Hi,
We are looking to build an RFP for car services. This is our first time building an event for this type of service. We are just looking for some ideas, samples, etc on how this event can be structured.
Does anyone have an example RFP of how it should be set up?
Thanks!
Hi all.
When I create an eAuction I often use lots with many line items. I choose then mainly "Bid at Item level, compete at Lot level" - it has many advantages.
But my concern is that bid decrement rules apply only to lot level. It is somehow counterintuitive. The participant sees the minimal bid decrement amount but it is applicable to lot level (one should make a lot of calculation to see its impact on line level) but has to give its bid to line level.
If I set initial values for particular participants they can even worsen its bid as long as they improve the lot level. It is not what I would like to have.
My dream would be to have bid decrement rule applicable to line item level, that the participant could either leave the line or improve it by a particular minimal amount. How do you cope with this issue?
Best regards
BB&T is in the process of ramping up our use of the contract and contract compliance modules within Ariba and we have reached a wall with regards to legal entity names.
The suppliers that are loaded in to SMS from our AP system often do not reflect the true legal entity name for the company in question. What is happening is that the supplier that is pulled in from our AP system may have used a a truncated version of their legal name (a missing Inc or LLC or aslightly abbreviated) on their W9 and so the contracts management team is creating an upstream vendor with the full legal entity name. This is causing extreme headaches when we are attempting to create contract pricing terms because the vendor cannot be changed if it has been published.
This is also confusing people in other modules because there are sometimes two or three entries for a vendor (downstream, contract and sourcing event) and when they try to create a requisition they are unable to process it since they didn't choose the correct down stream vendor.
We have discussed, operationally, making sure that the AP team verifies the full legal entity name which would help going forward but leaves the question of what to do with the 30k+ vendors already in the system.
It has also been suggested that we use the affected party field to tack on the legal entity name if it does not match the AP record.
Any other suggestions on how to handle this would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Hi,
Can anybody explain the Bid Transformation functionality on Ariba Sourcing?
Regards
Nishanth
Hi Experts,
Just want to know how do we replicate the master data(material,user,company code, plant, e.t.c,) to Ariba from SAP ERP. A step by step procedure will be helpful.
Regards
Sameer
Hi Exchange,
Does Ariba Supplier Network display a list of qualified suppliers automatically?
Is there a way that I define a certain criteria as buyer and then based on that, network pulls out list of all qualifying suppliers (with no action from suppliers after I post the criteria?)
Thanks/Lalith
Does anyone have experience implementing/integrating Ariba Collaborative Commerce with non SAP ERP's?
How is it done? With webservices generating and processing the cxml files?
How long does it take to implement this scenario?
Is there any documentation regarding the set up of the ERP to connect to Ariba network ? Is it done with https?
Thanks in advance
Dear all,
We are in process of implementing the Ariba SIM module on Cloud. We want to understand what all options are available for parent-child relationship in SIM module & how many levels of hierarchy can be set up in it.
Pls. share if any helpful documentation is available to understand it better.
Thanks,
Sandeep
I updated the Supplier Profile Questionnaire, I added some new questions and update others, once I know these are working in the test site I will be require to make them in the live site.
I "ok" the changes and published the template.
Done nothing different to what I've done before.
I then created a test supplier via the test self-registration link to make sure the questions were pulling through for the supplier – these worked fine.
As the supplier I submitted the SPQ.
I then logged back on as me to approve this new supplier and I get the following message:
"You must complete all predecessor tasks before you can start the approval task for new supplier organisation"
Can you let me know what this means – as I can't approve this supplier.
I've done this 3 times now and I cant approve any of my test suppliers.
Does changing the template has anything to do with any further prerequisite?
How to restrict the user having purchasing agent role not to view other group company data when he logs on to Ariba p2p system.
Hi everyone.
1. Facts
2. Tried solution
I thought that the only way to create this automatic notification was to create a task in the Supplier Workspace Template with the following configurations:
| Task Field | My configuration |
|---|---|
| Type | Notification |
| Due date | 0 days after parent phase starts (i.e., the day in which the supplier is created) |
| Notification days | 1 day before due date |
| Notification frequency | Only once |
| Should Auto-start Schedule | ticked |
| Requires manual completion | ticked |
| Start date | Template |
| Conditions | Linked to a condition that is True when a field in the SPQ is not null (i.e., when it is filled with an answer) |
| Predecessors | None |
3. Results
I found that the notification task works when it is triggered. In other words, the condition works and the notification is sent.
Nevertheless, the only way that the notification is triggered is by entering the task through Edit and leave it (even if with no edit done).
This obviously defeats the purpose.
Can someone tell me how to configure the task, or any other way that allows me to have such an automated notification system of suppliers' first answer to the SPQ?
Dear All,
The vendor confirmed PO and we are not getting the Order Confirmation from past two days. Profile response
(Order Confirmation inbound) is getting failed from last two days, it’s in status “Released For Processing (WS)”.
Could you please help here? How to see the error? The connection is open and active between ECC and Ariba.
Please refer the screenshot attached.
Regards,
Madhava
Hi Experts,
Can anyone give me the query to extract Approver's (who approved the requisition) unique name.
Thanks.
I would like to be able to export the raw survey data including individual participant scoring. So far I have only been able to export the average grade and not the individual scores. Is it possible?
Christopher
Hi,
Previously, while creating a PR, system pops-up to fill up company code and Purchasing unit fills up automatically once company code is chosen.Now, everything else is same only these two fields are not editable while creating new PR. Even if I copy old PR to create a new one, it does not allow to change the value.
Can anyone help me this.
Thanks,
Prakriti
Hi,
We are planning to integrate our Ariba SIM with SAP ERP using Ariba RESTful Web Service API using data-only JSON data representation.
Both Supplier Basic Profile and Extended Profile must be sent from SIM to SAP ERP via this interface.
Appreciate if you can help clarify the following:
1. When a supplier is created in SIM and data sync relationship is establish with the supplier (with AN), a supplier profile update notification to sent to the Ariba Network peding queue. Does this only happen when 1- the Supplier workspace in Ariba SIM has been approved AND 2 - the supplier integration feature is enabled for the supplier in SIM (Integration = Enabled in Organization Profile page)? We want to make sure that ONLY approved suppliers in SIM should be sent via the interface.
2. In case the profile updates are made available in AN pending queue without having the Supplier workspace fully approved in SIM, would it make a difference if we only enable the Supplier Integration feature AFTER the supplier workspace has been fully approved so that it will send the profile update notification to AN Pending only upon approval of supplier workspace in SIM?
3. Does the above scenarios also apply to supplier's extended profile in SIM (SPQ) such that SPQ information is sent to the Pending Queue only after supplier workspace is fully approved in SIM?
We initially considered using Direct/Mediated connectivity integration method for this but Extended Profile (SPQ) is currently not supported with this method.
Many thanks,
Tan
Hi,
What's the differece between "Enable a starting gate for a lot" and "Enable one starting gate for entire event"? and What the starting gate exactly mean, the ceiling price?
If I only have one lot, Are they serve as the same purpose?
Thank you.
I am working towards doing a reverse auciton via the Start Sourcing function. Looking for tips or guidelines. Intention is just to include a handful of participants via direct invite. Does anyone have experience with that approach?
Hi all.
When I create an eAuction I often use lots with many line items. I choose then mainly "Bid at Item level, compete at Lot level" - it has many advantages.
But my concern is that bid decrement rules apply only to lot level. It is somehow counterintuitive. The participant sees the minimal bid decrement amount but it is applicable to lot level (one should make a lot of calculation to see its impact on line level) but has to give its bid to line level.
If I set initial values for particular participants they can even worsen its bid as long as they improve the lot level. It is not what I would like to have.
My dream would be to have bid decrement rule applicable to line item level, that the participant could either leave the line or improve it by a particular minimal amount. How do you cope with this issue?
Best regards
Thank you
Christian
