Run better with SAP Business One Starter Package - Start Quickly and Maintain Momentum as your Business Grows. What it offers:- Simplicity - intuitive, affordable, and fast to implement with low TCO Comprehensive functionality - includes financials, sales, CRM, light production, warehousing, purchasing and operations Mobility - Via downloadable applications for the iPad and iPhone

1. SAP Solution Brief
SAP Solutions for Small Businesses
and Midsize Companies
SAP Business One
Run Better with the SAP® Rather than toiling with
spreadsheets or being limited
Business One Starter Package by stand-alone business soft-
Start Quickly and Maintain ware, choose the starter pack-
Momentum as Your Business Grows age for the SAP® Business
One application. Gain instant
visibility and control while
establishing an integrated soft-
Maybe you’ve heard about the great things purchasing, customer relationship man-
SAP® software can do to help companies agement (CRM), inventory, light manu-
ware foundation to manage
run better, leaner, and smarter. Not just facturing, light professional services, and your business and support
big companies, but companies of all sizes. operations.
In fact, over 77% of SAP’s customers are
your evolving business needs.
small to midsize businesses like yours. The SAP Business One starter package
Now, with the introduction of the starter addresses your fundamental business
package for the SAP Business One appli- requirements with basic finance, sales,
cation, SAP has brought comprehensive purchasing, CRM, and inventory function-
business management software within ality. This functional scope is particularly
reach of a broad range of small companies. suited for companies in the wholesale
distribution, high-value-item retail, and
The starter package provides a version light professional services industries. It’s
of the industry-proven SAP Business One available for all countries and languages
application with the best features for supported by SAP Business One and is
small businesses, offered at a reduced offered as a prepackaged solution for spe-
price. The software is ideal for companies cific countries. The table compares func-
that need more than standard account- tionality between the starter package and
ing or nonintegrated business software the full version of SAP Business One.
and understand the benefits of a fully inte-
grated business management solution. Accounting and Financials
The SAP Business One starter package
Available through SAP channel partners helps you manage your general ledger,
and designed for up to five software users, journals, and accounts payable and receiv-
the SAP Business One starter package able. You can conduct all your banking
is ideal for companies that want to achieve activities – including processing payments
greater efficiency, visibility, and control by check, cash, credit card, bank transfer,
without the worry of having to switch soft- and bill of exchange – as well as recon-
ware later as business needs evolve. Very cile various accounts and create financial
often, the starter package is available as reports for profit and loss, cash flow,
a fixed-price implementation from SAP balance sheet, and aging. You can also
partners. Plan to grow over time? No prob- update account postings at the exact time
lem. You can upgrade to the full version relevant business events occur.
of SAP Business One at any time without
having to invest in new software. Sales and Customer Relationships
With the starter package you can create
Ready to Use with Unlimited Potential quotes, enter orders, and provide better
customer service. You can also track sales
SAP Business One is widely used as a opportunities and activities from first con-
single, affordable application for manag- tact to the close of sale. The software also
ing business processes. It helps stream- lets you manage and maintain customer
line operations across finance, sales and contacts with full Microsoft Outlook

2. synchronization, which results in increased
Functionality Starter package SAP® Business One sales effectiveness and stronger customer
Accounting General ledger and journal entries X X relationships.
and financials Basic cost accounting X
Budget management X Purchasing and Supplier Relationships
Banking and payment processing X X
Every small business needs a systematic
Financial statements and reporting X X
Fixed assets add-on from SAP X
approach to managing the procurement
Sales and Opportunities and pipeline management X X process, from creating purchase orders
customer Customer contact and activity management X X to paying vendors. The starter package
relationship
management
Sales quotation to invoicing and crediting X X helps manage the complete order-to-pay
Service contract management X cycle, including receipts, invoices, and
Service-call management entry and tracking X
returns.
Purchasing Purchase quotation X
and supplier Purchase orders to invoicing and crediting X X
relationship
Bills of materials (BOMs) for production, BOM for sales X Inventory and Distribution
management
sales, and assembly, and a BOM template and template The starter package also lets you readily
Production orders X manage your inventory and operations,
Forecasting X
including delivery, and billing. You can per-
Material requirements planning X
Inventory Items management and item queries X X
form inventory valuation using different
and distribution Receipt, release, stock transactions, X X methods such as standard costing, mov-
transfers, and revaluation ing average, and FIFO. You can monitor
Serial number and batch management X X stock levels and track transfers in real
Price lists and special pricing X X
time and across multiple warehouses. In
Pick and pack X
Reporting and Fully integrated with SAP Crystal Reports® X X
addition, you can run real-time inventory
administration software updates and availability checks and
Drag and relate, drill downs, search assistance, X X manage pricing and special pricing by
and alerts
automatically applying volume, cash, and
Approval procedures X
Employee directory and time X X
account discounts to transactions with
Remote support platform X X vendors and customers.
Data migration workbench, data archiving X X
Copy express add-on from SAP X Reporting and Administration
User-defined fields and tables X X The starter package provides powerful
SAP Business One Software Development Kit X
integrated analytic and reporting tools
Mobile Mobile applications for iPhone and iPad X X
functionality to help you access the critical business
Integration Subsidiary integration X information you need. With fully integrated
Add-on support SAP add-ons All except copy X SAP Crystal Reports® software, you can
express and fixed gather data from multiple sources and
assets
Partner add-ons X X generate timely and accurate reports
Licensing Starter package users X based on critical company data across
options All other SAP Business One user licenses X financials, sales, customers, inventory,
including professional users, limited users,
and indirect access users; data interface
and operations. The starter package
server; and SAP Business One Software offers additional functionalities such as
Development Kit “drag and relate” and the ability to drill
Maximum users Up to 5 Unlimited down through multiple levels of relevant
data to get complete information instantly.

3. System Reliability and Performance Starter Package Implementation Plan growing companies that have no more
SAP offers a remote support platform The implementation plan provides than five software users and want to get
for the SAP Business One starter pack- structure and documents the tasks and up and running quickly with minimal invest-
age to help you maintain your software activities that take place during the imple- ment and risk. When you grow over time,
system more easily and prevent poten- mentation. It includes project manage- simply import your new licenses and take
tial issues from impacting your business ment and implementation baselines and advantage of the extended functionality in
activities. With an automated monitor- defines the roles and responsibilities of SAP Business One. No software updates
ing tool, this remote support platform parties involved. are required. You don’t have to buy new
helps identify system bottlenecks by software, disrupt operations, or migrate
enabling SAP support services to collect Predefined Implementation Work Packages your data. Should you need to extend your
information on your system status and To install your software as efficiently as IT infrastructure because you’re increas-
check the system against known sup- possible, your partner will use work pack- ing the number of users significantly, or
port issues. In addition, the tool provides ages that define all the tasks that must if you need additional support or consult-
several other services including auto- be completed during the implementation. ing services, your SAP channel partner
mated database backups, preupgrade These implementation tasks are divided can help you navigate your options.
evaluations, and system installation into tasks for the consultant and tasks
health checks. you can do yourself, supported by the Immediate and Long-Term Benefits
end-user documentation of the starter
What to Expect When You’re Ready package. The starter package for SAP Business
to Get Started One offers a scalable solution that meets
Preconfigured Content your fundamental business software
When you’re ready to work with an SAP Your partner offers a localized template needs and can be expanded as your busi-
partner to implement the starter package, as part of the starter package that can ness grows. You can adopt it with the
here’s what you can expect. Depending be used to jump-start your standardized peace of mind that your business is being
on the scope of the project, the starter implementation. supported by SAP, a leader in business
package can be implemented within management software with an extensive
3 to 10 days with the basic configuration End-User Documentation partner network. You will have stream-
and data import from your legacy soft- lined business processes from day one
ware. Before getting started, your partner As part of the starter package, end-user to help ensure efficient and effective
will provide an implementation frame- documentation is included to help mini- operations, with the ability to meet core
work that outlines these four main mize training. This documentation includes business needs in a single, integrated
elements: product help files, standardized work software solution. By selecting the starter
• Starter package scope document instructions, and Flash-based demos for package, you can achieve faster time
• Starter package implementation plan key business process and implementa- to value with software that can be imple-
• Predefined implementation work tion tasks. mented quickly, requires little maintenance,
packages and minimizes end-user training.
• Preconfigured content How to Upgrade
For More Information
Starter Package Scope Document If your business needs outgrow the starter
In the scope document, or solution map, package, upgrading to the full version of To learn more about the SAP Business
you’ll see an overview of the business SAP Business One is a breeze. You simply One starter package, call your SAP
process functionality addressed by the keep your current starter package soft- representative or visit us at www.sap
software, as well as an overview of the ware and upgrade your user licenses. This .com/sme/howtobuy/businessone
implementation tasks and activities. risk-free approach is ideal for start-ups and /starter-package/index.epx.

4. Quick facts www.sap.com /contactsap
Summary
The starter package for the SAP® Business One application is an integrated business
management solution for small companies. It addresses your fundamental business
requirements with basic finance, sales, purchasing, customer relationship management,
and inventory functionality. You’ll gain instant visibility and control while building a stable
software foundation to support your evolving business needs.
Business Challenges
• Meet growing business needs with an integrated yet affordable business management
software solution
• Access the right information to make key decisions
• Minimize duplicate data entries, errors, and delays
• Build and maintain closer customer relationships
• Optimize cash flow for business needs
Key Features
• Accounting and financials – Manage your general ledger, journals, and accounts payable
and receivable
• Sales and customer relationship management – Track sales opportunities from first contact
to the close of sale, and manage and maintain customer contacts
• Purchasing and vendor relationship management – Manage the complete order-to-pay cycle,
including receipts, invoices, and returns
• Inventory and distribution – Manage your inventory and operations, including delivery and
billing
• Reporting and administration – Access critical business information to generate timely
and accurate reports
Business Benefits
• Streamline business processes and help ensure efficient and effective operations
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• Gain faster time to value by using software that can be implemented quickly at a fixed price, trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and
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• Maximize your return on investment by beginning with the starter package and upgrading Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects,
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