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Table of Contents
3 Quick Facts

4 Making Global Trade a Strategic

Partner in the Organization

7 What Does SAP Global Trade

Services Offer?

8 Running Compliance Worldwide

13 Managing Special Customs Procedures

and Regional Processes

14 Optimizing Trade Preference

Management

16 Processing Trade in China

17 Managing International Trade

and Transportation

18 Deploying SAP Global Trade Services

in the Cloud

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Quick Facts
Summary
With the SAP® Global Trade Services (SAP GTS®)
application, you can centrally manage global
trade and have a single repository for all
compliance master data and content. Deploy
it stand-alone or natively within your classic on-
premise or cloud landscape of solutions such as
the SAP ERP application or SAP S/4HANA®. And
if your goal is to run worldwide compliance from
a single platform, integrate SAP GTS across your
enterprise – from sales to procurement, logistics
to finance, and HR to legal.
Objectives
•• Improve trade management and reduce
compliance risks by automating processes
and building cohesive, scalable systems
•• Reduce supply chain disruption through
real-time compliance and data checks
•• Eliminate duplicate efforts with centralized
management of master data and content
•• Maintain evolving trade sanctions and
regulations
•• Reduce IT complexity with standardized
software interfaces and efficient processes
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Solution
•• Manage export trade regulations
•• Manage import and export compliance,
classification, trade finance, and
documentation
•• Enable customs services with direct filing
as well as broker communication
•• Reduce duties and fees
•• Manage vendor and customer declarations
•• Centralize master, classification, and
compliance data
•• Automate regional and industry compliance
Benefits
•• Automate time-consuming, manual compliance
tasks and boost productivity
•• Accelerate supply chains with real-time
compliance checks
•• Validate orders consistently against regulations
to minimize fines and penalties
•• Manage content changes with ease, and publish
them enterprise-wide
•• Reduce cost and effort of global trade
compliance, duties, and taxes
Learn more
Contact your SAP representative, or visit
us online.
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Making Global Trade a Strategic Partner

in the Organization

Global trade groups within organizations today are not just a cost of doing business
or the team that gets called out when something goes wrong. They collaborate closely
across key business functions, providing critical input to ensure successful
achievement of operational and financial performance objectives.

QUANTIFYING THE COSTS OF OUTDATED
GLOBAL TRADE PROCESSES
Organizations across all industries are reexamin-
ing their global footprint in light of geopolitical
upheaval occurring around the world, as well
as changes to market opportunities, tariffs, and
free trade agreements. But globalization also
increases the complexity of cross-border trade,
bringing both opportunities and risks. The
SAP® Global Trade Services (SAP GTS®) applica-
tion gives you confidence that your business
processes are compliant with complex global
trade regulations while enabling a high-velocity
supply chain.
MOVING BEYOND MANUAL AND LEGACY
GLOBAL TRADE SYSTEMS
As companies increase participation in global
trade, their need for effective global trade man-
agement increases as well. Managing global
trade in accordance with the ever-evolving laby-
rinth of regulatory requirements, geopolitical
risks, changing market opportunities, tariffs,
and free trade agreements can make or break
the success of your globalization strategy.
The challenge is that global trade is typically
managed using antiquated manual processes
and legacy global trade systems that simply
can’t address the complexities of global trade
today. For example, fragmented legacy systems
break the natural rhythm of information flow,
with cross-border order and shipment data pass-
ing through separate systems for transactions,
screening, and approval. This complicated
information flow results in delays of export orders
that must be screened, inbound shipments that
are unable to rapidly clear customs, and a lack
of reports that decision-makers need to monitor
free trade compliance. In addition to causing
delays, having separate systems for managing
global trade prevents timely visibility into orders
and shipments – including those that may be
violating regulations.
As companies add new products, move into new
markets, or increase trade volume, they are find-
ing that their manual and legacy systems can’t
keep up, compounding these challenges. Customer
orders don’t ship on time, businesses can’t take
advantage of duty-relief and duty-suspension
programs, and compliance risk increases. With
SAP GTS, you can address these challenges by
bringing real-time global trade management
capabilities to your business processes.

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What Does SAP Global Trade Services Offer?
With SAP GTS, you get a single, comprehensive,
and secure solution for centrally managing trade
activity worldwide. The application provides:
•• Centralized storage of all trade-related legal,
compliance, and regulatory data
•• Screening of business partners across the
business regardless of process
•• Integration with core business systems for
real-time processing
•• Support for full regulatory export compliance,
including license determination
•• Support for complete regulatory import
compliance, including calculating and making
duty payments, expediting customs clearance,
and performing reconciliations
•• Process automation and integration for
management of foreign trade zones, bonded
warehouse management, and inward and
outward processing
•• Reduced costs by taking advantage of free
trade agreements
•• Built-in compliance with a number of regional
processes, such as the European Excise
Movement and Control System (EMCS),
Intrastat, and restitution
Figure 1: Comprehensive Footprint of the SAP® Global Trade Services Application
Export management Export classification
Import management Import classification
Special customs
Customs warehouse
procedures
Trade preference
Vendor declaration handling
management
Special regional Excise Movement and
procedures
Control System
•• Key country localizations (including processing
trade for China)
•• Standardized communication with brokers
managing key trade processes
At the same time, SAP GTS helps prepare
your organization for changes in trade from
“single-window” concepts to machine learning
for enhanced activities and for leveraging
blockchain efficiencies. SAP GTS helps ensure
that your trade organization receives the benefits
of process and technology innovation.
Let’s take a closer look at how SAP GTS can help
you execute your globalization strategy efficiently,
profitably, and securely. As shown in Figure 1,
SAP provides a comprehensive solution for global
trade services that supports export and import
management, trade preference management,
and special procedures for customs and regions.
This application enables native integration into
SAP systems and connectivity to third-party
systems alike. You also have the option to run
SAP GTS on the SAP HANA® database.
Outbound customs Outbound trade
Export compliance
services financial services
Inbound trade
Import compliance Inbound customs services
financial services
Inward processing Outward processing Foreign trade zone Processing trade
Preference determination Customer declaration handling
Electronic compliance
Security filings Restitution management
reporting
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Running Compliance Worldwide

Global trade is a complex, regulatory-driven the appropriate transactional content to

business – and getting it right for every order and
shipment requires the right technical foundation.
The SAP Global Trade Services application
provides you with an ideal foundation for
managing your global trade activity worldwide.
COMPLIANCE MASTER DATA AND CONTENT
MANAGEMENT
SAP GTS lays the foundation for effective trade
compliance by acting as the single system of record
for all compliance master data and content. The
application receives best-in-class content, including
complete sanctioned-party lists, rules of origin
requirements, customs code lists, and license
determination. It also captures master data
about business partners, including customers,
suppliers, banks, customs offices, data providers,
the organizational units of employees, and
government agencies.
Because SAP GTS integrates directly with SAP
S/4HANA®, SAP ERP, and other business soft-
ware systems, global trade transactions are auto-
matically checked for compliance and appropri-
ate import or export controls. At the same time,
inbound and outbound communication delivers
customs authorities. By performing and recording
compliance checks in real time, the trade services
application keeps products moving and payments
processing.
SCREENING OF SANCTIONED-PARTY LISTS
SAP GTS supports screening of sanctioned-
party lists by running real-time compliance
checks across sales, finance, human resources,
procurement, and distribution departments.
When a transaction fails to pass a compliance
check, it is blocked for review before it can
proceed. Worklists enable efficient processing
of blocked documents and partners, and
user-friendly workflows escalate questionable
entries to superusers for final resolution and
entry into the audit trail.
The functionality for sanctioned-party-list
screening in SAP GTS can be up and running in
weeks, either on premise or in the cloud – complete
with electronic audit trails and reporting. The
functionality integrates with SAP S/4HANA
and SAP ERP. With this integration, compliance
checks can occur in real time for vastly improved
compliance in a rapidly changing regulatory
environment.

One of the key strengths of SAP Global Trade Services is its

deep integration into SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP, which
supports sales, procurement, and logistics processes that are
essential to efficient export and import management.

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REAL-TIME COMPLIANCE CHECKS AND
RELEASES
Without direct and real-time integration between
your trade management and enterprise business
systems, you have to depend on manual interven-
tions to stop shipments that need further review.
It takes only a small slip to create a domino effect
of issues, such as errors in customs declarations,
additional shipping fees, and other costs resulting
from supply chain delays.
Real-time integration between SAP GTS and
SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP enables real-time
compliance checks, controls, hard stops, and
block resolution worklists and workflows. This
functionality helps you keep compliance-related
data – and your products – moving as quickly as
possible. Figure 2 highlights the various points
of integration between trade management
processes within SAP GTS and order and
shipment processes.

Figure 2: Integration Between SAP® Global Trade Services and SAP Business Suite

Distribution Product and business

Sales order Delivery Pro forma invoice
process master data (customer)

Export process

Product classification Export and import Customs

(including harmonized Export and import compliance check communication
Global trade
tariff schedule, export compliance check Bonded warehouse Document printing
services
classification number, Letter-of-credit check Duty calculation Compliant printing
and Schedule B) of letters of credit

Import process

Procurement Product and business

Purchase order Shipping notification Goods receipt
process master data (supplier)

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ACCELERATED APPLICATION-RELATED DATA
ANALYSIS USING SAP HANA
SAP HANA – a high-speed, in-memory database
– can serve as the primary database for SAP GTS.
SAP HANA includes tools for data modeling, data
and lifecycle management, security, operations,
reporting, and more. Going forward, we plan to
optimize SAP GTS to take advantage of the high-
performance functionality delivered by SAP HANA.
SAP HANA also supports the analysis of
sanctioned-party lists. It accelerates analytics
performance and efficiency by providing
real-time access to massive amounts of screened
sanctioned-party-list data, blocked partners, and
documents. Using this optional function, you can
accelerate access to screened data, including
incomplete documents, audit trails, blocked
business partners, and blocked documents,
to quickly diagnose and address issues.
PRODUCT CLASSIFICATION
To uniquely identify goods when communicating
with regulatory authorities, you need to classify
goods according to official classifications. Accurate
product classification is the foundation of global
trade best practices and often requires collabora-
tion with a product engineer and compliance
specialist. You may need to maintain many
classifications for each product to accommodate
various authorities; for example, in the European
Union, products require a TARIC code, which is
an EU import classification scheme. SAP GTS
supports multiple classifications including HS,
HTS, TARIC, PGAs, and ECCNs and allows you to:
•• Establish correct product classification,
enabling you to identify and pay the correct
amount of duties and tariffs
•• Determine product qualification for preferential
duty rates
•• Know if import or export permits or licenses
are required
•• Collect trade statistics
SAP GTS supports multiple numbering schemes
for the same product based on legal regulations
of the various countries and customs regimes.
It also supports mass product classification or
mass reclassification, which increases user
productivity while keeping product classifications
up to date.

SAP Global Trade Services supports various classification

models, including the Harmonized System, Harmonized Tariff
Schedule, Integrated Tariff of the European Communities, and
export classification numbers.

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EXPORT MANAGEMENT
One of the key strengths of SAP GTS is its deep
integration into core logistics processes, which
are essential to efficient export management. For
example, the application integrates into sales and
distribution processes to help ensure compliant
and efficient export management, as well as
support product classification, sanctioned-party-
list screening, export license management and
determination, embargo screening, and export
customs management.
For more complex export transactions (such
as those involving International Traffic in Arms
Regulations requirements), the application can
integrate bills of materials (BOMs) into the
license determination process. This allows you to
control relevant components and track the flow
of controlled goods throughout the procurement,
production, and distribution processes. It uses
the information from pro forma or commercial
invoices as the basis for generating export docu-
ments and sending the export declaration to
customs authorities through a certified customs
interface (where available or required). The
receipt of a confirmation from the customs
authorities in SAP GTS closes the export process.
IMPORT MANAGEMENT
SAP GTS provides one of the most comprehensive
import management solutions in the industry.
The application is tightly integrated with the
procurement and inbound logistics processes
that are critical to effective import management.
It also supports product classification, sanctioned-
party-list screening, import license and permit
management, embargo screening, and import
customs management. SAP GTS is certified for
many country customs interfaces such as U.S.
Importer Security Filing and U.S. Automated
Commercial Environment.
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SAP GTS creates a customs declaration based on
the purchase order, inbound delivery, invoice, or
carrier bill of lading. The customs declaration
serves as the import entry and includes all details
regarding what is being imported. The application
checks that all imported products are properly
classified; determines if any product is subject
to import licenses, permits, or other government
agency requirements; and identifies whether
these shipments comply with the terms of the
import regulation. All relevant data is automatically
available for reporting to the appropriate customs
authorities. SAP GTS then determines and accu-
rately calculates all import duties, taxes, and fees
and makes any adjustments to the transaction
value. It generates all necessary forms and files
electronic customs entries using certified
customs interfaces.
SAP GTS can use invoices for import processes
related to intracompany movement of goods.
When one business location exports goods to
another location within the same company, the
application uses the export invoice to automatically
trigger the creation of an import. For global
companies with a high volume of these intra-
company exports and imports, this automation
enables real savings and increased data accuracy.
After the goods are imported, the application
automatically checks the goods receipt against
the import entry and reports any variances. At
this point in the process, it provides support for
postentry reconciliation, allowing importers to
correct any entries flagged as inaccurate. It also
receives duty statements from customs and
authorization for the settlement of duties
through an automated clearing house.
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BROKER COMMUNICATION ••Importer-exporter centric: The company

While SAP GTS was designed to enable companies
to self-file with various countries’ customs systems;
however, most businesses still handle this process
using customs brokers. To facilitate the exchange
of information with brokers, the application
provides Web services to communicate product,
export, and import declaration data. These
exchanges include brokers returning the
declarations that have been filed and completed
with customs on the company’s behalf.
The application supports two scenarios:
••Broker centric: A broker initiates a declaration,
and a copy is sent back to the company after
customs clearance. The company provides the
broker with necessary master data to complete
the declaration, such as classification and
weights.
initiates the process and sends the original
import or export declaration to the broker.
The broker then requests customs clearance
and provides the latest processing status,
customs registration number, and other
pertinent information.
These scenarios are enabled by key capabilities,
including:
•• Transfers of master data
•• Web services and XML format
•• Monitoring of customs declarations status
•• Broker performance evaluations
•• Sending of import and export declarations to
brokers
•• Receipt of filed declarations from brokers

SAP Global Trade Services provides one of the most

comprehensive import management solutions in the industry,
supporting improved control and data quality.

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Managing Special Customs Procedures and

Regional Processes
SAP Global Trade Services supports special
customs procedures that provide substantial
savings on duties, taxes, and customs fees.
Special customs procedures and regional
processes supported include foreign trade zones,
bonded warehouses, outward and inward
processing, ITAR compliance, and goods move-
ments subject to excise duties (EMCS). Many of
these procedures are enabled by the application’s
ability to track inventory by custom status as
goods are entered, stored, consumed in produc-
tion, and subsequently entered into domestic
commerce or exported. As a result, companies
can delay, reduce, or even eliminate duty pay-
ments, depending on their ultimate usage and
destination. For many companies, this ability
becomes increasingly important as global trade
plays a larger and more visible role in government
policies and actions. Leveraging foreign trade
zones, for example, not only reduces costs but
also provides a buffer against periods of duty
and tariff variability.
The application also supports inward processing
relief (IPR) capability, which allows you to track
imported components through production to the
export of the finished goods, as well as divert
goods to free circulation. With IPR, you can
realize significant savings by minimizing and
deferring payment of import duties and
value-added taxes (VAT) and by managing
customs processes throughout your worldwide
manufacturing and distribution facilities.
In addition, SAP GTS integrates with the European
EMCS – a system for monitoring movements of
excisable goods under suspension of excise duty
within the European Union (in other words, goods
for which excise duties have not been paid). This
integration enables your organization to defer or
eliminate excise taxes in the European Union. It
also manages Intrastat reporting and supports
restitution, which enables your company to comply
with EU regulations and allows the European agri-
cultural industry to compete globally.

SAP GTS supports outward processing relief SAP GTS supports more than 25 certified
(OPR) to provide relief from custom duty, allowing interfaces for customs and other government
you to track the export of materials for processing agencies. This not only reduces the cost of
outside their customs territory. SAP GTS then compliance but also enables organizations to
links to the reimport record of the semifinished rapidly enter into new markets.
or finished goods so that importers pay duties
only on the value-added foreign content. OPR
functionality is integrated into the sales process,
including repurchase, subcontracting, and stock
transfer scenarios.

SAP Global Trade Services supports more than 25 certified

interfaces for customs and other government agencies. This
not only reduces the cost of compliance, but it also enables
organizations to rapidly enter into new markets.

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Optimizing Trade Preference Management
SAP Global Trade Services offers comprehensive
functionality for trade preference management.
The application uses content-based rules of
origin in preferential trade agreements to deter-
mine which products are eligible for reduced
import duty rates. When done manually or without
the aid of a purpose-built solution, preference
determination is costly, error prone, and risky.
Typically, it involves manual gathering of vendor
declarations, complex analyses of product-
content origin, and complicated value calculations
using BOM data. SAP GTS automates the entire
process of determining trade preferences, so
your organization can claim duty reductions and
comply with each customer’s need for vital
product-origin certification.
FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
Preferred or free trade agreements offer lower
duty rates to participating countries or customs
regimes. The proliferation of free trade agree-
ments worldwide is anticipated to grow signifi-
cantly. SAP GTS automates processes required
for your company to take advantage of free trade
agreements such as the United States-Mexico-
Canada Agreement, or USMCA (the agreement
to replace NAFTA); the European Union-South
Korea Free Trade Agreement; and many others
around the world.
IDENTIFYING GOODS AS ELIGIBLE FOR
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT
For most companies, identifying goods as eligible
for preferential treatment is usually a manually
intensive, error-prone process. Companies oper-
ating in a manual or hybrid system environment
simply cannot accommodate regulatory require-
ments for this area of compliance. As a result,
they miss out on the real cash savings offered by
free trade agreements.
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SAP GTS provides comprehensive trade
preference management functionality that
supports free trade agreements, preferential
treatments, vendor declarations, and regional
value content calculations. The application
streamlines and automates the process of
preference determination, including:
•• Requesting vendor declarations and managing
their collection and maintenance
•• Establishing product origin based on
agreement rules
•• Including the identification of materials down to
a detailed level, such as batch or serial number
•• Issuing customer certificates of origin
•• Managing multiple trade agreements
•• Calculating imported and domestic inputs used
in finished products based on the rules of origin
applied
The application automates and tracks all required
tasks, generating a complete audit trail at every
step.
LONG-TERM VENDOR DECLARATIONS
SAP GTS streamlines the collection and
management of required documentation and
long-term vendor declarations from suppliers.
Tightly integrated with the procurement processes
enabled by SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP, the
application allows you to establish the relationship
of materials and the vendors they are purchased
from. Using this information, SAP GTS determines
which vendors are located within the countries
included in the different preference zones. It
can also generate requests and reminders for
long-term vendor declarations of relevant
products.
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SAP GTS allows your company’s suppliers to use
Web-based supplier self-services so they can
quickly and more easily maintain declarations
online. Their inputs are then aggregated and
maintained in the application. SAP GTS also
integrates with the production and sales processes
supported by SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP so it
automatically receives updated copies of the
BOMs. It evaluates product classification and
preference status for BOMs, using applicable
rules of origin to determine which goods qualify
for preferential duty treatment. Real-time inte-
gration into sales and distribution functionality
in SAP S/4HANA or SAP ERP enables the issuing
of long-term vendor declarations to customers. By
automating the entire process, you can not only
save significant time and effort but also minimize
the risk of presenting incorrect statements to
authorities.
REGIONAL VALUE CONTENT CALCULATION
Running preferred trade agreements without
system automation is manually intensive and
challenging. Hence, it keeps many companies
from realizing the real cash savings offered by
trade agreements. SAP GTS keeps track of all
preference calculations, transactions, and goods
movements – all captured in an electronic audit
trail. In addition, it supports both net value and
transaction value valuation methods. Preference
management functions enable the collection of
vendor declarations, preference processing of
BOMs (both fixed and order related), preference
eligibility determination, and the generation and
distribution of preference declarations to
customers.
By automating the entire vendor declaration
process, SAP GTS not only saves customers
significant time and effort but also minimizes
the risk of presenting incorrect statements
to authorities.

SAP Global Trade Services provides comprehensive trade

preference management functionality such as support for
free trade agreements, preferential treatments, vendor
declarations, and regional value content calculations.

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Processing Trade in China

Over the last few years, China Customs has not
only improved the efficiency of its clearance
process for companies but has also made self-
discipline essential. Businesses face multiple
challenges to comply with processing trade
regulations, including performing reconciliations,
managing customs BOMs, tracking inventory,
and managing customs declarations with match-
ing business transactions. SAP GTS, processing
trade in China, helps companies minimize risk
and reduce duties by centralizing processing
trade activities. At the same time, it improves
efficiency by automating imports, exports, and
e-manual management.
Companies can use the application to manage
classifications, including supervision codes,
declaration elements, and letters of credit, as
well as manage legal control, generate export
declaration forms, and claim VAT refunds. As the
first localized processing trade solution for China
from SAP, the application can help your company
obtain work orders and goods information directly
by processing different codes and processes in
your SAP ERP application. As a result, you can
save time, lower costs, increase data transparency,
and improve efficiency while efficiently managing
your processing trade activities.

SAP Global Trade Services supports the special

customs procedures such as foreign trade zones,
processing trade in China, bonded warehouses,
outward processing relief, and inward processing
relief that provide substantial savings on duties,
taxes, and customs fees.

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Managing International Trade

and Transportation
SAP GTS integrates with the SAP Transportation
Management (SAP TM) and SAP Event Manage-
ment applications, so your users can manage
dock-to-dock supply chain processes with
greater visibility and export control.
INTEGRATION WITH SAP TM
Exporters must complete an export declaration
and, in many cases, file it electronically with
systems such as the U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Automated Commercial Environment.
Using SAP GTS integrated with SAP TM, large
exporters and logistics service providers can
create a single export for their entire shipment.
For exporters, SAP TM indicates if a shipment is
customs relevant; it then sends the freight order
to SAP GTS for a compliance check and for
creation of the customs declaration. Logistics
service providers, on the other hand, create a
forwarding order in SAP TM and send it to
SAP GTS for a compliance check and customs
declaration. Once the customs declaration is
completed, SAP GTS sends the customs status
to SAP TM indicating that “export is allowed.”
At that point, a shipment is allowed to progress.
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN VISIBILITY
Supply chain professionals, customer service
representatives, and compliance managers
require visibility into international trade activities.
To meet this need, SAP GTS extends your global
supply chain management solution by integrating
with SAP Event Management to provide visibility
into the details of all customs operations – both
for imports and exports. This enables you to
proactively mitigate the risk of unforeseen
customs delays. You can also trigger events from
defined fields in almost any SAP GTS document.

Supply chain professionals, customer service

representatives, and compliance managers
require visibility into international trade activities.

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Deploying SAP Global Trade Services
in the Cloud
A UNIFIED, ON-DEMAND GLOBAL TRADE
SERVICES SOLUTION
SAP provides a single, unified platform for
SAP Global Trade Services in the cloud. Now
you can securely connect your company – large
or small – to a hosted system managed and
maintained in the cloud. Our cloud-based
solution supports the full range of global trade
scenarios. The net result? Lower cost of
ownership, reduced maintenance and upgrade
costs, and access to the latest features.
When you use SAP GTS in the cloud, you always
have the latest release, and the most current
functionality is always available for implementation.
THE GOAL: A SINGLE GLOBAL TRADE
MANAGEMENT PLATFORM
To run successful global trade operations, you
need a responsive global trade management
system that provides a centralized trade plat-
form. It also should support real-time global
trade processes and reporting that can be fully
integrated with your core transactional systems.
Using such a platform, you can:
•• Screen transactions for compliance with import
and export regulations, including sanctioned
and denied parties, license requirements, and
embargoes, in real time to avoid delays
•• Help ensure full use of – and compliance
with – free trade agreements and regional
trade initiatives
•• Implement special customs procedures, such
as foreign trade zones, bonded warehouses,
and outward and inward processing
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•• Gain better visibility into cross-border orders
and shipments
•• Identify compliance, performance, and supply
chain issues early – before they cost you a
client relationship or a huge noncompliance
penalty
With this integrated functionality, you can reduce
compliance risk and increase supply chain
efficiency and performance – and by default,
maintain your commitment to delivering the
best possible service to your customers worldwide.
At the same time, you can realize other benefits
such as:
•• Significant reductions in the cost and effort
of global trade compliance
•• Bottom-line savings through duty and fee
reductions
•• Greater productivity through the automation
of time-consuming, manual tasks
•• Fewer fines and penalties from trade-
compliance violations
•• Protection of company brand and image –
for example, by avoiding trade with sanctioned
or denied parties
•• Faster outbound and inbound customs
clearance by reducing unnecessary delays
SAP GTS offers the integrated, real-time
functionality you need to realize these benefits.
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