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What is SAP Business ByDesign?

Industry Specialties: Serves all industries

SAP Business ByDesign NBS is an ERP solution that’s optimized and implemented through Navigator Business Solutions. Navigator is an SAP reseller and Gold Partner that assists companies from pre-deployment to post-deployment. The company offers training, consulting services, installation, configuration, data migration and more.

SAP Business ByDesign itself consolidates both front- and back-office processes to streamline operations across the entirety of a company. It’s suitable for organizations in a variety of industries, whereas Navigator is renowned for its ability to cater to small- and medium-sized businesses.
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SAP Business ByDesign Benefits and Insights

Why use SAP Business ByDesign?

Key differentiators & advantages of SAP Business ByDesign

  • Pre-Packaged Solutions: Navigator Business Solutions offers pre-packaged programs for SAP Business ByDesign made for industry verticals such as apparel and footwear, food and beverage, life sciences, manufacturing, consumer products, retail and distribution. 
  • Compliance: The reseller monitors your compliance with standards such as FDA: 21 CFR Part 11 and GDPR, reducing legal and quality issues. 
  • Technology Consulting Services: Navigator assists with all technical aspects of an SAP Business ByDesign deployment, from installation and configuration to support services. Its IT consultants have extensive experience with business software systems, networking components and databases. 
  • Business Process Consulting: Customers can receive assistance with defining and realizing the IDEAS framework, which is a flexible and structured methodology that ensures companies obtain sustainable efficiency from their software deployments. The framework also accounts for industry best practices and change management requirements. 
  • Web-Based Education Classes: Navigator ensures that you’re using your program to its full potential through its online business process-oriented training courses. The classes are available through an annual subscription. 

Industry Expertise

SAP Business ByDesign NBS is well-suited for small- to medium-sized businesses (10-100 employees). Some of the industries that this solution caters to include consumer products, retail, life sciences, supply chain management, manufacturing, DCAA, government and distribution. Navigator has more than 20 sales and service locations across the United States and Canada.

Key Features

  • Software Installation: Using a predetermined timeframe as a reference, Navigator assists organizations with the actual software deployment process while staying within a set budget. The reseller offers project management, best business practice consulting, custom development, cutting-edge software, technology expertise and a proven implementation methodology to make the process smooth. 
  • System Configuration: The reseller can help set up business processes, organizational charts and more, based on your company’s specific requirements. 
  • User and System Administration: SAP Business ByDesign NBS manages user and system administration, which simplifies the process of adding new users and other functionalities to the system. 
  • Data Migration: NBS oversees data migration from any system, whether it’s legacy or not, to SAP Business ByDesign. 
  • Navigator Apparel Matrix 1.0: This function enables you to manage your data at the end item level to help facilitate sales order entry, control inventories and eliminate duplicate entries. Additional aspects include:

    •  User-definable attributes for flexible definitions, so you can create items such as color, style, fabric and size 
    •  Development of attribute set combinations to create style groups/sets 
    •  Ability to attach additional information to style groups/sets such as collection, brand, HTS codes, season, material and country of origin 
    •  Automatic generation of inventory items using style groups/sets 
    •  Grid entry by style groups for both sales orders and purchase orders 
  • iConnect for SAP Business ByDesign: This function lets you integrate SAP Business ByDesign with your current (or future) point solutions, including point-of-sale terminals, third-party logistics, e-commerce, EDI and CRM tools. This function leverages adaptable APIs such as Magento, Salesforce.com, Yahoo! Store and NCR Counterpoint POS to share data among programs easily. iConnect is a two-way translator between your existing point solutions and the SAP system. 

Limitations

SAP Business ByDesign has some pitfalls that you should consider before making your software selection. These issues concern formatting, intuitiveness and customization.

Some of the product limitations include:

  •  Not very user-friendly and can be difficult to use 
  •  Customization can be difficult because the solution is fairly rigid 
  •  HTML formatting is not available 
  •  Doesn’t provide strong customer support for data migration and system implementation 
  •  Doesn’t include a drag-and-drop feature for attachments, so users have to attach them manually 

Suite Support

mail_outlineEmail: Support is available online 24/7 through the Navigator Business Solutions Support Portal. This platform offers a full audit trail of communication, documentation and attachments that are relevant to each support request.
phonePhone: Customers can access SAP Business ByDesign NBS support by calling the Support Desk at 801-256-6544.
schoolTraining: Navigator offers online self-paced courses on an annual subscription basis.
local_offerTickets: Users can open cases online through the Navigator Business Solutions Support portal or by calling the phone number listed above.

Cost of Ownership for SAP Business ByDesign NBS

License/Subscription Cost
  • User-based monthly subscription licensing fees are calculated on a named-user basis and contracted on an annual basis
  • The pricing schedule is based on three categories of users: self-service users, team users, and enterprise users
  • Pricing and functionality varies for each category
  • Cost varies depending on the pricing tier you opt for along with requested functionalities
Maintenance Cost
  • Cost is included in the subscription fee
  • SAP Business ByDesign manages all of the hosting, maintenance and upgrades of the system
  • All core services such as upgrades, 24/7 support, backup, recovery management, mobile access and regular upgrades are covered by SAP and included in the monthly fee
  • Additional fees are charged for access to a dedicated server
Installation/Implementation Cost
  • Cost is not included in the subscription fee
  • Companies have the option to deploy the complete solution on their own or through fixed-price starter packages as designed by SAP or through SAP partners such as Navigator Business Solutions
Customization Cost
  • The price will vary depending on the functional requirements and modules added such as cash management, project management, CRM, supply chain management, supplier relationship management, human resources, executive management dashboards and compliance
  • SAP store integration, MS Outlook and Excel integration are included in the monthly subscription fee
  • Additional fees are charged for integration via web services
Data Migration Cost/Change Management/Upfront Switching Cost
  • The cost will vary depending on the amount and type of data to be migrated from the legacy system, availability of migration tools, data profiling, data cleansing to eliminate errors and audit trail of the migration process for accountability
  • Data storage cost is included in the monthly subscription fee
Recurring/Renewal Costs
  • The cost is equivalent to the monthly subscription fees to be paid based on number of users, additional user licenses purchased, type of plan/edition purchased, dedicated server integration and add-on cost

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We chose SAP Business ByDesign because we needed to get on a bigger platform, a more advanced ERP, and something that we could keep growing with.

- Eric Johnson

Vice President of Operations at Countrywide Tire

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A note from Navigator Business Solutions, Inc.

Navigator Business Solutions is a technology company providing and supporting the Cloud ERP Backbone of Your Business. Navigator has built a proven track record across industries, guiding more than 500 companies through the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation process. The experience gained through these successes, uniquely positions Navigator to deliver the right business solutions based on industry best practices, allowing Manufacturers and Distributors in the Consumer Products, Life Science, and Industrial Equipment industries to run and grow more effectively. As an SAP Gold Partner, their single vendor solutions deliver ERP, SCM, WMS along with robust analytics built-in, to better automate business.

The supported SAP cloud-based ERP platforms incorporate, 36 end-to-end process scenarios, allowing for consistent single source company wide data and an accelerated return on investment. Solutions are centered on SAP Business One, developed for small business and SAP Business ByDesign created for growing mid-sized companies. A single cloud-based integrated application to manage your entire business today and through future growth.

- Sean Barbera, Marketing Director