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SAP Business Network, standard account

Now you can connect more efficiently with your customers to manage sales cycles, improve cash flow, and grow your business.

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.

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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:

  • Manage POs and invoices
  • Monitor payment status
  • Participate in sourcing events
  • Collaborate on contracts
  • Create digital catalogs

We cannot imagine a world without SAP Business Network. It enables a consistent, efficient approach that helps us work as partners with customers and build long-lasting relationships.

Felix Förster, Head of Key Account Management, Denios SE

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.

  • Access affordable receivables financing

    Based on your history and status as a supplier on SAP Business Network, you can access affordable receivables financing to unlock more liquidity.

  • Attain diverse financing opportunities

    Diverse financing options, such as accepting early payments from customers, can present more ways to remain liquid and maintain financial health.

  • Improve cash flow management

    On SAP Business Network, you have visibility over when you’re going to get paid and for what to help ensure you’re getting paid quickly and accurately.

Dynamic discounting

Review early payment offers from your buyers and choose which invoices to discount so you can accelerate your cash flow.

Our product(s):

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.

Our product(s):
  • Receive accurate purchase orders

    Updating catalog information is simple and you control the details your customers see. Count on receiving correct purchase orders that you can fulfill quickly.

  • Comply with customer requirements

    Validation processes and simple templates help create catalogs that are compliant with customer requirements. You can also use your customers’ templates.

  • Improve the buying experience to boost sales

    Accurate and current catalog content makes buying more enjoyable while accelerating your sales and order-to-cash cycles – all at a lower cost.

  • Use PunchOut catalogs to enhance brand recognition

    The PunchOut feature bridges your e-commerce domain with the SAP interface, letting customers browse and buy from a customized, shopping cart-enabled website.

  • Streamline for greater efficiency

    Streamlining order management on SAP Business Network can strengthen your relationships with customers while simplifying collaboration on end-to-end processes.

  • Accelerate responsiveness

    Your customers can receive immediate, real-time notifications automatically when their orders have been placed, revised, or shipped.

  • Enhance cash flow

    Optimizing order management and quickly fulfilling orders can get you paid faster and reduce days sales outstanding to shorten your order-to-cash cycle.

  • Improve process visibility

    Both you and your customers have access to interactive dashboards on SAP Business Network that provide up-to-date visibility into order status and details. 

  • Enhance process automation for greater accuracy

    Connect your ERP and SAP Business Network solutions with your customers to further reduce data-entry errors and improve data consistency with every transaction.

  • Reduce errors

    Automatic network validation processes will check for errors or missing fields and flag them for immediate attention to reduce overall errors up to 60%.

  • Accelerate processing

    You can shorten your invoice processing time by converting a variety of document formats into e-invoices and immediately delivering them to your customers.

  • Improve productivity

    Your self-service portal provides insight into invoice and payment status so you can spend less time calling your customers and more time growing your business.

  • Get paid on time

    Faster, more accurate invoicing means quicker payment. With digitalized and automated processing, you can reduce order-to-pay cycle time by up to 75%.

  • Eliminate paper use

    By moving paper-based invoicing processes online, you can reduce energy usage, waste, and carbon footprint by as much as three times.

  • Receive high-quality leads

    SAP Business Network Discovery opens the door to a lucrative global community of buyers from the world’s leading companies, including many from the Global 2000.

  • Get matched automatically

    With a profile on SAP Business Network, you're notified whenever our algorithm finds a buyer who is looking for the products or services you offer.

  • Employ effective marketing tools

    It’s simple to create a compelling online presence, manage your profile and company keywords, request buyer endorsements, monitor lead activity, and more.

  • Rely on your dashboard

    Track new business opportunities with a handy, flexible online dashboard that shows you all sales leads, profile views, relationship activity, and more.

  • Proactively search for leads

    You can find leads among SAP Business Network Discovery postings by specifying project amount, product category, service category, and ship-to or service locations.

  • Collaborate efficiently

    Intuitive functionalities help you submit questions to buyers, interact with them via web meetings, and receive messages.

Help and Support

Here’s where you’ll find access to the support you need to make the most of your SAP Business Network account.

Standard account

Self-service support for standard account holders is available through help centers. You’ll find concise, understandable video tutorials, documentation, FAQ, and more about orders, invoices, contracts, leads, and sourcing events.

Enterprise account

In addition to self-service help center resources, extended support is available to enterprise account holders. For example, you can get catalog management support, advanced web assistance via chat and phone, and expert onboarding guidance.

Quick links to popular topics

Recover a forgotten password

If you need to conduct some business on SAP Business Network but forgot your password, follow these simple 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 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.

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The SAP Business Network Supplier mobile app is packed with the functionalities you need to satisfy customer requests. The app works on most devices running iOS14.x and higher or Android 9. x and higher. With the app, you can:

  • 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