SAP Business Network for High Tech
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for High Tech
Bringing the high tech value chain
together on a connected network
Building a strong supply chain in the
high tech industry
High tech companies operate in a world of fast
innovation cycles, intense competition, and supply
chain complexity. That’s why these companies don’t
operate in isolation but instead rely on suppliers,
contract manufacturers, distributors, logistics partners,
and OEMs to keep production agile and supply chains
resilient. However, with a connected and collaborative
supply chain, high tech companies can speed product
development, help ensure compliance, and deliver
cutting-edge technology to customers faster and
with higher quality.
Keys to collaboration
In the high tech industry, effective collaboration
depends on seamless information exchange, automated
and interconnected business processes, and the ability
to track and report shared outcomes. Yet many high
tech companies still engage with their ecosystem in an
improvised, unstructured way, creating inefficiencies
and bottlenecks. Outsourcing key components of
manufacturing adds another layer of complexity,
making communication even more challenging.
Relying on outdated or manual methods to connect
with suppliers, contract manufacturers, and partners
leads to data inaccuracies, limited visibility across the
value chain, and increased difficulty in maintaining
operational integrity and compliance. These are all
critical factors in today’s highly regulated, fast-paced,
and competitive high tech environment.
High tech companies must find a way to overcome
obstacles such as:
• Break points in business processes
• Inefficient manual communication methods
• One-to-one transactions with limited visibility
State of collaboration in the high
tech industry*
About 81%
of surveyed firms rely extensively
on legacy methods (e-mail, fax,
and phone) to transmit and
receive documents
About 58%
say that the impact of poor
collaboration is slower time
to market, which increases
business risk
About 39%
report that focusing on cost-
efficiency at the expense of
resiliency reduces their ability
to respond to disruptions
*Source: IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by SAP, “Accelerating Supply Chain
Collaboration Maturity with a Business Network,” #US53179225, April 2025.
for High Tech
Bringing the high tech value chain
together on a connected network
Building a strong supply chain in the
high tech industry
High tech companies operate in a world of fast
innovation cycles, intense competition, and supply
chain complexity. That’s why these companies don’t
operate in isolation but instead rely on suppliers,
contract manufacturers, distributors, logistics partners,
and OEMs to keep production agile and supply chains
resilient. However, with a connected and collaborative
supply chain, high tech companies can speed product
development, help ensure compliance, and deliver
cutting-edge technology to customers faster and
with higher quality.
Keys to collaboration
In the high tech industry, effective collaboration
depends on seamless information exchange, automated
and interconnected business processes, and the ability
to track and report shared outcomes. Yet many high
tech companies still engage with their ecosystem in an
improvised, unstructured way, creating inefficiencies
and bottlenecks. Outsourcing key components of
manufacturing adds another layer of complexity,
making communication even more challenging.
Relying on outdated or manual methods to connect
with suppliers, contract manufacturers, and partners
leads to data inaccuracies, limited visibility across the
value chain, and increased difficulty in maintaining
operational integrity and compliance. These are all
critical factors in today’s highly regulated, fast-paced,
and competitive high tech environment.
High tech companies must find a way to overcome
obstacles such as:
• Break points in business processes
• Inefficient manual communication methods
• One-to-one transactions with limited visibility
State of collaboration in the high
tech industry*
About 81%
of surveyed firms rely extensively
on legacy methods (e-mail, fax,
and phone) to transmit and
receive documents
About 58%
say that the impact of poor
collaboration is slower time
to market, which increases
business risk
About 39%
report that focusing on cost-
efficiency at the expense of
resiliency reduces their ability
to respond to disruptions
*Source: IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by SAP, “Accelerating Supply Chain
Collaboration Maturity with a Business Network,” #US53179225, April 2025.
As a recognized market leader with a
significant footprint in the high tech value chain,
SAP offers SAP Business Network as a single B2B
trading partner network that spans a wide variety
of business processes, and our coverage
continues to expand. We can help you extend
your critical business processes across your
suppliers through integration with your back-end
systems—both SAP and third-party—expanding
the value of your existing ERP landscape.
The benefits of unifying from end to end
SAP Business Network is purpose-built to help
high tech companies tackle their most pressing
operational challenges. It empowers companies
to smoothly coordinate contract manufacturing
by sharing real-time insights into work in progress
and component usage—accelerating production
and delivery.
With integrated planning and forecasting
capabilities, you can stay aligned with suppliers of
critical components, secure timely confirmations
for final assembly, and set reliable order
expectations for customers.
With transparent material traceability, you gain
the power to quickly recall products or lock
inventory if an issue arises, pinpoint root causes,
and verify the authenticity and genealogy of
each product that reaches the market.
Lastly, high tech OEMs must be equipped to
accurately report the CO₂ footprint of their
products. Achieving this requires consistent
tracking and aggregation across the entire value
chain—especially since semiconductors, a core
component in virtually every high tech device, are
among the most energy- and resource-intensive
products to produce.
Together, these capabilities empower high tech
companies to gain visibility, boost efficiency,
and help ensure compliance with internal and
external policies and regulations.
88413enUS (25/11) © 2025 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. See Legal Notice on www.sap.com/legal-notice for use terms, disclaimers, disclosures, or restrictions related to this material.
SAP Business Network for High Tech
Build stronger supply chains so that you can deliver
on your customer promise.
Learn more
SAP Business Network for High Tech
Collaborate and automate across each point
of your supply chain
significant footprint in the high tech value chain,
SAP offers SAP Business Network as a single B2B
trading partner network that spans a wide variety
of business processes, and our coverage
continues to expand. We can help you extend
your critical business processes across your
suppliers through integration with your back-end
systems—both SAP and third-party—expanding
the value of your existing ERP landscape.
The benefits of unifying from end to end
SAP Business Network is purpose-built to help
high tech companies tackle their most pressing
operational challenges. It empowers companies
to smoothly coordinate contract manufacturing
by sharing real-time insights into work in progress
and component usage—accelerating production
and delivery.
With integrated planning and forecasting
capabilities, you can stay aligned with suppliers of
critical components, secure timely confirmations
for final assembly, and set reliable order
expectations for customers.
With transparent material traceability, you gain
the power to quickly recall products or lock
inventory if an issue arises, pinpoint root causes,
and verify the authenticity and genealogy of
each product that reaches the market.
Lastly, high tech OEMs must be equipped to
accurately report the CO₂ footprint of their
products. Achieving this requires consistent
tracking and aggregation across the entire value
chain—especially since semiconductors, a core
component in virtually every high tech device, are
among the most energy- and resource-intensive
products to produce.
Together, these capabilities empower high tech
companies to gain visibility, boost efficiency,
and help ensure compliance with internal and
external policies and regulations.
88413enUS (25/11) © 2025 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. See Legal Notice on www.sap.com/legal-notice for use terms, disclaimers, disclosures, or restrictions related to this material.
SAP Business Network for High Tech
Build stronger supply chains so that you can deliver
on your customer promise.
Learn more
SAP Business Network for High Tech
Collaborate and automate across each point
of your supply chain