SAP Launches New Solution for Canadian Small and Midsize Businesses

SAP Business One is an affordable and easy-to-implement solution designed from the ground up to address the specific needs of emerging and dynamically growing small to midsize businesses. Providing robust and fully integrated financial and sales management capabilities, the solution gives small business owners, business managers, decision makers, and IT professionals on-demand access to critical real-time information. SAP Business One While many small and midsize firms have invested in multiple software applications, several still require greater ability to access the information they need, when they need it, to make critical decisions. They report a pressing need for easy access to real-time information. SAP Business One was designed to address these problems in an affordable, easy-to-implement solution. The solution helps small and midsize businesses streamline their operational and managerial processes by providing robust and fully integrated financial and sales management capabilities. SAP Business One supports companies with as few as ten and as many as several hundred employees, and can be implemented in as little as one week. The solutions award-winning Drag & Relate data navigation system provides users with intuitive data access simply by highlighting and dragging pieces of information on the screen. It features an integrated sales force automation system for pipeline tracking, opportunity management, strategic selling, and contact management. Key functionalities also include comprehensive financial management, with multi-currency, budgeting, and bank reconciliation; a complete inventory management system, with kitting and multi-level price lists; and a comprehensive reporting module that allows easy access to any data. Most small and midsize businesses view software purchase as extremely risky, expecting tangible operational improvements before spending large sums of money. Most small businesses expect 100 percent Return on Investment (ROI) within six months of implementation. SAP Business One not only provides immediate results in operating efficiency and real-time business decisions, but also comes with an affordable price tag. This affordably priced new solution, starting at $10,000 is designed for those businesses that recognize the importance of leveraging business software as an integral component of their business growth strategy. Early customer acceptance Mini-Tankers, the countrys leading on-site diesel refueling service, is Canadas first SAP Business One customer. Located in Langley, British Columbia, Mini-Tankers is the only national provider of diesel refueling services with over one million transactions each year from Victoria to Halifax. Working in tandem with SAP Business One partner Coastal Range Systems of Burnaby, B.C., Mini-Tankers will replace its existing systems consolidating both internal applications as well as customer-oriented technology solutions with SAP Business One. This will allow Mini-Tankers to enhance operational efficiency while significantly enhancing its partnership with customers from coast-to-coast. In addition to Mini Tankers, SAP Canada Inc. is also pleased that Hansamed Ltd. and H.R.S. Global Marketing have chosen SAP Business One to increase the efficiency of their operations. Hansamed Limited, a manufacturer and nationwide distributor of dental anesthetic products will be using SAP Business One to increase the efficiency of its customer response activities and to ensure a better overall experience for customers. Hansamed chose SAP Business One for its information delivery capabilities as well as its ease of use and implementation, providing Hansamed with the tools necessary to focus on growth. H.R.S. Global Marketing, the Montreal-based distributor of consumer electronics, needed a solution that provided simpler access to key management information, such as ac