Our innovative solutions are based on best practices and experience to help organizations advance their procurement functions. SmartOCI provides a unified view of supplier catalogues, enables suppliers to upload and maintain catalogues online, and offers requisitioners an improved shopping experience. It can help lower costs, speed processes, and increase visibility of spend. The onboarding process involves defining a catalogue strategy, refining supplier enablement, running a pilot, and rolling out in waves with support.
What are the options for sellers and buyers collaborating on catalog content? Join a panel of leading suppliers as they discuss their catalog strategies and preference for hosted CIF versus PunchOut catalogs. Learn how leading sellers use the Ariba Network to drive exposure of their product content to procurement organizations and individuals at their key accounts, while leading procurement organizations use online catalogues to drive up compliance to contract terms and to improve the user experience.
Your customers are implementing a procurement solution. Learn how to change beliefs, shift thinking, and drive conversations and change within your company to shift from operationally focused e-commerce to customer-centric digital commerce and help your company flourish. You'll also gain insights into how to get to the future and create a change organization.
SAP Ariba Procurement and SAP Fieldglass Solution IntegrationSAP Ariba
SAP Fieldglass solutions play an integral role in delivering total spend management to customers. As such, there are a variety of natural integration points between SAP Fieldglass and SAP Ariba solutions. Attend this session to learn about the various approaches customers are using to integrate their SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass solution investments. In addition, learn about the joint road map for SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass solutions and business-case scenarios.
Getting on the Same Page: A Discussion on Catalog StrategiesSAP Ariba
So what is the best strategy for catalogs? Many buyers wish to own their catalogs while many Seller provide PunchOut™ Level 1 and 2 capabilities.
This Buyer and Seller panel discussion best practices and merits of different catalog strategies from buyer owned CSV files to the different sophistication levels of PunchOut catalog.
Mission Possible: You Can Achieve Touchless Invoice ProcessingSAP Ariba
If you’re ready to move on from paper invoice processing, this session is for you. Hear from customers who have automated their accounts payable operations to accelerate invoice processing, eliminate invoice errors and exceptions, improve on-time payment performance, and improve compliance. With a smart invoicing approach, you can free up accounts payable resources to focus on higher-value activities that help improve business performance.
Boost Your Productivity Through an Innovative E-Sourcing Process Using Ariba ...SAP Ariba
Want to speed up your sourcing process by finding and qualifying new suppliers faster? Want to improve your team productivity with SAP and SAP Ariba solutions humming together? Join this panel discussion to learn from Atos, a €12 billion global managed services and BPO consulting firm, for its distinctive insights. We will also discuss how Atos used Ariba Discovery to solve a key piece of its puzzle in finding new suppliers and eliminating single-source supplier dependencies.
Buyer Learning Session: How to Talk to Your Suppliers About the Value of Join...SAP Ariba
This panel discussion will cover how to address and overcome objections that suppliers may have about participating in your strategic e-commerce initiative. Remember, as a buyer, you determine what value your suppliers receive from e-commerce. So join us to learn the value that e-commerce can deliver for your suppliers and what you can do to give them an incentive to participate.
Spot Buy: Experience Convenience and Take Control of Your Noncontracted SpendSAP Ariba
This session will provide a detailed overview on how to gain greater visibility into and control over nonsourced, noncontracted, and unplanned purchases. According to the Hackett Group, 15% of indirect spend is never sourced and is difficult to manage. How do employees buy things not found in the company catalog? How do you manage one-off long-tail suppliers? Is your P-Card program delivering on its promises? Participate in this session to learn more, see a live demo, and speak with the experts to get started with Ariba Spot Buy.
What are the options for sellers and buyers collaborating on catalog content? Join a panel of leading suppliers as they discuss their catalog strategies and preference for hosted CIF versus PunchOut catalogs. Learn how leading sellers use the Ariba Network to drive exposure of their product content to procurement organizations and individuals at their key accounts, while leading procurement organizations use online catalogues to drive up compliance to contract terms and to improve the user experience.
Your customers are implementing a procurement solution. Learn how to change beliefs, shift thinking, and drive conversations and change within your company to shift from operationally focused e-commerce to customer-centric digital commerce and help your company flourish. You'll also gain insights into how to get to the future and create a change organization.
SAP Ariba Procurement and SAP Fieldglass Solution IntegrationSAP Ariba
SAP Fieldglass solutions play an integral role in delivering total spend management to customers. As such, there are a variety of natural integration points between SAP Fieldglass and SAP Ariba solutions. Attend this session to learn about the various approaches customers are using to integrate their SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass solution investments. In addition, learn about the joint road map for SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass solutions and business-case scenarios.
Getting on the Same Page: A Discussion on Catalog StrategiesSAP Ariba
So what is the best strategy for catalogs? Many buyers wish to own their catalogs while many Seller provide PunchOut™ Level 1 and 2 capabilities.
This Buyer and Seller panel discussion best practices and merits of different catalog strategies from buyer owned CSV files to the different sophistication levels of PunchOut catalog.
Mission Possible: You Can Achieve Touchless Invoice ProcessingSAP Ariba
If you’re ready to move on from paper invoice processing, this session is for you. Hear from customers who have automated their accounts payable operations to accelerate invoice processing, eliminate invoice errors and exceptions, improve on-time payment performance, and improve compliance. With a smart invoicing approach, you can free up accounts payable resources to focus on higher-value activities that help improve business performance.
Boost Your Productivity Through an Innovative E-Sourcing Process Using Ariba ...SAP Ariba
Want to speed up your sourcing process by finding and qualifying new suppliers faster? Want to improve your team productivity with SAP and SAP Ariba solutions humming together? Join this panel discussion to learn from Atos, a €12 billion global managed services and BPO consulting firm, for its distinctive insights. We will also discuss how Atos used Ariba Discovery to solve a key piece of its puzzle in finding new suppliers and eliminating single-source supplier dependencies.
Buyer Learning Session: How to Talk to Your Suppliers About the Value of Join...SAP Ariba
This panel discussion will cover how to address and overcome objections that suppliers may have about participating in your strategic e-commerce initiative. Remember, as a buyer, you determine what value your suppliers receive from e-commerce. So join us to learn the value that e-commerce can deliver for your suppliers and what you can do to give them an incentive to participate.
Spot Buy: Experience Convenience and Take Control of Your Noncontracted SpendSAP Ariba
This session will provide a detailed overview on how to gain greater visibility into and control over nonsourced, noncontracted, and unplanned purchases. According to the Hackett Group, 15% of indirect spend is never sourced and is difficult to manage. How do employees buy things not found in the company catalog? How do you manage one-off long-tail suppliers? Is your P-Card program delivering on its promises? Participate in this session to learn more, see a live demo, and speak with the experts to get started with Ariba Spot Buy.
Supplier management is in many ways like the art of motorcycle maintenance – hands on, requiring discipline, and you can't leave anything to chance. Your suppliers have a deep impact on your sourcing and procurement process, and managing them effectively is the missing link between finalizing a strategic sourcing deal and realizing those benefits on the ground. This session will explore how the coming together of scalable supplier onboarding, effective supplier performance, and a host of best practices can help you manage your suppliers strategically.
How to Bring Suppliers to the Ariba NetworkSAP Ariba
Every great transformation starts with the end in mind. Enabling suppliers on the Ariba Network is no different. Join this session and learn from the experts as they share how they have successfully enabled suppliers and achieved great results in getting their spend and documents digitized on the Ariba Network. You'll hear the perspective of suppliers, buyers, and the SAP Ariba team – starting with the up-front business case and diving into the details of the actual enablement. You will also learn about exciting new Ariba Network developments that support SAP Ariba’s vision to help buyers and suppliers simplify commerce with a single platform, including a new, free supplier enablement option and improved supplier packaging and pricing.
Real-Time Finance with SAP S/4HANA and the Ariba NetworkSAP Ariba
Beyond optimizing your physical supply chain, the digital transformation of businesses provides an unparalleled opportunity for optimizing the financial part of your procure-to-pay and order-to-cash processes as well. SAP S/4HANA represents the new digital core, and the Ariba Network links this to your suppliers and customers – enabling real-time collaboration. Join this session to learn how you can optimize your accounts payable and accounts receivable functions to lower error rates and manual process costs, as well as how to improve liquidity planning and working capital management.
Ariba, SAP Procurement and Business Network Roadmap [New York City]SAP Ariba
What's next for SAP, Ariba, and Fieldglass solutions, and what should you consider leveraging in the future? You will learn relevant roadmap details regarding the SAP On Premise procurement portfolio, the Ariba On Demand procurement portfolio, Ariba Network, Fieldglass and SAP Cloud for Travel and Expense. We will also discuss the larger vision for the Ariba Network within SAP, broadening to supply chain and transportation - related collaborative processes. You won't want to miss this insight on our latest direction.
Ariba, SAP Procurement and Business Network Roadmap
Rob Jones, Sr. Director, Solutions Management – Business Network, SAP -- Ariba Commerce Summit New York City 2014
Supply Chain Collaboration with Direct Materials Suppliers: Manitowoc Shares ...SAP Ariba
In today’s distributed, global economy, greater reliance on trading partners has made supply chain collaboration a competitive mandate. As supply chains become more complex and dynamic, your ability in direct and indirect materials procurement to achieve the perfect order—receiving the right product, in the right place, at the right time, in the right quantity—depends on having the right tools and partners. You need to be able to collaborate across multiple processes, systems, and geographies in real time; accurately track and assess supplier performance; and quickly identify and respond to unplanned supply chain events. Join a panel of thought leaders and practitioners as they discuss how to attain The Perfect Order by collaborating effectively with trading partners both inside and outside their enterprises.
Developing a Road Map and Business Case – Deloitte Sponsor SessionSAP Ariba
How do you structure your procurement transformation program to optimize benefits within a complex environment? Based on its experience with 300+ procurement technology projects, Deloitte shares insights and lessons learned in preparing for and delivering a procurement technology transformation program. Build the road map, underpin with the business case, and succeed in delivering change.
Going Digital with SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement and SAP Ariba Solutio...SAP Ariba
What does going digital mean, and what are the challenges companies face trying to transform themselves to digital enterprises? Learn how SAP Ariba solutions are an integral part of the SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement solution and how you can move from your current solutions into the future of digital commerce for all of your organization’s spend types. We’ll explain how SAP Ariba solutions offer a low-risk, phased approach to starting out on this digital journey, combining the power of SAP S/4HANA with the Ariba Network.
Strategic Sourcing in the Digital EconomySAP Ariba
Gaining actual savings from the best-laid sourcing plans requires organizations to put in place a closed-loop strategy – one that addresses operational sourcing as well as the processes around it. An optimal plan would include cutting-edge analytics to drive better decisions, water-tight contract management to improve adherence, and disciplined supplier management to improve performance. Join this session to hear from the experts on how organizations can translate savings from paper to the bottom line through a tightly woven collaborative sourcing process.
Building & Measuring Your eCommerce Team Success | Ariba LIVE RomeSAP Ariba
You’ve implemented ecommerce, you’re satisfying your customers’ requests, but what is the impact to your organization? In this session you will learn how other companies have built an eCommerce team to quickly, efficiently and effectively respond to multiple and various buyer ecommerce integration requests and how they scorecard key performance indicators to document the value to your leadership.
In this session, you will learn about SAP Ariba solutions for payables and finance in 2016 and beyond, specifically in EMEA. This session is a must if you are a corporate finance or A/P user or a deployment/implementation team member seeking information associated with the direction of SAP Ariba solutions for payables and finance in EMEA.
The session will be a continuation from last year's session where Hewlett-Packard and Pfizer shared their reasoning, decision process, and value determination behind connecting their on-premise Ariba Buyer instance to Ariba Procurement Content in the cloud. At the time, neither Hewlett-Packard nor Pfizer had completed the implementation and roll-out (they were in the process).
In this session, they will share lessons learned on the entire process including decision process, planning, implementation, roll-out, training, and other aspects from their real-world experiences from their Ariba Procurement Content hybrid implementation.
Learn more about Ariba LIVE at http://spr.ly/LIVE2014LV-d
How to Get Mass Supplier Enablement: Transform Your Supplier Enablement Progr...SAP Ariba
Hear how e-commerce innovators have digitalized their companies beyond their four walls, enabling diverse, global supply bases to transact across Ariba Network. Learn about best practices for setting up a project, communicating with suppliers, and developing an effective on-boarding strategy. The session will also discuss support from the SAP Ariba SMO/ACO team in Prague, and the opportunity to engage one-time or low-volume suppliers through the recently announced light account capability.
Value Realization with SAP Ariba Solutions Approach, Measurement, and SuccessSAP Ariba
What does success look like? A successful program involving SAP Ariba solutions can take many forms – and likely changes over time. In this session, we'll walk through the various elements of a successful value realization effort, including sourcing coverage, enterprise efficiency, savings, customer experience, procurement evolution, and the road ahead.
Leading sellers use Ariba Network to drive exposure of their product content to procurement organizations and individuals at their key accounts, and leading procurement organizations use online catalogs to drive up compliance to contract terms and to improve the user experience. But what are the options for buyers and sellers collaborating on catalog content? Join a panel of leading sellers and buyers discussing their catalog strategies and preference for hosted CIF versus PunchOut catalogs.
Implementation Experiences with SAP Ariba Solutions – Customer PanelSAP Ariba
This session will bring together several customer speakers who will provide a 10-minute overview of the solutions they deployed and the benefits gained using cloud-based SAP and SAP Ariba procurement solutions. Then we will open it up for a Q&A so that new customers can ask our experienced customers what they did right and how they run better in 2016 as a result of these projects.
Transform Procurement with the SAP S/4HANA Digital Core and SAP Ariba SolutionsSAP Ariba
Gain clear insight into how and why SAP S/4HANA and SAP Ariba solutions enable complete digitalization of the source-to-settle process for all spend categories and all payables collaboration. Transform your procurement process with integrated software for self-service procurement, supplier management, strategic sourcing, and supplier collaboration. Understand the standard seamless integration and process flows between SAP S/4HANA and SAP Ariba solutions, which enable real-time collaboration.
Best-in-Class Procurement Strategies for the Consumer Products IndustrySAP Ariba
Digital technology is changing procurement and supply chain processes. Leading consumer products companies can respond quickly and profitably to volatile demand and supply. In this session, learn how top consumer products companies have reimagined their source-to-settle process to digitally transform their business and achieve procurement excellence utilizing new innovations in SAP Ariba solutions.
Elevate Your Services Procurement Practices and External Workforce Management...SAP Ariba
SAP Fieldglass solutions enable customers to gain visibility and control of external labor and project-based services, including statements of work (SOW) – often a very vast network of service providers, independent contractors, and additional flexible talent pools. Attendees of this session will walk away with a greater understanding of the SAP Fieldglass Vendor Management System and the business challenges it solves for large, multinational enterprises.
Supplier Management 101: Drive Spend Toward Preferred Suppliers and Reduce Risk SAP Ariba
Attend this session for an introduction to the new SAP Ariba Supplier Management portfolio, which includes the SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier Risk solutions. Fully integrated with your ERP system and procurement processes, these comprehensive tools can help you onboard, qualify, segment, and manage supplier performance while reducing supplier risk.
The Power of SAP and Ariba Solution IntegrationSAP Ariba
Participate in this session to learn how to leverage end-to-end procurement processes that connect the cloud and the Ariba Network with your on-premise infrastructure. Find out which hybrid integration scenarios between SAP on-premise solutions, cloud-based Ariba applications, and the Ariba Network are already supported and what integration scenarios are planned for 2015. Understand how SAP ERP, SAP Supplier Relationship Management, and SAP Supply Network Collaboration can be easily connected to the Ariba Network, and how you can run integrated end-to-end sourcing processes between SAP ERP and the best-in-class Ariba Sourcing solution. Furthermore, hear which operational procurement processes are supported between SAP ERP and Ariba Procurement Content and Ariba Procure-to-Pay.
Supplier management is in many ways like the art of motorcycle maintenance – hands on, requiring discipline, and you can't leave anything to chance. Your suppliers have a deep impact on your sourcing and procurement process, and managing them effectively is the missing link between finalizing a strategic sourcing deal and realizing those benefits on the ground. This session will explore how the coming together of scalable supplier onboarding, effective supplier performance, and a host of best practices can help you manage your suppliers strategically.
How to Bring Suppliers to the Ariba NetworkSAP Ariba
Every great transformation starts with the end in mind. Enabling suppliers on the Ariba Network is no different. Join this session and learn from the experts as they share how they have successfully enabled suppliers and achieved great results in getting their spend and documents digitized on the Ariba Network. You'll hear the perspective of suppliers, buyers, and the SAP Ariba team – starting with the up-front business case and diving into the details of the actual enablement. You will also learn about exciting new Ariba Network developments that support SAP Ariba’s vision to help buyers and suppliers simplify commerce with a single platform, including a new, free supplier enablement option and improved supplier packaging and pricing.
Real-Time Finance with SAP S/4HANA and the Ariba NetworkSAP Ariba
Beyond optimizing your physical supply chain, the digital transformation of businesses provides an unparalleled opportunity for optimizing the financial part of your procure-to-pay and order-to-cash processes as well. SAP S/4HANA represents the new digital core, and the Ariba Network links this to your suppliers and customers – enabling real-time collaboration. Join this session to learn how you can optimize your accounts payable and accounts receivable functions to lower error rates and manual process costs, as well as how to improve liquidity planning and working capital management.
Ariba, SAP Procurement and Business Network Roadmap [New York City]SAP Ariba
What's next for SAP, Ariba, and Fieldglass solutions, and what should you consider leveraging in the future? You will learn relevant roadmap details regarding the SAP On Premise procurement portfolio, the Ariba On Demand procurement portfolio, Ariba Network, Fieldglass and SAP Cloud for Travel and Expense. We will also discuss the larger vision for the Ariba Network within SAP, broadening to supply chain and transportation - related collaborative processes. You won't want to miss this insight on our latest direction.
Ariba, SAP Procurement and Business Network Roadmap
Rob Jones, Sr. Director, Solutions Management – Business Network, SAP -- Ariba Commerce Summit New York City 2014
Supply Chain Collaboration with Direct Materials Suppliers: Manitowoc Shares ...SAP Ariba
In today’s distributed, global economy, greater reliance on trading partners has made supply chain collaboration a competitive mandate. As supply chains become more complex and dynamic, your ability in direct and indirect materials procurement to achieve the perfect order—receiving the right product, in the right place, at the right time, in the right quantity—depends on having the right tools and partners. You need to be able to collaborate across multiple processes, systems, and geographies in real time; accurately track and assess supplier performance; and quickly identify and respond to unplanned supply chain events. Join a panel of thought leaders and practitioners as they discuss how to attain The Perfect Order by collaborating effectively with trading partners both inside and outside their enterprises.
Developing a Road Map and Business Case – Deloitte Sponsor SessionSAP Ariba
How do you structure your procurement transformation program to optimize benefits within a complex environment? Based on its experience with 300+ procurement technology projects, Deloitte shares insights and lessons learned in preparing for and delivering a procurement technology transformation program. Build the road map, underpin with the business case, and succeed in delivering change.
Going Digital with SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement and SAP Ariba Solutio...SAP Ariba
What does going digital mean, and what are the challenges companies face trying to transform themselves to digital enterprises? Learn how SAP Ariba solutions are an integral part of the SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement solution and how you can move from your current solutions into the future of digital commerce for all of your organization’s spend types. We’ll explain how SAP Ariba solutions offer a low-risk, phased approach to starting out on this digital journey, combining the power of SAP S/4HANA with the Ariba Network.
Strategic Sourcing in the Digital EconomySAP Ariba
Gaining actual savings from the best-laid sourcing plans requires organizations to put in place a closed-loop strategy – one that addresses operational sourcing as well as the processes around it. An optimal plan would include cutting-edge analytics to drive better decisions, water-tight contract management to improve adherence, and disciplined supplier management to improve performance. Join this session to hear from the experts on how organizations can translate savings from paper to the bottom line through a tightly woven collaborative sourcing process.
Building & Measuring Your eCommerce Team Success | Ariba LIVE RomeSAP Ariba
You’ve implemented ecommerce, you’re satisfying your customers’ requests, but what is the impact to your organization? In this session you will learn how other companies have built an eCommerce team to quickly, efficiently and effectively respond to multiple and various buyer ecommerce integration requests and how they scorecard key performance indicators to document the value to your leadership.
In this session, you will learn about SAP Ariba solutions for payables and finance in 2016 and beyond, specifically in EMEA. This session is a must if you are a corporate finance or A/P user or a deployment/implementation team member seeking information associated with the direction of SAP Ariba solutions for payables and finance in EMEA.
The session will be a continuation from last year's session where Hewlett-Packard and Pfizer shared their reasoning, decision process, and value determination behind connecting their on-premise Ariba Buyer instance to Ariba Procurement Content in the cloud. At the time, neither Hewlett-Packard nor Pfizer had completed the implementation and roll-out (they were in the process).
In this session, they will share lessons learned on the entire process including decision process, planning, implementation, roll-out, training, and other aspects from their real-world experiences from their Ariba Procurement Content hybrid implementation.
Learn more about Ariba LIVE at http://spr.ly/LIVE2014LV-d
How to Get Mass Supplier Enablement: Transform Your Supplier Enablement Progr...SAP Ariba
Hear how e-commerce innovators have digitalized their companies beyond their four walls, enabling diverse, global supply bases to transact across Ariba Network. Learn about best practices for setting up a project, communicating with suppliers, and developing an effective on-boarding strategy. The session will also discuss support from the SAP Ariba SMO/ACO team in Prague, and the opportunity to engage one-time or low-volume suppliers through the recently announced light account capability.
Value Realization with SAP Ariba Solutions Approach, Measurement, and SuccessSAP Ariba
What does success look like? A successful program involving SAP Ariba solutions can take many forms – and likely changes over time. In this session, we'll walk through the various elements of a successful value realization effort, including sourcing coverage, enterprise efficiency, savings, customer experience, procurement evolution, and the road ahead.
Leading sellers use Ariba Network to drive exposure of their product content to procurement organizations and individuals at their key accounts, and leading procurement organizations use online catalogs to drive up compliance to contract terms and to improve the user experience. But what are the options for buyers and sellers collaborating on catalog content? Join a panel of leading sellers and buyers discussing their catalog strategies and preference for hosted CIF versus PunchOut catalogs.
Implementation Experiences with SAP Ariba Solutions – Customer PanelSAP Ariba
This session will bring together several customer speakers who will provide a 10-minute overview of the solutions they deployed and the benefits gained using cloud-based SAP and SAP Ariba procurement solutions. Then we will open it up for a Q&A so that new customers can ask our experienced customers what they did right and how they run better in 2016 as a result of these projects.
Transform Procurement with the SAP S/4HANA Digital Core and SAP Ariba SolutionsSAP Ariba
Gain clear insight into how and why SAP S/4HANA and SAP Ariba solutions enable complete digitalization of the source-to-settle process for all spend categories and all payables collaboration. Transform your procurement process with integrated software for self-service procurement, supplier management, strategic sourcing, and supplier collaboration. Understand the standard seamless integration and process flows between SAP S/4HANA and SAP Ariba solutions, which enable real-time collaboration.
Best-in-Class Procurement Strategies for the Consumer Products IndustrySAP Ariba
Digital technology is changing procurement and supply chain processes. Leading consumer products companies can respond quickly and profitably to volatile demand and supply. In this session, learn how top consumer products companies have reimagined their source-to-settle process to digitally transform their business and achieve procurement excellence utilizing new innovations in SAP Ariba solutions.
Elevate Your Services Procurement Practices and External Workforce Management...SAP Ariba
SAP Fieldglass solutions enable customers to gain visibility and control of external labor and project-based services, including statements of work (SOW) – often a very vast network of service providers, independent contractors, and additional flexible talent pools. Attendees of this session will walk away with a greater understanding of the SAP Fieldglass Vendor Management System and the business challenges it solves for large, multinational enterprises.
Supplier Management 101: Drive Spend Toward Preferred Suppliers and Reduce Risk SAP Ariba
Attend this session for an introduction to the new SAP Ariba Supplier Management portfolio, which includes the SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier Risk solutions. Fully integrated with your ERP system and procurement processes, these comprehensive tools can help you onboard, qualify, segment, and manage supplier performance while reducing supplier risk.
The Power of SAP and Ariba Solution IntegrationSAP Ariba
Participate in this session to learn how to leverage end-to-end procurement processes that connect the cloud and the Ariba Network with your on-premise infrastructure. Find out which hybrid integration scenarios between SAP on-premise solutions, cloud-based Ariba applications, and the Ariba Network are already supported and what integration scenarios are planned for 2015. Understand how SAP ERP, SAP Supplier Relationship Management, and SAP Supply Network Collaboration can be easily connected to the Ariba Network, and how you can run integrated end-to-end sourcing processes between SAP ERP and the best-in-class Ariba Sourcing solution. Furthermore, hear which operational procurement processes are supported between SAP ERP and Ariba Procurement Content and Ariba Procure-to-Pay.
Supplier Relationship Management takes traditional sourcing methods to the next level. While the sourcing process uses Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and templated one-way communications to select suppliers and derive the most upfront value for contracted services or products, SRM uses processes, principles, communications and tools to help companies better manage their existing suppliers within all areas of the company during the entire supplier lifecycle.
Migrating from On-premise to Ariba Cloud: Minimizing the Impact and Increasi...SAP Ariba
Migrating from on-premise Ariba and SAP SRM solutions to the Ariba cloud-based network is a key topic on buyers' and suppliers' minds. What are the challenges, what are the benefits, and how do you measure ROI? During this session, we will discuss specific benefits of migrating, including reduced total cost of ownership, faster innovation change cycles and enhanced user experience, as well as providing practical steps to minimize the impact of migration involving security, data, customization, and integration.
Integrating SAP Procurement On-Premise & On-Demand (SRM & Ariba)IBMgbsNA
IBM brings market-leading capabilities in procurement and global SRM and Ariba implementations in the cloud to help drive success, with accelerators, worldwide methodologies, highly experienced staff, deep vendor relationships and recognized capability that can be employed to accomplish client’s success
Xybion Corporation - Best practice webinar series - What you need to know about ECM/EDM. In-depth presentation of key issues and trends in content, data and records management
Leveraging platforms to achieve speed at scale- Tom Varsavsky (ThoughtWorks L...Thoughtworks
Tom shares the story behind the development of Colab, a branded platform of technology components that can be shared across the business. Treating this platform as a product helps executives and product managers, as well as developers, understand and embrace the REA technology strategy.
Driving End-to-End Procurement Excellence by Integrating SAP and Ariba (Custo...SAP Ariba
SAP and Ariba together are offering solutions under one roof that cover the procurement process end-to-end and support all categories of spend. Our solutions portfolio allows SAP customers to quickly and easily benefit from the Ariba Network, and deploy Ariba’s cloud-based sourcing and procurement solutions, connected to their existing SAP infrastructure. Join this session to hear how our customers have rapidly implemented the Ariba Procure-to-Pay solution, including integration with SAP ERP and the Ariba Network, in order to gain maximum compliance and efficiency, and accelerate their journey to procurement excellence.
5 Reasons Why the RFP Process is Essential for Improving Sourcing ROIAavenir
Managing RFPs is the first step to achieve procurement excellence, and it is often manual (read Excel, Word, and Outlook-driven) and time-consuming.
Check how sourcing, procurement, and vendor management leaders can rapidly and effectively collect vendor responses using RFPflow – a native app built for ServiceNow.
https://aavenir.com/resources/aavenir-rfpflow-request-for-proposal-management-for-servicenow/
[WSO2 API Day Chicago 2019] Pace Layering to Prioritize Business Initiatives ...WSO2
Pace Layering is an essential Gartner framework that helps prioritize business initiatives for digital transformation.
From a technical standpoint, Mashable Application Service or Cell Architectures are the new standards for flexibility.
Quinnox brings a unique perspective that combines the benefits of Pace layering and our proprietary methods to deliver predictable pathways for Cell-based architecture that enable faster digital transformations.
Join us at a city near you to learn how to achieve API-driven integration agility - https://wso2.com/integration-summits-2019/
Lessons in Transforming the Enterprise to an API PlatformLaunchAny
A look at lessons from our recent consulting engagements on why and how enterprises are moving from an API program to an API platform as part of their digital transformation. Includes 5 common practices we see across successful enterprises as they move to an API platform. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km-mCx0Zbgo&feature=youtu.be
Develop high quality Business requirements for Serialization/Track & Trace to provide a corporate vision, engage a large spectrum of
stakeholders, and efficiently deliver the solution releases
When implementing SharePoint you might think that you are adding just another technology to your heterogeneous IT environment. But after a while you realize, that users are doing things with SharePoint that you did not expect them to do. This talk dives into the dynamics of adopting SharePoint as a platform, and shows you a how to setup an operational governance practice using a structured governance framework.
Implementing an Integrated Quality Management System in SharePointMontrium
Implementing an Integrated Quality Management
System in SharePoint
For more information on Montrium please visit:
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Main focus of the talk is to communicate some key concepts of designing/implementing APIs based on an enterprise grade API Standards and Guidelines. We will try to handcraft few API recipes(i.e. implementation design) with real-life examples mixed with a live coding session. While working on each recipe, we will delve into the rationale behind design decisions and best practices. We believe that these concepts will help a developer build a comprehensive API solution from scratch.
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1. SmartOCI Overview
Our innovative solutions are based on best practices and
a wealth of experience and will allow organisations to
advance on the maturity curve to becoming a best-in-class
procurement function.
2. Agenda
Introductions
Why is Catalogue Management Important in
an optimised procurement process
smartOCI Key Functionality & Demonstration
Implementation Approach
Q&A
4. Introductions
Excelerated Sourcing Speakers for Today
SAP Services Partner Conor Mullaney
Director
– Procurement Excelerated Sourcing
15 years SAP Procurement
Implementation experience
Located in UK
Experienced team Ben Tempest
Senior Consultant
with multiple Excelerated Sourcing
3 years SAP Procurement
implementations Implementation experience
6. SAP In-Direct Procurement Issues
Several common issues associated with SAP
Procurement processes:
Management of indirect spend - often viewed as non-
strategic
Requisition process perceived as complex – inaccurate
requisitions, Procurement processing required, non-system
processes used
Time consuming master data maintenance processes -
material master/info record maintenance
Extensive use of free text items – inaccurate descriptions
(incorrect deliveries, reduced reporting capability) and
pricing
Catalogues are important but mostly little or no catalogue
usage for indirect items
7. Why is Catalogue Management
Difficult?
Internal knowledge
post
implementation
Resource to work
with supplier
Small suppliers
unable to provide
catalogues
Hard to administer
No cross-catalogue
searching
No strategy defined for on-going catalogue on-boarding
8. How Can SmartOCI Help?
Introduction of Catalogue Management strategy can
drive other activities such as supplier consolidation
Rapid implementation of E-Procurement
functionality in ECC
‘Amazon.com’ shopping experience for requisitioners
Federated catalogue search spanning both punch-
out and internal catalogues
Supplier self service - Online access for suppliers to
create and maintain catalogue data
10. Business Benefits
Enhanced end user adoption of SAP procurement systems
Unified view of supplier catalogue content and stock parts
Ability for suppliers to securely upload and maintain catalogue data online
Meet procurement goals by customizing catalogue search results around
diversity procurement, preferred suppliers, and green items
Lowered transactional costs for order processing (reduction in buyer
involvement)
Improved cycle time from requisition creation to purchase order
placement
Increased visibility on contracted spend
Improved payables processing time
Reduced IT administration costs
Reduced TCO of SAP systems and data administration
12. Functionality Overview
‘Amazon.com’ shopping experience for requisitioners
Federated catalogue search spanning both punch-
out and internal catalogues
Support for item bundles, custom fields/attributes
and tiered pricing
Profiles can be created to assign catalogue access to
requisitioners
Online access for suppliers to create and maintain
catalogue data
Suppliers able to upload item quotations which can
be approved and used by requisitioners
15. Our On-boarding Process
1.1 Understand the procurement strategy
Define Catalogue 1.2 Identify Scope of enablement including supply base
1.3 Refine rollout approach including pilot
Enablement Strategy 1.4 Put a Project charter together with timelines
1.5 Communicate the strategy internally
2.1 Develop an initial supplier contact letter
Refine Supplier 2.2 Build benefit driven documents
Enablement 2.3 Define Terms & Conditions Document
2.4 Build a comprehensive online training pack for suppliers to access for joining instructions
Collaterals 2.5 Develop the online Supplier registration form
2.6 Make this information available on a supplier portal
3.1 Send out initial letter to pilot suppliers
Supplier Catalogue 3.2 Hold a supplier summit for pilot suppliers to explain benefits and understand potential issues
3.3 Provide pilot suppliers with access to the portal with online help information
Enablement Pilot 3.4 Manage the supplier registration process including usernames and passwords
3.4 Run an initial trail pilot in a productive environment and provide a support help desk for any queri
4.1 Identify issues /questions /areas for improvement from the pilot
4. Access Success of Pilot & 4.2 Refine approach and collateral if necessary
Refine Approach
Make any Modifications to
Approach /Collateral
4.3 Go/No go decision to continue rollout
4.4 Prepare pilot success stories
4.5 Identify next wave of suppliers
4.6 Prepare plan for rollout in waves
5.1 Send out invite emails to suppliers with enablement pack
Rollout Catalogue 5.2 Provide help desk to support catalogue building and enablement
Solution in Waves 5.3 Monitor catalogue content usage
5.4 Provide proactive support to customer and suppliers
17. Thank You!
Contact Information
Visit us on stand G1 - SAP Forum
18. System Requirements
Supported SRM Operating System:
versions: • MS Windows 7, Vista &
• SRM 7.0, 5.0, 4.0 & 3.0 XP
Supported ERP • Apple OS X
versions: Languages Supported:
• ECC 6.0 & 5.0 • English
• R/3 4.7 • French
• German
Web browser:
• Spanish
• IE 6, 7 & 8
• Dutch
• Firefox
• Safari