Smarter supplier collaboration with AI

SAP Business Network helps you on-board and collaborate with suppliers more efficiently. Suppliers benefit from AI tools to grow their businesses and submit invoices faster, creating stronger and more resilient supply chains.

AI tools that increase visibility, automation, and collaboration

With AI embedded in Business Network, your team can make smarter, faster decisions in critical processes such as sourcing, invoicing, and supplier selection.

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Use AI for more efficient procurement and supply chain collaboration processes

  • Obtain transaction information quickly

  • Onboard new partners easily

  • Ensure invoices are correct for quicker processing

The SAP technology platform that powers the network

Watch how you can streamline transactions, enhance visibility with AI-driven insights, ensure compliance, and even simplify supplier onboarding.

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Use Cases

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Fast, automated supplier onboarding

The supplier onboarding agent automates ERP data extraction; segments suppliers by spend and geography; and matches vendor records for network onboarding, accelerating supplier enablement and empowering them to start transacting faster than ever.

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Accurate invoice error detection

Spend less time correcting invoice errors and focus on higher-value tasks. SAP Business AI categorizes common errors so that suppliers can quickly rectify invoices, enabling faster payments and improved cash management by up to 40%.

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Better product catalogue descriptions

Suppliers can create professional catalogue entries based on prompts and keywords, improving discoverability and business growth in Business Network.

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Featured Solutions

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Promote subscription for suppliers

Suppliers can be discovered by and connect with global buyers easily. With embedded AI, this add-on to the network supplier account helps enhance catalogue entries to showcase products in a simpler and smarter way while providing market and demand-trend insights that drive business growth.

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See how our customers are succeeding with SAP

Achieving faster time-to-value

Corona realised faster time-to-value by using carrier-match analysis and onboarding services integrated into Business Network.

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Growing with the Promote subscription

Read what industrial supplier Manutan's e-procurement project manager had to say about the impact the Promote subscription has had on their ability to collaborate with their customers while broadening their reach.

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Centralising and simplifying purchasing protocols

See how American Eagle Outfitters achieved high compliance rates by simplifying procurement and supplier management with SAP Business Network for Procurement and SAP Ariba applications.

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Seeking connection and visibility for business processes

This leading global health foods producer wanted to connect its business processes to enable a single source of truth for improved decision-making. The company turned to SAP solutions to gain a 360-degree overview of its operations in real time.

Read the Sesajal story 

Packages

Discover how Joule can help meet your procurement and supply chain needs.

Joule Base

Baseline AI capabilities, included in all cloud subscriptions:

  • Provides free access to core AI functions.

  • Supports tasks like finding information and navigating to task-relevant locations.

  • Embedded in standard cloud licenses with solution-specific foundational AI capabilities.

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Joule Premium

Advanced AI capabilities tailored to your business needs. Includes everything in Joule Base plus:

  • Powerful organisation-wide or user-specific access to high-value AI services.

  • Relevant Joule Agent capabilities and premium Joule capabilities, such as analytical insights and task automations.

  • Price based on usage through AI units, billed monthly.

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FAQ

AI can significantly enhance procurement processes by improving efficiency, reducing costs, and aiding better decision-making. It can analyse purchasing data to identify spending patterns, uncover cost-saving opportunities, and help optimise procurement strategies. AI can also automate contract analysis by extracting essential terms and conditions, ensuring compliance, and identifying potential risks and opportunities. By integrating AI into procurement, organisations can make more informed decisions and streamline processes for improved operational efficiency.

The following AI capabilities are available to suppliers that transact on Business Network:

  • Intelligent invoice conversion: Convert PDFs and image invoice files into Business Network-compatible invoice files.

  • Intelligent error detection: Receive AI-generated summary of invoice rejection reasons for rapid invoice correction and submittal.

  • Enhanced eesponses to discovery postings: Generate accurate responses to buyers’ requests for information and proposals

  • Product catalogue generation: Generate accurate responses to buyers’ requests for information and proposals