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In today’s volatile supply chain landscape, businesses face mounting challenges in meeting customer commitments while managing supply constraints.
For the 11th consecutive year, SAP has been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems.
We believe this recognition represents SAP’s unwavering commitment to building sustainable, risk-resilient supply chains capable of withstanding the ever-shifting landscape of logistics operations.
A Gartner Magic Quadrant is a culmination of research in a specific market, offering a wide-angle view of the relative positions of the market’s competitors. SAP’s positioning as a Leader is based on our ability to execute and completeness of vision.
As global logistics continues to face complex and volatile conditions, companies require a 360-degree view of their operational processes. Businesses are now managing more data and disruptions than ever before while simultaneously striving to meet sustainability goals. At SAP, we understand the critical need for greater visibility to effectively manage demand shifts, evolving consumer expectations, and local regulations. Our transportation management strategy takes into account key trends affecting businesses, enabling us to deliver innovative solutions tailored to their needs.
SAP Transportation Management is a holistic, end-to-end solution that empowers businesses to efficiently manage their transportation operations. In an environment where many factors are beyond your control, you need a solution that can adapt to changes in routes, carriers, or demand, putting the power back in your hands. To achieve this level of control and agility, SAP Transportation Management leverages AI and a single-view, panoramic platform.
Innovative AI use cases
Data-driven insights, powered by AI, lead to faster decision-making and increased efficiency. Our AI-first strategy helps businesses remain responsive and proactive, ensuring a smooth flow of goods even — and especially — in the face of disruption. From automated goods receipts processing to conversational planning, AI drives new avenues for growth while providing improved productivity for transportation operations.
Supply chain convergence strategy
SAP’s logistics portfolio orchestrates processes between SAP Transportation Management, SAP Extended Warehouse Management, SAP Yard Logistics, and SAP Business Network for Logistics on a cohesive cloud platform. This single view across the logistics function helps eliminate blind spots and reduce complexity. With the power of SAP Business Network, businesses can maintain a constant understanding of the operational landscape and collaborate with carriers in real time.
Today, companies worldwide and in dozens of industries trust SAP Transportation Management to enhance their logistics management strategy.
Unparalleled partner ecosystem
Digital collaboration is key to building relationships with implementation and technology partners. Our unmatched partner ecosystem enables point-to-point connection at every step. The ecosystem includes implementation and technology partners in every region of the world, providing support for SAP Transportation Management customers. Furthermore, SAP Business Network for Logistics allows businesses to transact on a continuously expanding network of partners, tapping into collective expertise and resources to ensure on-time delivery of goods while meeting sustainability goals. The true power of the network lies in streamlined communication and collaboration.
End-to-end visibility
Risk identification and mitigation is only possible with a comprehensive view across every point of the supply chain. SAP Transportation Management provides crucial data to other parts of the organization, from warehousing to customer service and accounting. Its planning capabilities allow organizations to promptly respond to disruptions such as production delays, carrier shortage, or delays at suppliers. Additionally, organizations can model constraints to ensure that transportation operations adhere to relevant laws and regulations, from customs to environmental regulations. Lastly, in combination with SAP Business Network, SAP Transportation Management includes visibility to goods in transit, providing stakeholders the necessary information to drive performance and customer satisfaction.
The latest releases of SAP Transportation Management include new capabilities, such as:
Learn more about transportation management solutions from SAP.
Till Dengel is global head of Product Marketing for Logistics and Asset & Service Management at SAP.
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New research from IDC shows how SAP Business Network can speed up product and order delivery, accelerate go-to-market speed, and deliver significant ROI to drive procurement success.
In today’s interconnected business landscape, procurement and supply chain management have evolved from back-office functions to strategic drivers of success. As organizations seek to build resilient, efficient, customer-centric supply chains, the adoption of innovative technologies becomes crucial. Enter SAP Business Network—a game-changing platform that’s revolutionizing how companies procure products and services and manage their end-to-end supply chains.
A recent IDC white paper, sponsored by SAP, titled “The Business Value of SAP Business Network—for Buyer Organizations,” reveals the remarkable impact of SAP Business Network on buyer organizations. The findings, based on in-depth interviews with existing customers across various industries, showcase the impressive improvements in efficiency, cost savings, and revenue growth. Let’s delve into the transformative power of this technology and how it’s reshaping the procurement landscape.
When organizations can better monitor and share global trend data across teams, they can respond to market demands quicker and accelerate their go-to-market strategy. According to the research, SAP Business Network empowered these organizations to:
The result? An average annual revenue gain of $66 million, or $1.2 million per 100 trading partners. This impressive growth contributes to an average three-year ROI of 404% for organizations using SAP Business Network, with a payback period of just 14 months.
Global supply chain success relies on making repetitive, but essential, tasks as efficient as possible. The respondents indicated that SAP Business Network delivered substantial improvements in this area:
These efficiency gains were particularly significant given that procurement team sizes have remained steady despite increased focus on business strategy and execution. By automating repetitive tasks and providing real-time data for informed decision-making, SAP Business Network freed up team members to focus on strategic initiatives.
Similar effects were felt in procurement and supply chain planning, where respondents reported the number of FTEs necessary for these activities decreased by 19% and 47%, respectively.
SAP Business Network provides capabilities to help streamline operations, reduce manual interventions, and optimize resource allocation across various functions. The result, as found through the research, was significant cost savings across departments for interviewed companies.
In total, respondents experienced average annual cost savings of $13.58 million through reduced operational costs and improved efficiency.
The impact of SAP Business Network on operational efficiency was truly impressive:
The transformative power of SAP Business Network is best illustrated through the experiences of its users. One pharmaceutical company reduced its on-hand safety stock by half, while others reported significant improvements in transportation processes and demand forecasting.
These success stories underscore the network’s ability to deliver tangible benefits across various industries and business functions. Real-time data and analytics helped companies respond to shifting market demands and capitalize on new opportunities, allowing organizations to launch products and services and get to market on average 30% faster than they did previously.
The findings from the IDC white paper paint a compelling picture of the potential of SAP Business Network to revolutionize procurement and supply chain management. By enabling faster go-to-market strategies, improving operational efficiency, and delivering substantial cost savings, the network is helping organizations thrive in an increasingly complex business environment.
As we look to the future, it’s clear that platforms like SAP Business Network will play a crucial role in shaping the next generation of procurement and supply chain excellence. Organizations that embrace this technology stand to gain a significant competitive advantage, driving growth and innovation in ways previously unimaginable.
Ready to explore the potential impact of SAP Business Network on your organization? Here are some resources to help you get started:
Stay tuned for upcoming insights that will highlight the benefits of SAP Business Network specifically for suppliers, complementing the buyer-focused insights presented here. The future of procurement is bright, and SAP Business Network is leading the way in unlocking procurement and supply chain management potential and driving business success.
Tony Harris is SVP and head of Marketing & Solutions for SAP Business Network.