Express Software Comparison Report

Discrete Manufacturing ERP Evaluation Express Software Comparison for SAP Business One by SAP
The graphs below were developed for an express software comparison of SAP Business One by SAP. They display the standard scores of the vendor solutions, as determined through
TEC's default Discrete Manufacturing ERP Evaluation Model. The graphs reflect 3448 functional, technical, and business criteria. This comparison is based on average weights and

Overall Performance

Discrete Manufacturing ERP Evaluation

Discrete Manufacturing ERP Evaluation

Module
Financials
Includes: Accounts Payable (A/P),Accounts
Receivable,Budgeting,Cash Management,Cost
Human Resources
Includes: Benefits,Employee Metrics,Employee SelfService,Health and Safety,Payroll,Personnel
Manufacturing Management
Includes: Field Service and Repairs,Product
Costing,Product Data Management
Inventory Management
Includes: Adjusting Inventory,Data
Requirements,Forecasting,Inventory Management-Purchasing Management
Includes: Management of POs,Online Requirements
for Purchasing Management,Pricing,Procurement
Quality Management
Includes: Inventory Quality Management,Non
Production Quality Management,Production Quality

Total
Criteria

SAP Business
by SAP
Module Rating

958

83.26

430

21.87

1047

68.14

184

88.99

260

85.19

78

72.53

Sales Management
Includes: Available-to-Promise (ATP),Customer
Relationship Management (CRM),Customer Service
Product Technology
Includes: Architecture,Platforms,Reporting,User
Interface

230

84.62

261

79.56

Financials
Financials
Module
Ratings provides
The Financials
module

features and functions that allow accountants and financial managers to

Financials

Financials
Module
General Ledger
Includes: Chart of Accounts Structure,Controls for
Ledgers,Enterprise Reporting Structure,Journal Entry
Accounts Payable (A/P)
Includes: A/P Ledger Posting,A/P Transactions and
Controls,Control of Payments,Invoice Process and
Fixed Assets
Includes: Asset Transactions,Depreciation
Books,Depreciation of Assets,Records for Fixed
Cost Accounting
Includes: Cost Allocation Processing,Cost
Allocations,Cost Data,Management of Costs
Cash Management
Includes: "Miscellaneous" category for charges and
deposits,Automatically records bank cash
Budgeting
Includes: Allocation of Budgets,Budget
Accounting,Budget Control,Budget
Accounts Receivable
Includes: Credit and Collections Management,Data
Requirements,Interfacing Requirements,On-line
Financial Reporting

Total
Criteria

SAP Business
by SAP
Module Rating

313

79.57

235

87.97

89

88.10

49

74.56

16

90.63

65

65.68

105

92.89

35

95.47

51

74.45

Includes: Miscellaneous,Online Requirements

Project Accounting

Includes: Cost Coding Structure Creation or

Maintenance,Line Item Data Capture,Project and Cost

Human Resources
Human Resources encompasses all the applications necessary for handling personnel-related tasks for corporate managers and
individual
employees.
Modules
will include Personnel Management, Benefit Management, Payroll Management, Employee Self Service,
Human Resources
Module
Ratings

Human Resources

Human Resources
SAP Business
by SAP

Module

Total
Criteria

Personnel Management
Includes: Budgeting and Cost Control,Career
Development and Training,Competency
Benefits
Includes: Administering Benefits,Profile for Employee
Benefit Plan,Standard Benefits
Payroll
Includes: Automated Time Sheet,Earnings and
Deductions,Eligibility Parameters,Profile for Employee
Employee Self-Service
Includes: Account for time based on type of absence
or attendance,Allocate time to multiple projects and
Employee Metrics
Includes: Absence and leave accrual reporting,Alert
supervisor when an employee is out of compliance in
Health and Safety
Includes: Detect and monitor hazardous conditions
(areas) and materials, and exporting them via an
Workforce Management
Includes: Administration,Contract
Management,Expense Tracking,Proactive Information
Training

118

41.84

23

0.00

70

44.00

22

27.27

13

0.00

11

0.00

147

61.87

26

0.00

Includes: Administration,Planning

Module Rating

Manufacturing Management
Manufacturing Management
covers
discrete
manufacturing and provides the ability to plan production at various scales, rolling high-level plans down
Manufacturing
Management
Module
Ratings

Manufacturing Management

Manufacturing Management
SAP Business
by SAP

Module

Total
Criteria

Product Costing
Includes: Actual Costing,Cost Accounting Variance
and Analysis,Cost Report and Inventory
Shop Floor Control
Includes: Company Calendar,Flow
Manufacturing,Material Picking and Kits
Field Service and Repairs
Includes: Call Management,Field Service
Management,Processing and Statusing,Service
Production Planning
Includes: Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP) and
Work Center Scheduling,Master Production
Product Data Management (PDM)
Includes: Automatic effectivity dating on production
revisions,Automatic notification when configuration
Project Management
Includes: Assigns an ID when an order for material is
received,Associates different costs to different
Product/Item Configurator
Includes: Auto planning BOM,Automatically loads
common prior data for real time selection,BOM

105

84.55

385

76.66

119

57.74

297

64.49

68

51.62

36

70.00

37

71.89

Module Rating

Inventory Management
Solutions for inventory management are used for the record-keeping of goods that are warehoused, and managing the movement of
these
goods
to, from, andModule
throughRatings
warehouses.
Inventory
Management

Inventory Management

Inventory Management
SAP Business
by SAP

Module

Total
Criteria

Inventory Management--Online Requirements

Includes: Ability to label and track country of origin on
parts and in operating system.,Ability to maintain files
Processing Requirements
Includes: Ability to track inventory by business
unit,Automatic generation of recommended parts tied
Data Requirements
Includes: Provide commodity code assigned by
purchasing to logical groups of parts information on
Locations and Lot Control
Includes: A given finished item can be listed
simultaneously
multiple stocking
places in(Inventory
one
Reporting and in
Interfacing
Requirements

30

80.67

28

90.36

12

96.67

20

95.00

16

98.13

100.00

48

72.92

22

78.18

Management)
Includes:
Interface with the general ledger to calculate
the cost using the item's average cost,Interface with
Adjusting Inventory
Includes: Authorization on individual transaction
level,Displays inventory balance information before
Forecasting
Includes: Accumulation of old forecasts into future
periods,Adjusts forecasts according to fluctuating
Reservations and Allocations
Includes: Allocates back-ordered items by location
according to customizable criteria,Allocates material

Module Rating

Purchasing Management
Purchasing management encompasses a group of applications that controls purchasing of raw materials needed to build products and
that
managesManagement
inventory stocks.
It also
involves creating purchase orders/contracts, supplier tracking, goods receipt and payment, and
Purchasing
Module
Ratings

Purchasing Management

Purchasing Management
SAP Business
by SAP

Module

Total
Criteria

Profile of Suppliers
Includes: A primary vendor can be set as the default
for each class,Associate items with vendors'
Rating of Suppliers
Includes: Analyzes suppliers' PO fulfillment
performance based on significant data points such as
Requisitions and Quotations
Includes: Displays planned purchase orders,Manage
and update supplier's quotes for particular
Purchase Orders (POs)
Includes: Allow multiple buyers to procure same item
for separate business units,Assigns sequential PO
Pricing
Includes: Automatic update of an item's record based
on the item's most recent purchase price,Automatically
Vendor Contracts and Agreements
Includes: Agreement number designating common
terms,Agreements with suppliers may be discounted
Management of POs
Includes: Additional orders may be generated to
designate special order characteristics,Analyzes
Procurement Reporting and Online Reporting
Includes: Alerts users with a list of stock actions (such
as replenishment) or product actions that need to be
Repeat Procurement
Includes: Creates blanket POs where the system
issues automatic releases to production and notifies
Receipts for Procurement
Includes: Accept-with-rework category for received
materials,Automatically numbers receipts in
Online Requirements for Purchasing Management

12

88.33

13

93.08

13

89.23

63

87.94

13

95.38

16

100.00

25

90.80

24

96.25

19

86.32

30

93.33

14

5.00

Module Rating

Includes: Create a purchase order from an existing

requisition,Create
and use blanket
purchasefor
Reporting and Interfacing
Requirements
Purchasing
Management
Includes:
Automatic
reminder for overdue shipments
sent to vendors via fax or e-mail,Automatically faxes a

18

96.67

Quality Management
Quality management refers to the set of actions taken by an organization to ensure that it creates and delivers high-quality products. In
order
to Management
do so, organizations
must
comply to national and international rules and regulations related to product quality, but they often also
Quality
Module
Ratings

Quality Management

Quality Management
SAP Business
by SAP

Module

Total
Criteria

Production Quality Management

Includes: Assigns codes to reject
descriptions,Automatically updates schedule
Non Production Quality Management
Includes: Built in Control Plan, management and
reporting,Contract Review for having a documented
Inventory Quality Management
Includes: Alphanumeric stock code,Consigned
inventory location tracking,Excisable items - Definition

29

60.00

24

60.00

25

97.60

Module Rating

Sales Management
Sales Management encompasses a group of applications that automates the data entry process of customer orders and keeps track of
the
status
of orders. ItModule
involvesRatings
order entry, order tracing and status reporting, pricing, invoicing, etc. It also provides a basic functionality
Sales
Management

Sales Management

Sales Management
SAP Business
by SAP

Module

Total
Criteria

Online Requirements (Sales Management)

Includes: 1) Invoice,2) Sales order or quote,3) Bill of
lading,Accommodate an order type for a new order or
quote,Accommodate multiple ship-to addresses for
each bill-to address,Accommodate, primarily for the
sales order, a customer requested ship date, a due
date, and a company expected ship date,Allow for
customer
and salesRequirements
order status on-line
by
Reportingaccount
and Interfacing
(Sales

42

54.05

49

95.71

10

85.00

Management)
Includes: Accommodate processing and printing of
invoices, reports, and shipping,Allow for price/cost onAvailable-to-Promise (ATP)

Module Rating

Includes: Allocation reports specify total demand, and

on-hand stock, as well as sales order
sequencing,Available-to-promise items are specified
according to capacity,Available-to-promise items are
specified automatically by the system,Available-topromise scheduling can be viewed by time period and
by allocation,Calculates quantity that can be supplied
by due date,Imports available-to-promise quantities
and dates into sales order,Models available-topromise production in the context of existing
orders,Models lead times and limits for available-toPricing and Discounting
Includes: Access to historical data for basis of
estimate,Allows zero-cost items,Applies established
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Includes: Associate expense reports to customer
profile accounts,Automatically generate a call or mail
Customer Service and Returned Goods Handling
Includes: Access of customer and customer order
information through a single screen, including open

77

95.71

23

78.26

29

98.97

Product Technology
This group
of criteria defines
technical architecture of the product as well as the technological environment in which the product can
Product
Technology
Modulethe
Ratings

Product Technology

Product Technology
Module
Architecture
Includes: Application Security,Architectural
Foundation,Data Integration Technologies,Device
User Interface

Total
Criteria

SAP Business
by SAP
Module Rating

211

75.55

95.71

Includes: Configurable browse toolbars and

options,Configurable functions and process
Platforms
Includes: Database,Mobile OS,Servers,Web
Browser,Workstation OS
Reporting
Includes: Active or inactive status,Ad hoc inquiry
capability from within the ERP product,Allows full text

34

25.24

100.00

Discrete Manufacturing
ERP Evaluation
Financials
Human Resources
Manufacturing Management
Inventory Management
Purchasing Management
Quality Management
Sales Management
Product Technology