Guidelines for the SAP Business Network

Due to the complexity of Deutsche Bahn’s digital procurement processes, we use standardized procedures to make working with you as easy as possible. The individual steps in the process - from registration in the SAP Business Network through supplier onboarding to catalog creation - are described in the following guidelines. General information about the SAP Business Network is available here.

General Information and Guides 

In this section, you will find general information about supplier onboarding, as well as helpful guides on supplier registration and account configuration in the SAP Business Network: 

Catalog Creation

Goods can easily be made available in the form of a catalog. A catalog can come in different formats:
 

Integration

If you have an Enterprise account in the SAP Business Network and would like to automate document exchanges over the network, you can find DB-specific guidelines for the supported formats here:

Supply Chain Collaboration

SAP Supply Chain Collaboration standardizes the procurement of direct materials that are not ordered via catalogs. It promotes the exchange of data instead of documents, thus expanding digital collaboration. Information and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) can be found here: