The SAP Business Network is a cloud-based procurement platform for both buyers and suppliers.

Through the SAP Business Network, businesses of all sizes can connect to their trading partners anywhere, at any time and from any application or device to buy, sell and manage their sales and procurement activities more efficiently.

Suppliers are required to have an SAP Business Network account to be onboarded, registered as a supplier, and to participate in sourcing events.

A standard SAP Business Network account is available at no cost to suppliers.

A regular internet connection, email and web browser are the only requirements. All the most common browsers are supported.

Go to  SAP Business Network log in page and access supported browsers and plugins at the bottom left of the page to access a list of currently supported browsers.

Encryption is an important part of SAP Business Network data protection strategy. End-to-end encryption uses both encryption-at-rest and encryption-in-transit to keep your data safe and secure.

Suppliers will only need an SAP Business Network standard account to transact with Aurizon. There are no fees to collaborate with Aurizon through your SAP Business Network standard account.

SAP Business Network will use your company name, email domain and company address to scan its network upon submission of your profile.

If your company already has an account, but you do not have access to it, contact the account administrator within your organisation for access.

Depending on your business needs, you can have multiple SAP Business Network accounts. For example, if your company has several locations worldwide, you might want a separate account for each region.

Most companies choose to have one account with multiple customer relationships, which provides a centralised location to maintain their company profile information and all their customer relationships.

If you require technical assistance or have any questions relating to SAP Business Network, we recommend you contact SAP Ariba support

For more registration information, including help with completing the Certificate of Currencies (CoC) questionnaire, please refer to our Aurizon SAP Ariba Business Network Guide, which provides step-by-step instructions to registering and navigating the system.

A submitted registration requires review and approval by our Supplier Enablement Team. This includes an internal approval process. To check your registration status refer to the Aurizon SAP Ariba Business Network Guide.

If you cannot find the invitation email, we recommend checking your spam or junk folder. Check with your Information Technology department to determine if any filters on your email server are blocking emails from SAP Business Network.

If you still can’t find it, or need to get it resent, contact our Vendor Master Data team.

Existing suppliers were migrated to the new SAP platform in August 2026, if you have not received an invitation to register/update your details, send a request with your Entity Name and ABN to Vendor Master Data team.

The supplier registration invitation is available for a period of 90 days. The link needs to be activated before expiry. If you need a new registration link, contact our Vendor Master Data team

Suppliers can access the Aurizon Supplier registration questionnaire by logging into their account and accessing the Ariba proposals and questionnaires section in the top left of the dashboard.

To successfully log in, you will require user access permission from your organisation's account administrator. Make sure you have disabled ad blocker, as this tool blocks the Supplier registration questionnaire.

There are two fields available Entity Name 1 and (optional) Entity Name 2 – split the name across the two Names fields.

Note: Business names longer than those fields combined will not be accepted.

You need to create a Supplier account in SAP Business Network and connect via this account with your customer — the Buyer.

No, once you have an SAP Business Network account you can self-manage this process by updating a resubmitting your Aurizon Supplier Registration Questionnaire refer to the Aurizon SAP Ariba Business Network Guide. Access the SAP Ariba proposals and questionnaires page in Ariba and make account information changes in Aurizon’s Supplier registration questionnaire and re-submit the form. This information will be sent to Aurizon to validate and update. If your ABN has changed, a new supplier is required. Get in touch with your Aurizon contact providing your old ABN, your new ABN and change of business details. Bank details will be confirmed by Eftsure.

A bank key/routing number is a Bank State Branch (BSB) number in Australia. This is a six-digit number used to identify the individual branch of an Australian bank/financial institution.

To update your company’s supplier information, log into the SAP Business Network, access the Supplier registration questionnaire, revise response, make the change, and submit.

An Aurizon representative will contact you to verbally confirm your bank account changes.

No, your ANID is a number that uniquely identifies your company on SAP Business Network. Your username was set up when you established your SAP Business Network account and is formatted as an email address.

From your SAP Business Network dashboard, navigate to your user initials in the top right corner of the screen and select contact administrator. 

Refer to SAP Ariba Help Centre for instructions on how to reassign your SAP Ariba account administrator.

If the account administrator is no longer with your company and there is no access to the email address on file, contact SAP Support via the SAP Ariba Help Centre. You will be required to provide the ANID number of the account, the listed administrator name, and email address.

Yes, your account can have multiple standard users for a single account. All users from your company have their own username and password to access the account.

The maximum number of users you can create is 2,000.

However, for each SAP Business Network account, you can have only one account administrator.

The designated SAP Business Network account administrator is a key role as they will manage your company’s account information.

Your SAP Business Network account administrator can add users, grant users’ accessibility permissions.

Eftsure is a service that provides assurance to Aurizon and its supplier base by reducing the risk of payment error, fraud and cybercrime. Refer to the Eftsure Fact sheet for further details.