Direct Spend and SAP Business Network

Collaborate effectively with direct materials suppliers and other trading partners and manage direct spend efficiently with source-to-pay direct collaborative software. Powered by SAP Business Network, these solutions help you digitize your extended supply chain, optimize direct materials costs, and tie together your product design, supply chain planning, and execution processes with internal and external partners, so that you can respond swiftly to changes in supply and demand while boosting profitability and shareholder value.

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Webinars and Events

Register or watch on demand Webinars to learn how SAP clients build resilient supply chainsView direct spend customer community meetingsListen to supplier collaboration podcastsView SAP Business Network Webinars

Use Cases

Contract manufacturing use case videoMRO use case video Fast-moving consumer goods use case videoRetail industry private label sourcing use case videoSAP Business Network for collaborative maintenance video

Customer Successes and Thought Leadership

CAPSA Foods success storyDuluxGroup success storyHindustan Zinc success storyM-Industry (Migros) success storyVelux Group success storyVestas Wind Systems success storyDirect materials collaboration: Lessons learned (white paper)Close collaboration that goes beyond transactions (white paper)

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Learn how our solutions support your direct spend collaboration

SAP Supply Chain Collaboration help portalSAP Strategic Sourcing Suite help portalRecent innovationsRoad maps

Expert Content

Community Q&A on SAP Ariba ConnectBlog: Business Networks--The Supply Chain Shock Absorber for the Bumpy Road AheadBlog: Connecting homes--The ideal multi-enterprise business networkBlog: Direct spend--A battle procurement cannot loseBlog: Moving from SAP Supplier Network Collaboration to SAP Supply Chain Collaboration