| ne — Local ERP for Multinational Corporation | | | | export your transactions in scope and it could be done |
| — Brazil | | | | in Excel, tab delimited text, etc. Then SAP Business |
| Multinational Corporation usually has to consider two | | | | One has integration tool to mySAP/R/3 — in |
| major criteria in overseas subsidiary MRP system | | | | case if your company uses SAP in the Headquarters. |
| selection. First is its integration with Corporate ERP, | | | | - Licensing. SAP Business One uses All-in-one license |
| deployed in the Headquarters and second — | | | | type, when you pay fixed price per named user (you |
| localization status of the proposed ERP, where | | | | can get CRM module only users at half of the regular |
| localization usually assumes two aspects — | | | | all-in-one license prices) |
| compliance to tax legislation and local language | | | | - Database Platform. Microsoft SQL Server is |
| support. | | | | reasonably priced plus if you have open license with |
| Multinational Corporation usually has to consider two | | | | Microsoft for your company — you may use |
| major criteria in overseas subsidiary MRP system | | | | this advantage. |
| selection. First is its integration with Corporate ERP, | | | | - Microsoft Office. SAP Business One is tightly |
| deployed in the Headquarters and second — | | | | integrated with MS Office — it emails through |
| localization status of the proposed ERP, where | | | | MS Outlook client of local workstation, exports data to |
| localization usually assumes two aspects — | | | | Excel, etc. Currently SAP has joint project with |
| compliance to tax legislation and local language | | | | Microsoft — Mendocino — to integrate |
| support. Then international environment may be very | | | | SAP R/3 with Microsoft Office platform. SAP |
| diversified, however you will recognize the pattern | | | | Business One is probably ahead in its original integration |
| — when you have manufacturing facility in the | | | | technology. |
| small or mid-size country — then tax legislation is | | | | - Brazilian version availability. It is available since |
| usually more standard, than if you have | | | | February 2006. |
| production plant in the large country. Consider Brazil, for | | | | - SAP Business One SDK. If you need custom tuning |
| example — it has unique tax requirements and | | | | & programming, coming beyond the scope of |
| localization from the tax compliance stand point is | | | | user-friendly interface modification & |
| usually complicated — you should do your | | | | customization — you should look for SAP |
| homework in the selection. And, in the case of | | | | Business One SDK customization partner, who is |
| corporate business, the ERP selection policy usually | | | | licensed to program SAP Business One SDK |
| requires international ERP brand, such as SAP, Oracle | | | | - Competition. Localized: Portuguese translated and tax |
| or Microsoft Business Solutions. Let’s come to | | | | tune ERP versions have also Microsoft: Microsoft |
| SAP Business One details and options. | | | | Navision/Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Axapta/Dynamics |
| - Multilanguage in one company. This feature allows | | | | AX (since April 2006) (please be sure that Microsoft |
| your controller from the headquarter surf your | | | | Solomon/Dynamics SL and Microsoft Great Plains |
| overseas ERP through remote connection by simply | | | | Dynamics GP are not supported by Microsoft |
| switching Brazilian Portuguese to US or British English. | | | | Business Solutions in Brazil), Oracle Financials |
| Whatever happens with your ERP support partner in | | | | Applications/E-Business Suite, SAP mySAP and SAP |
| Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro or any unexpected | | | | all-in-one. Plus you may need to check with regional |
| accounting personnel turnover — you will be in | | | | ERP vendors, such as Microsiga |
| control, because you will know how to use your | | | | - ERP Implementation Partner selection. This is the |
| English screens | | | | question of how comfortable you feel yourself on the |
| - Tax compliance. SAP Business One is localized for | | | | local or regional IT consulting market. Typical is the |
| Brazilian tax code and the tax engine as SAP believes | | | | case when ERP implementation company from the |
| will also be adopted for another large country, such as | | | | Headquarters side subcontracts local ERP |
| India with the same technology approach and | | | | implementer in Brazil — or you can do the same |
| programming schema. In our opinion SAP used | | | | — simply by selecting mid-size or small |
| abstract approach, when it designed the solution, which | | | | international ERP consulting firm, specializing in |
| is flexible and adaptable with multiple tax-challenging | | | | international business and present in USA/Europe and |
| markets criteria in the design. | | | | Brazil at the same time. |
| - Integration. Virtually from any report screen you can | | | | |