Maximizing Value by Pairing the SAP Business Network for Procurement with the SAP Business Technology Platform

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to combine the SAP Business Network for Procurement with the SAP Business Technology Platform to maximize the value of the integrated solutions.

Maximize the Value of the Integrated Solutions

Combining SAP Business Network for Procurement with SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) can maximize the value of integrated solutions in several ways:

  • Increased Innovation: By using SAP BTP with SAP Business Network for Procurement, organizations can accelerate innovation by enabling the adoption of next-generation technologies, reducing total cost of ownership (TCO) and providing better assurance for go-live and risk mitigation.
  • Enhanced Productivity: SAP BTP streamlines business processes by using automation and optimization across the system landscape to improve straight-through processing and central tracking for procurement transactions, improving the end-to-end process and efficiency.
  • Comprehensive Integration: SAP BTP offers seamless integration with SAP S/4HANA and other SAP ERP systems to support procurement across different systems and applications. The integration supports procurement activities, including PO creation, order confirmations, goods receipt notices, invoicing, and payment status monitoring.

By leveraging these combined capabilities, organizations can achieve greater collaboration, transparency, efficiency, and innovation, ultimately maximizing the value of their integrated procurement solutions.

A diagram showing SAP's Business Technology Platform supporting Cloud ERP with AI-driven solutions for spend, supply chain, human capital, and customer relationship management.

Integrate and Automate: Connect and Simplify

Enhance your SAP S/4HANA and other applications with SAP Integration Suite, which offers over 2,000 prebuilt integrations and best-practice methodology. Automated bots streamline workflows by digitizing repetitive tasks.

Benefits:

  • Seamless business processes at scale and a lower TCO
  • Reduced complexity with AI-powered development and deployment

Build and Extend: Continuous Innovation

Empower developers of all levels, including citizen developers, with SAP Build for low-code and no-code solutions, SAP Build Work Zone for collaboration, SAP Build Code with Joule co-pilot, and a unified UI for a seamless user experience.

Benefits:

  • Accelerated time to value with the industry’s broadest set of pre-built components
  • Unmatched integration and connectivity with SAP and third-party applications

Plan and Analyze: Transform Data into Meaningful Insights

Leverage pre-built content packages featuring unified SAP data models, transformations, calculations, and analysis tailored for industry and line-of-business-specific use cases, delivering insights directly where your data resides.

Benefits:

  • Collaborative tools align strategic, financial, and operational planning to drive better business results
  • Connected data across repositories with business context and semantics

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