Making a Business Case for ERP: Functions to Look Out For
Key ERP Functions When making the business case for ERP, senior executive buy-in is very important. You need both the resources and the will at the top of the organisation to make it happen. [...]
What are the factors that effect cloud ERP costs?
Big migration Cloud migration is underway with a vengeance. Various surveys have tried to place a figure on it – for example CIO says two thirds of businesses currently have plans to move existing ERP [...]
How to create X consumption to cost centre transactions
SAP Business ByDesign supports a process called “Consumption to Cost Centre” which allows you to issue or receive stock into a logistics area and assign the costs of this transaction to a particular cost [...]
Digital Champion behind Aspen Pumps’ ERP Success
ERP Project Secrets: Business ByDesign There are many lessons you can learn from Jonathan Phillips at the Aspen Pumps Group – chief among them is the value of a sense of humour when it comes [...]
Unlock Growth With Tech in Your Midsize Company
Midsize Companies Need a Systematic Approach to Cost Analysis As companies scale up and grow it become much harder to keep track of business metrics manually. Small start-ups thrive under the eye of their [...]
Boosting ERP with the IoT
A new generation of intelligent technologies is shaking up the business world. Among them the Internet of Things – a network of sensors located on business assets which collect data and bring it back [...]
How Business Coped with Covid – Survey Results
How did business cope with the stresses of the pandemic in 2020 and what lessons can we learn from it? During 2020 we all felt the strain of trying to do business in unprecedented [...]
How to create Exchange Rate Custom Data Source for SAP Business ByDesign
As standard it is not possible to include exchange rates within SAP Business ByDesign reports as there is no data source available. If you have Cloud Application Studio then it is possible to create [...]
What can we learn from the Private Equity CFO?
The challenges faced by the private equity CFO I recently came across an article from McKinsey on the challenges faced by the private equity CFO. It distilled and magnified so many of the challenges [...]
Digital Trends Shaping the Media and Entertainment Industry
Getting to grips with digital trends in the media: Disruptive change has swept through the media industry in recent years. It’s a familiar story, digital technology has merged with access to faster Internet and [...]
Beyond ERP Towards the Intelligent Enterprise
Humans are big dreamers and we've long had a vision of connected digital business where data tells us stories and technology helps us decide what to do. Well now that reality is here and [...]
How to Create a Proof of Delivery Process in SAP Business ByDesign
Proof of Delivery Process There is no default proof of delivery process for SAP Business ByDesign provided as standard, but it is possible to design a process in a simple way to help your [...]
CEO and CFO – The greatest double act of all time?
What do CEOs want from their CFOs? Which is your favourite double act? Laurel and Hardy, Morecambe and Wise, Ant and Dec. Or how about French and Saunders, Thelma and Louise, Key and Peele? [...]
How Companies Benefit from Fast Start Financials Technology
From Initial Contact to Go live in 7 weeks Fast start financials technology is setting companies up for success in the new economic environment. Far from waiting it out or thinking they've missed the [...]
From Recovery to Prosperity: 3 Key Lessons for Finance Leaders
Lessons for Finance Leaders This blog looks at the findings of the latest Aberdeen research report conducted in the aftermath of the Covid 19 pandemic into how the CFO can leverage the digital economy [...]
How Cloud Technology is Transforming Finance
Key business partner or number cruncher – you decide? Finance leaders have a key place at the management table, which makes you well placed to drive change. Leveraging data and providing analysis is a [...]
Making Tax Digital Reactivation Guide
If while submitting your VAT return to HMRC you get a Returned and Rejected error notice from HMRC stating “No active account found for VRN” - then please follow these simple steps to reactivate [...]
Intrastat declarations from January 2021
Users of SAP Business ByDesign are supported by their system when it comes to making all their Intrastat declarations for Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the aftermath of Brexit. Here is a reminder [...]
Cloud ERP: Current Outlook and Future Trends
With so many businesses looking seriously at cloud ERP as a result of the pandemic, it seems like a good time to take stock of the cloud ERP landscape.
Why SMBs Purchase an ERP System
When is the right time for a growing company to step up to the next level of technology and purchase an ERP system? If you’re lucky it is the sheer speed of growth that [...]
5 Ways to Strengthen Your Supply Chain
The need to strengthen supply chains has become urgent during the Covid crisis. Now, not only have issues arisen with backlogs of essential health equipment but stockpiling ahead of Brexit has added to the [...]
Amending Industry Types in SAP Business ByDesign
Amending Industry Types in SAP Business ByDesign - A Step by Step Guide Industry types are used in SAP Business ByDesign to categories your business partners, such as customer accounts or suppliers. As standard [...]
ERP Implementation Strategies for Faster ROI
Benefits of an ERP System Running a business efficiently today means streamlining your processes so that teams spend more time on tasks that create value rather than shuffling paper across departments. Valuable time wasted [...]
Create Custom Data Source to Report on Output Documents
This post comes about as a follow up to a question we received on how to create a custom data source to report on output documents. Always happy to oblige with answers! The original [...]
Why mid-sized companies are stepping up adoption of cloud ERP
5 reasons why mid-sized companies are stepping up adoption of cloud ERP Nobody expected to be trading in a pandemic but like it or not, that is where we find ourselves. Ambitious companies with [...]
How to – Adapt Default Background Image In SAP ByDesign
Adapt Default Background Image From the Adapt menu, select Company Branding Images. To upload a background image, in the Background tab, click Browse and choose an image file. The image file should be in [...]
How to …Check Email Output Errors in SAP Business ByDesign
How to deal with Email Output Errors in SAP Business ByDesign As a standard feature SAP Business ByDesign allows you to configure the system to automatically send documents, such as purchase orders or customer [...]
Achieving On Time in Full with Business ByDesign
On-Time and In-Full Monitoring with SAP Business ByDesign On-time and in-full (OTIF) is a very simple measure of whether the organisation’s supply chain was able to deliver to the customer what they ordered, how [...]
Business Issues and Challenges – in a Covid World
What are your Business Issues and Challenges? Getting back to work? We never stopped and I bet you didn’t either because for most of us the struggle to keep going has been real. As [...]
A Comprehensive Guide to Virtual Deployment of Cloud ERP
Virtual deployment of cloud ERP? Traditionally, SMB’s would not have given the idea a chance. Teams have always wanted to do the prep work for an ERP implementation in person – and that goes [...]
Managing Expenses in SAP Business ByDesign
*This series of posts is based on questions we are frequently asked about SAP Business ByDesign Question: Can employees easily manage their expenses in SAP Business ByDesign? The expenses management scenario in Business ByDesign [...]
Recurring Supplier Invoices
*This series of posts is based on questions we are frequently asked about SAP Business ByDesign Question: Is SAP Business ByDesign able to manage recurring invoices? Definition: A recurring invoice is a type of [...]
LISA Warehouse Management Solution
*This series of posts is based on questions we are frequently asked about SAP Business ByDesign Question: Is there a Warehouse Management Solution with bar code scanning that integrates with SAP Business ByDesign? Definition [...]
ERP implementation failures: Common ERP mistakes to avoid.
How to get your ERP project right How to avoid implementation failures? We have the best consultants in the business - they work alongside mid-size companies who are implementing ERP all the time and [...]
Tips to Drive Cloud ERP Adoption in Your Organisation
10 ways to ensure cloud ERP success ERP software (Enterprise Resource Planning) has been with us, transforming prospects for a wide range of organisations for quite a while now and yet many people STILL [...]
Human Resources Management in SAP Business ByDesign
Current Challenges Whilst the Human Resources Management standard functionality in ByDesign manages onboarding, offboarding and time and compensation, there is a gap for learning, development and recruitment management SME’s may require multiple systems to [...]