SAP Business ByDesign for software manufacturers

Holistic cloud ERP for the software industry. From SAP, the world market leader for business application software.

Software manufacturer2021-10-12T21:14:05+02:00

The solution for medium-sized companies SAP Business ByDesign supports your innovative software company in the efficient management of all processes – from customer relationship management – to billing for software subscriptions – customer support – to reporting. The financial accounting included is of course fully integrated into all business processes and audit-proof. Run your entire company with a single cloud-based ERP solution.

Why SAP Business ByDesign is particularly suitable for software manufacturers

As a company in the software industry, you need company software with which, in addition to the central functionalities of an ERP, you can also sell licenses and provide support.

You need an ERP system that supports you in your daily work so that you can focus as much as possible on your core business. An ERP system for software houses must be scalable and grow with your successful company.

SAP Business ByDesign fulfills all of these requirements in a central, consistently integrated system.

SAP Business ByDesign for software manufacturers

We got on SAP Business ByDesign We specialize and use the software ourselves in our day-to-day business, which is why we know both the requirements for cloud ERP from the perspective of software providers and the potential that SAP Business ByDesign provides.
Since we come from your industry, we know your requirements for an ERP system better than anyone else. We recognize potential or problems and work with you to develop suitable solutions.
As a software provider with our own service organization, we also need software with a CRM system, financial accounting, personnel administration, project management and much more.

A software house has a special goal for its customers: A high degree of reliability in order to build a stable basis of trust in the company and in the software, as this is usually essential for the customer’s day-to-day operations.
The ERP software SAP Business ByDesign provides seamless integration with sales, procurement, human resources, and finance and accounting throughout the life cycle of a project. Cooperation within the company and also with customers is made much easier. Diagrams and structure plans make it easier for you to have an overview of projects, customer orders and other activities in your daily work as a software manufacturer. You always have an overview of all business processes and are therefore always a reliable partner for your customers.

Another recipe for success from SAP Business ByDesign is the openness to expansion options. As users of the ERP system, we know exactly where the software’s expansion potential is slumbering and develop effective add-on solutions for SAP Business ByDesign ourselves. We have already created numerous helpful software solutions that expand the cloud ERP with special functions for specific business areas. We would be happy to develop the right extension for SAP Business ByDesign for your requirements. Software manufacturers in particular benefit from the simple options for expanding the SAP Business ByDesign ERP system.

Do your employees record all times correctly and do you really invoice your customers for all services?
With SAP Business ByDesign you benefit from the correct and simple integration of project accounting into all other processes. This includes, among other things, that the times of the employees as well as the costs for external service providers can be correctly recorded and thus billed to the customer.

Project accounting with SAP Business ByDesign : The most important steps

  1. Employees and service providers record the times they have worked and account for expenses – directly linked to the project.
  2. You can see all “not billed time and expense items” centrally at a glance.
  3. Select the project that you would like to invoice and create the customer invoice with just a few clicks.

With SAP Business ByDesign manage:

  • License sale
  • License agreement for rental software
  • Service and support contracts
  • License numbers for registered products

Your benefits at a glance

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Benefit from the enormous variety of functions
from SAP Business ByDesign

  • Customer relationship management – CRM: Marketing, sales, service: with SAP Business ByDesign you strengthen your customer relationships in all areas – from the lead to the opportunity to the order.

  • Project management: Project handling for software development or customer projects, e.g. implementation. Project accounting, resource management and reporting.

  • Customer contract management: With customer contracts in SAP Business ByDesign you always have an overview of support and license contracts and can invoice them automatically.

  • Customer service and support: You can use service requests and service orders to process your entire customer service directly in SAP Business ByDesign.

  • Financial Management: You keep a close eye on receivables and payables, liquidity, inventory as well as investments, taxes and expenses.

  • Purchasing: Keep an eye on orders, incoming goods, approvals and returns. Send orders to your suppliers directly from SAP Business ByDesign.

  • Personnel Management: Record times, account for expenses and optimize your vacation planning. Link the HR area with all other business areas.

  • Reporting: Since all business processes are linked, you have a real-time overview of the business development of your company thanks to the reporting.

The expert talk: 60 minutes that are worth it

  • In the free initial consultation via Microsoft teams, you describe your business challenges to us.

  • In detail, we will give you a comprehensible, open and honest assessment of whether and how you can benefit from SAP Business ByDesign.

  • And if we are of the opinion that another ERP system is better suited for your company, then we will say so too.

  • Because as an implementing consulting company, we can only recommend what will work later in the project.

  • Try us. We’re looking forward to the conversation.

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    References: that’s what our customers from the software industry say

    DALIM Software GmbH

    “Trust19, as we call the implementation project internally, is a complete success for us. The hopes and wishes of the employees and management for the new system were high and could be fully fulfilled thanks to the close cooperation and experience of the Bradler GmbH consultants. With SAP Business ByDesign, we have a system that gives us maximum support in all areas. “

    Celine Utard • Chief Financial Officer, DALIM SOFTWARE GmbH
    REALTECH AG

    “Today we can concentrate fully on our strengths. Just as we tell our customers, “concentrate on your strengths and source your weaknesses”, we no longer operate our SAP systems ourselves, but use our employees to deliver more value to our own customers. A decision with foresight: we have tackled and implemented our own agile transformation. “

    Daniele Di Croce • CEO, REALTECH AG

    “Together with the experienced consultants from Bradler GmbH, we have optimized and harmonized many individual processes in the system. The valuable suggestions from the consultants help us to use the system even more effectively. In addition to the effective way of working at Bradler GmbH, we appreciate the fast response times and the friendly and professional cooperation. “

    Ann-Kristin Schulz • Head of Finance & HR, AXIT GmbH - A Siemens Company

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