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SAP Global Trade Services

Score7.3 out of 10

12 Reviews and Ratings

What is SAP Global Trade Services?

SAP Global Trade Services enables acceleration of cross-border supply chain by automating trade processes to control costs, reduce the risk of penalties and fines, and clear customs faster. The software can be deployed on-premise, or in the cloud.

Categories & Use Cases

Product Demos

Top Performing Features

  • Risk management

    Risk management capabilities including alert engine to warn of trending risk exposure and risk visualizations like heat maps, dashboards, etc.

    Category average: 7.4

  • Integration with Corporate Performance Management (CPM) systems

    Ability to integrate with external CPM software

    Category average: 6.3

  • Common repository of GRC items

    A common repository linking all GRC elements such as policies, risks, regulations, etc.) to give a 360 degree view

    Category average: 7.4

Areas for Improvement

  • Incident management

    System captures risk-related incidents, including cause and result

    Category average: 6.9

  • GRC policy management

    Support for policy lifestyle changes including creation, approval, communication etc.

    Category average: 7

Who Buys & Uses SAP Global Trade Services

SAP Global Trade Services Review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using it for demonstrating scenarios to different clients. Mostly, scenarios are around compliance management for documentation.

Pros

  • Automated Trade Compliance at Organization level
  • Classification of Products (Finished Goods) based on rules
  • Documentation for declaration

Cons

  • Reports or dashboards could be improved with more graphics and real time data
  • Integration with SAC (SAP Analytics Cloud) could be an added advantage
  • Config nodes needs to be organized in a better way to help in usability

Usability

SAP Global Trade Services Review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SAP Global Trade Services helps us managing documentation to transports goods across borders. We also use SAP Global Trade Services for integrating with brokers

Pros

  • Documentation
  • Country compliance
  • Brokers

Cons

  • UI
  • Natural integration
  • Roadmap

Return on Investment

  • Easier trade

Usability

Alternatives Considered

E2open

SAP Global Trade Services

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SAP Global Trade Services to address supply chain challenges and to manage international trade compliance, customs, and logistics.

Pros

  • Automation
  • real time access to data
  • screen customers

Cons

  • costly licenses
  • Complex integration

Return on Investment

  • compliance and reduced costs associated
  • optimize trade compliance

Usability