Sourcing, Contract Management, and Guided Buying (procurement for everyone) each get a chapter. In his book, Justin starts 'upstream' as it was once called, with the supplier side of the picture, covers the Ariba Network (largest business network, millions of companies, worldwide with $3 trillion in business commerce in 2019), and describes the more recent Supplier Risk Management and Supplier Performance Management solutions. Since the acquisition of Ariba by SAP in 2012, the suite of solution has grown significantly and beyond the domain of procurement to include supplier risk management (risk and compliance), supply chain (revenue protection), and more.

In eleven chapters, close to 700 pages, Justin Ashlock provides a very comprehensive overview of SAP Ariba including a view on the road ahead in the closing chapter: the future of procurement solutions, weaving in big data, machine learning, and SAP vision of the intelligent enterprise.Īs the title indicates: this is a book about the business processes of procurement, direct and indirect spend, finding your suppliers (RFx), contracts, purchase orders, and invoices about the functionality provided by Ariba solutions and about how to implement the solution in your organisation. Get comprehensive step-by-step instructions for your daily tasks, from supplier collaboration, sourcing, and guided buying to operational procurement, invoice management, and spend analysis.Ĭonnect your procurement to the SAP ecosystem! Examine SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing and SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration to master key integration concepts and workflows, and learn how to connect them to SAP S/4HANA.Ĩ) SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management Implement SAP Ariba Buying, SAP Ariba Spend Analysis, SAP Ariba Invoice Management, and other applications with this detailed guide. Get your procurement needs squared away with SAP Ariba!Įxperience SRM in the cloud! Deploy SAP Ariba applications and tap into procurement best practices. From deployment to use, see how SAP Ariba fits into your procurement landscape and connects to SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP.

Get step-by-step instructions for supplier communication and collaboration, contract and invoice management, trend analysis, and more. Manage your procurement activities with this comprehensive guide to SAP Ariba.

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