Sgar needs to up its studio for integrations, or do something about its price structure or get an accounting + erp involved.

Rand dollar is about R7 to a dollar. Read the sales pitch mailed.



Good afternoon Mr. Taylor,



Integrated Manufacturing systems for SME’s in South Africa are almost non-existent or hugely expensive, and many manufacturers currently need to adapt accounting systems to integrate with manual processes in an effort to address core business requirements in an affordable approach. This precarious scenario is now something of the past with SAP Business One, a completely integrated company-wide management system brought to you by the Rolls Royce of management systems.



I would like to start at the end and discuss the pricing. The cost of SAP for SMME’s is simple. No annual license renewal, no hidden costs, no complex customizations. The investment on your new solution is determined by the amount of users in your company, not by the modules you can afford.



For example: a 15 user SAP management system, including implementation and training can be offered at around R 15 000.00 per month. The transaction is structured as rental finance, which has a huge tax benefit for your company and the software is yours at the end of 36 months.



SAP Business One makes businesses operate more successful, with results from our implementations speaking for themselves:



§ Up to 40% lower procurement costs

§ Increase of supply readiness by over 95%

§ Up to 80% inventory reduction

§ Productivity increase by up to 50%

§ Up to 50% reduction in lead time





For flexibility in production, FourthShift Edition PPS supports a wide range of manufacturing methods including Single-unit and small-batch manufacturing, Make-to-order manufacturing, Mixed-mode manufacturing, Assembly operations, Job-shop production, Variant part manufacturing and Batch manufacturing.



In providing a comprehensive and fully integrated system, FourthShift Edition PPS in conjunction with SAP Business One offers all modules that a manufacturing company needs, including:



§ Purchasing

§ Materials management

§ Material requirements planning (MRP)

§ Capacity planning

§ Engineering/Design

§ Job preparation

§ Production

§ Assembly

§ Costing

§ Sales

§ Customer service

§ Customer relationship management (CRM)

§ Human resources management

§ Finance

§ Banking



In other words, FourthShift Edition PPS offers ERP + CRM + PPS + MES in a single system.



For your information, I have included a FourthShift Edition PPS fact sheet. I trust that after this brief introduction you will want more information about what we can do for you, as I would value the opportunity to meet with you to discuss your particular business requirements and develop a future business relationship with your company.



A FourthShift Edition PPS for SAP Business One on-line demo is available at http://www.mysmb.co.za/solution-demo-s.aspx



Please do not hesitate to contact me directly should you require any further information or a site visit by a consultant.



Yours truly,