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SAP Business One - Local ERP for Multinational Corporation - Brazil
By Andrew Karasev
Multinational Corporation usually has to consider two major criteria in overseas
subsidiary MRP system selection. First is its integration with Corporate ERP,
deployed in the Headquarters and second – localization status of the proposed
ERP, where localization usually assumes two aspects – compliance to tax
legislation and local language support. Then international environment may be
very diversified, however you will recognize the pattern – when you have
manufacturing facility in the small or mid-size country – then tax legislation
is usually more "standard", than if you have production plant in the large
country. Consider Brazil, for example – it has unique tax requirements and
localization from the tax compliance stand point is usually complicated – you
should do your homework in the selection. And, in the case of corporate
business, the ERP selection policy usually requires international ERP brand,
such as SAP, Oracle or Microsoft Business Solutions. Let's come to SAP Business
One details and options.
• Multilanguage in one company. This feature allows your controller from
the headquarter "surf" your overseas ERP through remote connection by simply
switching Brazilian Portuguese to US or British English. Whatever happens with
your ERP support partner in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro or any unexpected
accounting personnel turnover – you will be in control, because you will know
how to use your English screens
• Tax compliance. SAP Business One is localized for Brazilian tax code
and the tax engine as SAP believes will also be adopted for another large
country, such as India with the same technology approach and programming schema.
In our opinion SAP used abstract approach, when it designed the solution, which
is flexible and adaptable with multiple tax-challenging markets criteria in the
design.
• Integration. Virtually from any report screen you can export your
transactions in scope and it could be done in Excel, tab delimited text, etc.
Then SAP Business One has integration tool to mySAP/R/3 – in case if your
company uses SAP in the Headquarters.
• Licensing. SAP Business One uses All-in-one license type, when you pay
fixed price per named user (you can get CRM module only users at half of the
regular all-in-one license prices)
• Database Platform. Microsoft SQL Server is reasonably priced plus if
you have open license with Microsoft for your company – you may use this
advantage.
• Microsoft Office. SAP Business One is tightly integrated with MS Office
– it emails through MS Outlook client of local workstation, exports data to
Excel, etc. Currently SAP has joint project with Microsoft – Mendocino – to
integrate SAP R/3 with Microsoft Office platform. SAP Business One is probably
ahead in its original integration technology.
• Brazilian version availability. It is available since February 2006.
• SAP Business One SDK. If you need custom tuning & programming, coming
beyond the scope of user-friendly interface modification & customization – you
should look for SAP Business One SDK customization partner, who is licensed to
program SAP Business One SDK
• Competition. Localized: Portuguese translated and tax tune ERP versions
have also Microsoft: Microsoft Navision/Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Axapta/Dynamics
AX (since April 2006) (please be sure that Microsoft Solomon/Dynamics SL and
Microsoft Great Plains/Dynamics GP are not supported by Microsoft Business
Solutions in Brazil), Oracle Financials/Applications/E-Business Suite, SAP mySAP
and SAP all-in-one. Plus you may need to check with regional ERP vendors, such
as Microsiga
• ERP Implementation Partner selection. This is the question of how
comfortable you feel yourself on the local or regional IT consulting market.
Typical is the case when ERP implementation company from the Headquarters side
subcontracts local ERP implementer in Brazil – or you can do the same – simply
by selecting mid-size or small international ERP consulting firm, specializing
in international business and present in USA/Europe and Brazil at the same time.
Please do not hesitate to call or email us: USA 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918
help@albaspectrum.com
About the Author
Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer at Alba Spectrum Technologies (
http://www.albaspectrum.com
http://www.greatplains.com.mx
http://www.enterlogix.com.br ) -
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains, Navision, Axapta MS CRM, Oracle
Financials and IBM Lotus Domino Partner, serving corporate customers in the
following industries: Aerospace & Defense, Medical & Healthcare, Distribution &
Logistics, Hospitality, Banking & Finance, Wholesale & Retail, Chemicals, Oil &
Gas, Placement & Recruiting, Advertising & Publishing, Textile, Pharmaceutical,
Non-Profit, Beverages, Conglomerates, Apparels, Durables, Manufacturing and
having locations in multiple states and internationally. We are serving USA
Nationwide: CA, IL, NY, FL, AZ, CO, TX, WI, WA, MI, MA, MO, LA, NM, MN, Chicago,
New York, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco, Denver, Seattle, Boston, Atlanta,
Miami, Houston, Dallas, San Diego, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Minneapolis,
Washington, Baltimore, New Orleans, Austin, Kansas City.
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