ERP Logic - SAP Business By Design Consulting


IT Challenges facing Small & Midsize Companies

Disparate IT Systems

Small and midsize companies often use myriad IT systems to support their operations. For instance, they may use different softwares for accounting, payroll, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), shipping, purchasing etc in addition to spreadsheets for reporting. Lack of integration between them leads to duplication of efforts as information needs to be entered manually in the various systems which is highly error-prone. More importantly, it leads to reduced visibility across the enterprise which in turn results in inefficiency and low customer satisfaction.


Need for integrated and scalable IT systems

Even if a company is satisfied with its existing mix of IT systems, future growth will inevitably call for an integrated system such as an ERP solution. The ERP solution must be flexible and scalable to adapt to growth and changing business needs.

Need for a cost-effective IT solution

ERP has traditionally been accessible only to large companies. The main deterrent for small and midsize companies to adopt ERP has been the cost. Specifically, companies need an ERP solution that involves a low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), requires minimal time to implement and can be used “out of the box” without the need for significant customization.

Rounded Rectangle: SAP Business ByDesign - Focus on your business, not on IT COMPLETE, ADAPTABLE, AFFORDABLE ON-DEMAND SOLUTION FOR MIDSIZE COMPANIES SAP Business ByDesign is fully integrated business management software designed for small and midsize companies that want the benefits of large-scale business applications without the need for a large IT infrastructure. It enables preconfigured process best practices for managing financials, customer relationships, human resources, projects, procurement, and the supply chain.

SAP Business ByDesign
SAP Business ByDesign diagram

Fully Integrated Business Suite

SAP Business ByDesign offers a fully integrated business suite to support all aspects of your business such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Project Management, Financial Management and Human Resources Management. It also includes built-in Business Analytics for enhanced reporting and “slice and dice” capabilities.

Software as a Service (SaaS)

SAP Business ByDesign is an On-demand solution that is hosted, managed, serviced and supported by SAP. A SaaS solution means that your company can eliminate the overhead associated with maintaining an IT infrastructure and personnel and focus on the business.

Affordable

SAP Business ByDesign offers an affordable monthly license fee that covers hosting, support and any future upgrades. The fee structure is also segregated into regular and efficiency users so that companies can tailor the fee structure to their needs.

Rapid Implementation

SAP Business ByDesign can be implemented in as little as 6 to 8 weeks at a predictable, low cost and low risk. Implementation can be performed by SAP or by an SAP partner such as ERP Logic.

SAP Business ByDesign supports all the Key Roles in your company

ACCOUNTING / FINANCE

OWNER / EXECUTIVE

SALES & MARKETING

SERVICES
• GL, payables, receivables

• Reporting / compliance.

• Tax Expenses .
 • Business 360 Dashboards

• Management Support
• Corporate Governance.

 • Marketing Campaingns.

• Pipeline Management

• Account Management.

 • Service Order Management

• Customer entitlements and issue tracking

•Knowledge base.

R&D /ENGINEERING/

MANUFACTURING

HR

PURCHASING
• Project planning, tracking, accounting

• Engineering change order.

• Supply chain planning & control.

•Manufacturing warehousing & logistics

• Supply chain setup management.

• Employee development.

• Organizational development

• Payroll. 		• Manage relationships

• Sourcing

• Contracts

SAP Business ByDesign Benefits

The following are some ways that SAP Business ByDesign enables you to address your challenges, change and grow, thrive in a global network, keep up with larger rivals, and drive costs down:

  • The integrated nature of Business ByDesign streamlines processes and eliminates departmental silos. It also results in greater visibility and transparency across the enterprise.
  • Business ByDesign eliminates the need for a company to maintain its own IT infrastructure and personnel freeing up precious cash and resources to be invested in the core operations.
  • It can also be deployed quickly with minimal IT resources reducing a company’s upfront capital expenditures.
  • Built-in analytics provide a 360-degree view of your business, so you can quickly identify and act on areas for improvement, innovation, and differentiation – better than the competition.
  • An intuitive user interface provides access to all needed functions and information, simplifying the learning process and increasing employee productivity.
  • In addition, the event-driven, role-based design of Business ByDesign proactively pushes the right information to the right employees at the right time – resulting in faster and better decision making.
  • Reflecting organizational changes can be as easy as drag-and-drop while preserving business process consistency and data integrity. This allows the organization to be agile and to respond to changing business conditions in a timely manner.
  • Business ByDesign enables employees to collaborate with each other by linking communication channels such as alerts and instant messaging with context-related information. This results in better coordination between employees and departments.
  • Built-in Compliance Management facilitates compliance with shifting regional, national, and international regulations.
  • SAP Business ByDesign supports operations in many countries, with multiple languages and currencies – so your IT infrastructure can easily expand with your company.

Rounded Rectangle: ERP Logic as your Implementation Partner ERP Logic has over 12 years of experience in implementing ERP solutions from SAP. We also bring a strong knowledge of best practices in business processes and workflows having worked with customers of all sizes belonging to various industries. Our focus on serving the SMB market enables us to understand the challenges and pain points that are unique to this market. ERP Logic utilizes a lean project team structure for the implementation of SAP Business ByDesign typically consisting of 1 to 3 solution architects. This approach results in a lower cost of implementation and provides a better ROI for customers. ERP Logic recognizes that an inefficient business process can prevent a company from realizing the full benefits of an ERP implementation. To that end, we can perform process improvements prior to the implementation using various methodologies such as 5S, Lean & 6Sigma. The proposed To-Be business process can then be integrated into the implementation. To find out more about SAP Business ByDesign and how ERP Logic can help you, visit www.erplogic.com/byd.