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PIAZZA INTERNATIONAL ZONA LIBRE:
Analysis of the situation:
Piazza International Zona Libre is a medium sized Panamanian business. It has been committed for almost 25 years to the distribution of shoes and sportswear of brands such as New Balance in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Implementation:
After evaluating several companies, SAP(R) Business One was selected (previously TopManage Pro) because the price was correct and the qualities of the solutions best fit the needs of Piazza International. "The attention to detail and the quality of customer service provided by the SAP(R) Business One team was excellent; they resolved 90% of our needs", said Tony Eskenazi, Eng. of Piazza International Zona Libre.
They required a solution that integrated the efforts of administration, accounting, sales, purchases, customer data base, banking, inventory and reports with the tools of Drag&Relate (1) and SDK (2).
The installation for 20 users to benefit from the application, was accomplished in only 12 weeks thanks to the "great teamwork of Piazza and SAP(R) Business One", added TonyEskenazi, Eng.
Results:
"With this solution, Piazza has been able to integrate several areas of the company, achieving a more precise control over customers, inventory, and collections in real time" said Tony Eskenazi, PE.
The system of SAP(R) Business One has little need of maintenance and any problem that Piazza may have is covered by the professional team of SAP(R) Business One. "We have improved the organization of the business and saved a great amount of time, which is essential for a business like ours that is centered around sales", remarked Tony Exkenazi, Eng.
"The objective for installing the solution SAP(R) Business One was to give Piazza the ability to count on a more effective business modality, by means of clever and simple applications to integrate the work of the twenty users employing the program", said Yoni Sawransky, VP Marketing of TopManage de Panama, distributor of SAP(R) Business One in Panama.
MAYOREO FERRETERO S.A. (MAFESA)
Analysis of the situation:
Mayoreo Ferretero S.A. (MAFESA) is a Panamanian company that is growing very fast. Founded in 2001, it has quickly become one of the leaders in the country for wholesale distribution of hardware and adhesive products.
From the first day of operations, Josef Probst Administrative Manager of the company, was conscious of the need for a simple and effective software that allowed his company to consolidate a competitive advantage in a difficult market, by organizing the business and processing its internal and external affairs in a simple and logical manner.
Initially MAFESA developed a personal system that, even though it was good, was lacking certain functionalities.
Implementation:
"We needed better control of accounts receivable, inventory management, statistics and intelligence that would permit us to make better managerial decisions, with risk control, with connection for Microsoft Office and of course personalized reports", affirmed Josef Probst.
After evaluation of several systems, MAFESA elected SAP(R) Business One as the solution that could meet all these requirements at a price adjusted to their budget.
"The personal attention provided by the team of SAP Busines One (previously TopManage Pro), the right to UpGrades of the applications that were included in the maintenance fee, and meeting all of the requirements of the company were the key for selecting SAP(R) Business One.
Only 3 weeks were required to implement the solution in MAFESA for nine users.
Results:
"We immediately proved we were capable of obtaining, very quickly, exhaustive information for intelligent decision making", said Josef Probst, who then added: "Thanks to the solution, we are seeing significant savings now that we have a better control of our inventory and better credit management over our customers, something extremely important for a business such as ours".
MAFESA counts on its system of integrated solutions of Drag&Relate (1) and SDK(2).
"The team of SAP(R) Busines One installed in MAFESA the modules of administration, accounting, sales, purchases, customer data base, banking, inventory and reports. These are generally the more popular modules and the most needed for this segment of businesses." said Yoni Sawransky, VP Marketing of TopManage de Panama S.A.;distributor of SAP(R) Business One in Panama. "Since we began working with MAFESA our goal was to provide for their needs and to recommend which modules would be most needed in their day to day operations.
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Data navigation system. (Drag and relate / a revolution in navigation). Allows each user to navigate freely within SAP(R) Busines One and create reports. To create a report you simply select any data that appears on the screen and relate it to any "object" established in SAP(R) Busines One.
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Access to system development. With this application the advanced user can adjust and readjust SAP(R) Busines One to its needs: add new fields for each object, define new types of fields (text, data, numbers) or add a "list of options" within the system files. |
