The SAP Business One strategy
9 Jan

The SAP Business One strategy

In a very detailed video, Rainer Zinow (Senior Vice President: Product Management, Business One & Business ByDesign) explains the strategy and the future of SAP Business One.

As a senior product manager, Rainer Zinow is not only responsible for SAP Business One but also for SAP ByDesign. As such, he naturally has an overview of the entire SAP strategy for SAP's SME ERP systems.

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9 good reasons for integrated business software
23 July

9 good reasons for integrated business software

Medium-sized companies often use different software for different tasks. There may be many things in favour of special applications. However, stand-alone solutions always have disadvantages. On closer inspection, integrated business software appears to be the better choice. These 9 reasons speak in favour of it:

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Individual and contract manufacturers need other ERP solutions
4 July

Individual and contract manufacturers need other ERP solutions

Production with batch size 1 can be found in many different industries. Plant manufacturers, tool manufacturers, special machine construction, special vehicle construction, shipyards and many other specialised manufacturers of individual and contract manufacturers. These individual and contract manufacturers often still work with isolated solutions instead of integrated business applications. Yet there are so many ERP systems for manufacturing companies.

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ERP for the electronics industry
3 July

ERP for the electronics industry

According to a study by Konradin Verlag, around 40% of electronics companies use in-house developments, as not many ERP systems manage the balancing act between project management and subsequent series production. The electronics industry has to contend with constant innovations and short product life spans like no other. It relies on the time from current product development to completion and marketing being as short as possible.

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Already an ERP grandfather or still an ERP teenager? The generations of ERP systems
28 Feb

Already an ERP grandfather or still an ERP teenager? The generations of ERP systems

Humans are creatures of habit. Once they've become accustomed to their software family, it becomes difficult to convince them of necessary system modernisations or even changes. However, if companies are dealing with system solutions that are more representative of the first generation than the third, it's time to say goodbye. But how can one recognise whether they are dealing with a „grandad“ or „teen“ system? A classification of the three ERP generations:

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