SAP AG has introduced Business One application 8.82, an update in its portfolio of on-premise and hosted business management offerings for small businesses.

SAP Business One 8.82 offers new capabilities for campaign management and material requirements planning, as well as business partner, infrastructure and inventory enhancements. With SAP Business One 8.82, starter package availability is expanded to include all application localisations.

The latest version extends Customer Relationship Management (CRM) functionality which enables businesses to create, maintain and analyse multi-channel marketing campaign information.

SAP Business One 8.82 provide better control, greater visibility and increased flexibility with inventory allocations, the deliveries are automatically created, invoices can be manually developed by which customers can benefit from cost savings.

In addition, Business One 8.82 delivers an enhanced MRP module which has a more powerful and flexible MRP wizard, informative recommendation reports, new options for calendar week display and improved forecasting capabilities.

SAP Business One 8.82 also delivers effective long-term business planning and a configuration wizard which guides users through the essential settings in the various application areas and allows them to compare configuration settings that have been previously saved in order to detect changes to the configuration that may cause errors.

coresystems ag CEO Manuel Grenacher said with this new release, SAP Business One has achieved a new level of maturity.
"It has now unfolded its full potential, embracing innovations like mobility, to become the de facto standard for the needs of small and midsized companies," said Grenacher.

SAP Business One 8.82 is available through starter packages and subscription-based hosting options.