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ShipCore Inbound · Supplier collaboration for SAP

One portal. Everything inbound.

PO confirmation. Shipping execution. Document AI. Routing intelligence. Real-time tracking. AI assistant. One platform, native to SAP S/4HANA, from purchase order to proof of delivery.

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Capabilities
7
Configurable rule fields
268
Portal
1
Manual data entry
0

The problem

Your inbound process is held together by email and hope.

Most companies use 4 to 6 disconnected tools for inbound supplier management. The result is blind spots, manual work, and costs that keep climbing.

Fragmented communication

Suppliers confirm POs via email, phone, or portals that don't talk to SAP. No single source of truth for confirmation status or shipping updates.

Expensive, limited portals

Traditional supplier portals are costly, cover only basic PO acknowledgment, and don't handle shipping, document AI, or routing intelligence.

Manual document processing

Packing lists arrive as email PDFs. Someone keys the data into SAP to create inbound deliveries. Error-prone, slow, and unscalable.

Zero inbound visibility

Once a supplier ships, you're blind until goods arrive. No tracking, no carrier compliance validation, no alerts for late or short shipments.

Seven capabilities, one platform

Everything inbound. One platform.

ShipCore replaces 5+ disconnected tools with a single portal that handles the entire inbound lifecycle.

01 / 07

PO Confirmation & Tolerance

Suppliers see every open PO instantly and confirm at line level with split delivery support. Mass confirmation covers the happy path, tolerance-based rules auto-approve, and every change lands in a full audit trail.

  • Line-level confirmation with split deliveries
  • Tolerance-based auto-approval
  • Buyer review for anything out of tolerance
02 / 07

Shipping Execution & Carrier Booking

Book carriers, generate labels, and print documents, or validate supplier-managed shipments against your routing guide. Packing, shipping, and ASN creation happen in one flow.

  • Carrier booking with label generation
  • Packing lists, ASN labels, and HU barcode labels
  • ASN posted to SAP as an inbound delivery
03 / 07

Document AI That Actually Works

Suppliers email packing lists in any format. OCR extracts PO references, quantities, and tracking numbers, then inbound deliveries are created in SAP automatically. Powered by Claude AI.

  • Any supplier format, straight from email
  • Field-level confidence with side-by-side review
  • One click to post to SAP
04 / 07

Your Routing Guide, Enforced Automatically

A 268-field configurable rules engine with condition tables and access sequences determines carrier, service level, and account number automatically. Upload rules from Excel with a full audit trail.

  • 268 configurable fields
  • Condition tables and access sequences
  • Carrier overrides go through approval
05 / 07

Real-Time Tracking + POD

API-based tracking from shipment to delivery. Carrier events update automatically, with proof-of-delivery capture and validation. No manual entry and no separate tracking tool.

  • Carrier events update on their own
  • Delivered, in transit, exception, and pending at a glance
  • POD capture and validation
06 / 07

Exception Management

ShipCore auto-detects late confirmations, quantity shortages, routing violations, early deliveries, and missing orders. Tolerance-based rules route each one into a buyer approval workflow.

  • Late, short, early, and missing orders flagged automatically
  • Routing guide violations detected automatically
  • Buyer approval workflows
07 / 07

AI Assistant

"Where is my PO?" Full status in seconds, for suppliers, buyers, customer service, and warehouse managers. Fixed commands cost $0 to run, with optional generative AI for deeper analysis.

  • PO status, shipments, and tracking in plain language
  • Fixed commands at $0
  • Optional generative AI for analysis

The supplier journey

From PO to POD in one session.

No switching between tools. No manual re-entry.

  1. 1

    Supplier logs in

    Sees all open POs with status filters: awaiting, confirmed, partially confirmed, shipped.

  2. 2

    Confirms at line level

    Acknowledges quantities, splits deliveries, adds comments. Auto-confirms within tolerance.

  3. 3

    Ships the goods

    Books a carrier in ShipCore or enters their own tracking. Routing guide validated automatically.

  4. 4

    ASN created in SAP

    Inbound delivery posted to SAP. Documents uploaded. Tracking number linked. All automatic.

  5. 5

    Buyer tracks and receives

    Real-time tracking, exception alerts, and POD capture. Full history available via the AI assistant.

What makes ShipCore different

Legacy portals handle one piece. ShipCore handles all of it.

Legacy supplier portals compared with ShipCore
CapabilityLegacy supplier portalsShipCore
PO ConfirmationHeader level onlyLine level with split delivery
Shipping ExecutionNot includedCarrier booking, label generation, validation
Document AINot includedOCR extraction that auto-creates the inbound delivery
Routing GuideStatic spreadsheetDynamic rules engine, 268 fields
Real-Time TrackingSeparate tool requiredBuilt in, API-based with POD
AI AssistantNot includedFixed commands ($0) plus generative AI
Exception ManagementManual, periodic reportsAutomated, real-time alerts
SAP IntegrationLimited, often one-wayNative S/4HANA Cloud and On-Premise
DeploymentVendor-hosted onlySAP BTP or any cloud
This is a big need actually. Very, very impressed. Everything is comprehensive across so many different areas. I don't think there's anything out there like this.

Supply Chain Technology Leader, after a first ShipCore demo

Live walkthrough

See ShipCore in action.

Stop paying for brittle middleware. Walk through the platform with our SAP integration team and see freight executed natively inside your clean core.

  • Live platform deep-dive: Ask AI, EWM, TM, and ShipCore Inbound
  • BTP architecture and clean core review
  • Your use case, not a generic slide deck
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