Volume Number: 26
Issue Number: 09
Column Tag: Kool Tools

Kool Tools: Hansaworld Enterprise

Flexible, multi-platform business solutions

by Dennis Sellers

Flexible, multi-platform business solutions

Hansaworld Enterprise (http://www.hansaworld.com/global?lc=EN&cc=global) is an Integrated Business Management (IBP) that runs on the Mac, as well as Windows and Linux systems. It supports multiple currencies and consolidation of data from different companies.

Detail from Enterprise

Hansaworld Enterprise is designed to be flexible. You can mix and match different operating systems in your implementation. The server can be run on various configurations of the aforementioned operating systems, and users can log in via clients on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, web browsers and a range of mobile devices.

You can even run Enterprise from multiple locations without terminal emulation or other third-party solutions. This is pretty important if you want real-time management reporting across a variety of shops, offices or companies.

Hansaworld Enterprise offers logistics and stock, plus a large selection of vertical solutions, in addition to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) & Customer Relationship Management (CRM). It supports MS SQL, IBM's DB2 or Oracle databases and includes a web shop and corporate portal.

At its core, the Enterprise ERP system offers the typical Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) modules of accounts, order processing, stock, manufacturing and job costing. By offering a range of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) modules — such as email, document management, graphical calendars and schedulers, and a bulletin board, all in the same application — the system is able to offer interaction between its component elements.

Enterprise ERP software system also provides a series of modules designed for specific industries, which means you can expand it to fit your needs. In addition to ERP & CRM, ERP system Enterprise offers logistics and stock, mobile and WAN access, plus a large selection of vertical solutions.

You can use HansaWorld Enterprise's integrated workflow to trigger additional working steps such as follow-ups, authorizations or automated SMSs, on-screen messages or emails and more.

Detail from Enterprise

You can enter transactions in any currency you like. Hansaworld Enterprise supports not only multi-currency but also dual base currency. The difference between the two is that with a dual based system, each transaction is stored in two different base currencies with the correct exchange rate at the date of the transaction. This allows companies to report on transactions without revaluing the transactions in the secondary currency

With Hansaworld Enterprise, you can mark each line of every transaction with up to 15 levels of analysis. This lets you measure the turnover and profitability of the different facets of your business.

Enterprise has a real-time web engine that allows you to create web sites and quickly make changes to the content. There are templates for text and picture-based web sites and web shops, supporting customer-specific views of the website, flexible item groups, and even multiple languages. Other external parties can be given web browser access to any part of the system.

HansaWorld will customize Enterprise to your specific requirements using Hansa Applications Language (HAL). The changes are made directly in the application instead of using a toolkit to link a separate application.

Dennis Sellers is a long time journalist. He started in the newspaper business, but has been in the online journalism business for the past 15 years. He's the editor/publisher of Macsimum News (http://www.macsimumnews.com)