SAP Business Network Freight Collaboration - Drive Efficiency and Resiliency with Streamlined Logistics Collaboration
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Establishing an Ecosystem of Collaboration and Insights
Bracing for more service interruptions, capacity constraints, and surging costs, supply chain leaders are
reassessing how logistics processes meet customer demand and help the business thrive competitively.
With the SAP Business Network Freight Collaboration solution, you can navigate those challenges
with next-level carrier collaboration, and actionable insights.
The combination of siloed operations, global activity, and
complex orchestration needs puts customer loyalty,
operational efficiency, and business growth at risk. And
making matters more complicated is the rising demand
among investors, shareholders, regulators, and consumers
for products manufactured and delivered in socially
responsible and eco-friendly ways.
The imperative for supply chain transparency has never
been this urgent – especially for logistics.
With SAP® Business Network Freight Collaboration, you
can streamline logistics collaboration. The solution
connects stakeholders across your logistics ecosystem,
supporting frictionless, digitalized collaboration in a
standardized way. As a result, you can streamline multi-
modal logistics operations through efficient collaboration
with a global network of logistics service providers.
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Establishing an Ecosystem of Collaboration and Insights
Bracing for more service interruptions, capacity constraints, and surging costs, supply chain leaders are
reassessing how logistics processes meet customer demand and help the business thrive competitively.
With the SAP Business Network Freight Collaboration solution, you can navigate those challenges
with next-level carrier collaboration, and actionable insights.
The combination of siloed operations, global activity, and
complex orchestration needs puts customer loyalty,
operational efficiency, and business growth at risk. And
making matters more complicated is the rising demand
among investors, shareholders, regulators, and consumers
for products manufactured and delivered in socially
responsible and eco-friendly ways.
The imperative for supply chain transparency has never
been this urgent – especially for logistics.
With SAP® Business Network Freight Collaboration, you
can streamline logistics collaboration. The solution
connects stakeholders across your logistics ecosystem,
supporting frictionless, digitalized collaboration in a
standardized way. As a result, you can streamline multi-
modal logistics operations through efficient collaboration
with a global network of logistics service providers.
Quick factsBenefitsSolutionObjectives
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Logistics costs are inherently vulnerable to geopolitical
tensions, inflationary pressures, and labor, equipment, and
energy shortages. From warehousing and inventory to
transport, distribution, and last-mile delivery, you must get
ahead of your expenses’ impact by classifying and
measuring them and identifying opportunities for
optimized costs and a better bottom line.
While cost reduction still dominates decision-making, you
must also balance risk resilience and efficiency. This
requirement includes building up your logistics capacity
quickly and profitably, shoring up assets, and reducing
lead times within the business.
SAP Business Network Freight Collaboration enables your
organization to save time and money through real-time
transparency of competitive market prices. It also allows
your carriers to manage tasks more efficiently by providing
consolidated worklists and timely notifications, supporting
bulk changes and sending e-mails to inform of new
requests.
Logistics managers can reduce the cost and inefficiency of
manual labor by digitalizing the quote-to-settlement
process, resolving disputes collectively, and automating
the freight order lifecycle. Planners can find strategic
service providers and carriers to secure the best-possible
freight pricing through real-time network access. In
addition, finance leaders can increase contract
compliance and minimize cost variances through
standardized digital collaboration.
Reduce Logistics Costs with Simplicity and Transparency
Quick factsBenefitsSolutionObjectives
Logistics costs are inherently vulnerable to geopolitical
tensions, inflationary pressures, and labor, equipment, and
energy shortages. From warehousing and inventory to
transport, distribution, and last-mile delivery, you must get
ahead of your expenses’ impact by classifying and
measuring them and identifying opportunities for
optimized costs and a better bottom line.
While cost reduction still dominates decision-making, you
must also balance risk resilience and efficiency. This
requirement includes building up your logistics capacity
quickly and profitably, shoring up assets, and reducing
lead times within the business.
SAP Business Network Freight Collaboration enables your
organization to save time and money through real-time
transparency of competitive market prices. It also allows
your carriers to manage tasks more efficiently by providing
consolidated worklists and timely notifications, supporting
bulk changes and sending e-mails to inform of new
requests.
Logistics managers can reduce the cost and inefficiency of
manual labor by digitalizing the quote-to-settlement
process, resolving disputes collectively, and automating
the freight order lifecycle. Planners can find strategic
service providers and carriers to secure the best-possible
freight pricing through real-time network access. In
addition, finance leaders can increase contract
compliance and minimize cost variances through
standardized digital collaboration.
Reduce Logistics Costs with Simplicity and Transparency
Quick factsBenefitsSolutionObjectives
As your multi-modal network of carriers and service
providers expands its reach and capacity, your
organization gains more logistics data that can help ensure
the ecosystem is properly managed, interpreted,
operationalized, and used optimally.
SAP Business Network Freight Collaboration facilitates
efficient dock appointment management and gate
processing. This capability provides a clear understanding
of when carriers should arrive and how to avoid
congestion and delays. In return, you can decrease truck
wait times, congestion, and idle penalty fines.
As order fulfillment outpaces shipping capacity, the
solution facilitates the discovery of new logistics providers
and carriers that satisfy any operational gaps and connect
with them quickly.
Such capacity flexibility and optimized utilization enables
you to take the next step of your logistics transformation
journey: electronic exchange of transportation-relevant
documents, such as bill of lading and reporting of
shipment execution milestones. By producing proof of
pickup or delivery, you can document whether service
providers and carriers deliver goods on time, with care,
and to your customers’ satisfaction.
Optimize Utilization Through Data-Driven Flexibility
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providers expands its reach and capacity, your
organization gains more logistics data that can help ensure
the ecosystem is properly managed, interpreted,
operationalized, and used optimally.
SAP Business Network Freight Collaboration facilitates
efficient dock appointment management and gate
processing. This capability provides a clear understanding
of when carriers should arrive and how to avoid
congestion and delays. In return, you can decrease truck
wait times, congestion, and idle penalty fines.
As order fulfillment outpaces shipping capacity, the
solution facilitates the discovery of new logistics providers
and carriers that satisfy any operational gaps and connect
with them quickly.
Such capacity flexibility and optimized utilization enables
you to take the next step of your logistics transformation
journey: electronic exchange of transportation-relevant
documents, such as bill of lading and reporting of
shipment execution milestones. By producing proof of
pickup or delivery, you can document whether service
providers and carriers deliver goods on time, with care,
and to your customers’ satisfaction.
Optimize Utilization Through Data-Driven Flexibility
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Improving the performance of a logistics ecosystem
requires more than planning and executing the movement
of every shipment that leaves your production facilities,
warehouses, and distribution centers. You must also
consider how reliably and safely your inbound shipments
arrive at a destination within your business.
Connecting your core transportation, yard, and warehouse
processes are vital for high-performance goods
movement. This approach helps ensure you have the real-
time insights necessary to identify bottlenecks and
mitigate risks as they arise and before they impact the
supply chain.
SAP Business Network Freight Collaboration unifies the
entire logistics lifecycle (including inbound and outbound
processes) for manual interaction or through open APIs
that enable your carriers to integrate directly with their
transportation management.
Partner offerings can also be leveraged to extend your
reach to an established population.
The solution also empowers you to consistently
collaborate with your service providers and carriers while
exchanging digital freight documents. For example,
appointments and gate activities can be managed,
assessed, and adjusted to improve warehouse and yard
operation with greater ease. Carrier self-services
embedded in SAP Business Network Freight Collaboration
provide guest access, even when no direct business
relationship exists, to support subcontracted, supplier-
managed, and customer-managed transports.
In addition, the network includes a calendar view that
enables freight managers to manage dock and gate
operations more efficiently. They can access a color-
coded, at-a-glance visualization of status, use worklists to
assign gates, perform lean check-in and check-out
processes, and leverage notes and attachments.
Improve Logistics Performance Across a Unified Ecosystem
Quick factsBenefitsSolutionObjectives
Improving the performance of a logistics ecosystem
requires more than planning and executing the movement
of every shipment that leaves your production facilities,
warehouses, and distribution centers. You must also
consider how reliably and safely your inbound shipments
arrive at a destination within your business.
Connecting your core transportation, yard, and warehouse
processes are vital for high-performance goods
movement. This approach helps ensure you have the real-
time insights necessary to identify bottlenecks and
mitigate risks as they arise and before they impact the
supply chain.
SAP Business Network Freight Collaboration unifies the
entire logistics lifecycle (including inbound and outbound
processes) for manual interaction or through open APIs
that enable your carriers to integrate directly with their
transportation management.
Partner offerings can also be leveraged to extend your
reach to an established population.
The solution also empowers you to consistently
collaborate with your service providers and carriers while
exchanging digital freight documents. For example,
appointments and gate activities can be managed,
assessed, and adjusted to improve warehouse and yard
operation with greater ease. Carrier self-services
embedded in SAP Business Network Freight Collaboration
provide guest access, even when no direct business
relationship exists, to support subcontracted, supplier-
managed, and customer-managed transports.
In addition, the network includes a calendar view that
enables freight managers to manage dock and gate
operations more efficiently. They can access a color-
coded, at-a-glance visualization of status, use worklists to
assign gates, perform lean check-in and check-out
processes, and leverage notes and attachments.
Improve Logistics Performance Across a Unified Ecosystem
Quick factsBenefitsSolutionObjectives