Success Stories

Just a few among thousands of companies who have achieved success with SAP Business One

Over 30 thousand Small & Midsize companies, in 40 countries, in many different industries have improved their businesses by implementing SAP Business One.  The examples below range from small start-ups to large multi-nationals in various industries and were selected to illustrate the versatility of SAP Business One.

Please click on any name to see the full Success Story for that company.

Manufacturing

Vets Sheet Metal  35-55 employees, $5-10M revenue

  • Timely, accurate business information, 5-week implementation, immediate reduction in costs and increase in profits with much more anticipated

Electra-Sound     150 employees, automotive electronics products

  • Acquisition of new major customer required quick transformation of business from standalone to networked, real-time operations. SAP satisfied customer demands for tight implementation schedule. Reduced expenses, reduced inventory, improved order fulfillment times.. 

NCVW Management Group  100 employees, $14.5M revenue

  • Replaced mixture of outdated software and spreadsheets in five separate small businesses in just six weeks. Increased employee productivity, reduced inventory and production costs, better decision making through real-time management reporting.

Lord Corporation     $550M revenue, world-wide operations

  • Needed powerful, cost-effective solution to install at global subsidiaries and integrate with large ERP system at headquarters. 99.9% of the implementation was just turning it on and adopting the existing functionality. They can maintain competitive pricing worldwide by access to detailed information in the right form.

Collicutt Compression Solutions  65 employees, operations in Canada and US

  • Needed enterprise-wide, real-time operational visibility and multi-currency support.  Implementation 11% under budget. Will achieve ROI on total project in 20 months. Faster and more accurate decision making.

Wholesale Distribution

Barron's Wholesale Tire  150 employees

  • 90-day implementation, anticipated 2-year ROI. Automatically adjusts prices on 9000 items for 8500 customers every two hours to maximize profits when margins are razor-thin. SAP Business One has transformed an ordinary business into an extraordinary business partner network embracing customers and suppliers. 

The Betty Mills Company  28 employees, $14M revenue

  • Integrated web-based storefront with back office, revolutionized order picking, cut delivery times, speeded invoicing and improved cast flow. SAP Business One has big-business functionality at a small-business price. Business Intelligence used to be by spreadsheets run weekly with out-of-date information. With SAP it is available all the time, always accurate and up-to-the-minute.

Action Industries  35 employees, $7.5M revenue

  • Automated the order-to-shipment process, allowing 98% same-day shipment. Cut invoice creation time from 7 hours to less than 1 hour. Reduced outside accounting costs 80%. "We have been experiencing double-digit growth, and  SAP is an integral part of it. Choosing SAP Business One is one of the best decisions I have made in my 15 years with the company"!

Sondra Roberts  18 employees, $20M revenue

  • 8-week implementation, 12 month ROI. "SAP has revolutionized the way we operate!" 22% increase in shipments with 33% fewer workers. 40% reduction in sales order entry time. 95% reduction in time spent running reports. 50% reduction in accounting staff.

JGB Distributing     92 employees, $32M revenue

  • 11 week implementation using SAP Best Practices.  We can easily make enhancements. SAP Business One has helped us to stand above our competition, enabling us to capture a 40% increase in market share. I  know at any time my cash flow, inventory, receivables and payables. "If you want software that will allow you to customize your business, grow it and make it more  efficient, SAP Business One is the way to go!"

Consumer Products

Allison's Pantry  21 employees, $7M revenue

  • This company's old software was cumbersome and inefficient. Purchasing processes have been reduced 83%. General Ledger closings were reduced from 10 hours to 1/2 hour. "Our A/R person used to retrieve information from 5 or 6 places. Now she can simply make a query into the system. SAP Crystal Reports lets us make changes to reports and forms on the fly, and they look professional. It used to take a designer and a programmer.  I could not ask for a better solution than SAP Business One!"

Dave's Gourmet  9 employees

  • 6-week implementation, using Best Practices. Expects to quadruple growth through "fact-based selling" with only 5 more people because of  SAP Business One. Shipping time has improved 35%. Inventory has been reduced 15%. 75% reduction in out-of-stock items. 

Coral Beach Farms     32 employees off-season, 500 peak season, $7M revenue

  • Customer dissatisfaction resulted from inefficient operations. Business data was scattered amongst a small computer accounting system, spreadsheets, file cabinets or not at all. Now with SAP Business One, all information is recorded in the same place and only one time with no duplication. SAP Crystal Reports is great. Everything is under control. "SAP Business One has given us a tremendous competitive advantage!"

 

 

Predicting the future

What other companies have experienced

How can you know what to expect when you choose business management software, before you have experienced it in your own business environment?

One of the most revealing ways is to read about other companies like yours or that you can relate to, and learn what they have experienced!

SAP Business One has been implemented by over 30,000 companies all over the world. Many of their experiences have been documented in "Success Stores" describing their satisfaction with SAP Business One. Some of the benefits include:

  • Simplifying business processes
  • Making employees more productive
  • Reducing expenses
  • Increasing profits
  • Improving customer relationships
  • Enabling better management decisions
  • Helping them to grow their companies
  • Much more 

We have chosen just a handful of these companies in a variety of industries, some small and some much larger, to serve as examples. If you are interested in having us look for stories about companies that you can relate to more closely, we will be happy to do so. Just ask!