In the business world, concepts such as cost purchase price or value of different interpretations, depending on which side we are. In the field of small and medium businesses, these terms acquire even greater importance, but even if we had in mind budget constraints and capacity investment with these companies to move in their purchasing decisions.

Many small and medium enterprises plan their investment decisions on information technology based on the respective payment to the economic performance of the company. Many managers of small and medium-sized enterprises believe that the investment in this area would be better utilized in other areas. Their main concerns are centered on maintaining and boosting business. However, this vision - but pragmatic, mostly short term - does not take into account that the growth orientation is more complex: more products and services, more customers and sales channels, more employees to handle and, above all, to analyze more data from multiple sources, which are often difficult to compare.

A penny saved is always a penny of profit? Yes, if considered in terms of ROI.
In SAP, understand the savings in terms of generating value and return on investment. To illustrate the functional level of the financial area, we can mention some major reductions, such as:

• Improvements in provider payment process and reduce rework accounts payable close to 25%
• Loss reduction in discounts on payment terms close to 50%;
• Reduction of time for accounting closing near 60%;
• Reduction of administrative tasks and not worth nearly 25%;
• Reduced costs of generating information and reports close to 50%;
• Reduction of costs of the processes of conciliation between 50% and 80%;
• Improvements in the development, control and management of budgets from 15% to 45%.

In technology, due to the integration of platforms and other applications, you may find the following improvements:

• Reducing the number of interfaces close to 35%;
• Reduced maintenance costs and operating systems by 35%.

Adding all that, you can verify that the investment in an SAP solution is rather too small compared to what you get in return, due to the rapid returns it generates.

The management of SAP solutions for small and medium businesses help save many cents on each transaction, reducing maintenance costs, and property, reducing the processing times of operations, integrating and dividing valuable information and only - time real - for the entire company, creating synergy between different areas and departments. If SAP solutions help you save, then SAP helps you win.