Supply Network Collaboration is one of the core capabilities of Adaptive Supply Chain Networks, a fundamental principle for the networked and outsourced enterprise of today and tomorrow. Through SNC, customers and suppliers can simultaneously eliminate inefficiencies in their supply chains by synchronizing the flow of information between them. SNC offers a 360 degree view on supply chain collaboration, offering a company ways to effectively collaborate with its customers, suppliers, 3 ^rd party logistics providers and outsourced manufacturing partners. On the supplier collaboration side, SNC offers upstream business processes like Supplier Managed Inventory, discrete purchase order management, scheduling agreement release handling and web-based kanban signals. For customer collaboration, SNC offers comprehensive downstream business processes like responsive replenishment which represents the next generation in demand driven replenishment and collaboration. SNC also offers market leading capabilities for collaborating and monitoring contract manufacturing relationships. For outsourced manufacturing, the main capabilities include cross-tier visibility of inventory, supply and demand and a collaborative work order process that track work-in-progress, material consumption and BOM changes at the outsourced manufacturing partner. SNC is based on the SAP SNC application, formerly known as SAP ICH (Inventory Collaboration Hub).

Please note: applied Processes to Supply Network Collaboration are enabled via SAP Supply Chain Management or based on Add-On product SAP Supply Network Collaboration which will be available with future release.