Corporate management using integrated ERP landscapes is commonplace for globally operating groups and large companies. Nowadays, medium-sized companies are also increasingly setting up international representative offices. The associated new requirements and demands on the global internal and external interaction of these companies are also new challenges for qualified ERP specialists.
Read MoreSAP publishes plan for SAP Business One until 2014
In an article in the SAP publication sap.info, the Walldorf-based company presents the development plans for SAP Business One. The so-called roadmap runs until 2014, according to which new versions (major releases) will be introduced every two years. Business One 9.0 will be released in 2012 and Business One 10.0 in 2014.
Read MoreIs the selection of an ERP software really that difficult?
Those who have the choice are spoilt for choice. This is especially true for companies that want to introduce a new ERP solution today. Depending on which statistics you look at, there are up to 500 different providers in German-speaking countries.
Read MorePrices and costs for SAP Business One
When a medium-sized company manager decides to purchase ERP or business software such as SAP B1, the most important questions for him are probably: What are the benefits? and: What are the prices and costs of SAP Business One?
Read MoreThe small difference between SAP B1 and R/3
Time and again in discussions, I realise that prospective customers don't make a big difference between the various SAP applications. For them, SAP is the software that the supplier or customer has, which is why it always reacts so inflexibly when a quick change in the process is required.
The surprise is therefore all the greater when it is explained that one and the other, i.e. SAP Enterprise (formerly R/3) and SAP Business One, have less in common than the shared logo might suggest.
Read MoreSAP Business One - Enough material for a blog?
When I think back 5 years and remember how SAP Business One started, the idea that SAP's smallest and youngest "child" would ever reach a stage that would justify a blog was almost absurd at the time.
Just like in real life: Children grow up