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SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference in Orlando is coming soon.  Visitors looking for ways to make their supply chains more transparent, collaborative, and resilient will find many sessions providing detailed information about SAP Business Network at the two-day event in Orlando, Florida, on May 16–17.

Check out this list of can’t-miss SAP Business Network sessions at the event:

 

Network-Enable Your Supply Chain for Even Greater Value

Wednesday, May 17 | 11:30 a.m.

Networked supply chains and processes can deliver the transparency, resiliency, and sustainability required to succeed in the digital age. Discover how SAP Business Network reinvents how business runs by extending ERP to connect people, processes, and systems across trading partners, allowing you to future-proof your industry value chains.

 

Extend Your ERP Investment and Processes with SAP Business Network

Wednesday, May 17 | 10:30 a.m.

Learn how you can gain transparency, resiliency, and sustainability along your supply chain by extending your ERP applications with SAP Business Network. Get a detailed look at how the network enables you to collaborate with suppliers and share information and processes outside the four walls of your organization.

 

What’s Coming Next for SAP Business Network?

Tuesday, May 16 | 3:00 p.m.

Hear about the exciting innovations that are in the works for SAP Business Network in the areas of procurement, finance, supply chain, logistics, and asset management, as well as for your suppliers. Get your questions answered by SAP product experts about the portfolio, best practices, and the way you can get the most from your network solutions.

 

Network-Based Trading Partner Collaboration: Best Practices and Innovations?

Tuesday, May 16 | 3:30 p.m.

Talk with a community of customers, experts, and thought leaders for SAP Business Network across discrete and process manufacturing to learn about collaboration with direct materials suppliers, external manufacturers, logistics providers, and more. Gain best practices and learn about the SAP Business Network journey and recent innovations.

 

How Tyson Foods Implemented an SCF Program to Boost Supply Chain Resilience

Wednesday, May 17 | 1:30 p.m.

Discover how Tyson Foods Inc., a leading global provider of protein-based food, rolled out a supply chain financing (SCF) program for its U.S. suppliers to support working capital goals while also maintaining supply chain resiliency. Hear how Tyson has already achieved its working capital goals with solutions from Taulia Inc. and SAP.

 

Leading and Collaborating in Your Industry with SAP Business Network

Wednesday, May 17 | 1:00 p.m.

Connect and collaborate with your trading partners more easily with SAP Business Network. Learn how to accelerate time to connectivity with new prepackaged premium service offerings for the SAP Business Network Supply Chain Collaboration solution for use in high tech, consumer products, industrial manufacturing, and life sciences industries.

 

Increase Business Agility with SAP BTP and SAP Business Network

Tuesday, May 16 | 1:00 p.m.

Extend your network capabilities with SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) and SAP Business Network to support your unique business needs by leveraging prebuilt integrations and automation to improve efficiency. Learn how to gain greater transparency with real-time insights and planning data from across the enterprise.

 

Driving Sustainability Through Trading Partner Collaboration

Wednesday, May 17 | 2:00 p.m.

With more than 70% of emissions classified as Scope 3, companies need to partner with their suppliers, logistics carriers, and service providers to make lasting changes and meet environmental, social, and governance goals. Hear how SAP Business Network, with over four million trading partners, can help you achieve a more sustainable supply chain.

 

Rapid Supplier Onboarding and Collaboration at Honeywell

Tuesday, May 16 | 2:00 p.m.

Honeywell International Inc. onboarded over 2,000 suppliers and $2 billion spend with the SAP Business Network Supply Chain Collaboration solution, simplifying its orders, confirms, ship notices, e-invoicing, and multi-order invoicing. The next phase includes $6 billion more in spend, forecast sharing, and replenishment to boost process visibility.

 

Discover Chevron’s Journey with SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration

Wednesday, May 17 | 2:30 p.m.

Learn how energy supplier Chevron Corp. is using the SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration solution to collaborate on equipment definition and maintenance processes between operators, OEMs, and suppliers. See how working with other companies on equipment master data and maintenance activities on SAP Business Network can enhance asset efficiency.

 

Global Logistics Success with Hitachi Energy

Tuesday, May 16 | 11:30 a.m.

Hitachi Energy achieves global logistics management through SAP Transportation Management integration with SAP Business Network for Logistics. Join to hear Hitachi Energy share insights into fully integrated and collaborative freight contracting, dock appointment scheduling, execution and settlement with their network carriers.

 

Strong Supplier Collaboration Helps Occidental Petroleum Exceed Milestones

Tuesday, May 16 | 1:30 p.m.

With more than one million purchase orders transmitted over SAP Business Network with nearly 4,000 trading partners, Occidental Petroleum Corporation has achieved numerous planned targets. Hear how the company’s tight integration with core processes and organization-wide commitment to network adoption has driven success in the networked economy.

 

A conversation with Johnson & Johnson on supply chain collaboration

Tuesday, May 16 | 10:30 a.m.

Join us for an interactive session with Johnson & Johnson MedTech on supply chain transformation using SAP Business Network to harmonize supplier-facing processes and information with the ERP. Discuss best practices and lessons learned in collaborating with suppliers and external manufacturers for visibility and a demand-driven supply chain.

 

See How Blue Diamond Growers Achieves Logistics Visibility and Resilience

Tuesday, May 16 | 1:30 p.m.

Hear how agricultural cooperative Blue Diamond Growers uses the SAP Transportation Management application and SAP Business Network for Logistics to solve complex transportation challenges. Examine how the specialty food company uses the solutions to plan and execute multi-modal shipping container movements across the world.

 

Gain a Competitive Edge with a High-Performing Logistics Organization

Wednesday, May 17 | 1:30 p.m.

Supply chain resilience and sustainable logistics execution are differentiators in rapidly changing market conditions. We explore how digital logistics solutions from SAP support advanced logistics operations and collaboration, improving processes and resilience.

 

Modify Your Strategy to Turn Services into a Vital Part of Your Business

Wednesday, May 17 | 1:30 p.m.

Service management solutions from SAP connect multiple customer touch points to operations across the enterprise and across networks. Grow revenue with innovative service offerings like delivering products as services. Provide service precision and increase equipment performance through technology-fueled proactive service and resource optimization.

 

Strategy and Road Map for Asset and Service Management

Wednesday, May 17 | 11:30 a.m.

Hear about market and customer priorities for asset and service management. Explore SAP's strategy and road map, see recent innovations, and look at innovation priorities for 2023 and beyond for both SAP S/4HANA and our cloud extensions for asset operators and equipment service organizations.

 

Start putting together your personal agenda today. Check out the full Session Catalog.

Learn more now about SAP Business Network, and participate in the SAP Business Network Community.