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SAP Business One for our small company is the right choice
July 20, 2021

SAP Business One for our small company is the right choice

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

SAP Business One OnDemand

Modules Used

  • Accounting and Financials
  • Operations and Distribution

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Business One

Due to a spin-off, last year our company was faced with the decision of which ERP to use. In the previous years, we were using SAP R/3. We chose SAP Business One because is more suitable for small and medium scale enterprises (like us) where the business processes are more flexible. Moreover, we were looking for a cost-effective solution whereas R/3 is meant for large scale enterprises having multi-country locations and where budget is not much
of a concern.
SAP Business One does not have all the functionalities as that of R/3 but the functionality list is slowly increasing.
Regarding the implementations and consultant's skills, the SAP Business One consultants are
certified in all the modules. In SAP ECC, the consultants are certified in one or two, so the teams needs much more consultants in SAP Business One. At the end, we decided to move to SAP Business One.
  • 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.
  • The Firefox web browser is currently the only web browser supported.
  • Multi-currency capabilities- SAP Business One only does the real-time conversion at a period closing, but can simulate an approximation of the conversion for mid-period reports.
  • Ancillary system applications such as HR have pared-down feature sets
  • SAP Business One is intentionally designed keeping flexibility in mind
  • This software can be deployed on-premise or on cloud and you can change the on-premise hosting to cloud anytime in the future
  • It is designed from the ground up. SAP Business One is an affordable product that is quick to install, easy to use, and simple to maintain.

Do you think SAP Business One delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SAP Business One's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP Business One live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SAP Business One go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SAP Business One again?

Yes

I give a high point because I think that once SAP Business One is up and running, you have an ERP for a long time and your return of investment is acceptable.
We have been working with our consultant a lot [this] year and this helped us prepare and install SAP Business One. The support is minimum when the pre-analysis is well done. Anyway, in case of issue, their reply is always efficient.
SAP Business One provides a comprehensive and sophisticated financial system that also easily extends to add the functions of a true ERP system including modules for production, HR, CRM, and MRP. I think it represents the company's small to midsize enterprise offering.

Some important benefits of choosing SAP Business One is that it is a complete [set of] small-business essentials in a single system and it helps you to save money for implementation.

SAP Business One Feature Ratings

Not Rated
Accounts payable
Not Rated
Accounts receivable
Not Rated
Global Financial Support
Not Rated
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
Not Rated
Journals and Reconciliations
Not Rated
Configurable Accounting
Not Rated
Standardized Processes
Not Rated
Not Rated
Billing Management
Not Rated
Cash and Asset Management
Not Rated
Travel & Expense Management
Not Rated
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting
Not Rated
Period Close
Not Rated
8.0
Inventory tracking
8
Automatic reordering
8
Location management
8
9.0
Pricing
9
Order entry
9
Credit card processing
9
Cost of goods sold
9
Order Orchestration
9
Not Rated
Pay calculation
Not Rated
Benefit plan administration
Not Rated
Direct deposit files
Not Rated
10.0
Dashboards
10
Standard reports
10
Custom reports
10
Not Rated
API for custom integration
Not Rated
Plug-ins
Not Rated
Not Rated
Role-based user permissions
Not Rated
Single sign-on capability
Not Rated
Not Rated
Award Lifecycle Management
Not Rated
Not Rated
Budgeting and Forecasting
Not Rated
Project Costing
Not Rated
Cost Capture
Not Rated
Capital Project Management
Not Rated
Customer Contract Compliance
Not Rated
Project Revenue Recognition
Not Rated
Not Rated
Project Planning and Scheduling
Not Rated
Task Insight for Project Managers
Not Rated
Project Mobile Functionality
Not Rated
Definable Resource Pools
Not Rated
8.3
Bids Analyzed and Compared
9
Contract Authoring
8
Contract Repository
8
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated
Not Rated
Supplier Management
Not Rated
Not Rated
Risk Repository
Not Rated
Control Management
Not Rated
Control Efficiency Assessments
Not Rated
Issue Detection
Not Rated
Remediation and Certification
Not Rated
9.3
Transportation Planning and Optimization
9
Transportation Execution Management
10
Trade and Customs Management
Not Rated
Fulfillment Management
8
Warehouse Workforce Management
10
Not Rated
Production Process Design
Not Rated
Production Management
Not Rated
Configuration Management
Not Rated
Work Execution
Not Rated
Manufacturing Costs
Not Rated
9.0
Forecasting
10
Inventory Planning
8
Performance Monitoring
9
Not Rated
Proposal Management
Not Rated
Product Master Data Management
Not Rated