SAP Business Network, standard account
What is SAP Business Network, standard account?
With your standard account and business profile, you can collaborate with any of your customers that are also on SAP Business Network – at no cost.
Free to join. Free to transact.
Companies collaborate with their suppliers on SAP Business Network to do business in a simpler and more cost-effective way. With a free standard account, you’ll be equipped to exchange with your customers an unlimited number of documents as you:
- Participate in sourcing events
- Share your company profile, certifications, and catalogs with buyers
- Receive orders and send back invoices and more
- Monitor the live status of documents and payments
Capabilities of the standard account
A free standard account enables you to participate in sourcing events, collaborate on contracts, and transact an unlimited number of documents.
Early payment opportunities
With the flexible financing options offered by Taulia, now part of SAP, you can leverage your footprint and history on SAP Business Network to unlock working capital efficiently and transparently to meet your cash flow needs.
Dynamic discounting
Review early payment offers from your buyers and choose which invoices to discount so you can accelerate your cash flow.
Supplier financing
Apply for receivables financing through SAP Business Network if you have a qualifying SMB based in the U.S. with over 12 months of history on the network.
Catalogue management
How your business shows up online has never been more critical. With SAP, you can ensure that buyers can search your catalogs easily while relying on up-to-date information.
Order management
Receiving digital purchase orders enables quick confirmations or changes and simple issuance of invoices and ship notices.
E-invoicing
With electronic invoicing, you can say goodbye to postal delays or lost invoices and hello to improved invoice visibility, greater processing flexibility, and on-time payment.
Lead generation
The SAP Business Network Discovery solution is a business matchmaking service that sends you leads when your offerings match what companies on the network are actively looking to buy.
Resources
Enhanced collaboration on SAP Business Network
Ariba Network is now SAP Business Network, offering exciting opportunities to trading partners. Find out what this means to you.
Learn about KPIs and benchmarks for suppliers
Discover how suppliers can evaluate customer-transaction performance with automatically generated KPIs and community benchmarks.
Discover integrated self-assessment questionnaires
See how SAP Business Network and procurement solutions simplify supplier due diligence with collaboration and data sharing.
Flexible financing options to meet cash flow needs
Get paid now for invoices owed by your customers on SAP Business Network. Apply for affordable receivables financing based on your status as a supplier on the network.
Quick links to popular topics
ERP integration: Automated efficiency
Upgrade to an enterprise account and unify your processes through integration to achieve greater automation and more-efficient processing of your transactions and documents.
Recover a forgotten password
If you need to conduct some business on SAP Business Network but forgot your password, follow these instructions.
Respond to an RFP or RFI
If you've received an invitation to participate in a customer's sourcing event, review detailed guidance about how to respond.
Handle a bill
If you’ve received a subscription or transaction service invoice and are unsure of why or how to pay it, review this help article.
Get started
Get the SAP Business Network Supplier mobile app
Access SAP Business Network anytime, anywhere. Respond efficiently to customer requests by staying connected to your customers on the go.
- Create order confirmations, invoices, ship notices, and more
- See your new leads for sourcing opportunities and respond right from the app
- Search for, sort, and locate up to 12 months of orders and invoices
- Communicate in 24 languages, including English, German, Japanese, and Spanish
Help and support
Self-service support for standard account holders is available through help centres. You’ll find concise, understandable video tutorials, documentation, FAQs, and more about orders, invoices, contracts, leads, and sourcing events.
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