B1 vs S4HC THE REASON TO MOVE B1 CUSTOMERS TO S/4HANA
Manufacturing
Challenge
B1
S4
Comment
MRP runs in S4HC fully automated, you just define the MRP parameters and schedule it as an automated run Production confirmation is done in a simple screen, and you can confirm the timings and materials allocated on a specific operation
B1 doesn't have a scheduled MRP run, you have to run MRP manually each time
Manual MRP
Critical
Production confirmation is not available
Production Confirmation
Critical
Planned Vs Actual Costing reports are generated on different levels, order, product, workcenter, etc…
Production Costing
No accurate costing
Critical
The full end to end Quality Management Cycle is available in S4HC and not available at all in B1
Quality Control And Assurance
Not available
Critical
The full end to end maintenance cycle is available in S4HC and not available at all in B1
Preventive And Corrective Maintenance
Not available
Critical
Finance 1/3
Challenge
B1
S4
Comment
COA
Up to 10 levels
Unlimited number of levels
Not Critical
Up to 5 types, including unlimited values under each type, limitation when reporting (i.e. to generate P&L per cost center
With the concept of Universal Journal, you can do analysis by huge number of dimenstions
Controlling Cost Centers
Not Critical
Shared Services (i.e. Shared Procurement or Finance department across different companies)
Not available
Available
Not Critical
Not available as a standard feature, and the available workaround requires lots of efforts
Checks return
Available
Not Critical
Intercompany and Consolidation Customized solution, limited one
Available
Critical
Finance 2/3
Challenge
B1
S4
Comment
Automatic Bank Reconciliation
Very limited
Available
Not Critical
Asset transfer (between locations and employees custody
Very limited
Available
Not Critical
Available with limited accounting entries (i.e. no GL voucher is posted when receiving the Asset)
Available with Full accounting entires
Asset Procurement
Critical
Asset Physical count
Not available
Available
Critical
Projects Capitalisation and moving it to Assets
Available with richer tracking and reporting
Available via GL accounting entires
Not Critical
Finance 3/3
Challenge
B1
S4
Comment
Available with both options of simple workaround and also a dedicated module for full-tracking
Available with limited workarounds (i.e. GL -level tracking
LCs and LGs
Critical
Available only for internal use, can't be used for customer billing
Available with richer functionality including customer billing
Critical (Especially for Professional Services
Project time sheets
Expense allocation across companies
Not available
I will check
Not Critical
Supplier Invoice scanning using OCR
Not available
Available
Not Critical
Standard Reports are available but very limited, and usually 3rd party reporting tools are used
Financial Reporting
Embedded Analytics
Critical
Available but with limited capability and sometimes with bugs
Available with higher level of flexibility
Cashflow forecast
Critical
Procurement
Challenge
B1
S4
Comment
Lacks functionalities for supplier evaluation
No supplier evaluation
Supplier evaluation exists
Critical
Business One requires additional third-party solutions for handling LCs and LGs
No L/C
Doesn't require
Critical
Business One's interface for accessing product catalogs might be less intuitive and user-friendly compared to the functionalities offered by Ariba Guided Buying within the Grow with SAP bundle. This can hinder the efficiency and user adoption of self-service requisitioning.I will check In SAP Business One, acquiring fixed assets requires creating inventory material with a cost of zero. Fixed assets are not typically inventoried items. This process can be time-consuming and lead to inaccurate inventory data.
Self service req
Critical
Purchasing fixed assets need to create GRN they have to create inventory material with 0 cost
Critical
Inability to manage complex purchasing structures like centralized procurement if the customer has multiple entities using multiple ERPs
Able to work as a centralized procurement
No Central Procurement
Not Critical
Absence of OCR technology for automated invoice processing.
No OCR engine to read AP invoice
OCR technology available
Not Critical
Sales
Challenge
B1
S4
Comment
No intercompany billing , if customer is requesting order from company A but it will be supplied from company B
No support for intercompany billing between different company entities.
Intercompany billing available
Critical
SAP Business One lacks functionalities for creating and managing solution orders, which are complex sales orders that bundle products, services, and other offerings into a single package.
No Solution order.
Critical
Business One has limited capabilities for configuring products within sales orders. This can be problematic for businesses that offer customizable products or require frequent product variations.
No Configurable materials handling
Critical
Business One lacks functionalities for managing rebate agreements, which are contractual agreements between a seller and a buyer where the seller provides a rebate (partial refund) based on achieving specific sales targets or other conditions. SAP Business One lacks functionalities for managing complex return processes, such as tracking return reasons, managing reverse logistics, and issuing refunds.
No Rebate Agreement
Rebate Agreements available
Critical
No Advanced return management
Return Management
Critical
Supply Chain
Challenge
B1
S4
Comment
Business One does not support the management of handling units like pallets, boxes, or cartons. And integration with Handheld devices Business One lacks functionalities for Inbound and outbound shipment handling, selecting carriers, and tracking shipments, while S4HC has a complete end to end transportation cycle
No Handheld & RF transactions
Handling units are supported in S4HC
Critical
No Transportation
Critical
No Adv Available to promise (Product allocation , back order)
Business One does not offer functionalities for product allocation, backorder management
Product allocation and backorder management are available in S4HC
Not Critical
limited set of pre-defined rules, potentially hindering the ability to cater to specific customer needs or comply with industry regulations.
Batch determination (no customer specific rule)
Batch determination in S4HC has customer specific rules
Critical
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