SAP Business Network Advantages

SAP Business Network is used across many parts of business. It used to create supply chain visibility by making suppliers part of planning and visibility by sharing forecasts and inventory levels and collaborate Purchase Orders and Subcontracting collaboration to provide complete visibility. SAP Business Network is also used to track Inbound shipments to make sure that any delays in shipping such as Ocean freight is on time and that effects on business becomes proactive vs reactive. Maintenance of both services and production equipment is improved by sharing maintenance plans, parts requirements and service with suppliers and OEM's that results in minimizing equipment downtime and once again diving proactive maintenance vs. reactive and breakdown maintenance.

In all areas of Supply Chain Management, Logistics visibility collaboration and Maintenance execution and Maintenance Collaboration, SAP Business Network has enabled seamless trading partner collaboration resulting in huge improvements and savings

By enabling seamless collaboration with Trading Partners, overall risk to the organization has been drastically reduced. The visibility and real time collaboration has resulted in quicker decision making. Integrating with market leading ERP systems i.e. being agnostics to ERPs' has also helped drive results

It has enabled seamless communication between business and Partners resulting in more accurate and timely decision making the organization more proactive vs reactive