Whats new in SAP Business One 9.0?

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Team InSync 6 Comments

According to the defined Roadmap , SAP has released its next version of SAP Business One ERP- 9.0. Preview version of SAP Business One 9.0 is already available, a Ramp Up Version is promised to be release on early Q1 2013 and after that the version will be released for General Availability probably at the end of same quarter. This blog will take a sneak peak at what enhancements we are able to locate in the Preview Version of SAP Business One.

Feature update in SAP Business One 9.0

Bin Locations Now warehouse can be setup (optionally) to maintain bin locations. Four sub-levels are available to setup required hierarchical structure in any warehouse of SAP B1. If this functionality is activated then several forms will be available to maintain bin location master data within SAP B1. In marketing documents the bin-location column (in content tab) will be appeared if any item, which is related to any bin location, is used. Additional column is introduced in the marketing documents database records, which might be mandatory to update on each transaction.

Bin Location Set Up in SAP Business One 9.0

Inventory Counting Inventory Counting feature has been extended by adding more cycles and counting options. Dedicated and separate forms and menus are now available to manage inventory taking processes. Analytics for inventory counting is also introduced to assist inventory counting.

Inventory Counting in SAP Business One 9.0

Multiple Units of Measure In SAP B1 9.0 multiple units of measures can be used in various inventory related transactions to automate the pricing and quantity calculation within UOM groups. Multiple barcodes can also be maintained for each UOM for any inventory item. But for this extension no additional column is introduced in the marketing documents database records.

Multiple UOM in SAP Business One 9.0

Purchase Requests The starting point of document flow in purchase cycle of SAP B1 has been enhanced by adding Purchase Request document. Now branches and departments can place purchase or procurement requests through SAP B1 and the organization can have better control over purchase cycles. We also know this document as Purchase Indent.

Purchase Request in SAP Business One 9.0 Price Lists & Discounts Price Lists and Discount Groups have been enhanced to support validity period, UOM wise price, prices in additional currencies, and more types of groups. New reports are added to work better with the new pricing enhancements in SAP B1.

Price List and Discount in SAP Business One 9.0

Payment & Deposit Cancellation Cancellation of documents in SAP B1 was an important area of improvement. Now with SAP B1 9.0 cancellation of payments with deposited cheques and automation around it is available.

Marketing Document Cancellation Now the marketing documents can be cancelled whenever something happened wrong on document creation. The relevant accounting, fiscal, financial and inventory transitions are completely reversed in one step. Now credit memos or returns need not to be created unnecessarily to cancel any billing or logistics documents. An option Display Cancelled and Cancellation Marketing Documents in Reports is also introduced in the document settings in this context.

Document Cancellation in SAP Business One 9.0 GL Account Determination

With the introduction of advanced GL determination rules in SAP B1 9.0 now multi GL determination can be done with priority settings. So not only in areas like Sales, Purchase, Inventory, etc. but also GL settings available for items, item groups, warehouses, BP groups, federal tax ID, ship-to country, ship-to state.

GL Account Determination in SAP Business One 9.0

Fixed Assets Integration Fixed assets management is no longer dependent on the Fixed Assets add-on of SAP B1. Fixed assets management functions are now incorporated in the core product with the advent of SAP B1 9.0. Multiple accounting standards (like local, IFRS, etc.) can also be supported in parallel.

Fixed Assets in SAP Business One 9.0 Drop Ship In SAP B1 9.0 Drop Ship process supports serial and batch managed items. Now we can setup or allocate serial numbers and batch managed items by activating Manage Serial Numbers and Batches in the Warehouse Setup window for drop ship warehouses.

Drop Ship Enhancements in SAP Business One 9.0 Landed Costs In SAP B1 9.0 Landed costs can now be created directly using the Copy From function from an AP invoice without the need of a Goods Receipt. This supports a more streamlined procurement process without goods receipts, saving processing time and increasing efficiency.

Landed Cost Enhancement in SAP Business One 9.0 Item Cost on A/R Returns & Credit Memos

In SAP B1 9.0 the item cost for an item that has been returned via an A/R Returns or A/R Credit Memo can be updated if it has no base document. This feature is activated by checking Allow changing Inv. Cost for Doc. Without Base Document in the Document Settings (per document tab) window. A Return Cost field has been added to the A/R Returns and A/R Credit Memo documents to update the inventory cost at an item level.

Item Cost on Sales Returns in SAP Business One 9.0

System Currency Reconciliations Internal reconciliation functionality in SAP Business One has been extended to support SC management. New posting accounts have been added to enable automatic SC postings when performing any type of internal reconciliation.