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SAP Business One, explained by people who build for it.
Short guides about training and certification, the warehouse, the scanner, the licence, the financial setup, the technician on the road, HR and sales. No sales talk: what B1 does by itself, where it stops, and what you need to check before you buy anything, from us or from anyone else.
01 / THE GUIDES
Written for the people who run it.
Warehouse managers, service planners, application managers and the B1 partner who gets the question.
Barcode scanning in SAP Business One without a WMS: what the Service Layer can and can't do
How a scanner app posts receipts, picks, transfers and counts straight into SAP Business One through the Service Layer, and where a WMS really is needed.
Inventory counting in SAP Business One: counting documents, inventory posting and cycle counts
The counting document, several counters, bins and batches, cycle counts and the inventory posting in SAP Business One, and counting with a scanner.
Picking and packing in SAP Business One: Pick and Pack, pick lists and the delivery
Pick and Pack, pick lists, partial picks, the delivery and its packages in SAP Business One, picking with a scanner, and what B1 doesn't do.
Batch and serial numbers in SAP Business One: how B1 manages them, when it asks for them, and how you trace them
Manage Item by, On Every Transaction or On Release Only, batch attributes and expiry, selection on issue, and the reports that trace a batch.
Bin locations in SAP Business One: how to set them up, how B1 allocates stock to them, and how a scanner works with them
Enable Bin Locations, sublevels and bin codes, default and receiving bins, restrictions, allocation on receipt and issue, and bin-to-bin transfers.
GS1-128 barcodes in SAP Business One: what is in the label, and how a scanner reads batch and expiry in one go
GS1-128 for SAP Business One users: application identifiers for GTIN, batch, expiry and quantity, what B1 stores, and how a scanner fills a line from one scan.
Which Android scanners work with SAP Business One? Zebra, Newland, keyboard wedge and the phone camera
Handheld scanners for a SAP Business One warehouse: Zebra DataWedge, Newland, any keyboard-wedge scanner, and camera scanning on an Android phone.
Pallet exchange in SAP Business One: returnable packaging as items, lines on deliveries and returns, and a balance per business partner
Pallet exchange and deposits in SAP Business One: packaging as items with or without stock, lines on documents, and a balance per business partner.
SAP Business One licences for scanner and app users: named user and Indirect Access explained
Named user, Professional, Limited, Starter Package and Indirect Access: what SAP Business One licence rules mean for warehouse staff on a scanner.
SAP Business One training: the ways to learn SAP B1, what an end-user training covers and how to prepare for C_TB120
The ways to learn SAP Business One, what a good end-user training covers, how to prepare for C_TB120 and a checklist for choosing a course.
The key user in SAP Business One: what the role is, what it takes before and after go-live, and how to choose and train key users
What a key user in SAP Business One does before and after go-live, what they need to know, how much time it takes and how to choose and train them.
Document flow in SAP Business One: base and target documents, Copy From and Copy To, what each document posts, and when to close or cancel
How documents follow each other in SAP Business One: base and target documents, Copy From and Copy To, what each step posts, and closing versus cancelling.
G/L account determination in SAP Business One: where each posting gets its account, what the main documents post, and how to trace a wrong one
Where SAP Business One gets the account for every automatic posting, what the four main documents post, and how to trace a wrong account.
Inventory valuation in SAP Business One: moving average, standard, FIFO and serial/batch, what each one posts, and what changing the method takes
Moving average, standard, FIFO and serial/batch valuation in SAP Business One, with small examples, revaluation and the rules for changing the method.
SQL queries in SAP Business One: how the tables fit together, joins and totals, HANA next to SQL Server, and saving a query in the Query Manager
SQL queries in SAP Business One for beginners: the tables, DocEntry and DocNum, joins and GROUP BY, HANA next to SQL Server, and safe queries.
The Service Layer and the DI API in SAP Business One: what they are, when to use which, and your first requests
Service Layer and DI API for beginners: what each is, when to use which, logging in, first requests, errors, and why you never write into SAP tables.
Field service in SAP Business One: what the standard Service module does, and where an app for the technician comes in
What the SAP Business One Service module offers out of the box (calls, contracts, equipment, scheduling lines) and what planners and technicians miss.
Service contracts and equipment in SAP Business One: equipment cards, contract types, templates and SLA dates, and where preventive maintenance stops
Equipment cards and service contracts in SAP Business One: cards from deliveries, contract types, templates, SLA dates and preventive maintenance.
HR in SAP Business One: what the employee master does, what Dutch HR needs on top, and where a personnel system comes in
What the B1 employee master and HR module do out of the box, what leave, sick leave and the GDPR in the Netherlands need on top, and what to check before putting an HR system next to it.
Sick leave and the Dutch Gatekeeper Act: the timeline from the sick report to the WIA application, who does what, and what an employer may record
The Gatekeeper timeline from the sick report to the WIA application, the roles, what an employer may record about illness, and what SAP B1 does not cover.
CRM in SAP Business One: what the sales side already does, where a sales person gets stuck, and what to check before adding a CRM
What B1 already has for leads, opportunities, activities and quotations, where a sales person gets stuck, and what to check before you put a CRM next to it.
Sales opportunities in SAP Business One: the Opportunity window, stages and closing percentages, linked quotations, and the pipeline reports
The Opportunity window tab by tab, setting up stages and percentages, linking activities and quotations, the pipeline reports, and what sales people miss.