Join this session if you are a seller using The Ariba Network, Ariba Discovery, and/or Ariba Sourcing to discover and connect to customers and prospects. In this session Ariba will unveil an exciting new interface that will integrate your disparate Ariba solutions.

1. Network Town Hall
Olaf Schrader, Achim Voermanek, Alex Lente

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Legal
disclaimer

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Agenda
• The Ariba Business Network Overview
• Ariba Network Roadmap – What was recently
Delivered
What’s was delivered in Ariba Network 12s?
• Ariba Roadmap Focus Areas 2013-2015
• Ariba Network Roadmap - What’s Coming
What’s coming for Ariba Network 13s?
• Linking Customer Feedback and Experience into our
Solution Vision
• Town Hall Discussion
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The Ariba Business Network is…
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SuppliersBuyers
Procurement
Sales
Finance
Logistics
Supply Chain
Sustainability
Compliance
Open
Any back-end system
Any connection technology, vendor
and protocol
Not constrained by single standard
1
Intelligent
Open the “envelope” – catch errors
before they happen
Aggregate data and discounting
opportunities
Not just an integration gateway
2 Comprehensive
All trading partners
All collaborative business processes
Not point to point
3
Partners

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“Other”
Buyers Suppliers
The Ariba Network is the leading Business
Network
The proof: Nearly 1 Million partners use the Ariba Network for ~$460
billion spend
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Partner and
Ecosystem Solutions
An SAP Company
Ariba Network
~1 million trading
partners across all
industries
40+ million
Purchase Orders
60+ million Invoices
~$460 billion in spend
142 countries
72 currencies
40 Invoice compliant
countries
EDI
Email
HTML
cXML
AS2
Paper
Smart
PDF
CSV
xCBL

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What makes a best-in-class
business network?
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Specific industry certifications and
standards
Variations within each industry
Broad industry process support
Broad approach for goods
Broad approach for services
Unique trade coverage (controlled
substances, etc.)
Global coverage
Regional compliance
Regional language, currency and business
practices
Source to pay for buyers
Market to cash for sellers
Supply chain and logistics
Industry
Commodity
Geography
Process

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Leading organizations are already using
the Ariba Network to…
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Collaborate immediately with
all trading partners – activate
not implement
Turn paper into efficient
electronic transactions
Catch errors – and correct
them – before they happen
Reduce the cost of
goods – beyond
sourcing efficiencies
See opportunities you’re
missing and have the ability to
participate worldwide
• Access to all Network suppliers already enabled
• Unlimited supplier on boarding
• 15+ collaboration processes
• Enforce policy & compliance rules in real time
• Notifications and alerts based on transaction data
• Global invoice compliance
• Visibility into fulfillment & supply chain
• Optimize working capital with discounting
• Cloud catalog and contract compliance
• Proactive notification of sales growth opportunities
• Promote your organization’s offerings with ease
• Dynamic proposal of new sources of supply
• Automatically accept electronic PO and Invoices
• Convert paper with conversion services
• Easily allow sellers to flip PO into Invoices

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Closed-loop Business Processes
Enabled
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Remit
Advice +
Payment
RFQ
Quote
Order
Order
Response
Supplier
Trading
Partner
Profile
Trading
Partner
Profile
Order
Status
Order
Status
Response
Service
Confirm
Service
Entry
ASN
Response
Advance
Ship
Notice
Catalog
Catalog
Goods
Receipt
Good
Receipt
Response
Invoice
Status /
Response
Invoice
Discount
Proposal
Discount
Accept
Buyer

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Network, not just a mail box: Rules
and Exception Management
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Rule Types # of Rules
Order Confirmation & Ship Notice Attachment Rules 3
Order Confirmation & Ship Notice Rules 7
Purchase Order Rules 6
Quick Enablement Rules 3
Sales Order Rules 3
Blanket Purchase Order Invoice Rules 19
General Invoice Rules 16
Invoice Address Rules 6
Online Invoice Form Rules 7
Po And Non-Po Invoice Field Rules 11
Po Invoice Field Rules 11
Tax Compliance Rules 14
… and we are just getting started
Every time a rule is
applied it saves
buyers and their
suppliers time and
effort
$
Time = Money

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Ariba On-Demand Innovation
Processes
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Strategic
(Ariba Driven)
• Ariba longer term investments
• Often delivered over several releases
Customer
(Customer
Driven)
• Enhancement Request (ER) prioritized
based on adoption needs
• Delivered in releases and SPs
SR-CR
(Quality Driven)
• Service Request for quality related fixes
• Priority: severe/critical defects
• Delivered in SPs and Hotfixes
9 months Release
Cycle per product
Quarterly release
cadence
8 weeks Service
Pack
Hotfixes

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Roadmap Focus Areas
Customer-focused investments
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Grow revenue, manage
cash, reduce costs
Support wide range of
inter-enterprise
collaboration
Connect as many
“commerce” apps as
possible
Focus on trading partner
enablement and value
creation
Deliver
Network Value
Better solutions =
value acceleration
Increase investment
to maintain market
leadership
Get stronger in emerging
markets & new spend
categories
Take advantage of
existing/new available
applications
Extend Applications
Leadership
Ensure business
continuity
Focus on scale/ reliability
Leverage SAP’s
technologies where
feasible
SAP HANA adoption
Improve Infrastructure
and Scalability

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Key Features Delivered in 12s3
Order Management Enhancements
• PO UI enhancements
• Goods Receipt Information on Purchase Orders
• Enhanced Support for Quantity Based Pricing and Unit
Conversion Pricing in PO, OC, ASN, Invoice
• Enhanced Support for Item Grouping in PO, OC, ASN
• Streamlined Order Confirmation
• Order Specific Line Item Tolerances for Advanced Ship
Notices
• Delivery Terms and Transportation Details Included on
Advance Ship Notices
• Total Landed Cost
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Ariba Network Roadmap
2013-2015
Network 2.0
Key integration use cases from Ariba
Collaborative Sourcing to SAP OnPremise
Order status request & result documents for
expediting & dunning
Goods receipt & response documents for
visibility into delivery
ASN response documents for better visibility
and 3pl integration
Ariba Pay
Integrated B2B electronic payments
Logistics
Freight order & invoice collaboration
Managing freight booking
Planning freight & selecting carriers
Tendering freight
Supply Chain Management
Release processing
Purchase order & invoice collaboration
Replenishment order collaboration
Kanban processing
Work order collaboration
Supply network inventory
Supplier Collaboration
Service Orders: >2 levels service hierarchy
Service Procurement (all outsourced services)
Entry Sheets: planned & unplanned
Service Timesheets
Service Invoicing (approved SES based)
Limit orders
Extend Invoicing: ERS Invoicing, more
countries supported
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Ariba Network Roadmap
2013-2015
Prepackaged Integration
Powered by Dell-Boomi IAAS solution, it
supports custom integration to over 20 ERPs,
including prepackaged adapters to Microsoft
Dynamics, Intuit QuickBooks, and Sage
Improve Infrastructure and Scalability
Additional Connectivity Options and Integration
Buy Side (to Ariba Network)
SAP Business One RDS
Sell Side (to Ariba Network)
SAP Information Interchange OnDemand
SAP Business One
xCBL on ramp
PIDX on ramp
PDF
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Ariba Network Roadmap
2013-2015
• What’s Coming In 13s Release?
Order Status Request and Response and respective
network documents
Service Entry Sheet and Services Invoicing
Support for sell side Goods Receipt Note
Support Legal Invoice for LATAM (country priority TBD)
Extend Parent/Child line item, Total Landed Cost, and
Price Basis Quantity support to Invoice
Support for ORDRSP in EDIFACT transactions (order
confirmation in Europe)
Supplier Enablement (SE) Automation enhancements
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Network Supported Documents
Choreography
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Confidential Information
XML Documents Supported
in the Ariba Network
Ariba
(cXML)
Quadrem
(xCBL)
b-Process
(XiL)
Direction
RFQ 13s X Buyer -> Supplier
Quote 13s X Supplier -> Buyer
Order X X X Buyer -> Supplier
Order Response X X Supplier -> Buyer
Change Order X X Buyer -> Supplier
Order Status Request 13s X Buyer -> Supplier
Order Status Response 13s X Supplier -> Buyer
Service Entry 13s X Supplier -> Buyer
Service Entry Response 13s X Buyer -> Supplier
Advance Shipping Notice X X Supplier -> Buyer
ASN Response 12s X Buyer -> Supplier
Goods Receipt 12s X Buyer -> Supplier
Goods Receipt Response 13s X Supplier -> Buyer
Invoice X X X Supplier -> Buyer
Invoice Response 13s X X Buyer -> Supplier
Invoice Approved X X Buyer -> Supplier
Remittance Advice X X Buyer -> Supplier
Discount proposal X Supplier -> Buyer
Discount acceptance X Buyer -> Supplier
Payment (ACH) X Buyer -> Supplier
Trade Partner Organization 12s X Network -> Buyer
Trade Partner Users 12s X Network -> Buyer
Trade Partner Category 12s X Network -> Buyer

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You have a say via our disciplined innovation
approach
“We link customer experience and feedback into our solution vision”
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Partner EcosystemOn-site Customer VisitsFeature Surveys
Advisory Councils
and User Groups
SAP Customer Network (SCN) &
Ariba Exchange

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Town Hall Discussion
• Suggested topics to select from
Ariba’s open Business Network
Closed loop PO automation workflow with SAP and non-
SAP systems
Self-service supplier enablement
Logistic and Supply Chain Management support
Industry specific support (Retail, CPG…)
Recent (12s3) Order Management innovation
Network dashboard
Quadrem Network migration
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