SAP All in OneSolBrief

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SAP Solution BriefSAP Solutions for Small Businessesand Midsize Companies

SAP Business All-in-One

New Economy – New Challenges

For midsize companies like yours, suc-cess in the current economy dependson the ability to optimize operations,increase efficiency, cut costs, and build

lasting relationships with customers.For example, how do you make sure

you’re carrying just the right type andamount of inventory? How do you makethe most out of your limited resources?How do you redefine your products andservices so that you can outlast yourcompetitors? How do you attract newcustomers and retain your existing ones?

An SAP® Business All-in-One solutioncan help you improve financial manage-

ment, maintain operational excellence,and enhance competitive agility – so you can manage well in times of eco-nomic uncertainty and lay a solid foun-dation for growth. This comprehensiveand flexible business management soft-

ware with built-in support for businessbest practices is designed specificallyfor midsize companies looking for anintegrated, industry-specific solution tosupport processes across the entireorganization.

SAP Business All-in-One:Comprehensive and Integrated

SAP Business All-in-One solutions offerthe following integrated functionalities:• Enterprise resource planning (ERP) –

Effectively manage all aspects of youroperations. The software includescomprehensive functionality for ac-counting and financials, sales andservice, procurement and logistics,inventory management, human capital

management, product developmentand manufacturing, corporate services,and reporting and analytics.

• Customer relationship management(CRM) – Effectively manage all as-pects of your customer relationships,

from generating leads to closing adeal, including follow-up supportand add-on sales. SAP Business

All-in-One includes comprehensivefunctionality for marketing, sales,service, contact center, and reporting.

• Business intelligence – Gain insightand improve decision making withtools for financial and operationalreporting and analysis. SAP Business

All-in-One offers best-practice re-ports, analytics, and tools to help

satisfy the rigorous reporting require-ments for financial accounting, logis-tics, customer relationship manage-ment, and more – all preconfigured bybusiness role and business scenario.

• Best practices – Benefit from theSAP Best Practices family of packages,

which provides proven methods andtools for organizations to implementbest business practices in key func-tional areas and in a range of indus-tries. With industry-specific configura-tion, SAP Best Practices is based on35 years of experience in more than25 industries worldwide. The result israpid yet reliable solution deployment,

which translates into less time, lowercosts, and reduced project risk.

• SAP NetWeaver® technologyplatform – Because SAP Business

All-in-One is powered by the SAPNetWeaver technology platform, youcan quickly and cost-effectively add onto your existing solution as your busi-ness grows and your needs change.

Adjust quickly to changingmarket conditions and lay astrong foundation for growth

with the SAP® Business All-in-One solution. Designedfor midsize companies, thiscomprehensive, flexible busi-ness management solutionhelps integrate and optimize

processes across your entirecompany – at an affordablecost.

COMPREHENSIVE BUSINESSSOLUTIONS FOR MIDSIZE COMPANIESOPTIMIZE OPERATIONS AND CUT COSTS



launch new initiatives to speed time tomarket. And you can align your chan-nels with your customers’ interactionneeds and preferences to help ensureconsistency and convenience acrossall customer touch points. With com-

prehensive customer insight, you candrive innovation that differentiates yourproducts and services.

Unify and Simplify

All the functionality in SAP Business All-in-One is integrated to simplify yourbusiness and IT landscape across func-tions, regions, and teams. It supportsstreamlined business processes andenables you to complete a process

from beginning to end. You might, forexample, create an opportunity usingCRM, convert it directly into a quote,and then later convert it into a salesorder – complete with product, pricing,billing, and delivery – using ERP func-tionality. Business intelligence function-alities give you real-time visibility into

your sales performance throughout theentire process.

You also benefit from increased visibili-ty. Centralized data and business intelli-gence help ensure that there is a “single

version of the truth,” providing a360-degree view of your operations,employees, and customers.

All functionality in SAP Business All-in-One is preconfigured for midsizecompanies and can reside on a singleserver. This helps ensure fast imple-mentation and reduces deploymentcost.

• Industry-specific functionality –Solve your business challenges witha solution tailored to your specificindustry. SAP partners deliver value-added solutions and services thataddress your industry’s specificrequirements.

Lay a Solid Foundation for Your Business

With SAP Business All-in-One, you canhelp your organization focus on yourcustomers and gain key business

benefits.

Improve Financial ManagementSAP Business All-in-One enables

you to accelerate financial closes andincrease the accuracy of financial re-porting. You can improve your abilityto maintain a set of balanced books

reflecting any business dimension.Support for international and localaccounting standards also helps youreduce your risk of noncompliance.The solution allows you to gain deeperinsight into organizational performanceby analyzing revenue and cost informa-tion for customers, products, projects,and services. Overall, you can improve

your management of internal controlsincluding documentation, assessment,and testing.

Maintain Operational ExcellenceWith SAP Business All-in-One, you canimprove your efficiency and effective-ness by streamlining business process-es, enhancing service levels, and cut-ting costs and errors. The solutionenables you to shorten cycle times,increase order accuracy, reduce the

volume of customer calls, decreasebilling disputes, and lower inventorycosts with better order-to-cash pro-cesses. You can resolve issues fasterand boost customer satisfaction withlow-cost interaction channels such asWeb-based self-service.

Enhance Agility SAP Business All-in-One allows youto respond more quickly to change,enhance customer experiences, anddifferentiate your company from yourcompetitors. You can respond quicklyto changing market conditions andcustomer demands by adapting your

business processes. You can quickly

An SAP Business All-in-One solution can help

you improve financialmanagement, maintainoperational excellence,and enhance competi-tive agility – so you canmanage well in times ofeconomic uncertainty.



Other advantages of using SAP Busi-ness All-in-One include fast adoption,increased productivity, and fewer errors.For example, the integrated softwareand common desktop environment help

your employees quickly understand and

use the software. Eliminating manualdata reentry between different func-tional areas also saves time and reduc-es the risk of errors.

Drive Adoption and ImproveProductivity

SAP Business All-in-One features auser experience that is designed formaximum productivity and ease of use.Users benefit from the following:•

User-friendly design – Intuitive Web-like features, online tutorials, contex-tual help, and guided procedures helpaccelerate adoption and reduce theneed for formal training.

• Automated workflows – Automatingmanual processes saves time andmoney. You can, for example, gener-ate an automatic alert on all contractsthat are up for renewal or on cus-tomers with overdue payments. Youcan also escalate service requestsfor your most important customersand automatically route tasks be-tween groups and departments.

• Intuitive navigation – Role-basednavigation, screen personalization,quick links to key data, snapshots ofrecent records, key reminders andalerts, and an advanced search helpusers perform daily tasks moreefficiently.

• Groupware integration – Integration with desktop tools such as IBM LotusNotes and Microsoft Office allows

users to manage their activities and

communications more effectively –any time, any place. Users can syn-chronize tasks, appointments, ande-mails and export customer andopportunity lists to Microsoft Excelfor analysis.

Make a Cost-Effective, Long-TermInvestment

With SAP Business All-in-One, youcan have complete confidence in yourinvestment. SAP Business All-in-Onesolutions, whether delivered from SAPor one of its partners, are configuredto match your business requirements

without customization. Solutions canbe extended to meet your specific

needs, whether you are engaged incross-country, cross-currency, orcross-border trade. You can incorpo-rate additional functionalities to cover,for example, new business processes,different trade patterns, new products,and new users, when needed.

SAP Business All-in-One works withhardware options from various partnersand with software options that incorpo-rate the SAP MaxDB™ database andSUSE Linux operating system, reduc-ing your total cost of ownership (TCO).With these pretested, preconfiguredoptions, you can eliminate the guess-

work and implement an affordable solu-tion for your company. Because SAPBusiness All-in-One solutions are pow-ered by the SAP NetWeaver technolo-gy platform, you can unify and integrateboth SAP and non-SAP software. Youcan therefore be confident that yourIT infrastructure will meet existingneeds and future requirements.

Today more than 13,000 small and mid-size customers in more than 50 coun-tries run SAP Business All-in-One. Youcan rest assured that SAP, as one ofthe world’s leading providers of busi-ness software, will be around for a long

time to come. More than 1,000 SAPpartners around the world deliver localimplementation and customizationsupport for SAP Business All-in-One,giving you access to expert assistanceno matter where you are located.

Take the Next Step

You can buy qualified SAP Business All-in-One partner solutions and industry-specific solutions through the world-

wide SAP network of more than 1,000authorized partners. These partnerscombine their business knowledgeand IT expertise to help you purchase,implement, and support SAP Business

All-in-One.

Additionally, the SAP Business All-in-Onefast-start program offers a simplifiedprocess to scope and implement SAPBusiness All-in-One solutions for manu-facturing, wholesale distribution, andservice companies. Complete withpreconfigured, pretested software andhardware as well as options for lowerlicensing, installation, and operatingcosts, the fast-start program reducesimplementation time and TCO.

Learn More

To find out how you can join the thou-sands of companies that rely on SAPbusiness solutions to outperform theircompetition, call your SAP representa-

tive or visit us today at www.sap.com /solutions/sme/businessallinone .

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SummaryDeveloped specifically for midsize companies, SAP® Business All-in-One solutions reducethe effort, cost, time, and complexity associated with implementing a world-class businessmanagement solution. The software lets you deploy core enterprise resource planning(ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and business intelligence functionality.It also allows you to leverage the best practices of industry leaders – all at an affordablefixed price on a platform your business will not outgrow.

Business Challenges• Keep pace with rapidly evolving market conditions and customer demands• Reduce the risk and cost of implementing and operating a comprehensive business

management solution• Streamline core business processes• Broaden and deepen your insight into business operations

Key Features• ERP – Effectively manage financials, human resources, operations, and corporate

services• CRM – Effectively manage all aspects of customer relationships, from marketing

to sales to service• Business intelligence – Gain insight and improve decision making with tools for financial

and operational reporting and analysis• Best practices – Benefit from the SAP Best Practices family of packages, which provides

proven methods for implementing best practices in key functional areas and industries• SAP NetWeaver® technology platform – Quickly and cost-effectively add on to your

existing solution as your business grows and your needs change• Industry-specific functionality – Solve your business challenges with a solution tailored

to your specific industry

Business Benets• Improved financial management resulting from an increased accuracy of financial

reporting, improved ability to maintain records, and deeper insight into organizationalperformance

• Greater efficiency and effectiveness thanks to streamlined business processes,automated tasks, and fewer errors

• Enhanced agility enabling you to respond more quickly to changing market conditionsand customer demands

For More InformationCall your SAP representative, or visit us today at

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