SAP Business One for Manufacturing
CitySoft represents SAP Business One ERP which is an all-in-one ERP used by SMBs
Core SAP Business One includes light manufacturing however by adding Boyum BEAS SMBs can enjoy best of breed discrete or process manufacturing business process coverage for their business.
SAP Business One, with or without Boyum BEAS, suits companies with a single production plant or multiple production facilities operating one per legal entity with little to no cross entity trade.
Manufacturing Solutions
Core SAP Business One
Core SAP Business One with Boyum BEAS System
SAP Business One: built for the manufacturer you’re becoming
See production status, inventory levels, and financial impact in real time – all on one platform.
Most growing manufacturers didn’t plan to run their business across half a dozen systems. It just happened over time. Production data in one place. Inventory tracked somewhere else. Financials updated after the fact.
When systems don’t talk, your business pays the price:
- By the time you see the problem, it’s already costing you. Production delays, inventory shortages, margin erosion – all visible too late.
- Your team spends hours reconciling what should be automatic. Time lost to spreadsheets instead of operations.
- Decisions wait for data. Can you take that order? Is that job profitable? You’re guessing instead of knowing.
- Growth makes it worse, not better. Every new location, product line, or customer adds another layer of complexity.
SAP Business One: one platform that connects everything
SAP Business One is an ERP solution built for growing manufacturers who need enterprise capabilities without enterprise complexity.
It connects production, inventory, and financials in one place. Your entire team works from the same data – in real time. Plus intelligent automation reduces routine work like invoice processing and approvals.
No manual reconciliation. No waiting for updates. No guessing whether the numbers are current.
And as your business grows, the platform grows with you – ready for AI when you are, and built to handle more complexity without adding friction.
Take control of your manufacturing operations
What changes when everything connects?
Production & inventory: complete operational control
- See production status in real time – know what’s on schedule and what isn’t before delays impact delivery dates.
- Track materials from raw to finished – unified visibility across inventory, WIP, and finished goods eliminates guesswork.
- Plan with confidence – material requirements planning tied to actual demand reduces shortages and excess stock.
Financial control: know what’s profitable
- See costs as they happen – connect production expenses, material usage, and labour automatically for real-time margin visibility.
- Close your books faster – automated reconciliation between operations and financials reduces manual adjustments.
- Make confident pricing decisions – understand true costs by job, product, or customer before you quote.
Decision intelligence: act on real data
- One source of truth – everyone works from the same current data, eliminating version control chaos.
- Spot problems early – real-time dashboards surface exceptions before they cascade into larger issues.
- Reduce reporting overhead – stop pulling data from multiple systems and building manual reports.
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Advanced Manufacturing for SAP Business One
Boyum BEAS adds incredible manufacturing functionality to core SAP Business One extending the solutions reach into the SME tier 2 space. BEAS for SAP Business One manufacturing suits –
- Established manufacturing businesses who have outgrown their entry level accounting system.
- Businesses in the ~$10M AUD – ~$60 M AUD turnover range
- A number of manufacturing sectors such as
- Chemical manufacturers
- Manufacturers of Industrial Machinery & Components
- Automotive parts manufacturers
- High Tech electronics
Key Boyum BEAS Industry Features
Optimize production resources
- Finite backward scheduling
- Option for BEAS manufacturing APS for delivery date calculations (Excellent for short run production orders)
Reduce excess inventory
- Capability to better balance inventory supply & demand
- Systematically reduce obsolecent stock holdings
Easily understand product margins
- Tracks wastage
- Captures, assigns and compares actual and standard costs for all finished products
- Batch level cost capture (materials, labour, machine and overheads)
- Co-products & by-product costs calculations
Achieve Industry Quality Standards
- Mitigate the risk of product recalls
- Enjoy the benefits of end to end traceability
- Define your tests (What, When & How)
- Produce a fully audited electronic documentation trail
Manage product lifecycles and versions
- Increase your capacity to manage greater product complexity and faster cycle times.
- BOM change management
Enjoy end to end integrated business processes
- Operate as a single integrated entity & avoid the pitfalls of independently run business processes with fragmented outputs
Other SAP Business One Extension Options
Use Zebra Technologies across SAP Business One & Boyum BEAS stock movements including receipting, picking for production or sales to moving stock locations.
Add Lynq manufacturing execution system to SAP Business On for even greater coverage over plant and equipment utilization
Utilize BEAS Plant maintenance functionality or consider adding DIMO Computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) for internal plant and equipment maintenance