SAP ERP: SAP Business One - mySAP SAP All-In-One Integration Architecture

SAP provides all the spectrum of MRP solutions - from large company, down to mid-size businesses and with SAP B1 - for small and small-to-midsize companies. In this small article we would like to discuss SAP ERP architecture for multinational corporation. Brazil in some cases is considered as the country with very complex tax and federal, state and municipal reporting requirements, however in the context of international business, when company operates virtually worldwide, Brazilian localization should be considered as a normal ERP implementation routine. Let's consider several ERP architecture scenarios:

1. SAP Workshop. We would like to use this term when corporation has SAP high-end ERP in its headquarters: MySAP or former SAP R/3. In this case you should capitalize on SAP brand, utilize mid-size SAP solution (all-in-one) in the countries, where you are meeting break-even point and start with SAP BO in the countries, where you are still in the penetration to the market phase. In Brazil all these three SAP brand applications are available and localized. SAP upstream integration is available, however if data consolidation requirements are not very strict, you can implement integration on the SQL queries level

2. Microsoft ERP in Headquarters. You may have Microsoft Dynamics AX Axapta, NAV Navision, GP Great Plains. In all three scenarios upstream integration to Microsoft Dynamics family of ERP products is relatively straightforward - in the case of Microsoft Great Plains you can pull transactions from SAP BO GL module, mark them in SQL custom table and deploy Microsoft Dynamics GP Integration Manager or direct data feed from Great Plains side

3. Oracle ERP in Headquarters. Assuming that you are deploying Oracle EBusiness Suite/Financials or also known as Oracle Applications Fusion - you can get advantage from low comparative to Oracle EBS implementation cost. Oracle E-Business Suite allows you to post date from modules via interface staging tables and here SAP Business One integration could be tuned to do the same job

4. Microsiga or another local Brazilian MRP. SAP BO has balanced functionality to automate GL, AR, AP, Services, CRM, Production/Manufacturing, light logistics - if your requirements in Brazil are rather moderate - you can accommodate SAP B1 standard functionality

5. Integration to SAP Business One. The best case scenarios could be achieved with SAP Business One SDK or Software Development Kit. We already published multiple articles on how you can integrate Service transactions from Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 to SAP B1 deploying SB1 SDK

6. SAP Business One multilanguage, multicurrency, etc. Yes, you can switch language from Portuguese to English for example to facilitate auditing and control over your overseas subsidiary.

7. Final Two Cents advise. If you are using Microsoft, Oracle, PeopleSoft, JDEdwards, IBM Lotus Notes Domino solution in your headquarters, do not restrict yourself to the same vendor on the international market, go beyond - SAP Business One is very reliable and reasonably priced option.