why buy sap business one
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why buy sap business one
50 Customers | 50 Days The little book of BIG Quotes 50 Customers | 50 Days are many people who still ‘‘There mistakenly think that SAP is too large, too expensive or too complex for their organisation. The facts tell a different story. SAP has worked with SMEs for nearly 40 years.” John Antunes, Director, SME and Channels, SAP UKI Over 80% of our customers are SMEs. That is over 100,000 SME customers. SAP is suited to SMEs as it is fast to implement, SAP solutions can be up and running in 12 weeks. SAP solutions can reduce operating costs for SMEs by 21%. SAP solutions offer a fast time-tovalue. For an ERP system, this is usually between 2-12 weeks. We’d like you to hear how our customers are using SAP to manage their business processes, to gain better business insights and drive faster, smarter decisions. The Little Book of Big Quotes contains 50 customer stories, and they’re all from SME organisations. To find out more, click the link at the bottom of each story – and read the case study or watch the customer interview. 01 Lotte Chemical Employees: 100-200 | Industry: Chemicals ‘‘ If you are looking to improve workflow, output of information and save time and money, then SAP Business One from Sapphire has done exactly that for Lotte Chemical UK Ltd.” Stephen Trillo, HR/OD/IT Manager Accelerating reaction times: SAP Business One paid for itself within seven months and delivered improved reporting and full integration of business processes. Month end is three times faster with less people to complete the operation. Partner: Sapphire | Solution: SAP Business One Read more Treadsetters Limited 02 Employees: <50 | Industry: Wholesale Distribution – Tyres ‘‘ I wanted a solution like SAP Business One that would allow us to control the business – not simply the finances. It is the business that drives – and determines – the financial outcome.” Trefor Jones, Director SAP Business One provides Treadsetters with business control and performance visibility. This helps the company manage tight margins and provide partners with valued information. Partner: Culex | Solution: SAP Business One Read more 03 Salford Royal NHS Employees: 500+ | Industry: Healthcare ‘‘ Data access and reporting is far quicker and more effective than ever before; 18-week reporting has never been so robust! There is no ambiguity in the data and to me that’s the success of InView and SAP BusinessObjects.” Jon Lawton, Head of Information Services Salford Royal now has in place a single source of reliable and accurate data and other users can produce ad-hoc, standard and statutory reports quickly and easily. Since implementation the Trust has also been able to improve its data strategy and the accuracy of its source data. Partner: CACI | Solution: SAP BusinessObjects Read more 04 Apollo Scientific Employees: 50-75 | Industry: Chemicals ‘‘ SAP Business One has saved us considerable time and money and it continues to be an excellent investment for us.” Vicky Williams, Senior Sales Executive SAP Business One has saved Apollo a lot of time by eliminating duplication. They can now see a clear complete picture of their business. Extracting data is also a lot easier, Apollo can quickly run reports to get turnover and margin analysis by salesperson and customer, something that used to take hours of preparation. Partner: Frontline | Solution: SAP Business One Read more Frontline 05 Wing Yip Employees: 300-400 | Industry: Wholesale Distribution – Food ‘‘ Wing Yip processes six million invoice lines a year – that is a lot of sales information that can deliver real insight to the business. The speed with which we can create and amend reports in SAP Web Intelligence is impressive.” Mick Newport, Financial Controller Wing Yip can now rapidly create and tailor sales reports and analyse the performance by store, product and account customer. Partner: Edenhouse Solutions | Solution: SAP BusinessObjects Read more Cuda Drinks 06 Employees: <50 | Industry: Wholesale Distribution – Drinks ‘‘ The most significant difference is the amount of time it has saved Cuda operationally. Orders and invoicing are more accurate and are completed in a fraction of the time previously taken.” David Whitney, Finance Manager The company was experiencing rapid growth, and required a solution that would encompass all business activities in one system, improve its operational efficiency and enable expansion to take place with a minimum of disturbance to the business. Partner: Codestone | Solution: SAP Business One Read more 07 Sunraysia Industry: Consumer Products of the business has ‘‘ Management been transformed; we are no longer operating blindfolded. Cash flow and profitability have improved and we have visibility of profit on a customer by customer basis.” Simon Peutrill, Group Finance Director Since the implementation of SAP Business One, Sunraysia has benefited from marked cost savings. There has been a significant reduction in the number of days taken to close monthly and annual accounts, and there has been a cost saving as a result of being able to get more done without adding headcount. Partner: Sapphire | Solution: SAP Business One Read more Dairyglen 08 Employees: <50 | Industry: Wholesale Distribution – Food would recommend SAP Business ‘‘ IOne to any business of our size. People might shy away from it, thinking it’s for bigger companies – but it’s not expensive, and it’s a comprehensive business tool for any company that really wants to understand how it is operating.” Philip Delaney, Managing Director Since the implementation of SAP Business One, Dairyglen has better control of business operations, more effective use of resources, improved invoicing capabilities and enhanced customer relationships via better insight into customer behaviour. Partner: IIS | Solution: SAP Business One Read more 09 SPP Pumps Employees: 300-400 | Industry: Manufacturing – Industrial ‘‘ We went live with our companywide SAP system – on time and within budget.” Graham Terry, Director and General Manager SPP has doubled both in size and in profitability and so to sustain that growth, they felt that they needed to update their existing business system. Find out why SAP was right for them. Partner: Invenio | Solution: SAP Business All-In-One Read more invenio business solutions Salvo 1968 10 Employees: <50 | Industry: Wholesale Distribution – Food ‘‘ We were looking for a slicker, more efficient way of working. SAP and Enterprise On Demand demonstrated a thorough understanding of our business pains.” Andrew Drake, Financial Controller SAP ByDesign has enabled Salvo 1968 to uphold its promise to provide a fast, friendly and efficient service. Staff will now have real-time, accurate insight into stock levels, sales transactions and inventory requirements. Partner: Enterprise On Demand Solution: SAP Business ByDesign Read more E D Enterprise on Demand 11 Booths Employees: 500+ | Industry: Retail ‘‘ SAP BusinessObjects is now an essential application for Booths – without it, our ability to trade profitably and compete as we do now would be severely compromised.” Andrew Rafferty, IT and Supply Director BI – not just for big cheeses: SAP BusinessObjects has enabled Booths to create a unified view of trading and understand their performance, from individual product lines to overall market share. Partner: Acuma | Solution: SAP BusinessObjects Read more A SAKSOFT COMPANY The Big Bus Company 12 Employees: 300-400 | Industry: Transport ‘‘ One of the main benefits of having SAP Business One in place is that it is so much easier to track stock and keep an eye on it more efficiently – increasing productivity without having to add new members of staff in the Engineering Department is a real bonus.” Caroline Swain, Chief Financial Officer With SAP Business One, Big Bus is now benefiting from a really streamlined purchase system. The reconciliation/ matching invoices to their manual purchase order system was a full time job but the time spent has been effectively halved allowing them to concentrate on further analysis. Partner: Sapphire | Solution: SAP Business One Read more 13 Carbon Disclosure Project Employees: 100-200 | Industry: Not For Profit ‘‘ Instead of producing data and then finding out what we can do with it, we’re turning the process around. Now we’re asking our users what questions they really want answered. This system gives us the flexibility to do that.” Patrick Crawford, CDP Development Manager SAP BusinessObjects in the cloud enhances information management and reporting, putting relevant information at the heart of business, policy and investment decisions. Partner: itelligence | Solution: SAP BusinessObjects Read more British Motor Heritage 14 Employees: <50 | Industry: Automotive ‘‘ We now have a cohesive, accurate and fast view on our entire stock range.” John Pollard, Business Systems Manager SAP Business One has enabled BMH to bring separate data sources together, reducing the reliance on departmental spreadsheets and external financial auditors, thereby reducing costs. Partner: APH | Solution: SAP Business One Read more 15 NHS Blood and Transport Industry: Healthcare ‘‘ Easily customisable reporting capabilities allow managers to generate reports that deliver the information they need, when they need it and in an individual format that they can easily understand.” Stuart Halson, Head of Business Intelligence and Data Management Developed to consolidate information held in three disparate legacy systems spread across the country, The SAP BusinessObjects solution continues to provide NHSBT with easy, rapid and error-free access to vital information so that trends can be analysed and steps taken to maintain and increase the volumes of donations. Partner: K3 Panacea | Solution: SAP BusinessObjects Read more Jellycat 16 Employees: 50-75 | Industry: Retail ‘‘ We can now fulfil a higher volume of orders, in a shorter amount of time, more accurately. Ultimately, we are servicing our customers better.” Danny Olive, Financial Director With SAP Business One there has been a 70% reduction in the need to enter sales orders manually, leading to an increased speed of processing and delivery. Partner: Balloon One | Solution: SAP Business One Read more 17 A. Algeo Ltd Employees: <50 | Industry: Industrial Machinery ‘‘ I thought of SAP as expensive and only for big companies. But SAP Business One does everything we wanted to do, and IIS proved to us that it was affordable for a company of our size.” Alan Sheridan, Managing Director SAP Business One enabled better stock control yielding a 25% increase in sales without significant stock increase. Partner: IIS | Solution: SAP Business One Read more Places for People Group 18 Employees: 500+ | Industry: Property Management ‘‘ The ability to continuously monitor our operational effectiveness and drive efficiency improvement with real-time, accurate information aligned to our organisation and user requirements, has ensured we continue to deliver the best possible level of service to our tenants.” Executive Team The SAP BusinessObjects technology employed to deliver information has proved an open, flexible and scalable platform, and has allowed for the solution to organically grow in line with changing conditions and demands. Partner: Visualmetrics | Solution: SAP BusinessObjects Read more 19 Panorama Antennas Ltd Employees: 50-75 | Industry: Manufacturing – Industrial ‘‘ It was becoming harder to manage our worldwide operations using the separate applications we had implemented over time. With SAP Business ByDesign, we have up-todate information at all times for better planning and decision making.” Christopher Jesman, Managing Director Learn how Panorama Antennas, the British manufacturer of mobile radio antennas, implemented SAP Business ByDesign to gain real-time information for better planning and decision making. Solution: SAP Business ByDesign Read more LH Evans 20 Employees: 75-100 | Industry: Wholesale Distribution – Lighting ‘‘ To run an efficient and highly successful wholesale distribution company, it’s crucial to have complete visibility across all business processes.” Andrew Evans, Managing Director The future looks bright for LH Evans: the SAP Business All-in-One solution gives LH Evans a better handle on data to decrease report lead times, improve cash flow and better manage stock inventory. Partner: itelligence Solution: SAP Business All-in-One Read more 21 Ipeco Employees: 500+ | Industry: Manufacturing – Aeroindustry ‘‘ We are very pleased with our integrated ERP solution. It’s a myth that SAP can’t work in smaller businesses – it does! We are benefiting from a standard system throughout Ipeco’s locations and throughout the group.” Keith Ross, Company Secretary Learn how Ipeco has gained a unified view of its entire business using SAP Business All-in-One across all sites. Partner: Ciber | Solution: SAP Business All-in-One Watch the video Plascoat 22 Employees: 75-100 | Industry: Manufacturing – Plastic Coating ‘‘ SAP Business One has turned out to be everything that we had hoped and expected it to be. It has cost considerably less than the previous system, which did not have the flexibility or scalability of SAP Business One which is important for any business.” Keith Bilham, Financial Director With SAP Business One, Plascoat can produce meaningful business reports which enable them to constantly monitor and measure profitability across their product range and sales regions; enabling business decisions to be made in a timely fashion based on accurate and current data. Partner: Codestone | Solution: SAP Business One Read more 23 Africa Express Line Employees: 75-100 | Industry: Logistics – Shipping ‘‘ SAP BusinessObjects has improved our decision making processes; given us access to detailed information and statistics that would otherwise have been missed. This insight has given us a strong base on which to make the most informed decisions for our business.” Alexandra Grist, IT Project Manager With a new, powerful and fully functioning BI and reporting solution now in place, AEL management can rapidly access business critical information and generate a wide range of reports customised to the requirements of each individual, helping AEL turn business insights into effective decisions. Partner: K3 Panacea | Solution: SAP BusinessObjects Read more Bowers & Wilkins Group Ltd 24 Employees: 300-400 | Industry: Consumer Products ‘‘ Our people are heavily dependent on the iPhone and the iPad. And what really sold us on SAP BusinessObjects Explorer was the ability to closely and quickly integrate sales data into both these products.” Paul Fryer, Business Systems Manager Read how the project was implemented in less than 8 weeks, with a small 2.5-person team and how the software has been configured to provide data on sales history, global planning, and forecasts to approximately 60 end users. Partner: Birchman | Solution: SAP BusinessObjects Read more 25 Royal British Legion Employees: 500+ | Industry: Charity ‘‘ We needed to make the right decision, so we conducted an in-depth review of all the major vendors in the market place. We knew SAP BusinessObjects was the right solution because of the concept of the ‘Universe’; the ability to translate the complexities of our databases into user-friendly business information.” Richard Lovelock, Head of IT All RBL users now have access to meaningful reporting as and when they need it, not once a month, and they don’t all have to run around carrying armfuls of spreadsheets anymore. Partner: itelligence | Solution: SAP BusinessObjects Read more Rondanini (UK) Ltd 26 Employees: <50 | Industry: Wholesale Distribution – Food ‘‘ We needed a system that was stable and scalable, which would produce cost savings across the business.” Andrew Drake, Financial Controller Rondanini needed accurate stock level data, more control over their business, and to increase the sophistication of their business data analysis. Partner: Enterprise on Demand Solution: SAP Business ByDesign Read more E D Enterprise on Demand 27 Redfoot Shoes Employees: 50-75 | Industry: Wholesale Distribution – Shoes ‘‘ With SAP Business One, we now have up-to-date, incredibly valuable financial information about our cash position and sales figures at our fingertips.” Tim Smith, Managing Director Immediate benefits of SAP Business One for Footwear & Apparel included automated stock control, accurate stock allocation, and improved customer service through better access to customer history. Partner: Signum | Solution: SAP Business One Read more ECO Plastics 28 Employees: 100-200 | Industry: Recycling ‘‘ We decided on SAP and Waste and Recycling One. We have everything in one solution from accounting, CRM, procurement, sales, reporting and legal compliance, waste logistics, stock management, workflow and plant maintenance.” Jeff Holder, Director Due to Master Data, integration, contract planning and orders, inbound materials, processing, sales and reporting administrative time saving has improved by over 30%. Partner: ISB Global | Solution: SAP Business One Read more 29 Mackies of Scotland Employees: 50-75 | Industry: Manufacturing – Food ‘‘ We have a lot more accessible and detailed information on our business thanks to SAP Business One. It is easy to use as the way it works is pretty intuitive and the interface is very user-friendly; drilling down into things is simple.” Gerry Stephens, Finance Director With SAP Business One, Mackies have more focus on costs and margins, can get exact information out as and when it is required, and have an accurate picture of stock levels. Partner: Sapphire | Solution: SAP Business One Read more Phoenix Contact 30 Employees: 100-200 | Industry: Manufacturing – Automation ‘‘ Our data had previously been fragmented across multiple systems, creating organisational silos that meant we weren’t as effective as we should have been. Being able to see everything in one place was a revelation.” Martin Potter, Sales and Marketing Director Real-time visibility into day-to-day operations: find out how Phoenix Contact, despite tough conditions in the general UK economy, grew their sales aggressively by 32% in 2010 and a further 20% in the first 6 months of 2011 alone. Partner: DSCallards | Solution: SAP BusinessObjects Read more 31 The Diocese of Peterborough Employees: <50 | Industry: Church/Diocese ‘‘ With SAP Business One we can get a much better financial view of our parish units than we have ever been able to before.” Michael Stobbs, Accountant, Diocesan Board of Finance SAP Business One helps the Diocese eliminate reliance on financial guesswork, reduce manual data entry and human error in sales ledgers, and increase the accuracy and efficiency of its management accounting. Partner: Prospettiva | Solution: SAP Business One Read more Duro UK Ltd 32 Employees: <50 | Industry: Wholesale Distribution – Industrial ‘‘ SAP Business One has helped Duro achieve more without having to increase resources. We have reduced held inventory by 15% while achieving 20% sales growth with no increase in stock-out positions. Being able to instantly access relevant and accurate business information has been key to the system’s success.” Paul Morewood, Managing Director With SAP Business One, Duro freed up a significant amount of time that used to be spent creating reports, which could at times equate to 60% of the time of one senior manager. Partner: Ochiba | Solution: SAP Business One Read more 33 Newsdesk Media Employees: <50 | Industry: Media Services ‘‘ SAP is a strong package – we’re using just a fraction of its potential at the moment and it’s already made a significant difference to our business.” Gurdev Singh, Financial Controller With SAP Business One, errors are reduced and, crucially, there are fewer demands on the time of a busy accounting team. Management accounts are much easier to produce, and tasks are easy to delegate within the team due to the straightforward nature of the software. Partner: Youngberry | Solution: SAP Business One Read more Small Media 34 Employees: <50 | Industry: Not For Profit ‘‘ If you’re growing your business and need a system which is scalable, flexible and robust, SAP Business ByDesign is by far the best solution.” Mahmood Enayat, Director The audit functionality of SAP Business ByDesign, helps Small Media to be completely accountable to its funding partners. Partner: In Cloud Solutions | Solution: SAP Business ByDesign Read more 35 Accounting Technicians Ireland Employees: <50 | Industry: Not for Profit ‘‘ Our annual audit in 2010 took four days. In 2011, following the implementation, it took three hours. We have gone from being a paper-based organisation to the 24-7 organisation we are now.” Oliver O’Kelly, IT Director Accounting Technicians Ireland registration process took months but now it’s instant thanks to SAP. Partner: IIS | Solution: SAP Business One Watch the video Stevenson Heating 36 Employees: <50 | Industry: Professional Services ‘‘ With a little bit of effort, SAP Business One could cover 95% of our requirements. SAP Business One was the only product that could do that. Nothing else came close, it was as simple as that.” Paul Stevenson, Managing Director Staff at Stevenson Heating think SAP Business One is easy to use and gives a ‘rock solid performance.’ Partner: Codestone | Solution: SAP Business One Watch the video 37 CNP Professional Employees: <50 | Industry: Sports Nutrition ‘‘ We have transformed our business processes with SAP Business One. We are much more streamlined and integrated now.” Gary Medlock, General Manager With SAP Business One, advanced reporting functionality means information that used to take half a day to find is now available in just minutes. Partner: Frontline | Solution: SAP Business One Read more Frontline 38 Tangent Employees: 200-300 | Industry: Professional Services ‘‘ SAP Business ByDesign has helped us to gain a holistic view of our business, and improve efficiencies across the board.” Timothy Green, CEO SAP Business ByDesign gives Tangent an integrated view on holiday booking, payroll & resource planning. Partner: Enterprise on Demand Solution: SAP Business ByDesign Read more E D Enterprise on Demand 39 QED Ltd Employees: <50 | Industry: Wholesale Distribution – Security ‘‘ The sales analysis function in SAP is incredible.” Matt Philp, Product Development Director With SAP Business One, decisions previously reliant on instinct and memory are now informed with accurate business insight. Partner: Signum | Solution: SAP Business One Read more Trulife 40 Employees: 500+ | Industry: Manufacturing – Medical ‘‘ It is crucial in a business like ours to be able to quickly provide staff with the information they need to help them make better business decisions. That’s the biggest benefit we’ve received from implementing SAP Business One.” Cormac Dowling, Financial Controller Delivering a better future: SAP Business One enables Trulife to manage its products more effectively and deliver a better experience to the patients, healthcare professionals and channel partners it works with. Partner: IIS | Solution: SAP Business One Read more 41 Omega Employees: 200-300 | Industry: Manufacturing – Kitchens ‘‘ We’re now five times faster at processing than we were previously and still maintain accuracy. Our warehouse management system now gives us control, discipline and stability. It allows us to give the service we need to our customers.” Nick Hilton, IT Director Omega gains greater visibility and control over their production orders with SAP Business All-in-One. Partner: CSI | Solution: SAP Business All-in-One Watch the video Talar Made Ltd 42 Employees: <50 | Industry: Manufacturing – Medical ‘‘ We have a complete, integrated solution to manage our entire business. We improved purchasing planning significantly, reducing time and cost with better results. This let us increase sales and profits without additional resources.” James Mills, Operations Director With SAP Business One, Talar Made has reduced the time people spend on planning work and increased its margins in the process. Partner: Ochiba | Solution: SAP Business One Read more 43 Major International Employees: <50 | Industry: Manufacturing – Food ‘‘ Implementing SAP Business One was pain free. We were up and running in 30 days and it’s so easy to use!” Jo-Ann Stapley, Management Assistant With SAP Business One, sales reporting, processing and stock control are all carried out quickly and accurately giving great business insight and control. Partner: Prospettiva | Solution: SAP Business One Read more Oncore IT 44 Employees: 50-75 | Industry: Professional Services ‘‘ With SAP we can support all of our user groups more efficiently, and plan our resources accurately and profitably.” Michael Croft, CEO SAP Business All-in-One helps Oncore IT plan resources accurately and profitably. Management information is accessible instantly to help make timely and better business decisions. Partner: G3 | Solution: SAP Business All-in-One Read more 45 Club Green Employees: <50 | Industry: Import and Distribution ‘‘ We were looking for a comprehensive, integrated and affordable solution. SAP Business One is all that and more.” Agostino Cipullo, Managing Director Club Green improves customer service, stock allocation, inventory and ordering with SAP Business One. Partner: Broadgate | Solution: SAP Business One Read more 46 Janet Employees: 100-200 | Industry: Professional Services ‘‘ The advanced reporting in SAP BusinessObjects allows us to have an accurate view of our financial health at any time.” Peter Kent, Head of Corporate Infrastructure Services SAP BusinessObjects allows Janet to make strategic and faster decisions around planning and resources due to the clear view of all outstanding financial commitments and invoices. Partner: IT Performs | Solution: SAP BusinessObjects Read more Bus i nes s I nt elli g ence Special ist s 47 CashFlows Employees: <50 | Industry: Financial Services ‘‘ I always thought [SAP] were too big and we would never be able to afford it, reality was the opposite.” Nick Ogden, CEO SAP Business One gives CashFlows a true multi-currency environment improving risk management. Partner: Prospettiva | Solution: SAP Business One Watch the video AURUM 48 Employees: 500+ | Industry: Retail ‘‘ SAP is a very, very powerful tool to use within manufacturing or retailing – a very, very strong industry leader.” Jim Cook, Head of Merchandise Development AURUM has achieved double digit sales growth for four years running since implementing SAP Business All-in-One. Partner: Ciber | Solution: SAP Business All-in-One Watch the video 49 Fercell Engineering Ltd Employees: <50 | Industry: Light Manufacturing ‘‘ Everything we wanted to achieve – SAP Business One does it. It’s a single solution built for exactly what our business needed to grow and thrive.” Mark Fletcher, Managing Director SAP Business One delivers a central hub of information intrinsic to the smooth running of Fercell’s business. Partner: Broadgate | Solution: SAP Business One Read more Berry Gardens 50 Employees: 100-200 | Industry: Wholesale Distribution – Food ‘‘ SAP BusinessObjects has enabled us to monitor our operations in real-time and transformed the way we ask and answer questions as a business.” James Judge, IT Manager Yielding fruitful business insight: with a morning’s turnover typically worth between £7m and £10m, access to up-tothe-minute information is vital to Berry Gardens’ success. SAP BusinessObjects gives Berry Gardens a detailed understanding of their business empowering them to go from a turnover of £20m to almost £200m. 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