Operational excellence in procurement nowadays is chiefly about reducing inefficiencies by enabling more collaboration. Ariba offers a cloud-based platform that allows companies to share common business processes.
16. Covering the full Purchase to Pay Process
Request Approve Order Confirm
Book Approve Reconcile
Receive
Invoice
Pay
Fulfill
Invoice
Supplier
Queries
Source
20. AP Automation is crucial
Metric No automation Scanning/OCR
Invoices per FTE 9.000 15.000
Time to process
invoice
22 days 17 days
% invoices
processed straight
trough
20% 60%
21. AP Automation is crucial
Metric No automation Scanning/OCR Ariba
Invoices per FTE 9.000 15.000 45.000
Time to process
invoice
22 days 17 days 4 days
% invoices
processed straight
through
20% 60% 98%
Continued Focus on Costs
Instantiating new approaches to savings that were developed in the downturn
Continued pressure to provide spend visibility and management
Growing Supplier Risk
Supply base becoming more global with continued instability
Need to effectively manage risk and provide insights
Importance of Governance
Increased pressure on sustainability objectives
New regional and global regulations
Demand for Rapid Productivity
Employees requiring intuitive self services
Focus on automated and integrated processes
How do we enable our suppliers to efficiently collaborate on supplier on-boarding, communication, engagement, and visibility?
How do we standardise processes and drive user adoption to drive down procure-to-pay costs?
How do we increase the efficiency of end-to-end processes and ensure low TCO?
… and still make savings
You can build highly customed on-premise solutions which enable you to communicate with your suppliers or scan invoices
The Ariba Network is the world’s largest Business Network, allowing Buyers and Sellers to become more efficient accross their Buying, Selling and Cash Management Processes
The Ariba Network is the world’s largest Business Network, allowing Buyers and Sellers to become more efficient accross their Buying, Selling and Cash Management Processes
The Ariba Network is the world’s largest Business Network, allowing Buyers and Sellers to become more efficient accross their Buying, Selling and Cash Management Processes
Safety helmet
Ease of use : Users are familiar with consumerized web shopping
More efficient ordering for Users : drive higher transactional usage
More control over pricing and content : content approval before going live
Contract compliance : Consolidating purchases to preferred Suppliers not only saves money but increases negotiating power
Greater order accuracy : from PO to Invoice
Lower order processing costs : pricing, other errors that require intervention eliminated
Simple user experience
Filtered suppliers and content
Thousands of categories
Ecosystem of supply from Marketplaces and Ariba Network Suppliers
Visibility into transaction details
Secure payment
Automate invoice processing to handle growing volumes with fewer staff
Reduce invoice errors and exceptions
Invoice scanning/imaging
Approval flows
Linking to purchase orders
Visibility to vendors!
Automate invoice processing to handle growing volumes with fewer staff
Reduce invoice errors and exceptions
Invoice scanning/imaging
Approval flows
Linking to purchase orders
Visibility to vendors!