SAP is a Real Small Business ERP Solution
Featured below is a blog post that was written by Laurie McCabe, co-founder and partner at SMB Group. Her interview examines how SAP Business One fits into SMB’s overall strategy.
“When it comes to business management and enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, SAP often isn’t on the radar for small and medium businesses (SMBs). But, while the ERP giant is best known for its large enterprise solutions, SAP Business One is aimed squarely at providing small businesses with a unified business management solution.”
Laurie McCabe, lauriemccabe.com
In this three-part series, I interviewed Luis Murguia, who was recently appointed Senior VP and general manager for SAP Business One to discuss how the solution fits into SMB’s strategy, what makes it a good fit for them, and how the vendor plans to move Business One from being one of SAP’s best-kept secret onto SMB shortlist for ERP solutions.
In this first post, we discuss Luis’ background, Business One history, and some of the key differentiators it has in the SMB ERP market.
Laurie: Hi this is Laurie McCabe from SMB Group and today I’m talking to Luis Murguia, Senior VP and general manager for SAP Business One. Business One is SAP’s flagship ERP solution for small and medium businesses. So Luis you’re relatively new in this role, can you tell us a little bit about where you come from, and why you decided to become part of the Business One team at SAP.
Luis: Thank you Laurie, and great to catch up. I’ve been with SAP for 9 years, in the enterprise division as well as the partner organization. For the past 6 years, I ran SAP’s European partner organization.
Throughout my career, I have been involved with the ERP market. I started my career in providing ERP solutions for small wholesale food distributors, working with solutions like Peachtree, QuickBooks. Then I moved into selling HP3000 servers pre-loaded with business management software. So I’ve been involved in helping small business find new ways better ways to run the business and be more successful throughout my career.