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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Acumatica

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAcumatica delivers a set of cloud-based business software applications with dashboards, reporting tools, integrated document management, centralized security, and customization tools.

    $1,000

    per year

    SAP Business One

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/ASAP Business One is an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for small and medium-sized businesses, The product encompasses functionality around sales, customer relationships, inventory, operations, financials and human resources.

    $99

    per month

    Pricing
    AcumaticaSAP Business One
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Limited
    $99.00
    per month
    Starter
    $110.00
    per month
    Pro
    $132.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AcumaticaSAP Business One
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is always consumption-based with no five-year lock-ins or termination penalties. The Acumatica ERP pricing structure allows adding casual users, suppliers, and customers without paying for additional licenses. The cost is based on the features and resources utilized, not on the number of users who access the system. An Acumatica partner works with users to understand specific requirements, determine the proper resources and modules for the company, and presents a price for the license.—
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    Community Pulse
    AcumaticaSAP Business One
    Considered Both Products
    Acumatica
    Chose Acumatica
    I worked for a partner that sold SAP Business One and ByDesign. The very best thing I would say about Acumatica compared to those platforms is the support team. I have not seen a level of support that is actually able to resolve very difficult issues. Especially when they are …
    Incentivized
    Chose Acumatica
    The basic difference between Acumatica and similar solutions is their complexity and usability. It is less complex and easier to learn, and it is also based on a low-code platform, which makes it more convenient for the end user.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acumatica
    Cost. Modern code base and technology stack. Features. Customization and data access
    Incentivized
    Chose Acumatica
    Acumatica is more flexible. Acumatica gives more control underneath the hood of the ERP, which enables us to meet our requirements out of the box WITHOUT customizations
    Incentivized
    Chose Acumatica
    Acumatica is more user friendly whilst still providing a high level of customisation to suit our business.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acumatica
    Ultimately this was the one that I chose. I just thought that it was the perfect blend of affordability, customization, and convenience.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acumatica
    Head and shoulders above them. Acumatica is flexible and that is important for our growing business group. The pricing for Acumatica is affordable and reasonable. We love the support from Acumatica as well. The training and community support is overwhelmingly great.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acumatica
    Much more easy to use and more cost effective. Seemed to be a better support network through Acumatica University and our VAR. In general, the look and feel was much better also.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acumatica
    They end user experience is where Acumatica really shines, along with the customization ability and additional app connection ease.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acumatica
    Acumatica has proven to be a more sophisticated product than B1 in many ways, and is much more in touch with the needs of todays businesses.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acumatica
    SAP could not match our needs in terms of scalability in the same way that Acumatica has.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acumatica
    ACU is far and away a better ERP solution. SAP does a great job at saying what they can do and develop but ACU does what they say to help improve the product. The UI is much prettier and configurable and you can see you data how you want to
    Incentivized
    Chose Acumatica
    NetSuite is much more expensive and is difficult to customise or integrate. SAP is a more complex and powerful system, but several times more expensive to implement and run.
    Incentivized
    SAP
    Chose SAP Business One
    As a consultant, SAP Business One has a strong set of core features that will perform well for a multitude of businesses. It is a mature product with lots of documentation and available training online to answer questions and assist users. It also has multitudes of proven …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    725 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    648 Answers
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    714 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    475 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    70%
    Implementation went as expected
    418 Answers
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    AcumaticaSAP Business One
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Acumatica and SAP Business One
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.1
    108 Ratings
    1% below category average
    SAP Business One
    10.0
    10 Ratings
    33% above category average
    Pay calculation5.294 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration4.671 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Direct deposit files5.894 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Acumatica and SAP Business One
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.0
    312 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SAP Business One
    9.5
    37 Ratings
    22% above category average
    API for custom integration8.1293 Ratings9.635 Ratings
    Plug-ins8.0266 Ratings9.535 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Acumatica and SAP Business One
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.1
    386 Ratings
    1% below category average
    SAP Business One
    9.3
    41 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Single sign-on capability8.5318 Ratings9.133 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.8379 Ratings9.541 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Acumatica and SAP Business One
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.7
    394 Ratings
    6% above category average
    SAP Business One
    7.3
    42 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Dashboards7.9369 Ratings5.737 Ratings
    Standard reports7.2387 Ratings8.142 Ratings
    Custom reports7.8377 Ratings8.338 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Acumatica and SAP Business One
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.6
    659 Ratings
    11% above category average
    SAP Business One
    5.8
    43 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Accounts payable8.4639 Ratings9.743 Ratings
    Accounts receivable8.5529 Ratings9.742 Ratings
    Global Financial Support7.7230 Ratings7.727 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.0318 Ratings9.228 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.2503 Ratings9.235 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.9360 Ratings9.533 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.4401 Ratings9.238 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Acumatica and SAP Business One
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.1
    415 Ratings
    2% above category average
    SAP Business One
    8.5
    42 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Inventory tracking8.1407 Ratings9.442 Ratings
    Automatic reordering7.2204 Ratings7.029 Ratings
    Location management7.7271 Ratings9.539 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Acumatica and SAP Business One
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.3
    424 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SAP Business One
    6.2
    40 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Pricing7.5365 Ratings8.139 Ratings
    Order entry8.1378 Ratings8.840 Ratings
    Credit card processing7.5259 Ratings2.023 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold7.4353 Ratings7.739 Ratings
    Order Orchestration7.5194 Ratings9.331 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Acumatica and SAP Business One
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.6
    493 Ratings
    14% above category average
    SAP Business One
    6.9
    36 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Billing Management7.8332 Ratings8.731 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management8.0443 Ratings9.128 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management7.4238 Ratings6.022 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.7253 Ratings8.727 Ratings
    Period Close8.5358 Ratings9.633 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Acumatica and SAP Business One
    Feature
    Acumatica
    9.9
    4 Ratings
    26% above category average
    SAP Business One
    7.0
    19 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Budgeting and Forecasting9.64 Ratings7.017 Ratings
    Project Costing9.93 Ratings7.016 Ratings
    Cost Capture9.93 Ratings7.016 Ratings
    Capital Project Management10.02 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance10.02 Ratings7.014 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition9.93 Ratings6.116 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Acumatica and SAP Business One
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.3
    172 Ratings
    6% above category average
    SAP Business One
    7.9
    16 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling5.7154 Ratings8.015 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers6.5151 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality6.6130 Ratings1.011 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools6.688 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Acumatica and SAP Business One
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.8
    68 Ratings
    4% above category average
    SAP Business One
    7.7
    15 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Award Lifecycle Management7.268 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Acumatica and SAP Business One
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.1
    253 Ratings
    2% above category average
    SAP Business One
    8.1
    17 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared7.096 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Contract Authoring6.572 Ratings7.511 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated7.6207 Ratings8.213 Ratings
    Supplier Management7.1143 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Contract Repository00 Ratings8.69 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Acumatica and SAP Business One
    Feature
    Acumatica
    6.8
    106 Ratings
    4% above category average
    SAP Business One
    7.7
    9 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Risk Repository6.974 Ratings7.07 Ratings
    Control Management7.194 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments7.279 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Issue Detection6.681 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification6.365 Ratings7.76 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Acumatica and SAP Business One
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.5
    131 Ratings
    24% above category average
    SAP Business One
    6.5
    22 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Transportation Planning and Optimization7.097 Ratings7.415 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management7.794 Ratings6.913 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management6.371 Ratings6.312 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management7.6104 Ratings4.917 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management6.7100 Ratings2.014 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of Acumatica and SAP Business One
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.6
    150 Ratings
    15% above category average
    SAP Business One
    6.1
    20 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Production Process Design7.1126 Ratings2.018 Ratings
    Production Management8.0138 Ratings8.218 Ratings
    Configuration Management7.4124 Ratings2.014 Ratings
    Work Execution7.4116 Ratings4.016 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs8.2132 Ratings5.016 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Acumatica and SAP Business One
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.7
    177 Ratings
    8% above category average
    SAP Business One
    7.6
    25 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Forecasting6.7148 Ratings7.423 Ratings
    Inventory Planning6.8166 Ratings8.325 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring7.4145 Ratings7.519 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Acumatica and SAP Business One
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.2
    100 Ratings
    14% above category average
    SAP Business One
    8.9
    16 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Proposal Management6.884 Ratings4.613 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management7.295 Ratings7.714 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AcumaticaSAP Business One
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (744 ratings)
    8.8
    (48 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (61 ratings)
    4.6
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (35 ratings)
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    7.4
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (27 ratings)
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.1
    (4 ratings)
    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.8
    (17 ratings)
    2.8
    (24 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.4
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AcumaticaSAP Business One
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Acumatica
    I would love to recommend it to my friends and colleagues. They have a dedicated storage manager along with some really good cloud capabilities, which helps get the work done efficiently and professionally. We have been using it since 2022, and they are great in this segment.
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    SAP
    SAP Business One would be more useful if it contained tools to acommodate the growing need of online sales. A more complete shipping module which handles tracking numbers with the common couriers would be great. A built in warehouse management system would be great designed to be used with barcode scanners
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    Pros
    Acumatica
    • We just went live about two weeks ago, so we are here at Acumatica Summit to see everything it's capable of. One of the things it is capable of is the dashboards and the integration with some of these third-party people to ensure we can get the data we need when we need it, so we're looking forward to getting all that live for us.
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    SAP
    • SAP Business One is more suitable for small and medium scale enterprises
    • SAP Business One is : analytics, mobile technologies, cloud technologies
    • SAP Business One has exceptional performance in handling business functions such as purchasing and operations and customer relationship management
    • An important key features of SAP Business One is Reporting and Analytics.
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    Cons
    Acumatica
    • There are a few spots where there is a list of data that we need a total for and we have to extract to Excel to get a total. It would be helpful to see a sum right in Acumatica.
    • For the first time today I had an interesting glitch - my entire bank reconciliation unchecked the "reconciled" column and needed to be redone for the month. Funky little glitches happen from time to time
    • Pivot tables don't seem to update as expected by using filters
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    SAP
    • Following a bench mark process - this seems contradicting to flexibility however we have wished we could follow more of an industry benchmark. Our challenge as a small company has been knowing how to properly use the system. We have discovered that we have set up the system wrong based and are using it improperly which has cause a lot work to correct.
    • Better live reporting options - current we are on prem SQL. Yes SAP is moving to HANA however smaller companies like ourselves are not ready for that. We need to be able to maintain our existing SQL DB. We also have a demand for live BI Reporting. It has been difficult to do this with our current set up.
    • Error handling - have found it very difficult to troubleshoot. Errors are not always clear and answers are hard to find.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Acumatica
    I gave this 10 rating because Acumatica ERP is the backbone of the organization, next to the IT Team. We use this software for many different parts of our business. For example our Retail service stations that utilize the inventory, billing, and financials. Our Distribution company that uses it for Field services, CRM, Sales, Accounts and Financial consolidation of all company financials.
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    SAP
    As I said before, it is a first level tool, well developed, and with very strong development support, although the learning curve, its implementation, the cost-benefit ratio, the price and the user experience is not the most suitable for small and medium-sized companies. It is a company with extensive experience, market positioning, technical support and expanded use
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    Usability
    Acumatica
    I give it an 8 because it is very intuitive and easy to use for day to day work. I find it more difficult to create general inquiries and financial statements than it seems that it should be. It's not very intuitive in those areas.
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    SAP
    I would like to give 8 out of 10 rating for SAP Business One because SAP Business One is a good choice for the mostly used business management solutions for the small and medium-sized companies. SAP Business One can help in optimizing the existing business process and enables streamline business processes for the daily activities for all users across the entire organization. The importance realization of SAP Business One implementation is based on the selection of the good reputation partner and its approach for the entire implementation. SAP Business One is a user-friendly and easy to use Enterprise system that the organization can benefit its features and functionalities by utilizing it.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Acumatica
    It's always available.
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    SAP
    The SAP Business One software is up and running every time
    you need it as it was planned. In more than 6 years that we have been
    using the product, it has never been unavailable and if it ever was, it was because of a planned maintenance window scheduled in the company.
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    Performance
    Acumatica
    there have been some performance issues
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    SAP
    SAP Business One performance depends mostly on the speed of your internal servers, should you have the solution on premise as we do. Sometimes the system tends to be a little slower for some users when others are executing really big reports of performing some batch loads, but generally, the performance is acceptable to all the users.
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    Support Rating
    Acumatica
    We used Acumatica Support directly for the first year or so. Overall it's pretty good, but sometimes the support staff wasn't educated on the customizations we had, nor was I as the Customer as I couldn't remember which things were customized and which things were out of the box, so when there was an error, there were some misunderstandings.
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    SAP
    I rate my experience with SAP Business One's support team as excellent (10). They are easy to contact and effortless to work with on any issue or concern. I like the support SAP provides for any of their products. SAP has a great backing and I would recommend them to any of my colleagues.
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    In-Person Training
    Acumatica
    It was on General Inquiries and it's just a complex topic.
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    SAP
    The training I get was a consultant level training, so it's basically a 6 weeks training covering every aspect and every module of the system. It covered most common use cases and exercise training so you can get along with the software, as well as examples so there culd be a better understanding.
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    Online Training
    Acumatica
    Most of the trainers are amazing, but there were a couple who simply read the training guide
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    SAP
    Over the past two years SAP has added a great deal of new SAP Business One on-line training for version 9.0 and 9.1. Most of the training is very strong, but some is difficult to understand and follow. Additionally, SAP still has a few holes in their on-line training around Production, Bill-of-Materials, MRP and Service.
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    Implementation Rating
    Acumatica
    I'd say the partner selection is critically important. I think the software is very easy to implement. It's very customizable to your business. Finding a partner that will work with you to understand your business and your needs is the critical piece to make sure that the system goes along with it.
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    SAP
    These implementations are not easy. Even a standard implementation can be difficult. With a never-been-done-before implementation, the implementation team and the user team need to be thorough with planning, make a decision on key points, and stick to them before any design happens. Our biggest challenge was not from StellarOne, rather it was from the mid-implementation decisions from our internal team. StellarOne did a great job warning us, implementing our decision, and then helping us adjust our SAP to handle the new direction we took.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Acumatica
    Acumatica's sales process was much better than that of NetSuites. The NetAtWork team spent much more time with us and showed us how Acumatica really could do everything that we needed it to do, with examples using our data.
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    SAP
    SAP provides the most robust solution, with modules available for all department managers and even options for customization according to the company's special needs. We especially used the Crystal reports options to provide reports for each module. Overall, even if it's not the least expensive option, it has the best value for money.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Acumatica
    No, annual invoices are fine. I do like that unlimited users are included.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Acumatica
    From my understanding, the P.O. module is not very robust, at least the last time I inquired about it. At the time, it had a one-to-one match, with one invoice for one P.O. and that isn't practical for many businesses. I don't believe it would be an easy system to use for sending out invoices, if we had thousands of retail utility customers. We do a small number of invoices because we sell wholesale power, not retail, so we only Invoice the municipality. Not each utility customer.
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    SAP
    For most small businesses, the only way you outgrow SAP Business One is if the nature of your business changes radically. Going from 1 to 50 users is quite easy with SAP B1. Going beyond 50 may require moving to the Hana SAP B1 platform to maintain or improve performance, but the path is there.
    Add-ons to SAP B1 can also be added as specific needs are encountered that are not closely met by the standard product. These may be required early in the product life because of the nature of your business, or as you expand the use of SAP B1.
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    Professional Services
    Acumatica
    They are very responsive and knowledgeable about the product. If the rep doesn't have the ability to solve the issue, they quickly get someone else involved to assist us.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Acumatica
    • We were able to work in one system with customizations we needed in inventory and add all our grants in the same system
    • Direct mail invoices was moved to an automated PO system saving time and allowing better financial tracking
    • The grant module can be cumbersome requiring flip flopping to program partners etc during set up
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    SAP
    • Employee efficiency has definitely increased with SAP Business One. This is attributed in a lot of ways to information visibility. Our employees are able to gather the data they need, quickly, and effectively.
    • Identifying inconsistencies in pricing has also been accomplished through use of reporting off individual tables. Previously, we weren't able to access our data in such a way as to enable us to write custom reports in-house.
    • We have also benefited greatly from having a single source of all business information. We utilize SAP Business One exclusively in-house. All documentation is attached to specific orders and Business Partners, as well as serialized equipment that has been sold.
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    ScreenShots

    Acumatica Screenshots

    Screenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Field Service DashboardScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Manufacturing - Production Manager DashboardScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Distribution - Warehouse Operations DashboardsScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Construction - Job Cost Accounting DashboardScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Retail Edition DashboardsScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Professional Services - Financial Management Dashboard