Zirkel Technologies GmbH and SMS Business Software Solution GmbH (SMS ERP) are entering into a strategic partnership. Together the two firms address a need the SAP market has barely covered so far: the structured move of oversized ERP landscapes - from SAP R/3 as well as from SAP S/4HANA - to the lean, production-focused SAP Business One PRODUCTION platform. The focus is on carve-outs, subsidiaries and mid-sized manufacturers whose enterprise ERP is more expensive and more complex than their business requires.
Zirkel Technologies has operated since 2016 as a vendor-neutral consulting and implementation house for SAP, Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics 365 in the industrial Mittelstand - with sector focus in mechanical and plant engineering, metalworking, steel and metals trading, and the paper and chemical industries.
SMS Business Software Solution GmbH has developed ERP software for manufacturing for more than 30 years. With SAP Business One PRODUCTION the company offers a solution built on SAP Business One and tailored to metalworking, mechanical engineering and steel and metals trading - with continuous production control from multi-level bills of material and variant configuration through capacity planning and shop floor data capture to paperless mobile production and real-time dashboards.
The combination produces one continuous migration path: Zirkel contributes sector knowledge, SAP migration expertise and a structured rightsizing methodology - from functional and fit-gap analysis through data migration to go-live. SMS ERP supplies the production-focused target platform in SAP Business One PRODUCTION, covering exactly the processes that matter in the Mittelstand. Both remain entirely inside the SAP world: this is not a route away from SAP, but a route to the right SAP tier.
“Not every company needs the full depth of an enterprise suite - but every company needs the right one. Many carve-outs and mid-sized manufacturers carry the cost and the complexity of a landscape built for an entirely different scale. We help them move to the right tier within the SAP world - leaner, faster, and without paying for functions they will never use.” Kapil Gupta · Managing Director, Zirkel Technologies GmbH
“There is a great deal of talk about migrating upward. Hardly anyone dares to take the opposite route, which for many operations is the commercially smarter one. With SAP Business One PRODUCTION we have shown for years that manufacturers can map their processes fully digitally - without the ballast of an oversized landscape. In Zirkel Technologies we have the partner who delivers that move cleanly, with sector knowledge and without disruption.” Peter Faßbinder · Managing Director, SMS Business Software Solution GmbH
For customers, the partnership means a clearly owned route out of an oversized ERP landscape into a production-focused solution - with one team accountable for migration, sector processes and target platform, instead of a project that fails at the interfaces between vendors.
About Zirkel Technologies
Zirkel Technologies GmbH is a vendor-neutral consulting and implementation house for the Mittelstand, focused on SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Salesforce, MuleSoft and Data & AI. Headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, with offices in Vienna, Zurich, Oakville, Riga and Noida; founded 2016. Digital transformation that moves your business forward.
About SMS ERP
SMS Business Software Solution GmbH (SMS ERP) has developed ERP software for the manufacturing industry for more than 30 years. With SAP Business One PRODUCTION the company offers a solution built on SAP Business One and specialised in metalworking, mechanical engineering and steel and metals trading - from intelligent planning through paperless mobile production to real-time analytics. Available in the cloud or on premise. www.smserp.de
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