subject: Sap Business One Full Service In Chicago And Atlanta Consulting Notes [print this page] This small and mid-size business Corporate ERP and MRP application is relatively new on US accounting software market, however it is so flexible and robust (plus it has SAP brand, which is important in the sense of reliability and future commitment), that it provides tough competition to such traditional lower mid-market Corporate ERP applications as Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly known as Great Plains Dynamics), Microsoft Small Business Financials (this small business corporate ERP is discontinued with the last version 9.0), Accpac, MAS 90 and 200 (from Sage Software). SAP B1 has SDK, which allows you to integrate existing ecommerce website to SB1 Invoices (or Sales Orders), of course you can use SDK for various SAP BO modules, if this is your objective. For initial data conversion and migration to SAP Business One we recommend you to consider free tool - SB1 Data Transfer Workbench, where you can review sample CSV files for migrating various objects (Business Partner, GL Account, Sales Invoice, etc.). We would like to offer you reading this small publication, where we are reviewing SB1 consulting topics:
1.How to select SAP Business One Reseller and implementation partner? There are several aspects in our opinion in selection process. First of all, you should try to find SB1 VAR by your industry expertise (here you should decide on the tradeoffs between SAP Business One consultant to be local and being experienced in your industry). SAP Business One application is flexible and often you do not need customizations, as you can implement custom logic procedurally - this is good news, however your SAP Business One Consultant should be able to advise you on the procedure
2.SAP Business One Software Licensing Schema. At this time (2010) it is all-in-one (where your SAP B1 user gets access to all the modules in the selected suite: Professional, CRM, Financials, Logistics)
3.SAP Business One Versions. Currently (January 2010) the version is still SB1 2007A (for USA), but in few weeks or month, we expect SAP Business One 8.8 release for all the new and existing customers. The advantages of SAP B1 8.8 are apparent, especially when you are multinational corporation and plan to utilize SBO for your international subsidiaries in such countries, as Brazil, China, Russia, Germany, France, India, Great Britain, Spain, South America, Caribbean. SAP Business One 8.8 has the advantage over 2007A/B, that it could be deployed on the same Microsoft SQL Server for all international branches
4.SB1 local service in Chicago, Atlanta. Our local service is available in Northern Illinois, Georgia. We are happy to offer you USA, Canada and international support (including such countries as Brazil and Russia), however if your Corporate ERP selection policy requires local presence, we can commute to your office, if you are located in Northern Illinois (Chicagoland metro area) or in Georgia (Atlanta metro area)
5.Migrating from legacy accounting software. Popular examples are Great Plains Accounting (GPA) for DOS, Windows or Macintosh, MYOB, PeachTree, QuickBooks. In international environment you may also be in migration from Microsiga to SAP Business One (Brazil), or from 1S Bukhgalteria (Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine)
