SAP Business One Features

Available to promise provides information on future availability of products that are either planned for production or purchased but not received.

Includes features that optimize user check out experience such as Shopping carts and Single Click Checkout, order summaries, receipts.

Rules ensure that users select only compatible options and that all required items are included

Store and retrieve information associated to customer contacts and accounts. Track company-wide communication and information about contacts and accounts.

Allows fully customizable portal for customer to enter tickets, provide feedback and communicate with service agents

Allows clients to book jobs through the desktop page or within the app.

Notifies field service workers of their upcoming assignments.

Enter product/part numbers and manage the prices associated with them and allow users to use this information when creating quotes and sales orders.

Allows users to search, filter, sort and select items to be added to quote

Contains features that allow administrators to set up promotions on site, provide time based discounts, and enter coupon codes.

Allows users to create a quote that contain information on products, prices and associated discounts, which can be converted to sales orders.

Functionality to allow users to process returns/refunds either via self service or contacting customer service.

Provides standard templates with an easy to use tool set to customize the templates to showcase the stores brand and optimize the users experience

Assign and manage sales quotas and territories. Track progress against quotas. Change as needed.

Creates and assigns support tickets, scheduling them in a timely manner.

Images can be displayed of options to enable users to visualize product options as it is being configured

Automates core HR functions such as talent management, employee evaluation and learning management

Create, manage and track all task activities and progression

Customize data fields to support various needs and use cases

Create, send, and track purchase orders and their statuses

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database.

Track products and raw materials shipped by suppliers, from origin to destination.

Optimize inventory levels with features that suggest reorder points and economic order quantities (EOQs) that facilitate inventory management.

Ability to establish multiple price levels and choose between multiple costing methods such as Average, LIFO, FIFO and Specific Unit.

Customizable reporting allows insight into usage of inventory and services.

Real time inventory tracking. Maintains accurate "On Hand" infomation by matching reserved inventory requested on purchase and sales orders.

Support multiple picking methods such as batch, wave, or zone picking.

Create schedules for picking activities based on inventory availability.

Match the products received with the corresponding purchase orders and add them to inventory.

Functionality that allows users to select shipping options based on price and delivery time. May integrate to 3rd Party shipping/fulfillment companies.

Supports the effective planning of manufacturing production based on materials, labor, and machinery.

Import and export data to and from software applications

Timed notification for any upcoming task, deadline, appointment, or activity

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

A set of indicators that tracks the performance of networks, applications, systems, teams, etc.

Built-in accounting to manage ledger, accounts payable/receivable, financial reports, etc.

Create, manage, and send invoices or bills to customers

Accept and process customer payments for products or services using hardware and software

Generate quotes or estimates for customers

Pre-designed layouts that can be customized to match preferences and requirements

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

Add customized logos and colors to align with company branding

Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Built-in customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities or integration with a third-party CRM system

Integrated suite of industry-specific operations management applications (Supply Chain, HR, Project Management, Manufacturing, etc.)

Manage and support multiple locations

Material list of manufacturing parts and associated costs

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Alter the layout and content of reports

Interact with data visualization elements, such as charts and graphs, to drill down into data

Technological processes and strategies used for collecting, managing, and analyzing organizational data

Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Reports created by the user to cater to specific requirements. If you can build it in Excel, you can build it in the custom report writer

An easy to read, often single page, real-time user interface, showing a graphical presentation of the current status and historical trends of an organization's Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to enable instantaneous and informed decisions to be made at a glance

Provide integration with analytics and business intelligence software, or specialized products such as Corporate performance management solutions.

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Allows administrators to customize to accommodate their unique process. Includes ability to create custom objects, fields, rules, calculations, and views.

Enables users to view and transact business with the same content in multiple languages and currencies.

Allows administrators to create templates that enable users to quickly generate dynamic documents in various formats based on the data stored in the application.

Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond to an action they took.

Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.

Automates a process that requires a series of steps that typically require intervention by several different users. Administrators can write rules to determine who and when a user needs to complete a step. Also includes notification of users when they need to take action.

Access software remotely via mobile devices

Resources can be allocated and reallocated across multiple projects and portfolios.

Create a list of all the assets owed by a company.

Include lean project management features and best practices.

Track maintenance operations for the products sold, such as calibration or preventive maintenance

Organizes employees in an org structure that can be used throughout the application for reporting, permissions, etc.

Payroll module or integration to an external payroll provider which automates the recording of payroll

Create the optimal mix of portfolios to achieve operational and financial goals.

Software supports purchase orders and provides purchasing personnel and accounts payable with visibility needed to streamline the procure to pay process

Define requisition rules for various types of procurement.

Plan employee work shifts according to availability and provide notifications to employees when they are scheduled.

Identify and assess suppliers for different products and services.

Monitor the status of multiple types of assets.

Let employees track the hours they have worked through integrations with time tracking products or built in time tracking features.

Maintain information on warranties for the products delivered and for their components

Track and manage inventory levels to maintain proper supply

Allow customers/users to submit support queries and service requests

Track and manage schedules and meetings via an integrated calendar

Plan, manage, and track the financial activities of an individual or organization

Manage contact details and communication with clients

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

Track and manage employee time-off, vacation, and sick leave requests

Track employee/learner's progression through training programs

Track employee schedules, availability, and performance across projects and tasks

Ability to track and store all vendor-related information, such as contacts, services offered, terms, etc.

Manage the planning and execution of supply chain activities

Manage employee salary processes, data, taxes, and records administration efficiently

Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier

Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location

Manage and track all internal and external communication conducted via calls, email, text, or chat

Manage and track operations and inventory within warehouses

Helps users manage the maintenance of assets; offers reporting to identify areas for improvement

Managing activities & processes related to planning, coordination, implementation, control, and evaluation of sales performance.

Plan and coordinate all the resources, costs and time needed to execute assignments

Financial management for all distribution-related activities, including inventory, warehouse, purchasing, sales, etc.

Plan, track, and evaluate marketing activities including promotions, customer outreach, and branding

Allocate and manage resources, such as employees, equipment, facilities, and other assets

Streamlines data entry by auto populating recurring or predefined vendor information and invoice details

Ability to populate default customer data, set up payments from clients and automatically match customer receipts to outstanding transactions.

Automated, chronological tracking of activities that have affected a specific operation, procedure, event or record

Create and revise an unlimited number of budget, plan and forecast scenarios.

The system automates the dunning process to help drive collections

General reporting offered covers all of the standard financial statements and meets the basic needs of the business

The layout of the invoice template is fully customizable and allows users to add or remove fields and create new templates.

Create journal entries based on previously entered information, schedule future entries, and allow Journal Entries to be uploaded from an external source.

Ability to track cash positions across all accounts, banks, business units, and countries

Multi-ledger and multi-entity architecture, with automated consolidations, inter-entity transactions and eliminations

Ability to manage, track and report on numerous payment types. Customize and automate complex purchase to pay work flow.

Automate recognition of revenue and expenses by defining recognition templates.

Transactions are imported from source systems and automated matching reconciles majority of transactions using flexible, user defined matching and grouping rules.

Ability to tag all transaction in the general ledger with customizable dimensions, classes, categories, etc., which can also be used for reporting purposes.

Ability to schedule payments at predefined dates and times

Payments can be processed by batch without manual intervention

Clearing of electronic payments to transfer funds from customers to suppliers

Support multiple payment methods such as Automated Clearing House (ACH), credit and debit card, and wire transfers

Helps automate and manage information, tasks, and procedures by establishing routines and patterns associated with processes

Automate processes to manage leads, contacts, opportunities and sales activities

Automate workflows and trigger campaigns based on customer actions

Define the structure of finished products to identify which raw materials, operations, and labor are needed to produce them.

Monitor product defects, identify causes and provide corrective actions to improve quality.

Calculate demand by consolidating data from multiple sources.

Define and implement workflows for inspections, including rules for escalations and notifications.

Track resource availability for raw materials and production capacity.

Create and implement master production plans for multiple production lines and locations.

Determine what raw materials are required for production, based on demand, production capacity, and inventory availability.

Generate production plans based on demand and resource availability.

Identify rejected products and decide either they can be repaired or discarded.

Assign equipment and monitor shop floor activities during various production stages.

Track production waste such as scrap, as well as returns that cannot be repaired.

Track work in process (WIP) across multiple production lines and manufacturing locations.

To what extent are there partner applications readily available for integrating into this product? Partner applications typically provide complementary, best of breed functionality not offered natively in this product.

Ability to input, modify and extract data from the application in bulk through a structured file.

Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc with other software applications.

Tools to facilitate the production of information and promote efficiency

Receive data and information in real time

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

Analyze survey results via statistical testing or crosstabs directly within the software