Crossgate Delivers First Series of Service Extensions for SAP® Business Suite Software to Help Customers Simplify B2B Integration and Reduce TCO
B2B 360˚ Services powered by SAP provide fixed-cost service extensions to help customers simplify trading partner integration with SAP Business Suite and other SAP applications
Atlanta, Georgia on 12 May 2009
Crossgate Inc., the global expert in business-to-business integration (B2B), has released a set of core service extensions for SAP Business Suite applications including SAP ERP and SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM) as well as for SAP Business All-in-One solutions.
Today’s business climate is constantly shifting. With businesses unsure of how or when economies are going to stabilize, organizations need to focus on cost control, servicing customers, and increasing visibility into their supply chain processes so they can more closely match demand and inventory.
In order to simplify business network enablement, Crossgate has pre-packaged B2B 360o Services powered by SAP software for specific business processes, industries and SAP applications. The joint collaboration by Crossgate AG and SAP AG, provides a set of core service extensions to streamline and reduce the cost of enabling end-to-end business processes, such as order-to-cash and procure-to-pay. Each service extension includes all application interfaces, business processes and a bundle of partner mappings to help companies optimize the deployment of SAP ERP, SAP Business All-in-One, SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC) and SAP Transport Management (SAP TM). More importantly, these service extensions are provided at a fixed cost and include implementation.
“Our joint collaborative innovation work with SAP provides customers an out-of-the-box, partner integration solution at a predictable price,” says Stefan Tittel, CEO, Crossgate AG. “Companies can maximize communication with their business network partners while significantly reducing costs.”
For users of SAP Business Suite software, the service extensions for SAP ERP will further simplify collaboration with global customers and suppliers and help them in meeting regulatory B2B mandates. For companies with expansive supply networks, the joint offering based on SAP Supply Network Collaboration, SAP Transportation Management and Crossgate’s B2B 360 Business-Ready Network offers a flexible and efficient end to end solution to simplify logistics and supply chain processes. Further developments to be announced at the upcoming SAPPHIRE® 2009 conference include service extensions leveraging SAP BusinessObjects™ solutions, the SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM) and SAP Event Management applications to enhance connectivity and increase supply chain visibility. Also planned to be announced are service extensions for e-invoicing, to simplify financial processes between suppliers and customers while helping to ensure compliance with government regulations.
“Companies today have an ever-expanding supply chain due to globalization and customer demand,” says Thomas Spandl, Global Head of Business Development BPO at SAP. “B2B 360o Services powered by SAP software build on SAP’s investment in Crossgate to assist our customers with integrating business partners in emerging markets, meeting compliance requirements, and accelerating network communications. These service extensions are the first phase of solutions that will come from our investment, and they offer tangible ROI by connecting the physical and the financial supply chain.”
About Crossgate, Inc
Crossgate offers the world’s first Business-Ready Network, guaranteeing 100% integration of business partners, clients and suppliers. A single connection to the Network means electronic data exchange with any business partner regardless of their technical capability. In addition, Crossgate’s B2B-360° Services powered by SAP provide clients direct access to all integrated business partners in the B2B transaction network via their SAP systems. With its legally compliant e-Invoicing Services, Crossgate also provides an innovative and 100% secure solution to cover the entire process of incoming and outgoing invoices, including signatures, global compliance monitoring, and secure automated long-term archiving. More than 40,000 business partners, representing over 10 industries, currently exchange documents and data via the Business-Ready Network.
Crossgate is represented at four sites in Germany, with operations in Atlanta, London, Milan, Paris, and AsiaPac. For more information, visit http://www.crossgate.com
