SAP Business ByDesign HR & Payroll
SAP Business ByDesign confirms 11 of the 29 hr & payroll capabilities we track, with a further 9 partially covered. Its deepest coverage is in Employee Management; it is thinnest on Talent Management.
SAP Business ByDesign provides solid hr & payroll functionality covering most mid-market requirements. It is not a core differentiator, but it handles standard workflows effectively.
- 11of 29
- Capabilities confirmed
- 171
- Documented features
- Employee Management
- Strongest area
- Talent Management
- Thinnest area
How SAP Business ByDesign scores against the 29 hr & payroll capabilities we track across every ERP in our catalogue.
- Employee Management4 of 7
- Time & Attendance4 of 7
- Payroll & Compensation3 of 7
- Talent Management0 of 8
“Not documented” means our research has not confirmed the capability either way — it is not a finding that SAP Business ByDesign lacks it. Coverage is scored against one shared capability list, so it is comparable between products.
The hr & payroll scope SAP Business ByDesign ships, grouped as the product itself organises it.
Managing My Area4
Gives managers a personal workspace for reviewing pending approval requests and keeping track of their own department's people and activities.
- ApprovalsCollects every task awaiting a manager's sign-off — such as shopping carts, leave requests, or other threshold-triggered items — into a single worklist, using the org hierarchy to route each request to the correct responsible manager.
- Types Of ApprovalsLists the different kinds of approval requests a manager may need to review and act on.
- My DepartmentGives managers an overview of the staff, activities, and performance data belonging to their own department.
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Build my requirements →Cash Flow Management11
Covers the full cash cycle — payables, receivables, payment processing, liquidity, tax, and travel expenses — with automation and analytics to keep working capital under control.
- Travel and ExpensesManages employee travel advances and expense reports, including approvals, mileage and day-based allowances, and country-specific compensation rules.
- Travel AdvancesIssues and tracks cash advances given to employees ahead of business travel.
- Review and Approval of Expense ReportsRoutes submitted expense reports through review and approval before reimbursement.
- Rule of 183 - AustriaApplies Austria's 183-day rule when determining the tax treatment of employee travel.
- Rule of 5/5/15 - AustriaApplies Austria's 5/5/15 rule for calculating per diem allowances on business trips.
- Travel and ExpensesManages employee travel advances and expense reports, including approvals, mileage and day-based allowances, and country-specific compensation rules.
- Travel AdvancesIssues and tracks cash advances given to employees ahead of business travel.
- Review and Approval of Expense ReportsRoutes submitted expense reports through review and approval before reimbursement.
- Rule of 183 - AustriaApplies Austria's 183-day rule when determining the tax treatment of employee travel.
- Rule of 5/5/15 - AustriaApplies Austria's 5/5/15 rule for calculating per diem allowances on business trips.
- Nonmonetary Compensation - GermanyHandles the tax treatment of nonmonetary compensation provided to employees in Germany.
- Expense ArrangementsDefines the policies and limits that govern how employee expenses are reimbursed.
- Expense ReportsLets employees submit expense reports for business costs incurred.
- Expense Settlement Recalculation RunsRecalculates settled expense reports when underlying rates or rules change.
- Mileage AccumulationTracks accumulated mileage claimed by employees for reimbursement purposes.
- Day AccumulationTracks accumulated days claimed for per diem reimbursement purposes.
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Build my requirements →Organizational Management22
Lets administrators build and maintain the org structure that models a company's departments and divisions, define job roles, and set rules for distributing work items to the right org units or employees.
- Org StructuresProvides a view for creating and editing a company's org structures, with a read-only Active Area for browsing structures by date in table or chart form and a Planning Area for making changes, plus tools for defining functions, approvals, manager assignment, and organizational data requirements across business areas.
- Organizational ManagementExplains the core concepts behind modeling and maintaining an organization's structure within the system.
- Guide: Setting Up Your Org StructureWalks administrators step by step through creating a new org structure from scratch.
- FunctionsDefines the functions that can be assigned to org units and positions within the org structure.
- DefinitionsExplains key terms and concepts used throughout organizational management.
- Org StructuresProvides a view for creating and editing a company's org structures, with a read-only Active Area for browsing structures by date in table or chart form and a Planning Area for making changes, plus tools for defining functions, approvals, manager assignment, and organizational data requirements across business areas.
- Organizational ManagementExplains the core concepts behind modeling and maintaining an organization's structure within the system.
- Guide: Setting Up Your Org StructureWalks administrators step by step through creating a new org structure from scratch.
- FunctionsDefines the functions that can be assigned to org units and positions within the org structure.
- DefinitionsExplains key terms and concepts used throughout organizational management.
- Business Constraints and Veto ChecksDescribes the validation rules and veto checks that catch inconsistent or invalid org structure changes.
- Manager AssignmentCovers how managers are assigned responsibility for specific org units within the structure.
- Setting Up ApprovalsExplains how to configure which managers approve which types of requests within the org structure.
- External Business Identifiers in Organizational ManagementCovers how identifiers from external systems can be linked to org units and positions.
- Deviating Business Residence AssignmentsExplains how to assign a business residence to an org unit that differs from its default location.
- Time Dependency: Effective-From Date, Start Date, and ValiditiesExplains how effective-from dates, start dates, and validity periods govern time-based changes to the org structure.
- Organizational Data Requirements for Customer Relationship ManagementLists the organizational data needed to support customer relationship management processes.
- Organizational Data Requirements for FinancialsLists the organizational data needed to support financial processes.
- Organizational Data Requirements for Human ResourcesLists the organizational data needed to support human resources processes.
- Organizational Data Requirements for ProjectsLists the organizational data needed to support project management processes.
- Organizational Data Requirements for Supplier Relationship ManagementLists the organizational data needed to support supplier relationship management processes.
- Organizational Data Requirements for Supply Chain ManagementLists the organizational data needed to support supply chain management processes.
- Job DefinitionDefines job roles that can be assigned to employees and positions within the org structure.
- Work DistributionLets administrators set up rules so tasks and business records route automatically to the org unit or staff member responsible for handling them, based on configurable work categories.
- Work DistributionShows how individual work items get routed automatically to the org unit or employee responsible for handling them.
- Work CategoriesDefines the work categories that represent specific slices of business work, each carrying parameters used to build work distribution rules; until a rule is created, matching items default to Global Work Distribution and stay unassigned.
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Build my requirements →Personnel Administration27
Manages an employee's full life cycle — hiring, transfers, and termination — along with personnel records, routine HR tasks, and tax authority data.
- Employee Life CycleTracks an employee's journey from hire through internal transfers to termination.
- WorkLists open personnel administration tasks — such as pending hires — so HR staff can organize their workload and complete the country-specific payroll data each task requires.
- Complete Payroll Data - AustriaCompletes the payroll data fields required for employees in Austria.
- Complete Payroll Data-AustraliaCompletes the payroll data fields required for employees in Australia.
- Complete Payroll Data – CanadaCompletes the payroll data fields required for employees in Canada.
- Employee Life CycleTracks an employee's journey from hire through internal transfers to termination.
- WorkLists open personnel administration tasks — such as pending hires — so HR staff can organize their workload and complete the country-specific payroll data each task requires.
- Complete Payroll Data - AustriaCompletes the payroll data fields required for employees in Austria.
- Complete Payroll Data-AustraliaCompletes the payroll data fields required for employees in Australia.
- Complete Payroll Data – CanadaCompletes the payroll data fields required for employees in Canada.
- Complete Payroll Data —SwitzerlandCompletes the payroll data fields required for employees in Switzerland.
- Complete Payroll Data - ChinaCompletes the payroll data fields required for employees in China.
- Complete Payroll Data - GermanyCompletes the payroll data fields required for employees in Germany.
- Complete Payroll Data - FranceCompletes the payroll data fields required for employees in France.
- Complete Payroll Data - UKCompletes the payroll data fields required for employees in the United Kingdom.
- Complete Payroll Data - IndiaCompletes the payroll data fields required for employees in India.
- Complete Payroll Data: NetherlandsCompletes the payroll data fields required for employees in the Netherlands.
- Complete Payroll Data — USCompletes the payroll data fields required for employees in the United States.
- Regular TasksCarries out employment events — hiring, transferring, or terminating an employee — that keep personnel data accurate for the payroll provider to pay staff correctly.
- Hire an EmployeeCreates a new employee record and starts their onboarding process.
- Change Tax DataUpdates an employee's tax withholding or registration details.
- EmployeesLists every employee in the company with core details — hire date, department, and country — and lets HR drill into an individual's communication data, assignment, and payroll group.
- The Personnel FileConsolidates an employee's records into a single personnel file.
- Maintaining Employee Social Insurance Data (Germany)Maintains social insurance data required for employees in Germany.
- Partial Retirement in Germany: Payroll HandlingHandles payroll calculations for employees on partial retirement in Germany.
- Change an Employee's Payroll Group AssignmentReassigns an employee to a different payroll group.
- Change an Employee's Payroll Group Assignment -USReassigns a US employee to a different payroll group.
- Add Tax Withholding Data - USAdds federal and state tax withholding details for a US employee.
- AuthoritiesMaintains country-specific tax authority records — status, address, and contact details — that payroll processing relies on, and assigns employees to the correct local authority.
- Set Up Tax Authorities for Payroll ProcessingCreates a new tax authority record for use in payroll processing.
- Assign an Employee to a Newly-Created Local Tax AuthorityLinks an employee to a newly created local tax authority.
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Build my requirements →Time Administration46
Manages employee working time — time types, accounts, recording, and approvals — through configurable time models and periodic closure runs.
- Time TypesCategorizes the kinds of time employees log, such as working time or vacation.
- Time AccountsTracks running balances of time, such as vacation or overtime, for each employee.
- Custom Adjustments for Time AccountsApplies manual corrections to an employee's time account balance.
- Working Time AccountsTracks the balance of hours an employee has worked against their planned schedule.
- Time Account RulesDefines the rules that govern how a time account accrues or is used.
- Time TypesCategorizes the kinds of time employees log, such as working time or vacation.
- Time AccountsTracks running balances of time, such as vacation or overtime, for each employee.
- Custom Adjustments for Time AccountsApplies manual corrections to an employee's time account balance.
- Working Time AccountsTracks the balance of hours an employee has worked against their planned schedule.
- Time Account RulesDefines the rules that govern how a time account accrues or is used.
- Premium PayCalculates extra pay owed for overtime, night, or weekend work.
- Approval OptionsConfigures who must approve an employee's time entries or requests.
- Time Recording ServicesProvides the services that capture and process employee time entries.
- WorkLists open time administration tasks — time files needing review and time requests awaiting approval — so administrators can prioritize their workload.
- Complete Time Data (Hire)Completes the time-related data required when a new employee is hired.
- Regular TasksCarries out periodic time administration work — adjusting work schedules, correcting time valuations, and running day or period closures for one or many employees at once.
- Temporary Change of Work ScheduleMakes a short-term change to an employee's planned work schedule.
- Time ValuationRecalculates recorded time to correct valuation errors.
- Day ClosureCloses a day's time records so postings to time accounts are finalized.
- View Period Closure ResultsDisplays the outcome of a completed time period closure run.
- Maintain a Deviating Holiday Calendar for an EmployeeAssigns an employee a holiday calendar that differs from their standard one.
- Run Day Closure for One EmployeeRuns the day closure process for a single selected employee.
- Review Account BalancesReviews an employee's current time account balances.
- Administer Day Closure RunsSchedules and monitors day closure runs across multiple employees.
- EmployeesOpens each employee's individual time file — present-day and past time records, time profile, time accounts, and a monthly statement of postings and premium pay — for administrators to maintain.
- Using Durations or Clock Times in Time AdministrationLets employees record time as a duration or as clock in/out punches.
- The Time FileConsolidates an employee's time data into a single editable file.
- Time Recording ProfilesDefines how an individual employee is expected to record their time.
- Assign a Vacation Time AccountAssigns a vacation time account to an employee.
- Create a New Ad Hoc Time AccountCreates a one-off time account for a specific, non-recurring purpose.
- Assign a Work ScheduleAssigns a predefined work schedule to an employee.
- Time ModelsBuilds reusable daily, period, or schedule models of planned working and break times, which become an employee's work schedule once assigned.
- Time Models and Work SchedulesExplains how a time model, once assigned, becomes an employee's work schedule.
- Create a Daily ModelDefines a single day's planned working and break times as a reusable model.
- Create a Schedule ModelCombines daily models into a recurring weekly or rotating schedule.
- Create a Period ModelDefines planned working time totals for a longer period, such as a month.
- Create a New Working Day Calendar with a New HolidayAdds a new holiday to a working day calendar.
- Time RecordingEnters and monitors employee time data — whether captured on paper sheets or imported from Excel — for completeness and accuracy, keeping running time account balances up to date.
- The Time SheetShows a weekly overview of an employee's recorded time and resulting account balances.
- Calculations and Fields on the Time Administration Time SheetExplains the calculated fields that appear on the time administration time sheet.
- Status Indicators in Time RecordingFlags the completeness or accuracy status of recorded time entries.
- Period Totals on the Time Administration Time SheetTotals recorded time hours over a selected period on the time sheet.
- Payroll Relevance of Time Recording MethodsExplains which time recording methods feed into payroll processing.
- Project Time RecordingRecords employee time spent working on a specific project task.
- Service Confirmation Based Time RecordingGenerates recorded time automatically from a completed service confirmation.
- Process Time Recording MessagesReviews and resolves error or warning messages generated during time recording.
- Edit Time Punches — Time AdministratorLets a time administrator correct an employee's clock-in and clock-out punches.
- View Time StatementDisplays an employee's monthly time statement of recorded hours and balances.
- Upload Times Using Microsoft Excel®Imports employee time entries in bulk from a Microsoft Excel file.
- Approve Time RecordingsApproves submitted employee time entries before they post to payroll.
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Build my requirements →Compensation13
Sets up and manages employee pay — earnings, deductions, and the components and structures that define them — alongside routine compensation tasks.
- Compensation BasicsIntroduces the core concepts and setup steps for managing employee compensation.
- WorkLists open compensation tasks — such as employee compensation files awaiting completion or review — for HR staff to work through.
- Complete Compensation Data - HireCompletes the compensation data required when a new employee is hired.
- Regular TasksCarries out routine compensation-related tasks for employees.
- EmployeesLists employees and their associated compensation files.
- Compensation BasicsIntroduces the core concepts and setup steps for managing employee compensation.
- WorkLists open compensation tasks — such as employee compensation files awaiting completion or review — for HR staff to work through.
- Complete Compensation Data - HireCompletes the compensation data required when a new employee is hired.
- Regular TasksCarries out routine compensation-related tasks for employees.
- EmployeesLists employees and their associated compensation files.
- Compensation ComponentsDefines the recurring and one-off earnings and deductions — salary, bonuses, overtime, and similar payment elements — that make up an employee's pay, and maps them to time administration and payroll.
- Compensation ComponentsManages the list of active compensation components available for assignment.
- Create a New Compensation ComponentCreates a new earnings or deduction component for use in compensation.
- Maintain Time Account Type MappingMaps time account types to the compensation components they affect.
- Maintain Time Type MappingMaps time types to the compensation components they affect.
- Compensation StructuresGroups compensation components into structures that define an employee's overall pay package.
- Compensation StructuresDefines a named grouping of compensation components assignable to employees.
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Build my requirements →Organizational Management22
Creates and maintains the organizational structure that represents a company's departments and divisions in the system, giving every business area a consistent view of the organization. Set up initially during business configuration, it can also be edited later by an authorized administrator.
- Org StructuresDisplays and manages a company's organizational structures, letting authorized users view them for a past, current, or future date as a table or as a chart. An editable planning area is used to build and change structures before they go live.
- Organizational ManagementDisplays and navigates a company's organizational structure in table or chart format.
- Guide: Setting Up Your Org StructureWalks through the steps for setting up a company's organizational structure.
- FunctionsDefines the functions that can be assigned to positions within an org structure.
- DefinitionsExplains the key terms and concepts used in organizational management.
- Org StructuresDisplays and manages a company's organizational structures, letting authorized users view them for a past, current, or future date as a table or as a chart. An editable planning area is used to build and change structures before they go live.
- Organizational ManagementDisplays and navigates a company's organizational structure in table or chart format.
- Guide: Setting Up Your Org StructureWalks through the steps for setting up a company's organizational structure.
- FunctionsDefines the functions that can be assigned to positions within an org structure.
- DefinitionsExplains the key terms and concepts used in organizational management.
- Business Constraints and Veto ChecksRuns validation checks that block an org structure change violating business rules.
- Manager AssignmentAssigns a manager to an organizational unit or position.
- Setting Up ApprovalsConfigures approval routing based on a company's organizational structure.
- External Business Identifiers in Organizational ManagementRecords external identifiers used to reference an org unit outside the system.
- Deviating Business Residence AssignmentsAssigns a business residence to an org unit that differs from its default location.
- Time Dependency: Effective-From Date, Start Date, and ValiditiesExplains how effective-from dates and validity periods govern changes to organizational data over time.
- Organizational Data Requirements for Customer Relationship ManagementLists the organizational data required to support customer relationship management processes.
- Organizational Data Requirements for FinancialsLists the organizational data required to support financial accounting processes.
- Organizational Data Requirements for Human ResourcesLists the organizational data required to support human resources processes.
- Organizational Data Requirements for ProjectsLists the organizational data required to support project management processes.
- Organizational Data Requirements for Supplier Relationship ManagementLists the organizational data required to support supplier relationship management processes.
- Organizational Data Requirements for Supply Chain ManagementLists the organizational data required to support supply chain management processes.
- Job DefinitionDefines job roles used to classify positions within the organizational structure.
- Work DistributionManages how work items are distributed within a company by defining rules that determine which org unit or employee is responsible for a given task. The system, guided by work category, either routes the item directly or proposes the org unit on the related business document.
- Work DistributionDefines rules that route a work item to the responsible org unit or employee.
- Work CategoriesCategorizes work items to determine how work distribution rules apply to them.
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Build my requirements →Resource Management12
Finds and staffs available employees or service agents onto projects and service orders, based on skills, capacity, and existing commitments.
- Resource SearchSearches for employees or service agents suited to a project or task.
- Search for a Suitable ResourceFinds a resource matching the skills and availability a task requires.
- Resource Search View (Based on Commitment Quantity Specified Under Project Team and Staffing)Searches for resources available to staff a project within a given period, showing remaining availability for the coming weeks and letting managers edit future project commitments directly.
- Working with the Availability CalendarDisplays a graphical calendar of employees' project commitments and remaining availability.
- Resource Search View (Based on Planned Work Specified at the Task Level of a Project)Finds employees with a given number of free hours in a period by netting out gross capacity against absences, holidays, assigned project tasks, and service order commitments.
- Resource SearchSearches for employees or service agents suited to a project or task.
- Search for a Suitable ResourceFinds a resource matching the skills and availability a task requires.
- Resource Search View (Based on Commitment Quantity Specified Under Project Team and Staffing)Searches for resources available to staff a project within a given period, showing remaining availability for the coming weeks and letting managers edit future project commitments directly.
- Working with the Availability CalendarDisplays a graphical calendar of employees' project commitments and remaining availability.
- Resource Search View (Based on Planned Work Specified at the Task Level of a Project)Finds employees with a given number of free hours in a period by netting out gross capacity against absences, holidays, assigned project tasks, and service order commitments.
- Resource Calendar (Based on Planned Work Specified at the Task Level of a Project)Shows a resource's assignments based on project task work packages and service orders.
- Resource ProfilesLists every resource — employee or service agent — with communication data, organizational assignment, and attachments, giving resource managers a single place to update skills, availability, and general data.
- Working with Resource ProfilesExplains how to view and update the data held in a resource profile.
- Resource Availability PeriodSets the date range during which a resource is available for staffing.
- Absence Management for Service AgentsRecords planned and unplanned absences for service agents.
- Update a Resource ProfileUpdates the skills, availability, or general data on a resource's profile.
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Build my requirements →Other capabilities14
- Posting of Payroll Results Using Microsoft Excel® UploadPosts payroll results into the system by uploading a Microsoft Excel file.
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Build my requirements →SAP Business ByDesign HR & Payroll screens
What hr & payroll actually looks like in SAP Business ByDesign.
The SAP Business ByDesign Evaluation Kit
An independent assessment of SAP Business ByDesign — strengths, gaps and real pricing — plus a requirements template you can score its hr & payroll against alongside every other system on your shortlist.
SAP Business ByDesign Evaluation Kit
2026 Edition · PDF guide + XLSX template
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- Buyer's guide (PDF): SAP Business ByDesign independently assessed — where it is strong, where it is not, and what it actually costs
- Requirements template (XLSX): weight your requirements and score vendors side by side
- Built to work with the 29 hr & payroll capabilities scored on this page
- The questions to put to the vendor and to implementation partners
SAP Business ByDesign Evaluation Kit
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HR & Payroll coverage across the systems most often shortlisted alongside it, scored against the same capability list.
| Area |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employee Management | 4+2/7 | 6/7 | 1+3/7 |
| Time & Attendance | 4+2/7 | 3+2/7 | 0+3/7 |
| Payroll & Compensation | 3+3/7 | 3+3/7 | 1/7 |
| Talent Management | 0+2/8 | 1+4/8 | — |
Each cell reads confirmed+partial/scored. Grey reflects capabilities our research has not confirmed either way — it is not a finding that a product lacks them.
HR & Payroll — strength by vendor
| Vendor | Strength | Best for | Starting price | Implementation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ★★★ strong | Large enterprises moving from on-premise Oracle to cloud | Custom | 9–18 months | |
 | ★★★ strong | Mid-to-large companies in the Microsoft ecosystem | $50/user/mo | 6–14 months | |
 | ★★★ strong | Large enterprises wanting industry-specific cloud ERP | Custom | 9–18 months | |
 | ★★★ strong | People-centric organisations needing unified HR + finance | Custom | 6–12 months | |
 | ★★★ strong | Public sector, education, and professional services organisations | $95/user/mo | 5–10 months | |
 | ★★★ strong | Government contractors, A&E firms, and project-centric businesses | $75/user/mo | 4–9 months | |
| ★★★ strong | Large manufacturers and distributors with complex operations | Custom | 9–18 months | |
| ★★★ strong | Existing GP customers planning migration to Dynamics 365 Business Central | $75/user/mo | 3–6 months |
Evaluating hr & payroll on SAP Business ByDesign
What to put in front of the vendor before you commit.
- 1Country-specific payroll and tax compliance
- 2Multi-country and multi-currency payroll
- 3Integration with time clocks and biometric systems
- 4Talent management depth (recruiting, performance, learning)
- 5Employee self-service and mobile access
SAP Business ByDesign starts at $120/user/mo with a typical total cost of $100K–$400K and a 4–8 months implementation.
Full SAP Business ByDesign pricing breakdown →SAP Business ByDesign implementation partners
Firms with proven SAP Business ByDesign delivery experience — start here rather than an open RFP.
delaware
PlatinumLondon, United Kingdom
SAP Platinum Partner and Platinum Reseller. 2024 SAP Pinnacle Award winner for SAP BTP customer value. SAP's leading Digital Supply Chain partner in EMEA. Present in 19 countries.
Products: SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud, SAP S/4HANA On-Premise
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Birchman
PlatinumBracknell, United Kingdom
Birchman is a UK founded business transformation and IT consultancy specialising in SAP and ERP solutions. We're a Global SAP Platinum Partner and the primary UK member of United VARs, the world's largest alliance of SAP solution providers, giving us access to local expertise and delivery capability in 80+ countries. We help organisations plan, migrate to and thrive on SAP Cloud ERP (S/4HANA), whether that's moving off legacy ECC6, running a phased cloud migration or optimising an existing SAP landscape. Our services cover the full transformation lifecycle: strategy and target operating model design, ERP implementation, data analytics, cloud infrastructure, application development, and IT governance. We back this with industry specific accelerator packages for Mining, CPG, and Professional Services, drawing on 20+ years of sector experience. Over that time, we've built a reputation not just for delivering transformation projects but for steadying them. Brought in when a project needs a safe pair of hands to see it through to a successful outcome. It's why so many customers trust us with their most critical digital transformation and SAP work. We measure our success by our customers', helping them get the most out of their SAP investment, not just at go-live but for years afterwards. Our Application Management Services and ongoing consultancy keep that relationship going, with continuous improvement built in as standard. We're big enough to lead complex, global transformation projects and boutique enough to still care about every client we work with.
Products: SAP Cloud ERP (S/4HANA) Public & Private, Business Technology Platform, Implementation
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TEKROI PRIVATE LIMITED
PlatinumHyderabad, India
TEKROI Private Limited is a Hyderabad-based SAP Business One partner operating under SAP PartnerEdge (Sell & Service). Founded in 2020 by Venkata Siva Reddy Polu and Anitha Vennapusa, the firm rests on a founding team whose first SAP Business One go-lives date back to 2005 — more than 20 years of practice and over 350 implementations delivered across roughly 30 countries, spanning India, Nepal, East and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the UK and Europe, and the Americas. A team of 60+ consultants, developers and support engineers works from the company's Innovation Hub in Bowenpally, Hyderabad, with a second office in Kathmandu, Nepal. Services cover new SAP Business One implementations on both SQL Server and HANA, SQL-to-HANA migration, cloud subscriptions, post go-live support and AMC, analytics, and IoT integration. Delivery is organised into 32 industry-specific solutions — 25 of them manufacturing verticals — including pharmaceutical API and formulation, chemicals and blending, food and confectionery, cement, steel and natural stone, cables and LED, automotive and two-wheeler CKD assembly, aerospace and defence components, medical devices, pre-engineered buildings, construction and EPC projects, trading and distribution, retail, healthcare services, agri warehousing and logistics, and technology services. TEKROI also develops TEKAI, an AI layer that connects assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Perplexity to live SAP Business One data. SAP featured TEKAI in its global AI Partner Innovations playbook as one of only four Generative AI solutions for SAP Business One worldwide, and the only one from an Asia-based partner. The company name captures its approach: TEK for technology, ROI for return on investment.
Products: SAP Business One, SAP Business One AI MCP Connector, SAP Business One on HANA
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LeverX
PlatinumMiami, United States
LeverX is an SAP Gold Partner with SAP as its core area of expertise. Since 2003, we have grown alongside SAP through every major technology shift, from ERP modernization and in-memory computing to Cloud ERP, data-driven architectures, and enterprise AI. Today, our team of 2,200+ professionals has delivered more than 1,500 SAP projects worldwide. We support the full SAP lifecycle, from advisory and implementation to product engineering, managed services, and continuous innovation, across SAP Cloud ERP, SAP Business AI Platform, and other SAP solutions. We contribute to the SAP ecosystem through proprietary accelerators, including SAP IPS, SAP IPD Formulation, BMAX, and LeverX Data Management Platform. AI is embedded throughout our delivery, combining SAP Business AI, Joule, and leading enterprise AI platforms under a governed framework.
Products: SAP Cloud ERP, SAP Cloud ERP Private, SAP Business AI Platform
View profile →SAP Business ByDesign HR & Payroll FAQ
Does ByDesign run payroll natively, or just track HR data?
It does both — payroll processing and compensation management are native, alongside workforce administration, org structures, and time recording. HR is rated moderate: solid for core personnel administration, but companies with complex multi-country payroll compliance often layer in a specialist payroll provider.
Can time recording tie into project billing?
Yes — time and labor management captures hours against tasks, and where those tasks sit on a billable project, the time flows into project cost and revenue reporting. This connection is one reason professional-services firms use ByDesign for both HR and project accounting together.
Does HR support approval workflows for time off and expenses?
Yes — time administration and expense reimbursement both route through configurable approval steps, tied to the org structure so requests go to the right manager automatically rather than needing manual routing.
How does resource management work for staffing projects?
Resource profiles capture each employee's skills and availability, and resource search views let project managers find people either by planned work at the task level or by committed capacity already staffed to a project — useful for services firms balancing utilization across projects.
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