Industry solutions with SAP Business One - PRODUCTION
The right solution for every manufacturer.
SAP Business One - PRODUCTION provides integrated, innovative capabilities across your business. Streamline critical processes, gain clear visibility, make real-time decisions—and drive profitable growth. Deploy in the cloud or on-premise.
With 100+ projects delivered, we know no two factories are alike. Combined with our expertise, SAP Business One - PRODUCTION adapts to the specific needs of each manufacturing vertical.
With 100+ successful projects delivered, we know no two factories are alike. That’s why SAP Business One - PRODUCTION, combined with our expertise, provides a flexible, configurable solution for a wide range of manufacturing industries.
Industry solutions
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Optimize your operations with SAP Business One PRODUCTION—reinforced by SMS’s long-standing expertise.
Discrete manufacturing
Metalworking · Machinery · Parts manufacturing
Plan efficiently. Manufacture with flexibility.
From CNC machining, sheet-metal fabrication and welded assemblies to complete machines: with SAP Business One - PRODUCTION you control production end-to-end—from the graphical planning board and material availability to feedback.
Purpose-built for mid-sized job shops, the solution structures planning, execution and control with real-time insights into material availability, order status and due dates—improving on-time delivery, transparency and customer satisfaction.
Key benefits
✔Integrated production orders incl. BOM management
✔Direct machine/operator feedback via SFDC
✔Material availability checks at item/lot level
✔Traffic-light indicators for due dates and bottlenecks
High-tech & process industries
Electronics · Chemicals & Pharma · Food & Beverage
Precision and safety in every process. Whether PCB assembly, formula/recipe-based manufacturing or customer-specific filling, SAP Business One - PRODUCTION delivers an end-to-end solution for stringent requirements in traceability, quality and variant complexity.
✔Batch traceability & electronic inspection status
✔Formula/recipe management with scaling and history
✔Traceability across all production stages
✔Variant configuration & multilevel BOMs
✔Interfaces to liquid scales and E-CAD systems
✔Regulatory compliance (e.g., GMP, expiry/best-before dates, hazardous-materials documentation)
Ideal for
· Electronics manufacturers with high documentation needs
· Pharma, chemical and food producers with recipe and batch obligations
· Companies with complex QA processes and dynamic product structures
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Optimize your operations with SAP Business One PRODUCTION—reinforced by SMS’s long-standing expertise.
Steel & metal trade
Warehouse · Processing · Material logistics
Control material flows intelligently:
whether coil slitting, bar stock or complex warehouse operations — by integrating warehouse, processing
and trade in one system.
With SAP Business One PRODUCTION, manage remnant/offcut tracking, surcharges, inventory movements and orders efficiently and transparently. Purpose-built for steel/metal traders, bending shops and service centers—
ideal for businesses that sell, cut or refine material.
From sales to processing to logistics, leverage deep domain expertise. Our ERP industry solution covers the entire value chain—including all metal-specific requirements.
For metal trade:
✔ Surcharge types: cutting, scrap and alloy surcharges
✔ Flexible unit conversions: kg, meter, bar or piece
✔Batch/heat lot management with traceability from raw material to delivery
✔Document management: link mill test certificates (MTCs) directly to orders
✔ Real-time data: instant view of stock, orders and material movements
Benefits at a glance:
· Fast answers for sales and consulting
· Higher customer satisfaction through transparent delivery commitments
· Better planning thanks to end-to-end material transparency
· Future-ready—ideal for suppliers to construction and automotive
SAP Business One — the complete solution for metal trade: lean, practical and 100% mid-market ready.
For those who don’t just want to keep up with tomorrow’s manufacturing, but to lead — with a partner who understands your shop floor and speaks your language.
Your edge with SMS and SAP Business One - PRODUCTION
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