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Super Sailmakers Selects SAP Business One

Published: July 16, 2008

Super Sailmakers selected SAP Business One to support all core areas of its fast–growing and increasingly international business.

SAP AG recently announced the 20,000th customer for SAP Business One, its integrated business management application for small businesses, proving the rapid market adoption rate of the application, for which SAP has been able to double its customer base in less than two years.

Super Sailmakers, a one–stop shop for all sail needs founded in 1973 and based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, selected SAP Business One to support all core areas of its fast–growing and increasingly international business. It took only one product demonstration from SAP partner Netsirk to convince the company to replace its legacy system, and only 30 days to turn the decision into business value. Now, SAP Business One, together with the complementary e–commerce solution Netsirk Credit Card Processing by SAP partner Netsirk and Third Wave Ship Link by SAP partner Third Wave Business Systems, form the one–stop business solution for Super Sailmakers. Of Super Sailmakers' 15 employees, eight work with the integrated business management application to run the entire business, from closing deals, producing and shipping products to customers and resellers on time, managing the financials, tracking production, expanding the relationships with the business network, to delivering various services.

"We are considered a small company, but as such our business is highly diversified and shows high growth rates, which makes it hard to find a suitable software solution," said Bob Meagher III, Vice President, Super Sailmakers. "With multiple locations selling directly to sailors, boat dealers and manufacturers in the United States, Caribbean and Europe, we needed to consolidate our management and operations in a single platform, integrating our high-end services to large cruising yachts with our unique requirements as a sailmaker for smaller boats. SAP wasn't really on our minds, but SAP Business One, combined with the knowledgeable solutions and customer-focused record of Netsirk, clearly addressed our unique business needs best and met our expectations for ease-of-use, flexibility and affordability."