

This improves supplier adoption and helps them be more responsive to their customers’ business needs. They now have one channel for clean, standardized data to process transactions from multiple customers. For high-volume suppliers who transact thousands of documents per year, they can integrate the network directly with their back-end systems. This means that your suppliers only create and maintain one company profile, one set of business assessments, one account number and one set of credentials for every customer they are connected to on the network. In a true business network, buyers and suppliers only need to onboard once and they can connect to many other organizations that are already on the network. Improved efficiency and standardization with many-to-many connections vs one-to-one The following sections below will also explain how a business network benefits both buyers and suppliers over portals.ġ. Before getting into the details, there is one thing to make clear: SAP Business Network is a true business network. This blog lists the 3 key differences between a supplier portal and a business network, and the advantages of a true business network.

However, the definitions have blurred in many ways through marketing and vendors positioning their solutions against each other. By having our suppliers submitting Service Sheets electronically and sent electronic invoices that will flow directly into our systems for processing, we ensure better quality & control of our Purchase to Pay process.The discussion differentiating between supplier portals and a true business network is not new. "Nobian’s goal is to move to 100% touchless and paperless transactions. This site will be common to all suppliers on Ariba Network, and even accessible (in a few weeks) from and from the Help Center. The information is organized in easily digestible chunks and allows for easy navigation. It includes plenty of details and screenshots to support suppliers even in more complex operations. The ADAPT Training Site allows suppliers to learn how to configure and use their Ariba Network account. Procurement Director Nobian Supplier Enablement programīelow you can find Nobian’s easy to access information concerning E-invoicing.įor more extended information, please visit the Ariba Supplier Portal This real-time view will significantly reduce your administrative overhead of doing business with Nobian." "Online visibility of all document types in your Ariba Network account (POs, Service Entry Sheets, Order Confirmation, Advanced Shipping Notice, Invoices) eliminating the need to contact Nobian for status updates. The Nobian procurement teams are continuously working on the implementation of Ariba best practices.Īll Non-Product Related spend purchase orders are processed via the Ariba Network

Nobian improved its purchasing processes by adopting the leading cloud procurement solution SAP Ariba.
