SAP Ariba – A Global Procurement Solution
Market study experts claim that the success of a product rests on the foundation laid by an efficient procurement procedure. Without a seamless sourcing process, the quality of the final product is adversely impacted. Furthermore, it ends up reflecting in the final customer’s experience.
World leader in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems, SAP expertise lies in providing an unparalleled procurement solution. It has recognised the interdependence of the two ends of the supply chain and devised an unbeatable tool with SAP Ariba to aid the same.
SAP Ariba is SAP's spend management, vendor management, supply chain and procurement solution that digitalizes and simplifies all your processes end-to-end, on a single, integrated platform in the cloud. The Ariba Network allows for the automation of certain components of a business connection, resulting in better business practices and lower expenses. It keeps a track of your order's progress. It is with the help of this feature that buyers and suppliers can track the status of purchase orders in real time via the Ariba Network.
So, why should you choose SAP Ariba?
With market-leading spend management systems for sourcing and procurement, you can digitalize and fully integrate your source-to-pay process. You'll get the data-driven intelligence and supply chain visibility you need to reduce supplier risk and ensure long-term supply chain resiliency. It enables its clients engage in real-time supplier cooperation and dynamic relationships to promote innovation and keep their organisation going forward by working within the connected community of the world's largest business network.
SAP Ariba successfully transforms your procurement process in the following ways:
The tools of SAP Ariba gather your spend data from wherever it resides and leverages it to refine, enhance, and put it to work when and where you need it.
- Enriches your spending data -
The tools of SAP Ariba gather your spend data from wherever it resides and leverages it to refine, enhance, and put it to work when and where you need it.
- Links processes together -
It connects your organization's direct and indirect procurement operations to maintain a smooth flow of your expenditure data. It then provides critical insights in keeping with current market trends that further help you modify and improve results.
- Reduces risks -
With a trustworthy, up-to-date, and comprehensive picture of supplier information, performance, and risk factors, SAP Ariba helps you mitigate threats to your supply chain, operations, and reputation.
- Automatic data evaluation and utilization -
SAP Ariba keeps you one step ahead in the supply chain by connecting the data gathered from suppliers and other sources automatically with one another, as well as the insight generated by trillions of dollars in global trade carried on Ariba Network.
Several global companies including Vestas Wind Systems, Henkel and ERG S.p.A are trusted clients of the SAP Ariba service.
“SAP clients have told us collectively that they have chosen SAP Ariba solutions for the extensive benchmarking across industries and spend categories and integration with SAP S/4HANA. They also love the guided buying experience in the SAP Ariba solutions”, comments Mickey North Rizza (Vice President of Enterprise Applications and Digital Commerce, IDC).
Kennametal, a supplier and dealer of tooling industrial materials passed an official statement that said - "We chose SAP Ariba solutions because we were a very tactical organization, and we wanted to move from ‘tactical’ to ‘more strategic business partner.’" To add to the endorsement, Boston University recently commented that their shopper community has responded very favourably to the guided buying and has quickly adopted the new way of acquiring goods and services through the platform of SAP Ariba.
The above testimonials are in keeping with SAP’s firm belief - ‘Real customer. Real results policy.’
If you are an organisation that is aspiring to streamline your procurement practices to transform to an intelligent enterprise status, SAP Ariba is the solution for you! With experts having a vast experience in the domain, we enable your successful migration to SAP Ariba so you can leverage its tools, and transform your resource acquisition for heightened results.
To step up your company’s journey we encourage you to get SAP Ariba on board. You can also watch our webinar titled “Procurement Transformation with SAP Ariba”, to gain a better insight of taking charge of your company's expenses, decrease buying risks and source the right resources from the most relevant sources in the most optimal ways. Get in touch with us today!
