Sap Business One Addressing International Business Challenge
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. Our suggested audience is IT department of multinational company. Lets make in the form of FAQ or popular questions and answers. This paper is not a technology document. We are trying to educate our prospects and customers community and publishing introduction level works. Lets begin:
Q. We are using Microsoft Dynamics GP in the headquarters in Atlanta and we are acquiring mining facility in central Brazil and opening office in Sao Paulo. We tried to implement Great Plains in this remote location but controller over there doesnt like the idea. He is mentioning something like SPED and we are not familiar with it. Do you think if it is possible to implement Great Plains there?
A. We believe that your overseas controller has solid reasons to object. SPED mean Public Digital Bookkeeping System in Brazilian Portuguese. If your subsidiary is corporation then it should report in XML format tax related transactions as well as financial statements. GP is not localized in Brazil
Q. When you are saying that certain accounting software is not localized in specific country what exactly do you mean?
A. There are several aspects. The most important one in our opinion is compliance to foreign country legislation and tax code. Second aspect is foreign language support. Each country is unique and you may expect additional nuances
Q. We heard that SAP B1 is available internationally. Is user interface available in Chinese and Spanish?
A. You can review documentation from SAP website regarding supported languages. We would like to begin the list and mention Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Polish
Q. We are midsize business having the need to run couple of offices internationally. Our concern is about SB1 limitations as it is known as small business ERP. We plan to have at least twenty accounting system users worldwide. Should it fit or should we look for something else?
A. It actually depends on the number of daily transactions to be entered and posted in the system. SAP recommends it to multinational companies where the number of users in below two hundred. So we believe that your concern is obviously respected but it should work
Q. We need consolidated P&L and Balance Sheet. How does it work in SB1?
A. There is branch consolidation logic which brings GL entries into fictitious consolidated company. You can use standard Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet statements being logged into this company. Consolidation supports multicurrency
Q. We are in process to acquire mining facility in Siberia Russian Federation. Is it possible to deploy SAP BO for the office over there?
A. There are nuances. First of all accounting software in RF expects you to be able to print tax agency fiscal annual and quarterly reporting including Balance. There is high level of bureaucracy resulting in rapidly changing legislation. Business One is perfect for ERP and MRP functionalities. In order to cover tax reporting we recommend combination with 1C Bukhgalteria
Q. Is it possible to design P&L in FRx?
A. FRx is not compatible with SAP B1 General Ledger. You can export GL trial balance into Excel and use FRx reporting tree. By the way FRx is in phasing out mode to be replaced by Microsoft Management Reporter
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by: Andrew Karasev
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