Likelihood to Recommend It is good in integrating with multiple 3rd party service providers to create a single source of truth. It does not have user friendly GUI that delays in getting the information required by the user. Any new requirements always need investment and time to develop. It allows user to create report template and schedule reports to personal email that help to save time.
Read full review Without SAP pharma industry is spinless, the work which used to take hours to do SAP do it in seconds. It helps me in everything from review of data to release of batch. It is a very diverse product, can used for any thing and can be integrated with all other software for example LIMS and CDS etc. For me its a super app so its deserve a perfect 10
Read full review Pros Allows connectivity of EDI with 3rd party forwarder to transmit shipment data and milestones against the shipments Choosing the most economical and quickest routing for a purchase order Allows integration with SAP, Oracle, external service providers easily to make single source of truth for the operational information Read full review Facilitates seamless communication and information sharing between stakeholders, enhancing project transparency and collaboration. Optimizes supply chain and procurement processes, leading to improved resource allocation and cost management. Provides robust analytics for data-driven decision-making, fostering effective project planning and risk management. Read full review Cons GUI is not as user friendly as it should be, and a training is required Filtering of shipments are not easy and intuitive to user, and it is a bit problematic to find details when a limited information is available to search Creating new methodology of report template require new development which require investment Read full review In some cases, it promises a lot but still lacks more partners joined to the network Being the pioneer, the idea behind the product can be confusing sometimes It is still not accessible for all kinds of markets (especially small and mid sizes) Read full review Likelihood to Renew Up to now due to delay not fulfilling the envisaged business case. However, expectation that we can still ramp the usage based on existing scope. Further, we foresee additional scope which would give us an additional business case going forward, extending the Business Network usage to Warehouse Service Provider integration.
Read full review Implementation Rating Good performance from SAP as key deployment partner; collaboration and deployment with additional business partner for data provision and business partner onboarding was rather difficult, slowing down the project progress and overall success perception
Read full review Alternatives Considered It is better in integration with 3rd party service providers and quick turn around time and dedicated error resolution in receiving the data. We had inhouse SME from Infor Nexus team which allows quick development cycle and faster implementation. It allows visibility of milestones which is not available in SAP TM.
Read full review SAP offers a more extensive global partner ecosystem, which is crucial for industries reliant on worldwide collaborations. Choosing SAP Business Network appears to be advantageous because of its comprehensive integration, instantaneous insights, and wide support network, which provide competitive advantages in trend-sensitive, fast-moving industries like music distribution. Our company is glad to have switched to SAP.
Read full review Return on Investment It definitely creates value and enables user to reduce turn around time for reporting It helps to reduces the resources used to create manual reports with high data accuracy Implementation of Control Tower required investment more than $250k with ROI 23% within the first year and break even at 3.5 years Read full review Efficiency gains - enabler for automated order processing Having a relationship creates also some stickiness with those customers Obviously there not insignificant cost involved in using the network, which in a price sensitive market are sometimes a bit of a burden Read full review ScreenShots