In business, many decisions depend on the size of the company. Smaller companies that want to grow rarely face the same challenges as large corporations. Your requirements are specific and often time-critical. You need solutions that are fast and flexible.
Since there is no one-size-fits-all solution, SAP Business One developed. The software supports small businesses and lower medium-sized businesses with an ERP system that grows with you and adapts to changing needs.
Introduction of SAP Business One
Today, more than 83,000 customers and 1.2 million users in over 170 countries rely on SAP Business One. A global network of 850 partners supports you – with over 500 industry and country-specific extensions.
“Getting started is deliberately designed to be simple,” said Darius Heydarian, head of Partner Solution Enablement SAP Business One. “Companies can start with a single user and later scale up with more employees, locations or subsidiaries.” The solution can adapt to the way smaller businesses work. It enables both rapid introductions at external locations and coordinated rollouts in multiple regions. It offers modern, browser-based use and integrates seamlessly into SAP’s analysis solutions and automation tools.
The role of partners
SAP has reaffirmed the strategic importance of SAP Business One in its solution portfolio. Karl Fahrbach, Chief Partner Officer of SAP, emphasized SAP’s continued commitment to SAP Business One and the critical role of the partner network: “SAP continues to invest in the future of SAP Business One. Our partner network remains the key to success. It ensures autonomy, resilience and growth and adds new customers every day.”
Partners are the backbone of the SAP Business One ecosystem. SAP works closely with a large network of experienced implementation and support partners. These partners have the expertise to tailor solutions to the specific needs of individual customers – with industry functionality, localization or regulatory compliance capabilities.
“Partners also contribute to the extensibility of SAP Business One because they develop extensions and industry solutions that address specific challenges,” said Heydarian. The collaboration between SAP and its partners ensures that customers benefit from both SAP technology and local expertise.
Customers in numbers
“A partner recently gave me a customer example that describes SAP Business One’s target market very well,” said Heydarian. “The company initially had three employees. Over the years it expanded and now employs 250 people – and the software platform still fits.”
Typical customers of SAP Business One are small and medium-sized companies. You are looking for a cost-effective, flexible and scalable ERP solution. They often want to control accounting and finance, purchasing, warehouse, sales, customer relations and their reporting centrally with one software. SAP Business One helps you stay in control, simplify processes and make strategic decisions based on real-time data.
The solution can be adapted to growing requirements. It supports international expansion with 28 languages and 50 country-specific localizations. Over 850 partners provide local support tailored to customers’ specific needs.
“We are proud that SAP Business One is part of the SAP solutions portfolio,” said Heydarian. “Every year around 3,000 new customers choose SAP Business One. On average, 10 customers choose the solution every day.”
