SAP Business Network Buyer
Benefits to Buyers

A Single Point of Contact to Manage All Your Supplier Interactions

The SAP Business Network™ is one of the world's largest, open, business-transacting networks, with more than 100,000 e-enabled vendors transacting with hundreds of the world's largest buying organizations. By providing a single point of integration to trade globally in real time, the SAP Business Network gives buying organizations a powerful solution to efficiently manage supplier interactions across the spend management lifecycle—resulting in immediate bottom line savings.

Adding up the Benefits

The extensive resources and functionality provided by SAP Business Network give buying organizations the following advantages:

  • Significant savings compared to building a corporate portal and managing multiple, point-to-point connections
  • Rapid supplier enablement and lower supplier support costs
  • Better procurement process control and efficiency
  • Support for global transactions across many formats, multiple languages and currencies, and a wide range of commodity categories


Benefits to Buying Organizations


Supplier Enablement
 
  • Multiple levels of supplier integration via a web-based interface (HTML), email, fax, or automated access via cXML and EDI
  • A range of supplier registration options, including online self service or bulk ramp
  • Extensive online documentation, training, and testing tools
Supplier Discovery and Sourcing
 
  • A searchable supplier profile to find qualified suppliers
  • Public catalog search for reviewing supplier offerings
  • The ability to publish category-specific sourcing events (RFXs)*
  • A supplier contact manager that identifies appropriate supplier contacts
Order Routing and Management
 
  • Order routing in supplier-defined formats: cXML, EDI (ANSI x12, EDIFACT), web-based interface (HTML), email, or fax
  • The ability to send electronic change orders and cancellations
  • The ability to receive order confirmations and advanced shipping notices
Catalog Management
 
  • Automated loading and updating of catalogs by suppliers
  • Catalog validation and notifications to ensure catalog accuracy
  • Support for multiple catalog formats: CIF, cXML, and Excel
  • The ability to integrate with a supplier's eCommerce storefront via Ariba PunchOut
Invoicing
 
  • Support for web-based invoicing via PO-Flip™ and Non-PO invoices, and automated invoicing via cXML and EDI
  • VAT compliancy
  • eSignature ready*
Payment and Remittance
 
  • Support for multiple payment types, including EFT and PCards
  • Level 2 and level 3 data to track spend detail
  • Payment/discount schedules to define payments to suppliers
  • Remittance advice to ensure agreement on payment detail
* Offered as a premium service for suppliers. Fees may apply.

 

 
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