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Why you should adopt SAP Business One on the Cloud

By SAP, SoftwareNo Comments

Using SAP Business One on the cloud offers several benefits for businesses. Here are some of the key advantages:

  • Flexibility and Scalability

Cloud-based SAP Business One allows businesses to scale their operations easily. You can easily adjust resources, storage, and computing power to match your business needs, whether you are expanding or downsizing. This flexibility ensures that you only pay for the resources you require, saving costs in the long run.

  • Cost Efficiency

Implementing SAP Business One on the cloud eliminates the need for upfront hardware and infrastructure investments. Instead of purchasing and maintaining servers and networking equipment, you can leverage the infrastructure provided by the cloud service provider. This reduces capital expenditure and allows businesses to operate on a predictable subscription-based pricing model.

  • Accessibility and Collaboration

Cloud-based SAP Business One enables access to business data and applications from anywhere with an internet connection. This accessibility is especially beneficial for businesses with remote or distributed teams, allowing employees to work from different locations while maintaining real-time access to the same system. It promotes collaboration and improves productivity.

  • Data Security and Disaster Recovery

Leading cloud service providers invest heavily in robust security measures, including encryption, access controls, and regular backups. Storing your SAP Business One data on the cloud ensures that it is protected against unauthorized access, data loss, or hardware failures. Cloud providers also offer disaster recovery options, ensuring that your data can be quickly restored in case of any unforeseen incidents.

  • Automatic Updates and Maintenance

With a cloud-based solution, updates, patches, and maintenance tasks are handled by the cloud service provider. This eliminates the need for businesses to dedicate resources and time to manually manage and apply software updates. Cloud providers often release regular updates to improve performance, security, and functionality, ensuring that your SAP Business One system is always up-to-date.

  • Enhanced Performance and Scalability

Cloud infrastructure offers high-performance computing capabilities, allowing SAP Business One to run smoothly even during peak usage periods. Cloud providers offer a wide range of resources that can be easily scaled up or down based on demand, ensuring that your system can handle increased workloads without performance degradation.

  • Integration and Extensibility

Cloud-based SAP Business One can be easily integrated with other cloud applications and services, allowing businesses to build comprehensive and customized solutions. This integration enables seamless data flow between different systems, such as CRM, e-commerce platforms, or financial management tools, enhancing process automation and streamlining operations.

In summary, leveraging SAP Business One on the cloud provides businesses with flexibility, scalability, cost efficiency, accessibility, security, and performance benefits. It enables businesses to focus on their core operations while relying on cloud service providers to manage infrastructure, maintenance, and security aspects.

September 6, 2023

Why SAP’s Customer Checkout is the Right Point of Sale (POS) Software for You!

By SAP, SoftwareNo Comments

This article will identify why SAP Customer Checkout is the ideal Point-Of-Sale (POS) system for your business. When investing in a new POS system, it is crucial to ensure that the system is sophisticated enough to meet the ever-growing demands of the digital and physical worlds.

Apart from providing an efficient check-out process, a point-of-sale system must offer other essential factors to its users. These factors include transparency, where real-time stock information availability and updates are vital for ordering and decision-making purposes. The system must also be flexible enough to operate on classical and modern devices, catering to both traditional processes and mobility. As POS systems are not self-sufficient, they should integrate seamlessly with other IT systems such as warehouse data management to optimize processes.

SAP, as a company, thrives on providing its customers with the best solutions to run their businesses by overcoming challenges and digitalizing their processes. That’s why SAP Customer Checkout was designed with retailers, catering, merchandising, and others in mind, to support all common POS requirements.

In a nutshell, here are the top 5 reasons why SAP Customer Checkout is the right POS solution for you:

  • Integration with SAP ERP System: All transactions are reflected in real-time in your warehouse and accounting applications. This provides in-depth insights into sales and financial data while maintaining your master data.
  • Central POS Management: The SAP Customer Checkout manager runs in the background and offers 40+ apps to manage and maintain different POS systems centrally. From software updates and role management to monitoring and gift cards, the system allows you to easily manage multiple locations and POS operations.
  • Extension & Scalability: Plug-ins are available to adapt the solution to meet specific customer requirements. Additionally, the solution is scalable to a wide variety of business scenarios and sizes.
  • Hardware Agnostic: SAP Customer Checkout offers hardware independence, allowing you to run the solution on any POS device tailored to your business needs. Whether classical POS devices, tablets, printers, or scanners, our modern and intuitive user interface ensures a smooth and seamless integration, saving time and costs for your end-users, cashiers, and all those who work with the solution.
  • Loyalty Management: In addition to common POS operations, SAP Customer Checkout provides comprehensive loyalty management functionality. You can incorporate loyalty programs into your business by allowing clients to collect points for their purchases, create loyalty tiers, and reward your most loyal customers.

By choosing SAP Customer Checkout, you are selecting a powerful and versatile POS solution that will streamline your operations, improve customer experiences, and support your business growth. Make the right choice for your business today!

May 22, 2023

Growth Through Change Event Highlights

By SoftwareNo Comments

Our Growth Through Change Event – Highlighting SAP Business One

On the 23rd of March of 2023 MAP IT hosted an event at the Hilton Malta, where leading businesses from around Malta were invited to attend to learn more about the possibilities for growth when using SAP Business One.

Mark Abela Schinas, our co-founder, kicked off the event with a brief presentation about MAP IT – how it all started back in 2009 as well as how we plan to move forward in the future. This gave our audience an insight to who we are as a company and how we operate.

Apostolos Andrikos from SAP Hellas was invited to the event and introduced SAP as a company and spoke about how the ideal ERP for companies in Malta is SAP Business One, since it is targeted towards SMEs. He also gave an update of SAP’s roadmap with regards to SAP Business One.

The highlight of this event was the live demo of SAP Business One conducted by our co-founder Anton Pisani. He was able to show the core functions of the system and how it can be adapted to different industries. The audience was also engaged during this part of the event, as they were able to ask questions and get a clear explanation in real-time with examples from the system.

Anton also introduced another SAP product – SAP Customer Check Out. This is the POS (point-of-sale) system which can be used in both retail and restaurant businesses. It is also fully integrated with SAP Business One. This demo also included an interactive session with the audience who were able to try out a new feature of this product. By scanning a QR code they were able to place their order for a free parking ticket and could see the order being processed and automatically transferred into SAP.

The event was concluded by Rory Stewart our Business Development Manager, where he invited Mr Stefan Borg the CEO of Busy Bee alongside our co-founder Anton Pisani for a Q&A session related to the implementation of SAP Business at Busy Bee.

In the interview Stefan was asked about their decision-making process and what drove them to go for SAP Business One and MAP IT. He stated that apart from SAP Business One being the ideal system for his business he also wanted the right team behind it. He also mentioned that he got the impression that MAP IT was not interested in just making a sale but we also want to understand the processes to make sure the best possible solution would be provided.

We’d like to thank all those that attended the event – it was a pleasure getting to know you all and we look forward to being able to work with you.

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March 30, 2023

Growth through Change: A Preview of the MAP IT and SAP Event

By SoftwareNo Comments

Change is inevitable, and in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, it’s essential for achieving growth and success.

That’s why we are excited to announce the upcoming Growth through Change event, hosted by MAP IT, which will bring together business leaders, industry experts, and SAP users to share their experiences and insights on how to navigate the challenges of change and drive growth through innovation.

The event will showcase inspiring success stories from companies that have leveraged SAP software to transform their operations and achieve unprecedented growth. From streamlining processes and reducing costs to increasing efficiency and improving customer experience, SAP Business One has been a key enabler for change and progress in these companies.

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear these stories first-hand and gain valuable insights into how they can apply similar strategies in their own organizations. The event will also provide a platform for attendees to learn about the latest developments in SAP Business One and how it can help organizations stay ahead of the competition.

SAP Business One is an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that provides small and medium-sized businesses with real-time insights into all their core operations. From financial management and accounting to sales and customer relationship management, SAP Business One streamlines processes and automates routine tasks, enabling businesses to focus on growth and innovation.

The event will also provide a platform for networking and knowledge sharing, with attendees from various industries and regions exchanging ideas, best practices, and challenges. The connections made during the event will undoubtedly lead to new partnerships, collaborations, and opportunities for growth and innovation.

In conclusion, the Growth through Change event is an exciting opportunity for anyone who is looking to transform their business and achieve their goals. The insights, inspiration, and connections gained during this event will undoubtedly lead to new ideas, new collaborations, and new successes.

Join us for the Growth through Change event on the 23rd of March at the Hilton Hotel in St Julian’s at 09:00 and be part of the change and progress that will shape the future of business. Register now on –  https://forms.gle/U58su4NBUozusz916

February 16, 2023

6 Reasons why you should invest in SAP Business One

By SAP, SoftwareNo Comments

The most common misconception about SAP is that it only provides solutions and software for large corporations. However, this could not be further from the truth as SAP’s product line features software for all business sizes. SAP Business One is the ideal ERP software for small to medium sized enterprises.

SAP Business One is an affordable single solution that allows you to manage your entire small businesses, from accounting and financials, purchasing, inventory, sales and customer relationships to reporting and analytics.

Here are 6 reasons that SAP Business One will leave a positive note on your company, especially if you are looking to grow your business.

  • Affordable Price

All small business have operational requirements that more or less entail the same complexity that large companies face. However with SAP Business One you have the same Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) that large organisations use, at a much more affordable price. SAP provides the same kind of tools: business intelligence and analytics, sales forecasting and management, customer relationship management, in one integrated solution.

  • Financial Visibility

SAP Business One makes it easier by allowing you to eliminate multiple different spreadsheets that are equipped with data, by connecting your financial operations with other key processes in your business such as purchasing and sales or inventory management in real time. This way you can save time and improve your cash flow.

Security and data integrity is a concern for all businesses no matter the size and SAP Business One allows you to provide permissions to different employees so that sensitive data is kept secure.

  • Anticipation of Customer Needs

With SAP Business One your customer relationship management (CRM) and sales are brought closer together, thus you’ll be able to manage all your CRM and your sales/marketing activities on one single platform. This enables the firm to build more effective communication programs.

  • Improved Decision Making

Having all your data on one platform helps you to save time which aids in improved decision making. Therefore, SAP Business One provides you with multiple reports on the data that is available and important to you, just by configuring a couple of settings.

  • Best Practice for every industry

SAP Business One regardless of what industry you are in, provides you with best practice systems. Furthermore the solution can be customised for your manufacturing, construction, catering, wholesale business and many more. Compared to other solutions on the market SAP Business One is fairly quick to implement.

  • Easy to Access Training

SAP provides users with a lot of online training that enables to you get your team and any new employees up to speed with the SAP Business One.

So to conclude, SAP Business One gives you access to a better visibility and improved decision making at a lower business cost. If you are interested in finding out more info about how you can acquire this system you can contact us on [email protected] or give us a call on 21359119.

 

September 7, 2022

Introducing ELO ECM Suite

By SoftwareNo Comments

As of 2022 MAP IT is proud to announce our partnership with ELO Digital Office.  ELO Digital Office is a company known worldwide for its innovative products, particularly the ELO ECM Suite.

It is vital for a business’s success to have efficient & automated processes while also having information available no matter when or where. This is why an intelligent ECM system that is both flexible and versatile is needed.

This is where ELO ECM Suite comes into play, digitizing your business processes which allow you to save valuable time while minimizing your costs and amplifying the security of your company data.

The benefits of ELO ECM suite can be split into the following factors:

Finding the information needed quickly and easily

Managing the data in compliance with legal requirements

Documents can be processed in a customisable workflow

Enables collaboration amongst teams

Enables transparent business processes

A look at the ELO ECM Suite:

Finding the information needed in the blink of an eye

Within the ELO ECM Suite the intelligent ELO iSearch allows you to search for and find a specific document or a piece of information instantly. ELO iSearch searches your entire ELO software repository as well as any other integrated third-party applications you might have such as ERP, CRM, and e-mail systems.

Managing the data in compliance with legal requirements

ELO ECM Suite offers the platforms and tools required to ensure compliance with data privacy and security requirements. Thanks to advanced encryption technology, all of your business data is stored securely at all times. Access control, logging, and a sophisticated permissions system ensure additional protection.

Document Workflows

ELO ECM Suite provides a range of intelligent tools that allow fast, automated processing of paper-based and digital documents in the mailroom. With ELO Smart Input, for example, you save a lot of time from processing the documents, be it invoices, contracts etc.  The tool automatically recognizes the type of document and extracts any relevant information within seconds. This data is available for further processing right away within the system. The eliminates the manual task and saves a lot of time.

Enables collaboration amongst teams

This ECM Suite provides an array of tools for optimized & efficient collaboration. The ELO feed provides a platform for teams to communicate with each other as well as exchange information regarding different documents. Group topics can even use hashtags to group-specific information as well as carrying out polls among colleagues.

 

Download the ELO ECM Suite product brochure for more information

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April 19, 2022

The benefits of a Documentation Management System (DMS)

By SoftwareNo Comments

Just about any enterprise can admit that documentation is an essential factor for their business. However, many are faced with challenges that could impact various factors, such as the efficiency of the business.

So, one might ask, how can a company successfully maintain documentation within the company and eliminate these challenges?

The implementation of a Document Management system allows businesses to capture, save and retrieve documentation both physical and electronic within one system.

  • Reduction of storage space

A software based DMS will allow a business to save time, money and space. The reduction in the use of file cabinets, boxes, archiving rooms etc. will allow freeing up office space for a more useful utilisation. This apart from saving the company money also saves valuable time when searching for a specific document. Rather than going through multiple files/ boxes etc. one can search for it through the digital system.

  • Data Security

Such a platform will provide security to business data and eliminate any issues with sensitive data or other confidential information. By setting permissions for different users, using encryption keys and other security features that the system provides, the business’ data is much more secure.

  • Integration

Companies around the world mostly make use of the Microsoft Office suite and many DMS offer integration with the Office Suite as well as other systems. This allows the employees to continue working within their comfort zone while utilizing the DMS.

  • Search Functions

Most of the time, we spend a lot of time trying to look for a document that was attached to an email, or we forget where this was saved. With the DMS many sophisticated search functions are offered, enabling the user to filter and skim through the documentation easily.

  • Improved Collaboration

With a DMS the ability to access content and collaborate is greatly simplified as it provides greater visibility to business processes and can allow for better workflow monitoring. Also, the ability for users to communicate amongst each other within the document itself reduces communication time.

  • Increased productivity

Time is very valuable and with a DMS saving time is almost guaranteed which is greatly reflected into increased productivity. This also improves staff morale by efficient documentation retrieval which ultimately results in increased client satisfaction.  

February 2, 2022

MAP IT Ltd. obtains ISO 9001 certification.

By SoftwareNo Comments

From the start, our main goal at MAP IT has always been to provide optimal quality and service to our clients on a daily basis. Thus, throughout the last 10 years of operations, we have invested in the latest technology and the best personnel to help achieve our goal.

In 2019 we embarked on a process to streamline and organise our business operations in order to achieve the ISO 9001 certification to ensure that our competitive service level is maintained and also improved over the coming years.

During the process of certification, we worked closely with STEP to document the various development and support processes that were already being implemented in the day-to-day activities of our business. STEP also provided us with essential recommendations on how these could be improved and also gave assistance on how to focus on the essential goals and priorities of the company. 

We are proud to announce that MAP IT Ltd. obtained the ISO 9001 certification by achieving excellent results in the external audit & was certified by SGS Italia S.p.A in November of 2019.  

August 7, 2020

Why ERP Systems are important for SME’s.

By SoftwareNo Comments

Technology is becoming more accessible every day,  allowing small and medium-sized companies to acquire tools that a few years ago were unfeasible for an enterprise of their size. This gives them room to grow and expand their business while facing fierce competition from other companies that are already well established within the industry.

However, it is difficult for a small business to expand and grow without the ability to clearly understand the performance of their business. This is where an ERP system comes in.

What is ERP?

An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is made up of applications that integrate the essential parts of a business. This includes planning, purchasing, inventory, sales, marketing, finance, human resources within one single system. Such systems are becoming increasingly popular with SME’s as well as large corporations due to the numerous benefits that they offer –

96% of the top-performing businesses rely on ERP – “The Aberdeen Group”

1. Integrate the Flow of Information

One of the main features & benefit of an ERP system is that it integrates the information from different departments on one platform. The result of this is that the flow of information between different processes and procedures of a business is available in real-time. For example, the integration of all transactions within the financial system in real-time allows the management to make informed strategic decisions promptly.

2. An increase in productivity & improved decision making.

Having all the information within one system means that numerous excel sheets and countless documents stored in different locations can usually be eliminated. The elimination of these allows employees and management to view the bigger picture and be aware of what is going on within the company. This can also save time from having to search for the specified documents while also eliminating the need to seek out various people from different departments to get the information needed. Apart from productivity, ERP helps to maintain consistency within the work processes.

3. Reduced Error and Cost Saving

An automated system decreases the chances for human errors such as missed orders, inventory mistakes or even miscommunications. This should, in turn, increase customer satisfaction as you are ensuring consistency. Positive experiences with the system should also boost your employees’ confidence and satisfaction.

Furthermore, costs could be reduced through increased productivity and the reduction in errors. The reduction in time taken for certain tasks to be completed as well as better managing of problems that arise would further contribute to better decision-making processes due to a clearer and better insight to what exactly is going on globally within the company.

4. Reporting

Every ERP system regardless of the brand offers numerous types of reporting tools, providing better reporting and increased business intelligence. This makes the jobs of management much easier aiding for improved productivity, efficiency, and reduction of costs through improved decision making. Such reports usually include invoice reports, stock reports, summary / detailed profit reports and many other options for custom reports according to the needs of the client.

How can MAP IT help?

Here at MAP IT, we can help you make the right choice for your business and implement with you the ERP system. If you are interested in such service please contact us on [email protected] and we will be able to provide you with all the details necessary.

February 17, 2020

5 facts that indicate it’s time for a website redesign

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Companies sometimes have trouble identifying when it’s time to update and redesign their website. What website owners can at times fail to understand is that within 50 milliseconds (that is 0.05 seconds) a user will already have formed an opinion about your brand. This post will take you through a number of warning signs that indicate the need for a website update & redesign. It’s important to know that studies show that 94% of negative website feedback is design-related

1. You don’t have a website

You don’t have a website as you are a brick and mortar shop so customers find you offline. You don’t think you need a website – WRONG!

The shift to online is no longer considered a trend but it’s an important need with the rise of international competition. Sooner or later your business will slowly decrease as customers will opt for companies that provide them with information online which can be accessed on the go.

2. If your website is not mobile-friendly

Today’s hectic lifestyle brings about the use of mobile devices more, in, 63% of websites visits are through a smartphone which means that having a website which is not compatible for mobile devices is not acceptable as you’ll be losing major website traffic.

63% of website visits are through a smartphone - redesign your website to become mobile friendly

Apart from losing website traffic, your reputation will suffer as well. 57% of internet users state that they won’t recommend a business with a poorly designed website on a mobile device as it does not provide an optimal user experience.

57% of website users won't recommned a business with a poorly designed website on a mobile device.

3. Outdated design

By comparing your website with others it should be immediately obvious if your design is outdated. The differences will be highly evident, such as; your website does not adjust to the size of the desktop screen, it is not mobile-friendly, using outdated fonts, it is difficult for users to go through the website and various other aspects.

An outdated design impacts the reputation and credibility of your brand as 75% of customers admit that they make judgements on the company’s credibility based on the design of their website. One should know that your company websites give an insight to the user on how you operate as a company. Therefore having an unprofessional website leads to the belief that your company is not professional.

75% of customers admit they judge the brand's credibility based on the design on their website - redesign your website if its current look is outdated

4. Takes longer than 3 seconds to load

Does your website take more than 3 seconds to load? If yes, then you need to update your website ASAP. Remember that you only have a couple of seconds to make an impression on your visitor. So if these seconds are being spent to load your website then you are in trouble as more than 38% of people will simply stop engaging with a website if it takes too long to load. This has cost companies major losses each and every year.

38& of people will stop engaging with a website if it takes too long to load - make a redesign to ensure the pages efficiency

5. Does not show up on search engines

If your website is not optimised for search engines, then it’s not going to show up when people search from your company or something related to your business. So, unless the visitor knows your URL – they do not have a way to get to your website. This clearly means its time to update your website and invest in SEO.

If you are still contemplating whether you should redesign your website, think of it as if it was your shop floor, as it is the platform that potential customers base their purchasing decision. If you have a dull, messy store in a remote location you wouldn’t have any visitors let alone purchases. That is what websites are – being reachable and can be found easily with an eye-catching design, which MAP IT can do.

If you are looking to redesign your website – do not hesitate to contact us.

November 11, 2019
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