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SAP Business ByDesign
What is the SAP® Business ByDesign™ solution?
The SAP Business ByDesign solution is a new addition to the family of SAP solutions for small businesses and midsize companies. It targets the unmet needs of these enterprises, which have traditionally not purchased an integrated business application. SAP Business ByDesign is a complete and adaptable on-demand business solution designed to unify and streamline core business operations for midsize companies.
What are the advantages of SAP Business ByDesign?
SAP Business ByDesign offers the following advantages:
Completeness – SAP Business ByDesign delivers great value for the money. It is an integrated business solution that supports a wide range of business operations. SAP Business ByDesign features fast setup through a personalised trial and its on-demand operation provides a very predictable cost of ownership.
Adaptability – SAP Business ByDesign allows companies to operate with exceptional agility. Its rapid implementation delivers immediate business value, and its support for rapid change minimises disruption to business processes.
Positive user experience – SAP Business ByDesign is easy to adopt and use. It provides a personalised try-and-buy process with fast, intuitive software configuration driven by business users. The solution also helps speed user adoption and productivity with a built-in learning environment together with built in service and support.
Power in the hands of the business – SAP Business ByDesign boasts the most modern business process platform in the industry. The underlying functionality allows business users to configure and adapt the solution to their unique and changing needs – without requiring extensive, expensive IT resources.
What areas will SAP Business ByDesign support?
SAP Business ByDesign supports the following areas:
Does SAP Business ByDesign cover my industry-specific requirements? How do I find out?
SAP Business ByDesign supports common business processes across multiple industries. For businesses that require extensive customisation around industry-specific processes we recommend that you look at SAP Business One.
I hear that SAP Business ByDesign is available as an on-demand solution only. Does SAP have plans to offer an on-premise version?
SAP Business ByDesign is only offered with on-demand delivery. SAP hosts the solution and provides a scalable technology infrastructure, which includes built-in support and services. In doing so, SAP simplifies IT and drives down the total cost of ownership for their customers – for example, by reducing their need for on-site IT resources and costs related to hardware, maintenance, and upgrades.
How can I be sure my system and data are safe if SAP hosts my software?
SAP has proven their commitment to providing scalable, reliable, and secure mission-critical solutions to small and large companies over the last 30 years. Your data is protected by up-to-date access control systems and located in state-of-the art data centres, that maintain excellent standards in confidentiality, integrity, and security. They also provide off-site data backup to ensure security and availability.
Will SAP Business ByDesign replace the SAP Business One application or the SAP All-in-One solution?
SAP Business ByDesign does not replace any existing SAP products. It is one of several offerings from SAP for small businesses and midsize companies, along with the SAP ERP application, SAP Business One, and SAP All-in-One, which has been renamed SAP Business All-in-One.
What other SAP products might be a fit for my company?
SAP currently has nearly 29,000 customers in the small and midsize enterprise space, and so understand that one size doesn’t fit all. SAP has several “business solutions that work the way you do,” delivered in an affordable, predictable way:
SAP Business One is the right solution for mid-sized businesses that require a single, on-premise business solution to address their needs.
SAP Business All-in-One is the right solution for small to midsize companies with deep industry-specific needs, multiple divisions, and a mature IT infrastructure.
SAP Business ByDesign is the right solution for midsize companies with 100 to 500 employees that are focused on improving common cross-industry processes at a low cost and that are interested in an on-demand solution.
My company is an SAP customer. Will SAP Business ByDesign provide a migration path for our current SAP solution?
SAP Business ByDesign does not replace any other SAP solution, so there is no need for a migration path from your existing solution to SAP Business ByDesign. SAP will continue to invest in all of solutions and offer the innovations of SAP Business ByDesign as “process extensions”. You will be able to run these extensions side by side with your existing deployment, using the same SAP NetWeaver® platform. These innovations are intended to extend the other SAP solutions, not to replace them. As such, customers have the benefit of adopting them in an evolutionary manner with minimal risk.
My company is a large enterprise customer. Would SAP Business ByDesign be a good fit for our subsidiaries?
SAP Business One is the best solution for divisions of larger companies, who want on-premise delivery with the configurability and extensibility necessary to meet their needs. Both Sapphire and SAP continue to invest in pre-packaged best practices and flexible configuration functionality to ensure that SAP Business One is the best solution to meet the needs of divisions of larger companies.
On the other hand, SAP Business ByDesign is targeted to midsize companies that traditionally have not been able to enjoy the benefits of an integrated business application because of their limited IT budgets and resources.
We just licensed an SAP solution; did we make the right choice by not waiting for SAP Business ByDesign?
Absolutely. SAP Business ByDesign is just one of several offerings to meet your needs. You made the right choice by selecting an SAP solution that can immediately address your needs and provide a strong return on investment. SAP continues to invest in all their solutions.
How long will it take to be up and running on SAP Business ByDesign?
SAP Business ByDesign is designed to speed deployment and user adoption with on-demand access, a personalised try-and-buy approach, ease of use, and built-in contextual help, service, and support. The goal is to enable our customers to go live as soon as their companies are ready – without software or deployment as limiting factors.
How much does SAP Business ByDesign cost?
SAP Business ByDesign will be offered on a subscription basis, priced per user per month for the specific capabilities being utilized. Pricing starts at just £95.00 per user per month in the UK.
What is the minimum and maximum number of users for an SAP Business ByDesign installation?
There is no maximum user limit; however, a minimum of 25 users must be licensed.
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