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