Alma Suite vs. SAP Business Network

My business is HR consulting. Best benefits: organize freelance consultants by projects and tasks.

I have also worked with social media management tools like Hootsuite and Buffer. Although these tools are best for scheduling and cross-platform sharing, SAP Business Network is far more effective in handling influencer marketing and teamwork. The opportunity to participate in a closed platform for influencers and collect analytical data made SAP Business Network more suitable for our needs.

Incentivized

• Great for task administration.
• Customer service is friendly, pragmatic and always available.
• Organize freelance consultants by projects and tasks.

• Streamlined Purchasing and Supplier Management because it enables data-driven decisions on supplier selection by accessing cost performance and compliance.
• Real-time supply Chain Visibility and Collaboration are important because they provide end-to-end visibility on the supply chain, allowing companies or organizations to track shipments and respond very quickly to issues.
• Cost Control and Sustainability Tracking because it offers tools for financial management.
• The platform also collaborates directly with suppliers.
• Enhancing and enabling partners to update order statuses immediately, share documentation, and communicate issues.

Incentivized

• Need to improve in the way it shows project development in time: Gantt chart, schedules, etc.

• 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)

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

It's a great system that allows to dig deeper into a lot of important purchasing related problems and adopt better practices business-wise.

Incentivized

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

Incentivized

Better features for project development follow up than Asana and Wrike (previous choices)

Before we chose SAP Business Network, we looked at Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud and Infor Supply Chain Management. While SAP Business Network boasted robust features, the fact that our existing ERP system could be integrated with the tool in a better fashion, and it was more intuitive, sealed the deal for us.

Incentivized

• Positive: Internal Communication and Collaboration

• SAP Business Network's streamlined supply chain and procurement processes have significantly reduced operational costs and improved resource allocation, leading to enhanced overall efficiency.
• The platform's robust analytics have provided valuable insights, facilitating data-driven decision-making and enabling us to make more informed strategic choices, ultimately contributing to improved business performance.
• Implementing and integrating the SAP Business Network initially required a substantial financial investment, impacting short-term cash flow and potentially delaying other critical business initiatives.

Incentivized