Compliance management.
Design denied- and sanctioned-party screening, embargo controls, legal control, export license management, and auditable release processes.
Technology
Make global trade executable, compliant, and visible
SAP Global Trade Services is the compliance and cross-border layer that helps global supply chains move legally and efficiently.
The business case
Bristlecone connects trade compliance to S/4HANA, planning, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, and control-tower decisions, so regulatory and customs context becomes part of the operating flow rather than a late-stage check.
Customs management.
Automate import and export declarations, document flows, broker collaboration, classification, and customs processes across jurisdictions.
Preference and duty management.
Support origin determination, trade agreements, preference calculation, duty optimization, drawback, and landed-cost insight.
Platform depth, connectedMake the platform work beyond the platform.
Migration and modernization
Assess and migrate legacy SAP GTS environments to current SAP GTS editions, redesign integrations, cleanse trade master data, test controls, and prepare users.
Connected trade decisions.
Bring tariff, restriction, classification, license, supplier, bill-of-material, order, and shipment context into planning, sourcing, manufacturing, and logistics decisions.
Business, technology, data, and change in one program.
We bring the process, platform, integration, data, product engineering, testing, change, and managed-services capabilities the work requires. Scope can begin with an assessment or a defined implementation and extend through stabilization and continuous improvement.
Bring the business question behind the SAP question
We will help connect it to the right architecture, program, and operating model.
Connected to the wider SAP landscape
SAP Global Trade Services creates more value when process, data, integration, extensions, analytics, adoption, and operations are designed as one system.
- Business and technical roadmap aligned to supply chain outcomes
- Process design, implementation, integration, testing, and migration
- Role-based adoption, application management, and continuous improvement
Questions, answered
What leaders ask about SAP Global Trade Services
Practical answers to the questions that often shape the first conversation.
How does Bristlecone support SAP Global Trade Services?+
We connect SAP Global Trade Services expertise with supply chain process design, data, integration, testing, change, adoption, and ongoing improvement. The exact scope can range from assessment and roadmap through implementation, migration, stabilization, and managed services.
How does this capability fit into the wider SAP landscape?+
We design the capability as part of the broader digital core and supply chain ecosystem, including the relevant connections to S/4HANA, IBP, Ariba and Business Network, execution platforms, BTP, data, analytics, AI, and non-SAP applications.
Do you support both business and technical workstreams?+
Yes. Bristlecone brings functional, technical, data, integration, engineering, testing, change, and program capabilities together so the business design and technical implementation remain connected.
Can you help us improve an existing SAP investment?+
Yes. Work can focus on process effectiveness, configuration, data quality, integrations, performance, release adoption, user experience, governance, operating support, or the value the capability is producing after go-live.
How do you reduce implementation risk?+
We make readiness, dependencies, decision rights, data, integrations, testing, business continuity, adoption, and measurable outcomes explicit early. Reusable assets can accelerate delivery, but the program is still shaped around the customer’s landscape and risk profile.