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SAP Business Network and Opportunities to Leverage<\/h2>\n

By Ratha Ramanan N<\/a><\/h3>\n

Over the last decade, we have seen network-based startups like LinkedIn, and Airbnb also known as platform businesses create value by facilitating connections between buyers and sellers, this model fueled companies’ revenue growth and profitability.<\/p>\n

In the B2B world, how a network-based business partnership on a platform can create a ripple effect in B2B collaboration? Let\u2019s delve into SAP software, that manages business operations and customer relations, what they have in store!<\/p>\n

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SAP Business Network is one such technology platform that provides trading partners with far more effective cooperation to maximize mutual benefits and achieve operational excellence.<\/p>\n

SAP business network has 3 distinct network collaborations, designed for different stages of the supply chain.<\/p>\n

–> Procurement collaboration for Sourcing, contracting, purchase orders, invoices, payments<\/p>\n

–> Logistics collaboration to track shipments, freight management, Track Sustainability like carbon footprint, emission footprint<\/p>\n

–> Asset intelligence to collaborate among asset owners, operators, and service providers with seamless information sharing and feedback on performance.<\/p>\n

Lets look into how below 4 factors are addressed in SAP business network<\/p>\n

1. Diverse competitive network : One thing is clear, with such a network there will be the diversified supplier and customer base, it will deliver insights on capacity, demand, sustainability, ESG etc.\u2026.that provides competitive edge in the respective business.<\/p>\n

2. With such a complex set up, can Onboarding partners really be simple ?<\/p>\n

Well, the personas to be onboarded are indirect supplier, direct suppliers, carriers, freight forwarders , finance providers, the success of onboarding & continued engagement clearly reply on super simple UI and world class user experience.<\/p>\n

3. In such complex setup, how one can tap into MSME network ?<\/p>\n

If Covid really taught us anything, it is how MSME sectors really scaled up and produced & supplied the essentials, that saved many lives, if business network can really be simple and inclusive to tap into MSME sectors? will have to wait and watch how it unfolds.<\/p>\n

4. Can we build application extensions to solve a unique business challenge in this business network.<\/p>\n

This is where SAP BTP has a bigger role to help build cloud-based partner applications and provide seamless user experience with a business network that can solve complex use cases.<\/p>\n

In Summary, there is a huge opportunity in the B2B business network for the customers, partners, software partners to leverage new opportunities and solve unprecedented supply chain disruptions and scale company revenue growth and profitability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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