With business management software, both small and medium-sized companies can grow sustainably and generate competitive advantages. Therefore, a precise examination or Software-Differentiation is good to get an overview.

In the course of 2022, the automotive industry made many innovations that suppliers must implement.

With version 2023-02 of our logistics add-on SCM Automotive from the APLIKO Solutions Suite developed for SAP Business One, we have reacted to these requirements and made some significant innovations in the product, which we will briefly explain to you below.

Before introducing a new software solution, decision-makers ask themselves many general questions, what is our "AIM", our goal? Deeper questions are:

The Catena-X Automotive Network is working on a rapidly scalable, expandable ecosystem in which all participants in the automotive value chain can participate. The goal of this network is to create a uniform standard for the exchange of information and data in the entire automotive value chain.

We know the requirements of the automotive industry and support automotive suppliers in meeting the complex requirements of their customers. And this with the help of our Automotive Competence Team (ACT).

Our knowledge of systems and processes enables us to very quickly record operational and system-technical conditions. This helps to compare them with the possibilities of SAP Business One^® and the modules of the APLIKO Solutions Suite and to offer our customers optimal overall solutions.

Current developments in the automotive industry are not passing trends. Topics such as digitization, electromobility,  and so on represent a downright revolution for the industry and require modern ERP systems. It is precisely these that will fundamentally change traditional business models as well as supply and value chains. Automotive suppliers are therefore dependent on a modern software solution. They are thus prepared for the future and can secure the pole position in their market segment by investing in their process excellence at an early stage.

The APLIKO Solutions Suite with its modules Automotive, Industry and Factoring is a web-based and cloud-capable software, which includes Production data acquisition and can be used on any device with a browser.

In today's world, mobile access to data and processes can be necessary at any time. The APLIKO Solutions Suite has web-based software modules and is therefore available on every Device that can be used with a browser.

The APLIKO Solutions Suite is a web-based software and can be used on any device with a browser. In addition to the "normal" user interface, various scan functions are also available. These are also available for areas that are not in the SCM functional area.

A goods issue for items without a batch or serial number is still a relatively simple process for logistics applications at an automotive supplier. A delivery note and a package number are reserved and the goods tags can also be created several days before the actual production.