Innovation.
Our business.
Our passion.
believe in partnership. We strive to exceed expectations. We find solutions that others may not think of. Westernacher Consulting.
believe in partnership.
We strive to exceed expectations.
We find solutions that others may not think of.
Westernacher Consulting.
believe in partnership. We strive to exceed expectations. We find solutions that others may not think of. Westernacher Consulting.
Innovation – it’s our passion. Our business. We love to see our customers reinventing themselves, people discovering their true potential, products and entire industries arising. To us consultants, innovation means: See the bigger picture, strive for insight, think new, think the unthinkable, the impossible and then make it happen. In other words, to support our customers with the business and technology know-how they need to continuously improve, gain advantage and thus win now and in the future.
Profile.
With more than 1000+ experts, a strong global presence, a culture of entrepreneurship and a focus on innovation, Westernacher Consulting is your trusted business and SAP consulting partner with a difference.
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Solutions.
Business Network for Procurement
Supply Chain Collaboration
Business Network for Logistics
SAP Ariba
SAP Ariba – mitigate risk with real-time visibility.
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Cloud-based
SAP Ariba is a cloud-based solution which offers innovative functionalities for procurement departments. Within one platform buyers and suppliers have the possibility to connect and cooperate globally. Ariba Network has one of the largest suppliers and vendors database in the world.
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Standardized
SAP Ariba allows to optimize and standardize procurement processes within the organization, produce savings and helps to grow the daily business. It can also be integrated with the customer ERP systems to support the flow of end-to-end processes. The system provides standard process flow with possibility of certain customization according to customer’s needs.
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Multi-functional
Thanks to broad functionalities SAP Ariba can be used in various industries areas e.g., automotive, consumer products, pharmaceutical, insurance or even public sector.
If your business is looking for a change and a new way of working within procurement area, then SAP Ariba is a product which should be considered.
Benefits.
SAP Ariba simplifies procurement by connecting buyers and suppliers on a cloud-based platform, accessible from any device. It streamlines processes, fosters stronger relationships, and automates tasks to reduce errors and lower costs.
Ariba is a procurement platform benefiting not only the buyers but also the suppliers. It is a cloud-based solution, which means that both sides only need the connection to the Internet to be able to use it. Users can access Ariba anywhere, anytime and on any device via any Internet browser. Moreover, setting up does not require high initial costs such as additional costly hardware or software.
Thanks to the structure provided by Ariba, businesses of all sizes can connect with their trade partners using only one platform. Buying Organizations gain quick and easy access to potentially new suppliers engaging in collaborative commerce. The complexity of procurement processes and activities reduces, effecting in improved service levels what results in better relationships with the suppliers.
Suppliers on the other hand, may search for potential new business opportunities using Ariba Supplier Network. Ariba gives a chance for fair bidding and competing for businesses. Furthermore, it helps reducing processing costs through automation of activities like submitting invoices or providing order confirmations what leads to smaller risk of mishandled documents and increased accuracy of data.
Reduce cost, mitigate risk, and improve efficiency.
Why Choose
SAP Supply Chain Collaboration?
The SAP Supply Chain Collaboration solution enables you to collaborate on and automate procurement transactions on a single networked platform, improving inventory visibility, quality control, and management.
Forecast collaboration
Procurement collaboration
Inventory collaboration
Quality collaboration
Inventory collaboration
Quality collaboration
Manufacturing collaboration
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Benefits..
SAP Supply Chain Collaboration improves partner collaboration by digitally connecting processes across supply chain, manufacturing, and logistics. It enhances supply chain resilience by enabling rapid responses to disruptions and offers greater visibility through automation and insights, ensuring timely deliveries.
Improve trading partner collaboration
Extend your processes across supply chain, manufacturing, and logistics partners to re move data silos, exchange documents digitally, and execute transactions.
Drive supply chain resiliency
Respond rapidly to disruption to prevent revenue loss and unforeseen costs due to stock-outs, materials shortages, work stoppages, and demand fluctuations.
Gain transparency and visibility
Leverage plan-driven process automation, historical insights, and digitalised collaboration to help ensure delivery to the right customer at the right time.
What is SAP Business Network for Logistics?
SAP Business Network for Logistics is a one-stop shop that brings all logistics partners together, enabling next-level collaboration, process orchestration, and greater visibility with suppliers, contract manufacturers, logistics providers, and other business partners across the supply chain network. SAP Business Network for Logistics is an open, cloud-based, and secure platform, transforming fragmented supply chains into unified, collaborative, and intelligent networks. It is available as software as a service (SaaS) so you can access it from any web browser.
Each of these four solutions focuses on different aspects of visibility and information exchange in supply chain execution:
What are the key capabilities of Business Network for Logistics?
What are the key capabilities of Business Network for Logistics?
Each of these four solutions focuses on different aspects of visibility and information exchange in supply chain execution:
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Freight Collaboration
Freight Collaboration focuses on collaboration, through tendering, subcontracting, order coordination, document exchange, dock appointment scheduling and standardized visibility via a collaboration portal, connecting shippers with logistics partners.
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Global Track & Trace
Global Track & Trace is about visibility, not primarily as a platform provider, rather as a business enabler for transparency into inventory and order fulfillment, shipment tracking and custom scenarios for end-to-end visibility, allowing exception-based management.
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Material
Tracebility
Material Traceability ensures traceability of materials, leveraging blockchain technology.
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Intelligent
Insights
Intelligent Insights is a highly customizable data visualization and reporting platform across regions, networks, and applications that provides situational awareness of global supply chain movements and real-time insights on your supply chain execution performance.
Benefits.
Optimize logistics by improving collaboration and gaining real-time insights, while discovering new business opportunities. Reduce integration costs with seamless connections and advanced expertise. Boost customer satisfaction through structured feedback and efficient processes.
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Improve logistics processes.
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Leverage expertise.
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Cut cost of integration.
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Customer satisfaction.
SAP Business Network for Procurement
Why use SAP Business Network for Procurement?
SAP Business Network for Procurement streamlines collaboration between buyers and suppliers, enabling faster transactions and reducing costs by up to 60%. With global reach and automated processes, it simplifies procurement across 190 countries, ensuring compliance and improving business relationships.
Access a global community of suppliers to streamline procurement, collaboration, and transactions on a unified network. Digitally exchange procurement and invoicing information, optimize payment terms, and leverage early-payment discounts. Simplify supplier due diligence with automated collaboration and shared human rights data.
Supplier collaboration
Enhance compliance by digitally matching invoices to POs and contracts, ensuring regulatory adherence through e-invoicing. Automatically validate transactions with business rules to minimize manual intervention and reduce exceptions.
Regulatory and business process compliance
Automate manual processes to boost productivity, lower operating costs, and free up workforce capacity. Digitally deliver POs to suppliers across a business network, reducing paper usage, waste, and carbon footprint.
Automated procurement workflows
Enable suppliers to easily convert POs into invoices directly on the network, eliminating data entry errors. Provide real-time invoice status updates to reduce supplier inquiries.
Supplier portal
Gain full visibility into orders and invoices with a comprehensive view of spending. Allow suppliers to configure email notifications for invoice status updates and promote self-service tools to increase adoption among long-tail suppliers.
Invoice status portal and transaction visibility
Benefits.
Optimize logistics by improving collaboration and gaining real-time insights, while discovering new business opportunities. Reduce integration costs with seamless connections and advanced expertise. Boost customer satisfaction through structured feedback and efficient processes.
Improve procurement compliance
Support business process compliance with highly configurable business rules on the network.
Automate spend management processes
Enhance productivity, lower operating costs, and free up your people’s capacity by automating paper-based and manual processes.
Increase transparency of business spending
Gain a holistic view of your organizational spend with greater visibility into orders and invoices in one platform.
Here's How SAP Business Network for Procurement Works
Transform Your Business With Our SAP Solutions.
Contact Westernacher today to discover how Business Network for Procurement, Supply Chain Collaboration, Business Network for Logistics, and SAP Ariba can streamline your processes, enhance efficiency, and drive cost savings. Let us help you automate, optimize, and succeed in a connected world. Reach out now to get started!
SAP Gold Partner.
Westernacher Consulting has had a strategic and innovative partnership with SAP for over 30 years. Westernacher Consulting is a recognized SAP Gold Partner for its outstanding customer service, proven expertise in implementations and customization, as well as strong strategic alignment.
SAP Build Partner
Westernacher develops sophisticated business solutions for SAP platforms.
SAP Service Partner
This partnership recognizes exemplary companies with a track record of successful SAP business suite implementations.
SAP Sell Partner
Westernacher is an SAP reseller, so our customers can count on complete SAP solutions from one trusted partner.
SAP Competency Level “Expert”
Enterprise Resource Planning
SAP S/AHANA Cloud, public edition
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition
SAP S/AHANA
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Planning
Supply Chain Logistics
Enterprise Asset Management
SAP Build Partner
Westernacher develops sophisticated business solutions for SAP platforms.
SAP Service Partner
This partnership recognizes exemplary companies with a track record of successful SAP business suite implementations.
SAP Sell Partner
Westernacher is an SAP reseller, so our customers can count on complete SAP solutions from one trusted partner.
SAP Competency Level “Expert”
Enterprise Resource Planning
SAP S/AHANA Cloud, public edition
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition
SAP S/AHANA
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Planning
Supply Chain Logistics
Enterprise Asset Management
Certified.
Nonstop innovation.
Living, working, operating in partnership. We are inquisitive, creative thinkers with strong entrepreneurial spirit. We question new ways of working, think differently and are willing to try out new approaches to create value and innovation for our customers. All of this makes us pioneers in our field and keeps us responsive, quality-focused and results-oriented.
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