Automation and Ease of use vs. Expensive Resources
The Boyum Pack is rather like the iPad or iPhone of the SAP Business One market. The B1UP is the underlying platform, think of this as Apple solving the usability conundrum for phones and tablets. The B1UP makes SAP Business One a usable, intuitive place for the user to work, just as Apple made the iPhone and iPad immediately accessible and easy to control.
Now the customer wants to add features to SAP Business One, rather like an iPhone user would want to download an app. In the world of the Boyum Pack the equivalent of an “app” is a “module” – the customer can activate one or many modules and apply these to the Boyum Pack.
Customizing SAP Business One is not always a simple exercise and sometimes requires either the usage of the Software Development Kit (SDK) or the intervention of a technical consultant. B1UP saves the need for any complex developments and gives you the option to customize easily most of the forms and add the logic required by businesses. Sometimes even with just a right click.
With B1UP users can:
- Tailor SAP Business One - Redesign SAP Business One screens and menus
- Create new workflow and business rules on the fly
- Save time and automate your work
- Create easy access links inside and out of SAP Business One
- Reduce errors - Make sure the right data is entered
B1UP allows all that without being a developer - you can do it yourself.
B1UP helps achieve a return on investment (ROI) in the shortest possible time. Return on investment does not just imply in terms of financial gain.
This document was created to compare the efforts needed for using B1UP vs. writing code and the entire process of checking and debugging it. The figures on this document are provided by developers external to B1UP who work for different partners in SAP Business One.
Here is a table which list number of common implementation requests:
Implementation Request |
B1UP # Estimated Hours |
Development # Estimated Hours |
Setting up a mandatory field |
5 min |
1 hour |
Validations triggered when a user leaved a header field |
10 min |
8 hours |
Validation on line level to be triggered by leaving a filed or when reaching the end of the document |
20 min |
8 hours |
Auto select batch numbers on Delivery according to expiry date |
1 hour |
12 hours |
Configuring and setting up exchange rate |
5 min |
8 hours |
Copy same batch number to all items in Goods receipt |
2 hours |
24 hours |
Replace all open documents from one Sales Employee to another |
0 min (B1UP includes a tool to manage that) |
14 hours |
Create a new tab on an existing document and place a report which includes any information including golden arrows shortcuts |
1 hour |
8 hours |
Automatically add a shipping code, additional items, or any other document related logic based on specific rules |
2 hours |
24+ hours |
Creating a shortcut to a webpage / skype / any other program |
5 min |
2 hours |
Blocking the ability to add a document in certain condition |
1 hour |
9 hours |
Automatically copying information from one document to another without user interference |
30 min |
6 hours |
Do any other type of automation |
30 min – 2 hours |
4 -20+ hours |
Update data in bulk (Like DTW) |
0 min (B1UP includes a tool to manage that) |
3 hours |
Total (if a implements all requests) |
7.75-9.25 hours |
131+ hours |
120+ hours are saved when using B1UP over SDK
General and Important notes |
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B1UP |
SDK |
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Upgrade |
You upgrade |
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Documentation |
Included – videos, pdf, help center and community |
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Samples with pre-configured common requirements |
Included |
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Development knowledge |
Not required |
A must |
Ease of changing a request |
Anyone can change – just open the configuration window and modify with ease |
In all cases they need to compile and install the add-on. For example, if a customer requested a validation in the reference in a marketing document an add-on is created, but if they want to add another validation they need to modify the code, compile and reinstall the add-on in the customer. |
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