INCREASE VISIBILITY INTO YOUR PROJECTS, MAXIMIZE RESOURCE UTILIZATION, IMPROVE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES, AND MANAGE OPPORTUNITY
SAP® Business One for Professional Services is an industry portfolio of integrated business solutions that connects the entire operation, enabling SME’s to more effectively manage both their finances and their client projects.
VISIBILITY DRIVES PROFITABILITY
The professional services industry is on the rise again. After several down years, clients are increasing their spending with professional services firms. Yet many firms rely on outdated and disconnected applications to manage their projects, resources, and operations. This lack of integration across the organization impairs visibility into operations, making it difficult to deliver projects profitably, both on time and on budget.
SAP Business One helps firms operate more profitably by delivering solutions built with its deep industry experience in the professional services industry. With SAP Business One, you can increase visibility into your projects, maximize resource utilization, improve operational efficiencies, and acquire more profitable clients.
With SAP Business One, you can solve your most important problems today and position yourself to better manage the challenges of the future. SAP Business One provides a complete, integrated solution with built-in industry best practices to help efficiently manage your critical business processes, including project management, project resource management, and time and expense management. As well as the advanced capabilities – including client opportunity management, service-level management, and knowledge management – that enables and enhance your unique competitive advantage.
BUSINESS BENEFITS
Enhance Project Visibility with Real-Time Analytics- Maximize Resource Utilization with a Complete Project and Resource Management Solution
- Improve Operational Efficiencies with a Single Integrated System
- Acquire Profitable Clients with Adaptable Opportunity Management Solution
- Deliver Quality Service with Advanced Service Delivery Capabilities
SAP BUSINESS ONE FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
SAP Business One help firms decrease the order-to-cash process on project-based services by improving billing accuracy and by integrating project and corporate financials to streamline the recording of time and materials. With SAP Business One for Professional Services, firms can also maximize the utilization of their skilled resources by accurately forecasting demand and aligning billable resources with corporate objectives. In direct response to the needs of professional services firms, SAP has developed preconfigured modular solutions that combine SAP’s industry-specific functionality (including project management, resource management, and financial management) with industry-standard best practices and a fixed-scope implementation. This enables SMEs to easily take advantage of the benefits offered by SAP, leveraging the knowledge and experience SAP has gained from working with many of the world’s leading professional services firms. These preconfigured solutions and implementation services are also designed for predictable time-to-value and affordability, and they are available to license and deploy over time on a stepwise basis.
With SAP Business One for professional services, firms can perform all core activities related to analytics, financials, human capital management, corporate services, and operations. SAP’s collaborative solution allows for efficient project planning and execution, ensuring that deliverables are clearly defined while leveraging knowledge gained in past engagements.
