SAP Business One vs. Workday Human Capital Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Business One
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
SAP Business One is an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for small and medium-sized businesses, The product encompasses functionality around sales, customer relationships, inventory, operations, financials and human resources.
$99
per month
Workday HCM
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Workday Human Capital Management is built as a cloud-based system with global consistency in user experience. Workday HCM is part of a broader system with other Workday products.
$100
per year per user
Pricing
SAP Business OneWorkday Human Capital Management
Editions & Modules
Limited
$99.00
per month
Starter
$110.00
per month
Pro
$132.00
per month
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Pricing Offerings
SAP Business OneWorkday HCM
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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SAP Business OneWorkday Human Capital Management
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SAP Business One

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Workday HCM
Chose Workday Human Capital Management
Other programs, such as SAP Business One, are good and all, but I feel like HCM is still a better interface than SAP even though I've called it clunky. It's just so much more streamlined than SAP and makes life sooo much easier.
Chose Workday Human Capital Management
Workday blows SAP away in the human capital management space. Workday is extremely user-friendly where SAP made me want to pull my hair out on a daily basis, as did all of my coworkers. I think it this is mainly due to the fact the Workday is ONE platform, everyone gets the …
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Features
SAP Business OneWorkday Human Capital Management
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
10.0
10 Ratings
31% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.6
80 Ratings
7% above category average
Pay calculation10.09 Ratings8.268 Ratings
Benefit plan administration10.07 Ratings8.063 Ratings
Direct deposit files10.08 Ratings8.369 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.356 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.718 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.866 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.243 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
9.3
37 Ratings
21% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
API for custom integration9.535 Ratings00 Ratings
Plug-ins9.135 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
8.8
41 Ratings
6% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability8.633 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.141 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
7.2
42 Ratings
0% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Dashboards5.537 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports7.742 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports8.338 Ratings00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
5.7
43 Ratings
29% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Accounts payable9.443 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts receivable9.442 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support7.527 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.728 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations8.735 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting9.133 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes8.738 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
8.2
42 Ratings
3% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Inventory tracking8.842 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering7.029 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management9.139 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
6.0
40 Ratings
27% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Pricing7.739 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry8.440 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing2.023 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold7.539 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration8.631 Ratings00 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
6.9
36 Ratings
8% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Billing Management8.531 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management9.028 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management6.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting8.527 Ratings00 Ratings
Period Close9.533 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
7.0
19 Ratings
8% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Budgeting and Forecasting7.017 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Costing7.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost Capture7.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Capital Project Management7.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance7.014 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition6.116 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
7.9
16 Ratings
13% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Project Planning and Scheduling8.015 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers7.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality1.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools5.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
7.7
15 Ratings
4% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Award Lifecycle Management7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
8.1
17 Ratings
15% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Bids Analyzed and Compared8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Authoring7.511 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Repository8.69 Ratings00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated8.213 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier Management7.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
7.7
9 Ratings
15% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Risk Repository7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Management8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue Detection8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Remediation and Certification7.76 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
6.5
22 Ratings
4% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Transportation Planning and Optimization7.015 Ratings00 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management6.513 Ratings00 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management6.512 Ratings00 Ratings
Fulfillment Management5.417 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management2.014 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
6.1
20 Ratings
20% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Production Process Design2.018 Ratings00 Ratings
Production Management8.218 Ratings00 Ratings
Configuration Management2.014 Ratings00 Ratings
Work Execution4.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs5.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
7.2
25 Ratings
0% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Forecasting7.023 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Planning7.725 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring7.019 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
8.9
16 Ratings
21% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Proposal Management5.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management7.514 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
96 Ratings
6% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.381 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.391 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.193 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.988 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings9.187 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.684 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings6.759 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.4
74 Ratings
4% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.573 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings8.473 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.359 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
94 Ratings
3% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.883 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.692 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings7.573 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.857 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.783 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.0
25 Ratings
1% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.025 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.2
78 Ratings
9% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings8.674 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings8.376 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.664 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.4
56 Ratings
5% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.352 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.552 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
60 Ratings
4% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.550 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.559 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.651 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings8.458 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.7
63 Ratings
10% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings8.762 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.554 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings8.558 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings8.958 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings8.751 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
7.6
40 Ratings
3% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.034 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.235 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.738 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings6.737 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business One
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
48 Ratings
7% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.145 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.439 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.634 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.640 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.539 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.040 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.544 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP Business OneWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(48 ratings)
9.0
(108 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
4.6
(9 ratings)
9.0
(18 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(12 ratings)
7.0
(13 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(3 ratings)
6.6
(8 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(11 ratings)
8.0
(22 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.7
(2 ratings)
9.6
(6 ratings)
Online Training
4.5
(2 ratings)
7.0
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
2.8
(24 ratings)
8.0
(11 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(2 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP Business OneWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
SAP Business One would be more useful if it contained tools to acommodate the growing need of online sales. A more complete shipping module which handles tracking numbers with the common couriers would be great. A built in warehouse management system would be great designed to be used with barcode scanners
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Workday
Workday human capital management is well suited for organizations to manage their employee records. It is also well suited for managing the employee's salary details, also the details of past salary changes, promotions, etc. It has options to keep track of employees' goals for the year, where they can keep track of their progress, and also managers can view the progress or share feedback. This is very helpful for tracking career progress and providing feedback. Other options, like training assigned to employees, can also be seen in Workday; users will get alerts by email for any new assignments or due assignments, etc.
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Pros
SAP
  • SAP Business One is more suitable for small and medium scale enterprises
  • SAP Business One is : analytics, mobile technologies, cloud technologies
  • SAP Business One has exceptional performance in handling business functions such as purchasing and operations and customer relationship management
  • An important key features of SAP Business One is Reporting and Analytics.
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Workday
  • Groups employees in management hierarchies and creates Org Charts that are easy to navigate and allow for visualizing management chains regardless of employee locations
  • Intuitive and easy to use. The Workday search functionality works very much like Google; one can search for anything that they have access to in the database and drill down into the various details. All information is connected through hyperlinks and users can easily keep digging into the details for as far as their security access would take them.
  • Tasks such as to do, review or approve items are sent to the user's Workday Inbox, very much resembling email. Notifications about outstanding "to do" items are also sent to each the user's work email address on a daily basis.
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Cons
SAP
  • Following a bench mark process - this seems contradicting to flexibility however we have wished we could follow more of an industry benchmark. Our challenge as a small company has been knowing how to properly use the system. We have discovered that we have set up the system wrong based and are using it improperly which has cause a lot work to correct.
  • Better live reporting options - current we are on prem SQL. Yes SAP is moving to HANA however smaller companies like ourselves are not ready for that. We need to be able to maintain our existing SQL DB. We also have a demand for live BI Reporting. It has been difficult to do this with our current set up.
  • Error handling - have found it very difficult to troubleshoot. Errors are not always clear and answers are hard to find.
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Workday
  • The web interface is awful
  • Terrible, terrible, UI. No modern features like auto-save. I can't count the times I have lost work.
  • Their UX team (if it even exists) must be aliens, because I can't see how humans would have come up with the UI conventions they have.
  • Who creates a website application where you can't open stuff in multiple browser windows and tabs easily?
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Likelihood to Renew
SAP
As I said before, it is a first level tool, well developed, and with very strong development support, although the learning curve, its implementation, the cost-benefit ratio, the price and the user experience is not the most suitable for small and medium-sized companies. It is a company with extensive experience, market positioning, technical support and expanded use
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Workday
It is work to make one system the source of truth for our data, but now that it is done, there is less work involved in staying on this path. This means for us that maintaining and/or implementing new modules like performance, finance, talent, etc. is simple. It's a no-brainer
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Usability
SAP
I would like to give 8 out of 10 rating for SAP Business One because SAP Business One is a good choice for the mostly used business management solutions for the small and medium-sized companies. SAP Business One can help in optimizing the existing business process and enables streamline business processes for the daily activities for all users across the entire organization. The importance realization of SAP Business One implementation is based on the selection of the good reputation partner and its approach for the entire implementation. SAP Business One is a user-friendly and easy to use Enterprise system that the organization can benefit its features and functionalities by utilizing it.
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Workday
Workday's on a great path in terms of user experience. Their goals is to deliver a use experience that doesn't require training or instruction, like Amazon on the consumer side for example. That's hard to do when you're talking about complex business processes and important and sensitive employee information, but they're doing it well
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Reliability and Availability
SAP
The SAP Business One software is up and running every time
you need it as it was planned. In more than 6 years that we have been
using the product, it has never been unavailable and if it ever was, it was because of a planned maintenance window scheduled in the company.
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Workday
In 2014, Workday has changed the update process. There will be two updates a year; the updates will be delivered to customers typically in a 24 hour window during these two weekends a year. They also keep the Community up-to-date about any planned outages, etc. There is weekly scheduled downtime on Friday night.
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Performance
SAP
SAP Business One performance depends mostly on the speed of your internal servers, should you have the solution on premise as we do. Sometimes the system tends to be a little slower for some users when others are executing really big reports of performing some batch loads, but generally, the performance is acceptable to all the users.
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Workday
From my perspective, the system runs like a well oiled machine and I have not had any issues with customers complaining about speed. If a report is taking long to run, the report can run in the background and you can go about your business. For larger enterprises, there is additional space and machines to process the application in what Workday refers to it as Extended Configuration Tenant
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Support Rating
SAP
I rate my experience with SAP Business One's support team as excellent (10). They are easy to contact and effortless to work with on any issue or concern. I like the support SAP provides for any of their products. SAP has a great backing and I would recommend them to any of my colleagues.
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Workday
Workday is still learning about the needs of higher education. I have seen rapid improvement in support and knowledge over the last year so am confident this will continue to improve. Overall however, I have found the Support Team to be extremely responsive and Workday offers the advantage of having support across several timezones so that we never wait more than a few hours for a response.
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In-Person Training
SAP
The training I get was a consultant level training, so it's basically a 6 weeks training covering every aspect and every module of the system. It covered most common use cases and exercise training so you can get along with the software, as well as examples so there culd be a better understanding.
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Workday
Some training is offered online. Cost is per-person. This also gets quite expensive. Training doesn’t follow a logical path A to B. Starts in middle. When you try to do it afterwards at your desk, difficult.
• Training scenarios are not very real
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Online Training
SAP
Over the past two years SAP has added a great deal of new SAP Business One on-line training for version 9.0 and 9.1. Most of the training is very strong, but some is difficult to understand and follow. Additionally, SAP still has a few holes in their on-line training around Production, Bill-of-Materials, MRP and Service.
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Workday
I have done for report writing and mass imports (EIBs). They give materials and you run through examples, i.e. you don’t just watch them do tasks, so that is helpful. Training is expensive – a single reporting writing class is $600 per person for virtual training
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Implementation Rating
SAP
These implementations are not easy. Even a standard implementation can be difficult. With a never-been-done-before implementation, the implementation team and the user team need to be thorough with planning, make a decision on key points, and stick to them before any design happens. Our biggest challenge was not from StellarOne, rather it was from the mid-implementation decisions from our internal team. StellarOne did a great job warning us, implementing our decision, and then helping us adjust our SAP to handle the new direction we took.
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Workday
It was implemented before my joining the company. At my last company, we used Workday professional services.

Based upon my experience at my last company, I would rate the implementation experience an 8/10. There are different ways to set things up and we had different people telling us different things. It set us back a couple of times.

Regarding configuration advice, we could set things up where every manager has supervisory organizations, or have it financially based i.e. aligned to cost center/department. We chose the individual manager path and I think we should have chosen a department route. Going down the individual manager path, to maintain the information, we have to inactivate a supervisory org whenever a manager changes/leaves.
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Alternatives Considered
SAP
SAP provides the most robust solution, with modules available for all department managers and even options for customization according to the company's special needs. We especially used the Crystal reports options to provide reports for each module. Overall, even if it's not the least expensive option, it has the best value for money.
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Workday
Unfortunately, I do not recall the brands of the other human capital management software programs or tools I used at my current company or workplaces prior. I do think that is a testament to Workday with its strong branding and compelling features. I was not part of the selection process of Workday but have enjoyed my experience.
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Scalability
SAP
For most small businesses, the only way you outgrow SAP Business One is if the nature of your business changes radically. Going from 1 to 50 users is quite easy with SAP B1. Going beyond 50 may require moving to the Hana SAP B1 platform to maintain or improve performance, but the path is there.
Add-ons to SAP B1 can also be added as specific needs are encountered that are not closely met by the standard product. These may be required early in the product life because of the nature of your business, or as you expand the use of SAP B1.
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Workday
Workday has released Financials and is continuing to develop it's Human Capital Management footprint with the addition of Workday Recruiting. I think customers will find that is easy to add on additional functionality in the system. Workday does make it easy for customers to make changes without relying on IT resources. The Business Process framework is a visual tool that allows functional resources to make changes and see the flow of the transaction
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Return on Investment
SAP
  • Employee efficiency has definitely increased with SAP Business One. This is attributed in a lot of ways to information visibility. Our employees are able to gather the data they need, quickly, and effectively.
  • Identifying inconsistencies in pricing has also been accomplished through use of reporting off individual tables. Previously, we weren't able to access our data in such a way as to enable us to write custom reports in-house.
  • We have also benefited greatly from having a single source of all business information. We utilize SAP Business One exclusively in-house. All documentation is attached to specific orders and Business Partners, as well as serialized equipment that has been sold.
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Workday
  • Positive ROI, we were one of the first organizations that went with Workday HCM, and we received numerous discounts. Cloud systems are the way to go and we feel the system is stable for our growing work force.
  • The user conferences have been helpful to network and learn more deepness in the modules and functionality.
  • Right off the bat, our implementation costs were lower than budgeted and we had less 'billing' surprises.
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