Although not a manufacturing business, complex distribution such as industrial equipment distributers have needs that align more with an Engineer to Order manufacturer than they do with a regular volume distribution business. The fixed fee complex distribution pricing for full training and implementation is shown below. If you are interested in implementing Business Central for your engineering service-oriented distributer, then these fixed fee implementations are for you. Review the features included in each level, and select the tier that is right for you.
Some customers need extras (or are looking for something between two tiers). You can choose from the add-ons at the bottom of this page to customize your implementation.
Finally, a one-size-fits-all for Business Central industrial equipment distribution pricing doesn’t really exist. Larger teams always lead to more complex projects and smaller teams are simpler. Sabre has removed support, project management, and custom one-on-one tutoring and coaching from our fixed price. Instead, customers pay an in-project fee called Project Excellence to cover all these costs. This means smaller customers pay less, and larger customers pay more – which makes the pricing equitable and more accurate.
The Small Print
Project Excellence is CAD $175 USD $150 per user per month during training – minimum 10 users.
Only custom programming or on-site activities are not included in your fixed project costs.
Bronze equipment distribution pricing is meant for smaller or simpler businesses that do not need complex warehousing. This level assumes businesses do not need only kitting and basic value-added capabilities.
This project is great to get off the ground quickly with an “out of the box” implementation of all the basic features, leaving anything more advanced for phase 2.
No significant customizations are supported in Bronze projects. No ISV / 3rd party add-ons will be used.
Silver is meant for more complex distributers with some engineering labor and mid-complexity warehousing. It assumes service is ad-hoc and not run as a separate full-service department with contract engagements.
This project still focuses on “out of the box” but leaves more room for advanced features and opens the door to somewhat complex customizations or 3rd party add-ons.
Limited customizations are supported in Silver projects. Selected ISV / 3rd Party add-ons are included. Programming fees and ISV add-on licenses are always extra.
Customizations of almost any type are supported in Gold projects. Most ISV / 3rd party add-ons are available. Programming fees and ISV add-on licenses are always extra.
General Ledger Basics, Posting Group Concepts and Setup, Standard P&L and Balance Sheet
Tax Use and Setup
Cash Management, Bank Reconciliation, Bank Maintenance
Vendors, AP, Vendor Payments, Customers, AR, Deposits, and Cash Receipts
Foreign Currency (for Canadian Businesses)
Sales Prepayments
Sales Prepayments, Accruals and Deferrals, Foreign Currencies (all businesses), Responsibility Centers
Item Management, Perpetual Inventory, FIFO Costing
Core Business Central Relationship Management
Purchase Quotes, Purchase Orders, Receipts, Requisition Worksheet
Sales Quotes, Sales Orders, Shipments, Ship-to-Address, National Accounts
Available to Promise and Capable to Promise
Sold Item Serial Tracking (Excludes Purchased Items and Current Inventory)
Drop Shipping, Blanket Purchase and Sales Orders, Delivery Calendars, Transfer Orders
Bin Management and Warehouse Complexity Level 3, Transfer Orders, Warehouse Shipments
Variants, Lots, and Serial Numbers
Warehouse Picks, Put-Aways, Moves, Receipts
Planning Worksheet MRP, Advanced Planning Settings
Dynamics 365 Sales Professional Quickstart
Service Orders, Service Quotes, Service Items
Lifetime Item Service History
Service Contracts, Service Fault Codes, Service Zones
Jobs, Job Tasks, Job Planning Lines
Job Cost Collection, Labor Collection, Buy to Job, Project Complete Costing
Time Card Reporting, Job Journal Entry
Job Budgets vs Actuals
Assembly Bill of Material, Assemble to Order, Assemble to Stock
Word Template Training
Data Loading Training
ExpandIT Field Service Mobile Devices and Scheduling (License and ExpandIT Installation Extra)
Warehouse Insights WMS Basic Setup and Training, Warehouse Shipments, Receiving vs POs, Picks, PutAways
Configure an additional operating company with the same G/L and identical customizations, the same functionality, and report layouts. Used when you have 2 or more manufacturing facilities that are a separate legal entity.
Implement full Complexity 6 Warehouse Management as defined in Business Central Design Details for Warehouse Management. Note that Silver includes Complexity 3 Warehousing which is perfect for 95% of customers.
Add and configure service management in Business Central. Service Orders, Service Quotes, Service Dispatching, Service Items, Resources, Service Contracts, Root Cause, Failure Codes, Service Charges
Configure Intercompany operations in Business Central, including General Journals, Purchases, Sales, and other standard IC functions. Included in IC Setup are 2 operating companies (as if you choose the Additional Operating Co. add-on) plus one consolidation Co.
For customers with a Silver implementation who wish to implement Warehouse Insights, this optional add-on adds Warehouse Insights WMS Basic Setup and Training, Warehouse Shipments, Receiving vs POs, Picks, PutAways similar to the Gold level.
Incl. License Plate and Adv. Count features if purchased. Licenses required.
ExpandIT Field Service Essentials implementation. Includes the installation fees for setup of a single business unit with ExpandIT, excludes all software fees. Training and implementation cover the use of ExpandIT Scheduling, Data Collection Setup, Field Service mobile device, etc.
If you have tractor-fed checks, MICR printed, or otherwise use a non-standard (not a laser printed, pre-printed check with one of Check/Stub/Stub, Stub/Stub/Check, or Stub/Check/Stub format) you will need this add-on.
Use the basic Jobs functionality for internal projects such as R&D or facility construction or move. Does not include WIP processing. Is not meant to be used for manufacturing. Comes with: Jobs; Job Tasks; Job Planning Lines; Labor Collection (Timesheets); Buy to Job (Out of Box)
Implement Jobs for Manufacturing, including the use of WIP recognition (percentage complete). Includes training for Sabre ETO add-on. Comes with: WIP Worksheet Training; Job Pricelists; Advanced WIP Concepts; Jobs for Service; Sabre ETO Basic and Advanced Training. Requires Jobs for Internal Projects.
Sabre ETO software licenses extra.
Add-on production manufacturing features BOM, Routing, Production Order Management, Flushing, Planning Worksheet for MPS and MRP. This is only required for businesses with extensive manufacturing equipment.
We answer this question in a blog meant to help you determine how many users you will need. You can read it here.
You have to pay for Project Excellence based on the number of FULL users you will go live with. This is the only way to fairly measure the size of your business and therefore the extra costs that will be associated with the project. Project Excellence is meant to capture the price difference between a large customer with many users to be trained and a small customer with few.
We have found that customers complete many “phase 2” activities on their own with just the continuing support from Sabre after the project ends. Sometimes a small amount of extra support can be added for brief periods to facilitate continuous process improvement with your team. This is by far the best way to achieve phase 2 activities. Measure the return on investment of each extra task, and execute them so long as they make sense to do.
Sabre wants to help your business with ongoing continuous improvement in Business Central. We offer Business Excellence, our premium support program. The cost is $70 USD/$ 87.50 CAD and it is mandatory for the 12 months after your project ends. Business Excellence entitles you to several benefits:
– Unlimited email and remote support incidents
– Unlimited coaching and consulting engagements (first come first serve)
– Use of our Business Excellence addon module with dozens of helpful features
Business Central Engineer to order implementation projects are made up of three phases – Implementation, Go-Live, and Transition. Implementation varies depending on the tier of your project. Bronze tends to be 5 months, Silver is 7 months and Gold is 9 months in length. Go-Live is one month. Transition is two months.
The average Silver project is 7 months of implementation, followed by a go-live with 1 month of intense support and then 2 months of transition.
Customers who want to add more resources to a project and dedicate more hours can shorten that time significantly. There is a limit on how fast any ERP project can go – usually based on decision making, testing, and training hours available to your team.
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