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SAP Business One is helping over 10,000 small businesses successfully unify their operations under one powerful system. Read what the press and industry experts alike are saying about what the SAP Business One application has helped companies like yours to achieve.

Brazilian paint importer and distributor True Color said it has increased annual sales from 80 tons in 2004 to 800 tons in 2007 using SAP Business One. True Color executive director André Cabral Martins said SAP Business One has allowed his company to become more independent and that it makes the most use of the program in sales. He added that he expects SAP to boost sales to 1,000 tons this year. SAP Business One was installed by the local integrator Sysprice.

Swavet, a South African supplier of veterinary products, says that it is using SAP Business One to reduce costs and boost operational efficiencies. "Although we are a relatively small company employee-wise, we have fairly complex operational processes," says Swavet South Africa managing director, Fritz Rexrodt. "With our previous system, something as simple as finding a customer phone number would take 20 minutes of hard drive activity. With SAP Business One I can get any information I need in a few seconds."

EvanCarmichael.com, the Internet's leader in small business motivation and strategies, provides thoughtful insight for small business owners about business management software. Learn what highly successful entrepreneurs and growing businesses already know about how business management software can help you grow your business by streamlining business processes, gaining competitive advantages by maximizing cash flow, and putting business controls in place to help cut costs.

Petrow Food Ingredients (PFI) – the local division of global supplier of spices, herbs, nuts, and related food products CJ Petrow International (CPI) – implemented SAP Business One, SAP's solution for small businesses, to improve its management of stock. SAP Business One replaced an accounting system that did not allow CPI to drill down to the costs of production or track products all the way from source through production to customer shelves.

The SAP Business One application helped Fleming Medical, an Irish medical equipment distributor, deal with growing pains by helping it integrate business management processes and systems. Today, with new integrated functionality, Fleming's vital signs are strong and its reputation for quick delivery to its customers is intact.

After looking at common small business accounting applications and e-commerce management tools, Pooch, Inc., owner Marjorie Scholtz decided they did not measure up to a key criterion: integration with her catalog. Scholtz knew SAP could meet her integration needs, but she was excited to discover that the SAP Business One application was affordable too.

Pooch, Inc., a luxury pet products retailer, launched its online retail shop in May 2007, with the SAP Business One application as its e-commerce platform. SAP Business One will help Pooch track inventory, manage contacts with suppliers and wholesalers, and make its products available to a broader customer base.

Having selected SAP Business One for their business management software solution, both catering firm Authentic Foods and Woodworm, a maker of cricket bats, report success. Authentic Foods' finds tasks much easier to accomplish, and Woodworm says that many time-consuming processes have been made much simpler. The company advises small companies that are eager to grow to purchase SAP Business One.

SAP Americas, a subsidiary of SAP AG, named the winners of its 2006 U.S. small and midsize enterprises Business Partner Awards, recognizing the top-performing partners within the SAP PartnerEdge program, a global framework that makes it easier for channel partners to do business with SAP.

Small businesses that take the plunge into business management software tend to go live with their software projects faster than midsize and large companies. Speed is often a virtue, but businesses that focus on it as a measure of success tend to overlook the true potential that business management software has for transforming their operations.

Last year, more than a million small businesses worldwide implemented business management software. In this article, Waxer provides a case study of how Vetco International used SAP Business One to improve processes and cut costs without increasing its workforce. Studies of how two other small firms worked with business management software providers are included.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly Navision) is positioned against SAP Business One in many small and midsize market sales situations. This article details the strengths that SAP Business One brings to companies in the discrete manufacturing, distribution, and retail industries. Companies more often choose SAP because of our software's longevity in the market.

O'Brien tackles the myths that SAP is too big, too expensive, too robust, and too unwieldy to implement. This article highlights several SAP customers and the business benefits they are reaping – customers like Tumi, Soy Basics, and Wellborn Cabinet. O'Brien compares SAP's business software to the likes of Computer Methods International and Microsoft. The SAP Business One application for companies with fewer than 250 employees now boasts 10,800 customers, which SAP says represents 54% growth over last year.

Carter evaluates SAP Business One and discusses the differences between small, midsize, and large enterprise business software requirements. SAP Business One is affordable for smaller companies yet is also an integrated suite – more than simply accounting and financials. It closely integrates with Microsoft Office and is very customizable.

This CRN article discusses the various players marketing to small and midsize companies. Industry observers say, of all the small and midsize accounting wannabes, SAP has seen the most traction with our SAP Business One effort.

Ron Jon Surf Shop is not the only Orlando business to have implemented SAP Business one. Other local businesses also have found solace in the software giant's offering. Orange County Public Schools and Walt Disney are among the Florida enterprises that run SAP.

Westervelt details the successful implementation of SAP Business One at Triangle, Inc. The nonprofit agency needed integrated business software. The SAP implementation took four months and has been live since August 2005. Employees now feel empowered to do their jobs well with the right tools at hand.

SAP Business One's wide acceptance in the small and midsize market made it the winner in the Computerworld Singapore enterprise resource planning (ERP) category of the Computerworld Awards. This popularity is due to SAP Business One's integration, quick implementation, affordability, and ease-of-use.

Business enablement software is helping small businesses compete in global markets against companies with more resources and larger operating budgets. YakPak, an SAP Business One customer, is among the several small businesses featured in this article that – with support from affordable, comprehensive business management solutions – now enjoy the operational efficiency and finesse previously thought possible only for large enterprises.

Skins is a company producing a specialist "compression garment" that improves an athlete's circulation and blood flow during physical activity. The firm needed a global system as it opened operations in the United Kingdom and United States. After evaluating ERP accounting software from Oracle, Sage and SAP, Skins chose the SAP Business One application due to its price and features.