SAP

Abstract
IBM's world class scalable, reliable and agile e-business solutions, in collaboration with SAP, will assist organisations in the mid-market space, providing affordable, easy-to-implement solutions with high return on investments. IBM and SAP have implemented successful solutions in Singapore for key hospitals, government agencies, airlines and large industrial, retail and manufacturing organisations.

Introduction
IBM and SAP are committed to delivering affordable end-to-end solutions scaled to meet the needs of SMBs. This is done directly through IBM Global Services or through IBM's Business Partner community. The combined solutions enable SMBs to speed up IT adoption in order for them to meet the dynamic changes in the marketplace in addition to helping them diversify and reach out to the regional and global marketplace.

Solutions

SAP All-in-One (SAP A1)

Increase your profit in the mid-market
Mid-market customers are often misunderstood. Mid-sized business need products and solutions designed to address their specific needs. Scaled-down large enterprise solutions don't fit the configuration and low-functionality small offerings are not scalable and cannot facilitate the journey to becoming competitive on demand businesses.

Mid-sized customers need performance, scalability at an affordable price. They need to grow to keep up with the market and need the flexibility to innovate their businesses in a modular approach.

IBM and SAP understand the mid-market customer needs and want to help them grow and evolve into successful on demand businesses, and outpace the competition. Therefore, we have integrated IBM's world class, scalable, reliable and agile e-business solutions with SAP's Enterprise Resource Planning solutions into pre-packaged solutions which can enable mid-sized businesses to speed up IT adoption to meet the dynamic changes in the marketplace.

IBM and SAP have implemented integrated business solutions for hospitals, government agencies, airlines, industrial, retail and manufacturing organisations. These solutions are now available in affordable and easy to implement functional modules for small and medium businesses.

SAP Business One (SAP B1)

SAP Business One application software is a base pre-packaged solution for wholesale and retail with additional modules (eg. CRM, design tools) and optional SAP Business One partner enhancements (eg. Functional modules- eCommerce, HR and industry solution modules)

The SAP Business One suite was designed with a specific focus on small companies, where speed of implementation and an intuitive, user-friendly interface are mandatory.
SAP Business One is a very easy-to-use product with a wide range of functionality, including accounting, reporting, logistics, sales force automation, customer management information, financial operations, and warehouse management.
In addition to addressing the core operational needs of SMBs, SAP Business One also provides companies with analytical tools that can be used to understand an organisation's operations, online alerts for collaborative event tracking and problem-solving, and customisable reports.
SAP Business One is also equipped with standardised interfaces to internal and external data sources, hand-held computers, customer relationship management applications, and various reporting programs
Wintel-based solution, database on SQL, total package price ranges from S$50K-S$100k
SAP Business One is the product for companies with 10 to 250 employees and simple processes.

SAP Business One Standard version is presently primarily marketed in the wholesale, trade and service sectors.