SAP Business ByDesign Room for Improvement

MustansirManasawala - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Manager at TK Elevator

I would like the tool’s interface to be better. Currently, we use a client application to access the product. I want that to be replaced with a web version. I would like to improve the tool’s internet availability. I also want the product’s setup to be easier.

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Chakrapani  Mishra - PeerSpot reviewer
Practice Head at Arete Global

There are certain areas of improvement. One main area is the absence of payroll functionality in BYD, and as far as I know, BYD has no plans to introduce it. Another aspect is related to warehouse operations, where they want integrated processes, including barcode scanning for material movements. This feature is currently missing as well. 

Additionally, the clients require seamless integration with the Pulse system for updating inventory and master data. At the end of the day, they want sales data from the Power system to be automatically received in BYD. However, this integration is complex and partially functional. They also have a requirement to bring purchase order creation into the Pulse system. Handling these data integrations and processes is a bit challenging for BYD. These are the areas where BYD could improve.

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AV
Solution Architect at Vaillant

There should be a lot of production and treasury management especially in finance.

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JH
Sr Manager Revenue and Taxation at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

There is room for improvement in the reporting capability. To use it properly, you need intensive IT support. You cannot write your own reports. You can query data from tables and you can create your own reports within an Excel environment and that's helpful. But if you have to do anything formalized in a SOCs-compliant environment, you wouldn't be allowed access to those data tables. You would have to have a support function that can help you create the reports that you need.

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IN
Lead SAP Cloud Services at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

The payroll module of the solution could improve.

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MK
IT Advisor at a non-tech company with self employed

The Purchase to Pay process could benefit from further sophistication and additional functionality. It would be helpful for the user community to receive clearer information about the future roadmap of the business. Unfortunately, there were some confusing articles in the German press towards the end of last year about the future of SAP Business ByDesign. Therefore, more clarity is needed in the support function to address this.

SAP Business ByDesign has been discontinued and no further updates will be made to it. It appears that the focus is now on the BTP platform, and I'm exploring ways to add more integrations to it. If this trend continues, the user community of SAP Business ByDesign could potentially benefit from increased connectivity with external parties, which would lead to greater satisfaction.

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MR
Innovation and Technology Head at APPTech

SAP Business ByDesign can improve the flexibility and user-friendliness of the reporting during the implementations. Customizing the reports inside the device requires a lot of knowledge and most of the time a developer level is needed. For example, if you want to have a more specific reporting layout.

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WT
Chief Process Officer at Netizen Co., Ltd.

I would say budget controlling needs improvement. I mention this because it does not have all the functionalities that we need in terms of managing the budget.

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MS
Divisional Manager IT at Tata Hitachi

ByDesign could be improved by making screen modifications easier.

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KC
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The database needs to be more customizable.

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MA
IT Manager at a retailer with 201-500 employees

The solution does not support customization for forms and reports. It's not flexible in case you need some enhancements in business processes.

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AzimSyed - PeerSpot reviewer
Territory Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

SAP Business ByDesign is a very vast product, but it has to be a bit more centralized. All the models need to be more centralized for a better experience.

In a feature release, a development kit should be available in the UIDs, where people can have the customizations. HR and payroll should be added and the human resource management system should be added by default.  

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HF
General Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The Arabic localization is neglected. It should have an Arabic interface. It lacks Arabic translation or support from right to left.

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March 2024
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