Released on = January 15, 2007, 3:52 pm

Press Release Author = Alba Spectrum Group

Industry = Computers

Press Release Summary = SAP B1 has over 200 installations in Brazil at this time and
the number of new customers is growing. In this article we would like to recommend
SAP BO as ERP system for multinational corporation with subsidiary in Brazil. There
are certain strong points about SAP B1 and certain areas for future improvement, but
you as a manager should understand these pluses and minuses to make a selection
decision

Press Release Body = Alba Spectrum Group, 1-866-528-0577, Worldwide: 1-630-961-5918,
Brazil: +55-11-3571 4992, help@albaspectrum.com

SAP B1 has over 200 installations in Brazil at this time and the number of new
customers is growing. In this article we would like to recommend SAP BO as ERP
system for multinational corporation with subsidiary in Brazil. There are certain
strong points about SAP B1 and certain areas for future improvement, but you as a
manager should understand these pluses and minuses to make a selection decision
Pluses:
. Internationalization. It includes multicurrency, multiple languages support,
availability across Latin America, in USA, Europe, Asia, etc. If your company is
present on all or the majority of these markets, you can consider spoke (SAP BO in
local country) - and - Hub (MySAP in Headquarters) model, which is reasonably easy
controllable from your Headquarters, plus it avoids one-vendor-dependency syndrome
in overseas location
. Localization. In large countries, such as Brazil federal, state and municipal
regulation typically differs from American, European standards and needs to be
specially addressed - this added functionality is typically referred as
localization. SAP B1 is officially "localized" for Brazil
. SAP Brand. Again - this is when you prefer to stick to brand name MRP provider,
and it should be respected. At the same time, when you stick to such provider as
SAP, Oracle or Microsoft Dynamics - you probably expect better quality, support and
longevity for your ERP

Area for future improvement:
. Localization. If you think about ERP history in Brazil - you should probably
accept the fact, that if such locally designed ERP as Microsiga begun to address
Brazilian requirements from the first day of going to the MRP market, then
"localization" from Microsiga is a bit more advanced, it is addressing Brazilian
Payroll, for example, and other features
. State and Municipal legislation. To implement all these taxation, reporting
functionality is a matter of time, so you should be patient and respect SAP efforts
to localize these requirements one-by-one as time permits. Meanwhile you should
prepare required filing documents in Excel, based on SAP B1 reporting which is the
base for your analysis and calculations

If you need help, please give us a call US/Canada: 1-866-528-0577, Worldwide:
1-630-961-5918, Brazil: +55-11-3571 4992, help@albaspectrum.com

Andrew Karasev, Alba Spectrum Group ( http://www.albaspectrum.com
http://www.enterlogix.com.br ), serving SAP B1 customization, integration, software
development projects to customers in Brazil, US and other countries. In Brazil we
implement SBO in Sao Paulo and Goiania and support integrations and customizations
nation-wide. In US we provide functional consulting form SBO in Chicago and Houston
and we support customizations nation-wide


Web Site = http://www.albaspectrum.com

Contact Details = Alba Spectrum Group, 1-866-528-0577, Worldwide: 1-630-961-5918,
Brazil: +55-11-3571 4992, help@albaspectrum.com