SAP Business One integration for SAP NetWeaver (B1iSN) is a special solution for customers, running SAP NW components in their headquarters and SAP Business One in their subsidiaries. B1iSN is running centrally in the HQ and integrates the subsidiaries into the overall enterprise business processes. You can run B1iSN integrated via SAP XI or with direct connections. B1iSN comes along with out-of-the-box integration scenarios, e.g. for master data, sales processes and reporting and allows the implementation of any individual scenario to the customer’s needs.
The term B1i is addressing a bundle of solutions to integrate Business Applications of SAP.
All B1i solutions are based on a common SAP technology layer (B1iP). This layer is a break through innovation in integration to answer the typical nightmare of complexity and diversity with a strict model-driven approach. Instead of complex, high-cost implementation, it enables strong low-cost, reliable integration solutions with minimal requirements to resources and skills.
To run high integrated apps with state-of-the-art integration software is affordable only for large enterprises with a huge IT budget. With B1i, SAP opens now the high integrated world even for Small Businesses.
The SAP Business One Integration framework (B1if) is integral part of the SAP SB ERP system SAP Business One 8.8.1. It is used by SAP to enable inbuilt functionality like Dashboards, the B1 Mobile solution or the Datev-HR integration and optionally allows the customer to implement the individual integration to his business partners in a high efficient way by the graphical flow designer. B1if is high declarative with strong focus on reliability. It provides all needed connectivity be it the old fashioned like file, ftp, sql, the new web 2.0 technologies or native support for SAP R/3, SAP Business One, SAP XI, etc.
The Business One Branch Consolidation (B1BC) is running on top of B1if. It is an out-of-the-box solution for customers which are running multiple SAP Business One systems connected to each other. B1BC is automatically synchronizing the business data and provides a strong financial consolidation.
Related Topics
Business One Branch Consolidation (B1BC)
Business One Integration Framework (B1if)
Integration Services
CitiXsys provides application integration services to large corporations with SAP ERP having subsidiaries, vendors and associated companies running SAP Business One.
Few companies using B1i Framework
Supply chain management applications (for managing inventory and shipping), customer relationship management applications (for managing current and potential customers), business intelligence applications (for finding patterns from existing data from operations), and other types of applications (for managing data such as human resources data, health care, internal communications, etc) typically cannot communicate with one another in order to share data or business rules. For this reason, such applications are sometimes referred to as islands of automation or information silos. This lack of communication leads to inefficiencies, wherein identical data are stored in multiple locations, or straightforward processes are unable to be automated.
Enterprise application integration (EAI) is the process of linking such applications within a single organization together in order to simplify and automate business processes to the greatest extent possible, while at the same time avoiding having to make sweeping changes to the existing applications or data structures. In the words of theGartner Group, EAI is the “unrestricted sharing of data and business processes among any connected application or data sources in the enterprise.”
B1i Framework is the only integration framework with SAP Business One DI Adapter and integrates seamlessly SAP Business One with any application. CitiXsys is the leader of B1i integration services with largest number of B1i consultants globally engaged in several projects.
