ATUL PATANKAR [ ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 2000 LINDA WILSON [ ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 1999 JUERGEN LINDNER [ SAP POINT OF CONTACT MEMBER SINCE: 1998 [ ] New Features in the 8.8 General Release Lea Dvir [ ASUG SAP Business One Summit 2010 Hosted By Nike – August 4-6, 2010

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Agenda  First Look at SAP Business One 8.8  Integration of Crystal Reports  Performance Improvement & Data Archiving  Logistics and Accounting  Upgrade Wizard  Patch Level 12- New Innovation

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Agenda  First Look at SAP Business One 8.8  Integration of Crystal Reports  Performance Improvement & Data Archiving  Logistics and Accounting  Upgrade Wizard  Patch Level 12- New Innovation

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Enhancements Release 8.8 introduces a new user interface with a fresh look and feel based on extensive customer research Rich in color, texture and dimensionality Improved graphics and images New UI aligned with SAP brand Flexible switch between old and new styles Benefits Engagement of the users on a more emotional level due to the modern and attractive look More usable and fun to work with New Fresh User Interface Improved User Experience!

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Enhanced System Message Handling and Online Help Online Help More context-sensitive help topics added Description of symptoms and solutions in Online Help Task-oriented resolution descriptions System Message Log Enhanced traceability of message history Direct links to relevant help sections Improved message text Faster Troubleshooting through Self-Support!

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Agenda  First Look at SAP Business One 8.8  Integration of Crystal Reports  Performance Improvement & Data Archiving  Logistics and Accounting  Upgrade Wizard  Patch Level 12- New Innovation

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Integrated Crystal Reports (1/4) User Experience Enhancements: Seamless integration of industry leading reporting solution and SAP Business One Variety of layouts and graphical presentation options Improved design capabilities User-friendly preview options like magnifier, page browsing, multiple preview windows, etc. Interactive reporting and drill down (see next slide) Benefits: Simplified reporting and analysis of business critical information Easy design of layouts and reports that completely match your corporate identity style Faster Information Access and Analysis!

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Integrated Crystal Reports (2/4) Interactive Reporting Analysis Enhancements: Zoom-in and out ‘Find text’ search option Direct link from report to SAP Business One Drill down capabilities and navigation with grouped data tree Export functionality to many formats (XML, XLS, …) On-report sorting, filtering and reformatting Benefits: Easier and faster information access Increased transparency Easy export of data in common formats for external processing Drill Down Better Control of Your Business!

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Integrated Crystal Reports (3/4) Report and Layout Management Enhancements: Centralized access to both PLD and CR layouts Easy import of CR layouts and reports provided by other sources (incl. update of data source location) Export of CR layouts and reports Master layouts can be used to generate the layouts for different types of marketing documents Seamless bidirectional integration with CR add-in Benefits: Continued support of PLD while transitioning to CR Easier creation of advanced layouts and reports Time saving from leveraging reports from other sources More skilled people available due to industry standard Easy and fast roll-out of standard reports and templates to multiple sites and companies Spend Less Time on Managing Reports! *PLD: Print Layout Designer

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Integrated Crystal Reports (4/4) Print Sequence Enhancements: Ability to print different types of marketing documents with different layouts, on different printers, in one single step, via the new ‘Print sequence’ Benefits: Improved process automation for printing marketing documents Simultaneous printing of different marketing documents within the same process (e.g. invoice, sales order confirmation, packing list & delivery note, and address label) Sales Order Document Sales Order Document Sales Invoice Document Sales Invoice Document One action prints them all Invoice Sales Order Confirmation Bookkeeper Colour Printer Sales BW Printer Packing List & Delivery Note Warehouse BW Printer Address Label Logistics BW Printer Optimize Document Printing Flows!

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Agenda  First Look at SAP Business One 8.8  Integration of Crystal Reports  Performance Improvement & Data Archiving  Logistics and Accounting  Upgrade Wizard  Patch Level 12- New Innovation

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Single Code Base for all Localizations [Merged A and B Clusters] Reduces the complexity of integrating offices around the world Considerable savings in the deployment effort for installations in multiple locations Reduces the cost of supporting and maintaining the software, e.g. timely fixes and upgrades across locations leads to reliable systems Same functionality, documentation and online help available globally Chile Lower Complexity and TCO for Multi Country Landscapes

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Performance Improvements Enhancements Enhancements made to locking of data tables Optimization of frequently used SQL queries Introduction of caching and statement pooling mechanism check Enhanced grid line insertion and progress bar refreshment Result Examples* Five users working concurrently in sales and purchasing: about 80% efficiency improvement through faster system response Adding based marketing documents: 20-50% faster Running balance sheet: % faster Copying from marketing documents: 20-40% faster ‘Choose from’ lists: 10-20% faster Depreciation of fixed assets: 97% faster SDK: retrieving data from cell using new matrix interface: 80% faster * Results based on benchmark tests in SAP labs Complete Your Tasks Faster!

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Data Archiving Data Archive Wizard: Removes chained transactional data related to closed financial periods from the productive database Simulates the run prior to execution with estimation of database size reduction Creates a copy of the current database to have access to historical data Benefits: Improved utilization of productive database Leaner and faster system performance Lowered TCO: Faster and smaller backups Faster upgrade, lower maintenance effort Data Archiving removes transactional data Data Archiving removes transactional data Productive Database (Prior to data archive run) Productive Database (after data archive run) Enhanced System Performance and Management!

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. End Delivery Note Delivery Note Data Archiving  Cluster  Only clusters where all documents are closed will be removed  Only clusters where all documents are in a removable period will be removed What is a cluster?  A cluster is a set of linked documents in one business process Sales Quotation Sales Quotation Sales Order Sales Order A/R Invoice A/R Invoice Delivery Note 2 Delivery Note 2 Incoming Payment Incoming Payment Journal Entries Start

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Data Archiving - Wizard Wizard Options Simulation Actual Run Load saved run Search across data archive run Archive Parameters Period Rate recommendations View by cluster or document Drill Down to cluster Filter displayed transactions Journal Entry Compression Rules Period Sub Period Month

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Agenda  First Look at SAP Business One 8.8  Integration of Crystal Reports  Performance Improvement & Data Archiving  Logistics and Accounting  Upgrade Wizard  Patch Level 12- New Innovation

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Support for Negative Totals in A/P and A/R Documents Enhancements: Support of negative totals in marketing documents Support of negative lines in more document types (e.g. Invoices) Benefits: Direct creation of invoice documents, without checking in advance if the balance due is positive or negative No need for creating additional credit notes for negative amounts anymore Note:Negative lines is enabled globally. Negative totals are supported in all countries except Israel, Mexico, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama Simplify Your Accounting Processes!

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Basic Units of Measure Enhancements: Usage of different units of measure (UoM) in Purchasing documents Sales documents Warehouse Definition of standard UoM for sales and purchasing in the item master data and ability to change the standard UoM (even when transactions exists) Ability to manually overwrite UoM in marketing documents* Benefits: Support of more customer processes Increased flexibility for units of measure Enhanced basis for Add-On functionality *please note that it is not possible to define separate price lists Purchasing 10 x Bale (10kg) Purchasing 10 x Bale (10kg) Warehouse 2000 x Ball of wool (50g) Warehouse 2000 x Ball of wool (50g) Sales 5 x 10-pack (500g) Sales 5 x 10-pack (500g) Sales 15 x Set 1 (600g) Sales 15 x Set 1 (600g) Sales 25 x Set2 (300g) Sales 25 x Set2 (300g) Adaptable for Your Needs!

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Accounting & Financials Enhancements: Optimized aging report Newly designed single interactive screen with drill down capabilities Flexible definition of Intervals Ability to group by sales employee or vendor Ability to show/hide future remit Improved gross profit calculation Gross profit calculation for service documents Ability to modify gross profit in existing documents Ability to calculate gross profit and present results in sales and assembly bill of materials (BOM) Better Support For Your Account Receivable Processes!

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Available to Promise Inventory Status (ATP) Enhancements: Overview of forward-looking inventory projections based on production or purchase orders User-friendly access with right click in each document (e.g. access while processing marketing documents) Enhanced item availability check Benefits: Enhanced control of your inventory through increased transparency into current and future stocks Ability to make accurate commitments to customers as to when a product can be delivered Elimination of the risk of stock-outs Accurate Customer Delivery Planning!

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Further Business Logic improvements Inventory Enhancements: Pick and pack Ability to release quantity to fall in negative inventory Credit limit check Serial and batch numbers Streamlined handling Handling of batches in multiple warehouses as one object More Flexibility to Operate the Way You Want!

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Agenda  First Look at SAP Business One 8.8  Integration of Crystal Reports  Performance Improvement & Data Archiving  Logistics and Accounting  Upgrade Wizard

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Enhancements: Fully guided, automated upgrade process Non destructive database pre-upgrade readiness check Batch driven database upgrade Automatic backup of databases Automatic upgrade of software components Guidance to solve issues if required Benefits: Faster and easier upgrades with shorter downtimes Reduction of upgrade complexity and risks involved, while ensuring data integrity, preventing data-loss and eliminating human mistakes Reduction of IT support and maintenance costs Upgrade Wizard Simpler, Safer Upgrades!

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. 25 Patch Level 12- New User Experience Cockpit B1 Robot; Search engine Common Functions Open Documents Messages and Alerts Browser Address Mapping in BP and WH Preview of Dashboards Financial Sales Service Credit Cards Encryption Data Transfer Workbench Improvements SAP Crystal Reports: Aging Report With Chart SAP Crystal Reports: Quarterly Sales Analysis by BP Group

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. New User Experience Personal work center (Cockpit) Work centers feature a dramatically improved user interface  Intuitive user experience; Easy UI configuration and personalization  Simple embedment of Partner solutions (Add-Ons)  Fast adoption of predefined work centers delivered by SAP and Partners Work centers feature a dramatically improved user interface  Intuitive user experience; Easy UI configuration and personalization  Simple embedment of Partner solutions (Add-Ons)  Fast adoption of predefined work centers delivered by SAP and Partners Messages / Alerts or Workflows Business Services such as Dun & Bradstreet; Web feeds such as RSS; Social networks e.g. Twitter; Any Web-application or –information via Browser Business Services such as Dun & Bradstreet; Web feeds such as RSS; Social networks e.g. Twitter; Any Web-application or –information via Browser Common Transactions and links Dashboard Integration for KPI monitoring Open Documents Cockpit selection / configuration and classic navigation B1 Robot (search engine)

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage.  Thank you. 27 ] Thank you.