subject: Sap Business One Inexpensive Erp And Accounting Package [print this page] The brand name of SAP is often associated with something expensive and dedicated to Fortune 500 companies. It is good association but this vendor also offers very reliable accounting, MRP and ERP software for small and mid-size businesses. In this small publication we would like to give you some information about Business One. Lets begin with the idea about software licenses cost. If you are programmer we welcome you to read this paper but it doesnt have technical details as it is rather dedicated to managers and company owners to help them in product selection homework. Very good lets go down to details:
1.License cost. The model is based on so-called named user and the price for one professional user is slightly below three thousand US dollars. For the rest of your team you probably need specialized licenses in Financials, Distribution and CRM only fields where the price is from one to two thousands
2.Implementation consulting estimation. It varies from one client to another. In average it is comparable to the cost of the software licenses. There are situations where you need programming services including customization or integration with external database. The cost should be estimated separately and we recommend you to move this project into the second phase of the implementation
3.Typical migration scenarios. There are starter packages such as QuickBooks or Sage Peach Tree where on-the-shelf product cost is several hundred dollars. There are also obsolete applications such as Great Plains DOS 9.5 as well as Pervasive SQL 2000 version of GP 7.5 and earlier
Lets take several questions from internet auditoria:
Q. We made a decision that Business One is perfect option for our small company. We like its distribution series of modules as well as its international package. We have a dilemma about data conversion from Great Plains DOS 9.2. How do we export documents and prepare them for the import into SAP B1?
A. GPA was hosted in Btrieve database. It is easy enough to export via Pervasive SQL 2000 Control Center. However you have to produce DDF files as Btrieve technology requires data definition files (tables, fields and indexes). There are nuances when you are exporting historical sales orders as DAT files might be hosting multiple tables per one file. In this case you need filtration and we recommend you to apply your intuition
Q. We plan to implement SAP BO for our international subsidiaries in Brazil, China and Russia. Campinas Sao Paulo office is the first in line. We have heard about SPED or Brazilian Public Digital Bookkeeping System. Our CPA in SP makes waves trying to let us know that SPED is required and difficult in its implementation. Could you share your experience?
A. Yes this is very good question. SPED is realized via third party ISV channel add-on. The price is about 4.5 thousand USD but it is reliable one and this is one of the reasons of SB1 success in Brazil
Q. We would like to feed our sales transactions from external Linux/MySQL/PHP application. What are our options?
A. Review Data Transfer Workbench first as it is natural to export records in CSV file from Linux and then move them via DTW. Data Transfer Workbench can also connect via ODBC to something like MS SQL Server View where you can join cross-platform databases and tables. If you think that DTW doesnt work then consider programming in Software Development Kit Microsoft Visual Studio .Net C# or VB
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