

Quick facts about the SAP Business One solution.

Security

When you choose SAP Business One Cloud, you automatically upgrade the data security of your business by taking advantage of the world-class data protection built into the AWS cloud. AWS uses state-of-the-art data security and loss prevention technology trusted by governments and businesses worldwide, including agencies that require security strong enough for top-secret clearance. AWS infrastructure also is 20 times more reliable than typical commodity disk drives, ensuring that all your business data stays safe from hardware and software malfunctions.

  • Full visibility and control
  • High-speed performance and flawless security
  • Data encryption and regular backups
  • Auditability
  • Regulatory compliance ready

Cost Savings

Reduce IT costs with SAP Business One Cloud by reducing implementation time and eliminating hardware and software maintenance. With SAP Business you also transform a large capital expense into a small ongoing operating expense.

  • Reduce IT dependence
  • No downtime or data loss
  • End hardware and software refresh cycles

Anywhere Access

Expand access to your data and business processes by making it accessible from any computer or mobile device with an internet connection and SAP ERP small business solutions. With SAP Business One Cloud, distributed teams, field service, traveling employees, and remote offices all can access the data they need when they need it.

  • Access anywhere, on any device (PC, Mac, iOS, Android, Linux)
  • Field service access and data input
  • Reduced risk of data theft or loss

Scalability

Only use the resources your business needs, and easily scale as you grow. Whether scaling for seasonal demand or because of long-term business growth, SAP Business One Cloud makes it easy to add or remove users and adjust your computing needs as you go. Your small business cost of SAP Business software will be more manageable since you only pay for applications you use.

  • Seamlessly expand your system as your business grows
  • Automatically scale users up or down according to your needs
  • Pay for just the resources you use

Speed

Improve business agility with real-time data access and an IT systems backbone that easily connects with cloud services, can be reconfigured easily, always runs the latest technology, and requires no maintenance. SAP Business One Cloud makes your company more nimble.

  • Complete real-time data access
  • Easy connectivity with other cloud services
  • Optimized remote infrastructure with fast system performance
  • Easy deployment and configuration
  • Always current feature set

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A single, integrated solution that provides clear visibility into your entire business. 

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What is SAP Business One Software

SAP Business One is an affordable, easy-to-use enterprise resource planning system (ERP) specifically designed for small to mid-market businesses by the world’s largest ERP maker, SAP. As an ERP software, SAP offers a solution built from the ground up for small businesses, not a scaled-down version of enterprise SAP solutions.

From financials and inventory to customer relationship management and human resources, SAP Business One integrates all major aspects of your business for end-to-end visibility, added efficiency, and improved operational control. By serving as the nerve center for your business, with all data flowing into a single, centralized system, SAP Business One enables real-time data access for faster, complete, more nimble decision-making.

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SAP Business One serves as an integrated solution that comes with all you need to run your business out of the box. This SAP ERP software brings complete visibility and control over every aspect of your organization.  The solutions SAP Business offer captures critical business information for immediate, real-time access company-wide.

Unlike spreadsheets or standalone business software, SAP Business One brings together all areas of your business for faster, more complete data access and control.

At the same time, Business One is highly customizable. You get the exact functionality and processes you need for your business without compromises.

Total Financial Control

With a complete set of tools for managing and streamlining your financial operations, including analytics, Business One gives you total visibility and control over your company’s financial picture.

Automation with SAP Business also improves accounting tasks such as tax calculations, maintenance of ledger and journal entries, and multi-currency transactions.

Purchasing Optimization for Better Margins

A systematic approach for procurement helps drive profitability and avoid supply chain disruption. SAP Business One ERP Software supports the complete order-to-pay cycle from requesting vendor quotes and creating purchase requests to handling receipts, invoices, returns, and supplier payments.

Reporting tools built into the system help your business easily compare suppliers based on price, quality, and other factors such as shipping times, which helps with spotting cost savings and strengthening your supply chain.

Transparent Inventory & Distribution

Track and manage both inventory and distribution with complete visibility using SAP for small businesses.

Products by SAP Business provide real-time access to stock levels, inventory updates, and availability checks. Inventory can be valued using costing, moving average, FIFO, or other methods.

Inbound and outbound shipments, including transfers and item location, can be monitored in real-time with SAP Business. Standard and special pricing can be managed and applied by volume, cash, or customer discounts, and automated reports can show their impact.

Powerful Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Reporting

Make better business decisions with analytics and reporting tools that aggregate your operational data and highlight opportunities for additional growth.

Automated report generation and real-time analytics help you make sense of your data, and business applications SAP provides include a fully integrated version of SAP Crystal Reports for gathering data from multiple sources.

Easy Integration & Extendibility

Customize your ERP system for your particular business and industry needs. SAP Business One comes with all you need out of the box, but it also was designed for easy integration with best-of-breed and industry-specific solutions from other software providers.

With more than 250 integration points and a robust software development kit for customized code, SAP Business One both works as a complete system and also can be adapted for your specific requirements.

Employee Enablement

Empower employees to make faster, more informed decisions by capturing data company-wide and making it available in real-time. With SAP Business One, you can capture all sales, customer, operations, and financial information and make it accessible to employees on an as-needed basis.

By having all your business data in a centralized system instead of disconnected spreadsheets, you also can cut down on data entry and unnecessary employee costs. Applications SAP Business provide make it easy to streamline data entry and management.

Multiple Deployment Options

Choose a cloud deployment or host the software on your own servers. SAP Business is available both as a cloud service and as an on-premises small business ERP solution.

When you choose SAP Business One as a cloud service, you also get the security, reliability, and peace of mind from knowing it is run on an industry-leading cloud provider, Amazon Web Services (AWS).

SAP: A Business Partner You Could Trust

ERP powers your entire business, so you need a software provider you can trust both now and as your company grows.

As the world’s largest maker of ERP solutions and the 12th largest technology company in the world, SAP powers more than 404,000 businesses across 180 different countries. These include large multinationals such as BP, Coca-Cola, and 3M, but also small and mid-market firms such as audio electronics maker, Skullcandy, and medical device manufacturer, CeloNova BioSciences. An estimated 77 percent of all global transactions come in contact with SAP software.

Nine out of the 10 largest U.S. corporations use SAP, as do a third of all Fortune 500 companies. But so do SMBs, which make up 80 percent of SAP’s customer base.

SAP is the market leader for ERP software, but it also is one of its pioneers. Started in 1971 by five German engineers who worked for IBM, SAP was an early developer of integrated accounting solutions (SAP stands for Systemanalyse und Programmenentwicklung, which is “systems analysis and program development” in German). As the industry grew and expanded, so did SAP’s market-leading integrated business systems, eventually encompassing financials, human resources, materials resource planning, operations, logistics, and eCommerce, among other key business functions.

What Is SAP For Small Businesses?

An enterprise IT leader by the 1990s, SAP expanded into the SMB market in 2001 when it acquired Israeli company, TopManage, which developed small business software. This became SAP Business One in 2003. While there are several different versions of SAP Business software, such as ByDesign SAP Business for midsize companies, Business One was designed specifically to meet the needs of small, growing companies. Eleven significant version releases later, SAP Business One is a robust, refined ERP system built for the needs of SMBs but inspired by the advances and best practices of SAP’s enterprise solutions.

Only SAP Business One has:

  • 60,000+ Customers
  • 27 Languages
  • 150 Countries where SAP Business One is Used
  • On-premise or cloud deployment options
  • SAP HANA or Microsoft SQL Server database options
  • 250+ Integrations and add-ons
ERP for the Cloud

Fully move your business to the cloud. With SAP Business One Cloud, all your key business processes go cloud-native, including financials, sales, inventory, production, and logistics. This gives you complete real-time access to your company’s data from any location at any time. Business One Cloud software also cuts down on deployment time, reduces costs, increases scalability, boosts security, and eliminates the need for costly hardware and software maintenance.

Spend less time maintaining your IT systems and more time running your business.

Reliability and security matter, so SAP Business One Cloud runs on the industry-leading cloud platform that powers much of the web, Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Security

When you choose SAP Business One Cloud, you automatically upgrade the data security of your business by taking advantage of the world-class data protection built into the AWS cloud. AWS uses state-of-the-art data security and loss prevention technology trusted by governments and businesses worldwide, including agencies that require security strong enough for top-secret clearance. AWS infrastructure also is 20 times more reliable than typical commodity disk drives, ensuring that all your business data stays safe from hardware and software malfunctions.

  • Full visibility and control
  • High-speed performance and flawless security
  • Data encryption and regular backups
  • Auditability
  • Regulatory compliance ready
Cost Savings

Reduce IT costs with SAP Business One Cloud by reducing implementation time and eliminating hardware and software maintenance. You also transform a large capital expense into a small ongoing operating expense.

  • Reduce IT dependence
  • No downtime or data loss
  • End hardware and software refresh cycles
Anywhere Access

Expand access to your data and business processes by making it accessible from any computer or mobile device with an internet connection. With SAP Business One Cloud, distributed teams, field service, traveling employees, and remote offices all can access the data they need when they need it.

  • Access anywhere, on any device (PC, Mac, iOS, Android, Linux)
  • Field service access and data input
  • Reduced risk of data theft or loss
Scalability

Only use the resources your business needs, and easily scale as you grow. Whether scaling for seasonal demand or because of long-term business growth, SAP Business One Cloud makes it easy to add or remove users and adjust your computing needs as you go.

  • Seamlessly expand your system as your business grows
  • Automatically scale users up or down according to your needs
  • Pay for just the resources you use
Speed

Improve business agility with real-time data access and an IT systems backbone that easily connects with cloud services, can be reconfigured easily, always runs the latest technology, and requires no maintenance. SAP Business One Cloud makes your company more nimble.

  • Complete real-time data access
  • Easy connectivity with other cloud services
  • Optimized remote infrastructure with fast system performance
  • Easy deployment and configuration
  • Always current feature set

Integrates with Everything You Need from Your Small Business ERP

Companies do not exist in a bubble, and neither do their business systems. Through Navigator’s exclusive, cloud-based integration platform, SAP Business automates vital business processes and eliminates manual data entry by bi-directionally sharing data with leading eCommerce platforms, EDI-based trading partner systems, and other leading applications. This makes SAP Business One the hub for all of your data, even when the data comes from other systems.

Navigator and our partners support click integrations with all of the most commonly used connection types and web services. Less common applications and services also can be connected to Business One through the cloud integration two-way translation layer.

Learn more about SAP Business One Integrations and Extensions.

 

Out-of-the-Box Integrations

Some of the popular integrations with ERP small business solutions that are out of the box:

  • E-Commerce: ChannelAdvisor, Amazon, Ebay, Hybris (via Data Workbench), Magento, Magento 2.1, Shopify, Volusion, WooCommerce

  • Credit cards: Authorize.net, PayFlowPro, CyberSource, USAePay, Stripe
  • CRM: SalesForce.com
  • Expense: Concur
  • Marketing: Marketo, Hubspot
  • Configuration: CIS
  • Planning: PlanetTogether, AdaptivePlanning
  • Portal: Customer Portal, Vendor Portal
  • Quality Management System (QMS): MasterControl
  • Shipping: iAbol, Pacejet, ShippingEasy, ShipWorks
  • Customer service: ZenDesk, Phoenix DAS
  • EDI: SPS Commerce, DiCentral
  • Tax: Avalara
  • WMS: Lisa, Warehouse Mobile Solutions
  • 3PL: Multiple 3PL companies
  • Point of Sale (POS): NCR, VendHQ, Stripe
  • Traffic monitoring: Data Collect

 

Benefits of Comprehensive Integration

  • Seamless business process integration
  • Complete connectivity with any system or solution
  • Full data synchronization between SAP Business One and other systems
  • Centralized data access and management
  • Reduced cost from maintaining a single system
  • Less duplication and improved data quality by having master data in a single location
  • More employee trust in business data

SAP Business One Industry Solutions

While SAP Business One meets the needs of most small to mid-market businesses, it isn’t right for all firms. That’s why SAP Business offers a wide range of industry-specific solutions configured for the unique needs of specific markets.

SAP Business One is highly extensible with more than 250 integration points and a robust software development kit that its network of SAP-certified solution providers have used to craft specific solutions for industry. These industry solutions are built on the same SAP Business One or SAP Business ByDesign platforms used by more than 600,000 businesses worldwide, with special configurations and added functionality.

  • Solutions for Life Sciences
  • Solutions for Consumer Products
  • Solutions for Retail
  • Solutions for Distributors
  • Solutions for Manufacturers
SAP ERP Solutions for Medical Devices, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical

Solutions for Life Sciences

SAP for Life Sciences helps SMB life sciences firms through each stage of their evolving business by providing cost predictability for pre-revenue, capital-intensive clinical trials, scaling and distribution phases, as well as added regulatory, traceability and validation functions required by life sciences firms.

Business One for Life Sciences supports:

  • Complex supply-chain visibility, including better track & trace materials & transactions
  • Compliance with FDA: CFR 21 Part 11
  • Global project management, collaboration, and project cost functionality
  • Out-of-the-box integration to SAP Jam
  • Out-of-the-box regulatory compliance and quality control functionality
  • CAPA (Corrective Action Preventive Action) support
  • Recall management
  • Electronic signature support
  • Supplier and internal quality audit support
  • Plant maintenance support
  • Multi-location support: country, company, language, currency, taxes, GAAP and regulations
  • Designed for GDPR compliance

Learn more about SAP for Life Sciences.

SAP ERP for Consumer Product Companies

Solutions for Consumer Products

SAP for Consumer Packaged Goods Manufacturers provides wide integration with suppliers, retail stores and eCommerce solutions, as well as robust serialization and warranty support for businesses that focus on consumer products.

Business One for Consumer Packaged Goods Manufacturers comes with:

  • Multi-company, multi-country, multi-language, and currency support
  • Seamless EDI and 3PL integration
  • One-click integration with all major eCommerce platforms
  • Serialization and warranty management
  • Robust CRM with marketing and campaign management
  • Call center/service desk functionality
  • Industry-leading mobile access
  • Enhanced analytics powered by SAP HANA

Learn more about SAP for Consumer Packaged Goods.

SAP ERP for Retail Companies

Solutions for Retailers

SAP for Retail helps retail businesses handle complex supply chains, meet omni-channel customer support needs, manage multiple supplier and retail outlets, connect with eCommerce channels and accurately forecast product demand.

Business One for Retail delivers:

  • Multi-company, multi-country, multi-language and multi-currency support
  • Seamless EDI and 3PL integration
  • Serialization and warranty management
  • Robust CRM functionality with marketing and campaign management
  • Call center and service desk functionality
  • Industry-leading mobile access
  • Enhanced analytics powered by SAP HANA

Learn more about SAP for Retail.

SAP ERP for Distribution Companies

Solutions for Distributors

SAP for Wholesale Distribution is tailored for distributors that need to manage supply chains, logistics, warehousing, inventory, eCommerce, promotional pricing, rebate offers and the many other variables that come with the wholesale distribution business.

Business One for Wholesale Distributors helps with:

  • Connectivity with internet portals, eCommerce channels and shopping carts
  • Forecasting and demand planning
  • Customer relationship management (CRM)
  • Quality control for reducing shipping and returns
  • Supply chain management
  • Accurate quoting and estimating
  • Order processing
  • Warehouse management
  • Landed cost calculations
  • Purchasing
  • Multiple currencies
  • Multiple countries

Learn more about SAP for Distribution

SAP ERP Solutions for Manufacturing

Solutions for Manufacturers

SAP for Manufacturing is tailored for managing complex supply chains, enabling just-in-time delivery, tracking production, supporting multi-location shipping, and connecting with vendors and suppliers through EDI and other manufacturing-specific requirements.

Business One for Manufacturing delivers:

  • Improved accuracy, transparency, and consistency in cost estimates and calculations
  • Shortened quotation cycle and time-to-market
  • Increased product margins
  • Cost overruns minimization
  • Value-at-risk rate improvement
  • Flexible manufacturing strategies
  • Collaboration across departments

Learn more about SAP for Manufacturing.

Why SAP HANA Cloud and SAP Business One Perks

Powered by SAP HANA

SAP Business One Cloud runs on SAP HANA, the industry-leading in-memory computing platform that delivers blazingly fast application performance for processing and analyzing large volumes of data in real time.

By choosing SAP Business One Cloud, you free your business from the performance issues and hardware maintenance that come from running on your own IT infrastructure. HANA SAP Business is simpler, easier, and faster than running applications on your own hardware.

Why SAP HANA

  • Efficiency. Advanced search capabilities and interactive analysis tools help employees get the data they need without assistance from the IT department.
  • Value. A simple, scalable IT solution with the power to drive a Fortune 500 company but a price point SMBs can afford.
  • Business Intelligence. A single platform that combines transactions and analytics with pre-build BI applications for greater insight.
  • Agility. Real-time business information that is accessible from anywhere to help drive faster decision-making.

The Benefits of Running on SAP HANA

  • Real-time data access across your entire organization.
  • Ready out of the box, including dashboards and report templates.
  • Reduced total cost of ownership by not having to maintain hardware and software.
  • Faster responsiveness for sales, production, logistics, accounting, and other business functions.
  • Quick interactive report generation for better decision-making.
  • Simplified IT management from having a single system both for transactional data and analytics.

Perks of the Platform

  • Sophisticated Available to Promise (ATP). Monitor and reserve ATP in real-time, suggest delivery schedules and control quantity, and easily reschedule when needed.
  • Complete Delivery Schedule Management. Check order status and ATP, view alternative items, expedite or reschedule sales orders.
  • Reliable Cash Flow Forecasting. Get real-time cashflow visibility with advanced forecasting.
  • Easy Analytics. Build reports with a drag-and-drop report builder that doesn’t require technical knowledge.
  • Faster Dashboard Creation. Design interactive dashboards with point-and-click ease for faster data sharing and deeper analysis.
  • Enterprise-Grade Search. Find transactional data quickly with Google-like search capabilities, apply filters, and drill down to specifics while maintaining corporate data security policies.

Implement SAP Business One Software & System Support

SAP Business One is a powerful tool for growing your business. But getting the most from it requires thoughtful planning, smart configuration, and a good implementation partner

Good thing you’ve got help every step of the way.

From the day you implement SAP Business to ongoing professional client service, we will support SAP business integration for you and your business.

Navigator Business Systems is an SAP-certified Gold Partner and one of the top SAP implementation partners in the world. We have helped small and midsize companies deploy more than 500 cost-effective, cloud-based SAP solutions over the past 20 years.

Our proven service methodology has been designed for rapid results on SAP Business One implementation from the first day of service engagement onward.

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How Navigator Business Solutions Helps

  • System implementation. On-time, on-budget SAP implementations.
  • System configuration. Settings and processes for making SAP Business One work for your business.
  • Software installation. Installation done the right way from the start.
  • Data migration. Cleaning and transferring data among systems without any surprises.
  • User and system administration. Adding users with appropriate access rights and managing your company’s ERP system.
  • Business process consulting. Advising on digital transformation, change management and business processes that get the most from SAP Business One.
  • Custom application development. Build applications that support your unique business needs.
  • Ongoing support services. Solving the problems you can’t solve alone.

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