Summarizing Key Capabilities of the SAP Business Network for Procurement

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to explain the key capabilities of the SAP Business Network for Procurement.

The Key Capabilities of SAP Business Network for Procurement

SAP Business Network for Procurement helps optimize processes around PO confirmations, advance ship notices (ASNs), and invoice and pay transactions.

Purchase Order (PO) Confirmations

Send POs electronically in SAP Business Network directly to the supplier’s online inbox. Suppliers can also send order fulfillment information and invoices electronically to their customers.

Advanced Ship Notice (ASN)

Digitally capture and share complete shipping details from suppliers in SAP Business Network, including carrier, tracking, and bill of lading IDs, as well as content and packaging specifications by volume, weight, and other units of measurement. Suppliers can provide specific packing slip details along with shipping documents for multiple shipments.

Invoice and Pay

Streamline and digitalize the invoice process with comprehensive electronic invoicing and collaboration with trading partners. Use intelligent business rule configuration to comply with local e-invoicing and tax requirements. Better detection and avoidance of erroneous or fraudulent transactions help ensure more sustainable, lower-risk relationships with suppliers. Improved invoicing automation and intelligence enable accounts payable teams to deliver more value to the business, from maximizing early payment benefits to developing more payment options.

​ Let’s take a look at the workflows for procurement collaboration automation and end-to-end collaboration.

A diagram illustrating the automated procurement collaboration workflows enabled by SAP Business Network, showing the flow from order creation to remittance details with near real-time information sharing and document collaboration.

Automate your procurement collaboration workflows. The SAP Business Network for Procurement enables near real-time information sharing and document collaboration.

A diagram depicting the end-to-end collaboration process between buyers and suppliers using SAP Business Network, highlighting integration, intelligence, and extensibility in managing purchase orders, shipping notices, goods receipts, invoices, and payments.

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