Dating back to WWII, Automatic Power was known as The Lighthouse, Inc. During that time, and ever since, Automatic Power provided aids to navigate the first oil rigs along the coast of Texas. Over the next 15 years, their growth exploded, leading the company to create five seperate entities around the globe. Today, their two main divisions are Automatic Power, Inc. and Pharos Marine.
Recently, Automatic Power, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, evaluated and subsequently selected SAP Business ByDesign. SAP Business ByDesign, SAP's latest on-demand/SaaS based ERP software is designed for rapidly growing midsize companies looking for complete, enterprise-wide integration. Up until now, Automatic Power had been running Infor Syteline.
"We are excited to be signing on with SAP Business ByDesign," said Edward Salazar, IT Admin for Automatic Power. "With SAP's reputation on the table, and with the flexibility offered by a true cloud solution, namely SAP Business ByDesign, we are confident that we have the solution in place that will give us the visibility, efficiency, and ease of use that we so desperately need, guiding us to the next level."
To learn more about SAP Business ByDesign, visit http://nbs-us.com/sapsolutions/sap_bydesign
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Navigator, has been selected as a member of the Bob Scott’s VAR Stars for 2012, a group of 100 organizations honored for their accomplishments in the field of midmarket financial software
Members of the VAR Stars were selected based on factors such growth, industry leadership and recognition, and innovation. Selection is not based on revenue and those firms chosen represent a wide range of size and many different software publishers of accounting software.
“Each year, 100 VAR Stars are picked from the best organizations that market financial software. It is always an honor to recognize those who contribute to the development of our business,” Bob Scott said.
"We are thrilled and honored to accept this award," said Grant Fraser, president & CEO of Navigator. "As an exclusive SAP software partner, focused on the small-midsize enterprise market, we are confident in our ability to deliver the best of of SAP, on premise, on demand, and on device. We further pride and measure ourselves on our ability to make every customer a best run business."
About Bob Scott:
Bob Scott has been informing and entertaining the mid-market financial software community via his email newsletters for 13 years. He has published this information via the “Bob Scott’s Insights” newsletter and website since 2009. He has covered this market for 21 years through print and electronic publications, first as technology editor of Accounting Today and then as the Editor of Accounting Technology from 1997 through 2009. He has covered the traditional tax and accounting profession during the same time and has continued to address that market as executive editor of the Progressive Accountant since 2009.
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Plum Organics, a pioneer and leading provider of premium nutritious organic baby food, toddler, and kind snack food products. Plum Organics is best known for revolutionalizing the baby food category with the introduction of the squeezable pouch, a convenient, lightweight, BPA-free packaging solution. Recognized for their unique culinary-inspired recipes and a modern approach to family nutrition, Plum Organics, is the only brand that offers a complete line of organic products that ensure healthy eating from the highchair to the lunchbox. Plum Orgnics was recently named the Bay Area's #1 Fastest Growing Private Company" by the San Francisco Business Time.
The Project: At a Glance
Countries: U.S.
Users: 50
Solutions: SAP Business ByDesign, SPS Commerce
Integration Partner: Navigator
Services: SAP Cloud Consulting
Project Duration: 4 months
The Project: In Detail
SAP Business ByDesign was selected to support Plum Organics anticipated growth, provide a platform for Plum Organics to integrate key business processes and to improve processes with outsourced manufacturers. Specifically, this project enables integration with SPS Commerce; allowing Plum Organics to receive purchase orders and send out invoices to its customers. Additionally, processes were developed to support Plum Organics three different outsources manufacturing models.
The Delivery Team:
Navigator Business Solutions, the #1 Global Partner for SAP Business ByDesign presented the solution to Plum Organics, and were subsequently heavily involved in the overall 4-month implementation process. Highly experienced SAP team members served as the project managers on this implementation.
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GREENSBORO, NC - As a rapidly growing outdoor & water recreation equipment manufacturer and distributor, Legacy Paddlesports partnered with Navigator Business Solutions to evaluate, select and fully implement SAP Business One. This solution will serve as the nerve center of their quickly expanding business.
Legacy Paddlesports, situated amongst the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina serves as a holding company for several popular, kayak brands, namely Native Watercraft, LiquidLogic, and Heritage Kayaks. Their variety of kayaks are specifically engineering for a vast range of kayaking activities such as white-water kayaking, fishing, sight-seeing, and everyday exercise.
"We discovered SAP Business One late in our evaluation process," said Bill Medlin, President & CEO of Legacy Paddlesports. "We were nearly at contract signing with a different software company when we were approached by Navigator, recommending that we evaluate SAP Business One. What we found was core, out-of-the-box functionality that Legacy Paddlesports management never imagined possible; all at a price that was well within our budget. This coupled with the brand recognition of SAP helped us realize that we were making a sound investment in a solution that would scale with us as we grow for the very forseeable future."
To learn more about SAP's specifically engineering solutions built for small-midsize enterprises, click here or call 877.395.4SAP today!
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We’ve all heard the saying before—timing is everything. But what about when buying an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution? Is there a right time to buy, and how much is at stake if you wait too long?
ERP is a powerful tool for two key business objectives—syncing up the sales and operations teams and making accurate and reliable sales and inventory forecasts. But getting up and running with ERP can be a big investment—both in terms of time and money—so many businesses put it off as long as they can.
For major business decisions like implementing ERP, it helps to enlist the advice of an expert, which I have had the opportunity to do so many times, to discuss the details of implementing an ERP system. In fact, the following questions shed some great light.
How do you know when it's time to implement a full-scale ERP solution?
Simply put, its all about timing for each individual company and each industry, so there is no hard and fast rule on when the right time is. At Navigator, we have seen companies, in countless industries, in stages all across the board decide that they will benefit from ERP. Whether a company is just launching, or in its maturity stage, or even frankly declining - they can use ERP to establish clear vision so to best understand their financial viability and health.
While ERP is a "cure all" solution, there are three common situations that can be resolved with the right ERP system in place.
1. Executives can no longer trust the numbers
Executives rely on sales and inventory numbers to make important decisions about future business moves, and things can take a turn for the worse when those numbers are inaccurate. ERP systems provide real-time, accurate insight into the current state of the business’s financials, so execs can rest assured that the numbers are reliable.
2. Operations and Finance Deparments can agree on a single set of numbers
What if Sales is expected to hit 10M in sales for the quarter, but there is only enough inventory in-stock to sell 5M? Without the proper insight into this business reality, both teams are set up for failure. And, when failure occurs, it’s difficult to know where accountability lies. Was the sales forecast overly optimistic or did operations under-buy?
The Sales/Opps disconnect is one of the most common reasons why companies turn to an ERP solution. When an integrated ERP system is coupled with solid sales and operations planning (S&OP) procedures, you can maintain accountability and enable sales and operations to function cohesively off of one set of numbers.
3. A company needs predictive performance to remain profitable and viable
The ability to predict future performance—for better or worse—drives effective planning, decreases risk and maximizes opportunity. While a company cannot achieve predictive performance with an ERP system alone, a fully integrated ERP system allows an organization to operate under one set of numbers and enables predictability by reconciling sales and inventory forecasts.
What happens if a business "sweeps" warning signs "under the rug" and continues to operate with a sub-par ERP, or simply no ERP at all?
ERP helps sales departments sell inventory with confidence, allows buyers to better track warehouse goods, and eases the transition between “old” and “new” models. If you fail to adopt ERP after you see the warning signs, there are a number of problems you are opening your business up to.
Most importantly, without a systematic way to track inventory and sales, you run the risk of getting stuck with excessive inventory and scrap. This is particularly true for businesses with limited shelf-life products like the fresh foods industry. Fresh goods have a firm shelf-life, and managing this type of sale with QuickBooks or an antiquated inventory system is both time consuming and leaves room for error. The same is true for consumer packaged goods companies, who must regularly offer products with a new look and feel for every season.
What factors should be considered when selecting an ERP vendor/partner?
ERP is a point solution that can seriously stall your business if it doesn’t work properly, so it’s important to find a vendor with a proven track record that you trust. Just like choosing a doctor, you need to know that the vendor will be there for you to help you implement and troubleshoot your new ERP solution.
If this information rings true in any fashion, and you can see elements of such in your business, you can learn more about SAP's small-midsize business solutions on Navigator's (2011 SAP Partner of the Year) website at http://nbs-us.com/sapsolutions, or you can call 877.395.4SAP.
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In much the same way that SAP small business customers look to knock their current business levels "out of the park," SAP Gold Channel Partner Navigator Business Solutions sponsored a "take me out to the ballgame" night for a great match up between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Milwaukee Brewers, accompanied by some great current and prospective SAP customers.
It was a great evening of baseball (Brewers won 2-1), as well as a great oppportunity to network with and learn about Navigator and SAP Business ByDesign.
What is SAP Business ByDesign?
SAP Business ByDesign is SAP's world-class, cloud-based ERP platform, designed specifically for small-midsize businesses all around the world. With no annual maintenance, no patch level upgrades, and flexible subscription models, SAP Business ByDesign is ideal for any small-midsize enterprise looking to fully integrate all of their internal processes, as well as get access to all of their critical business data in real-time; enabling these companies to make more better informed, timely decisions that help them outpace their competition.
To learn more about what SAP Business ByDesign can do for your business, visit http://nbs-us.com/sapsolutions/sap_bydesign. You can also view several high-level overview videos about the software on Navigator's YouTube channel. Simply click the links to the right, and you can see/access a wealth of information, designed to show you how SAP can decrease inefficiency, and accelerate profitable growth in ways you never imagined possible.
Questions? Contact us today, or call 877.395.4SAP.
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Salt Lake City - March 30, 2012 - Navigator today announced it is a 2012 SAP Pinnacle award finalist. SAP Pinnacle awards are presented annually to leading SAP partners that have excelled in developing and growing their partnership with SAP, and driving customer success. Finalists and winners were selected based on over 150 nominations in 22 categories received from partners and SAP employees.
"We are excited to be recognized among the top partners of SAP," said Grant Fraser, president & CEO of Navigator. "We are busy at work continuing on our mission to make every customer a best-run business. What's even more exciting is seeing the vast number of small-midsize companies recognize and subsequently experience the incredible benefits of world-class best business practices available within SAP's small-midsize enterprise solutions.
The SAP Pinnacle Awards recognize the leading SAP partners across a wide variety of categories, including resellers, OEMs, sustainability, technology, support, services, and outsourcing. They underscore SAP's commitment to a sound ecosystem strategy, which SAP recognizes as a key driver in delivering unmatched value to customers enabling SAP [and Navigator] to reach its business goals.
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Hanover, Germany - March 6, 2012 - SAP has created a multi-tenant version of its
Business One ERP (enterprise resource planning) suite, which will be sold exclusively through partners as the company is expected to announce Tuesday during the Cebit conference in Hannover, Germany.
Multi-tenancy is a software architecture commonly used by SaaS (software as a service) vendors, wherein multiple customers share the same instance of an application, but with their corporate data locked away from each other. This allows for operational cost savings over traditional hosting, and provides the ability to apply general product upgrades to many customers at once.
"It's great to see that SAP realizes that multi-tenancy is an important part of a cloud solution," said analyst Ray Wang, CEO of Constellation Research. "True multi-tenancy gives customers the lowest-cost delivery model and the quickest way to consume innovation."
SAP partners, like Navigator, have already been selling Business One in
hosted form. Last year, SAP instituted a policy change that made it easier for those companies to offer hosted Business One via subscription pricing. SAP is encouraging partners to sell Business One OnDemand by subscription as well, according to a statement.
The engineering work on the multi-tenant version is complete, and it will become available from partners in the second quarter, according to SAP spokeswoman Angelika Pfahler. It will initially be offered in 18 countries, including the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain and Switzerland.
Only SAP-certified hosting partners, like Navigator, will be able to offer the application directly, although resellers that lack such qualifications can subcontract with a certified company, SAP said.
Business One will continue to be available through traditional hosting and in on-premises form, under perpetual license agreements.
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Salt Lake City - February 7, 2012 - Navigator announced today their partnership with AlliGACOM, a leading supply chain management solution provider with a cloud-based EDI integration environment for SAP's small-midize business management solutions. This partnership will enable those current and future Navigator/SAP customers access to world-class EDI functionality fully integrated within their specific instances of SAP Business One and SAP Business ByDesign - ultimately enableing them to do more business faster and more efficiently.
"ALLiGACOM is an industry-leading SAP software solution provider, known around the world for their extensive work with EDI inegration," said Curtis Fry, VP of Technology for Navigator. "We are excited by this partnership, and are extremely cofident that this partnership will further enable SAP's world-class software to appeal to even more companies seeking real-time business management software, paid with proven EDI functionality - all integrated into one world-class SAP application - that is ideal for small-midsize businesses all across America.
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