SAP Business One is a business management software (ERP) designed for small and medium-sized enterprises, sold by the German company SAP SE. As an ERP solution, it aims to automate key business functions in financials, operations, and human resources. History SAP Business One was initially launched in Israel in 1996 under the name "Menahel" ("manager") or "TopManage", for countries out of Israel. The company was founded by Reuven Agassi (CEO) and Gadi Shamia (VP of sales, marketing and product). The product was designed by Gadi Shamia and the head developer was Hilla Mazinter. In its first years, TopManage was sold in the Israeli market only and was the first Windows/Mac business management product to be offered in the Israeli market. In 2000 TopManage started its global expansion into markets in Europe and Latin America. In March 2002, SAP purchased "TopManage" financial systems and branded their system as SAP Business One. TopManage founders Reuven Agassi and Gadi Shamia were given executive positions at SAP following the acquisition. A year earlier, TopManage's sister company "TopTier" had also been acquired by SAP. TopTier was founded by Reuven Agassi's son Shai Agassi. The acquisition allowed SAP to reach out to the small market through its partners and also to gain additional business from the smaller subsidiaries of its enterprise customers. Releases The history of SAP Business One: Prior to SAP Business One 2004, specific country versions called 6.x existed until the first global release in 2004. Features (modules) SAP Business One is arranged into 15 functional modules, covering the typical functions in a business organization. The most widely used modules are financials, sales opportunities, sales – A/R, purchasing A/P, business partners, banking and inventory. Administration, where the setup of the various core settings in the application are done CRM, where common sales employee tasks link to the other modules (NB: The module is purely here for usability and offer no new features of its own) (only SAP 9.3 and higher) Financials, where the definition of Chart of Account is set up and the core journal entries can be created Opportunities, where Lead generation is used to keep track of potential sales and purchases Sales - A/R, where the sales flow (Quotation > Order > Delivery > AR Invoice) are managed Purchasing - A/P, where the purchase flow (Quotation > Order > GRPO > AP Invoice) are managed Business Partners, where master data of Leads,