Common payment terms in North America
Question that is going around in my company's Sourcing community here in North America, "What is the norm for payment terms in most companies here in North America?" Does anyone know?
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Connection lost between Ariba Network and Ariba adapter in PI
Problem descriptionSometimes it happens that files are not picked up from the ARIBA server and there are no errors in PI to be seen.The status of the message in Ariba is “waiting in queue”: In PI we...
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Contract Requests Created by Buyer
Hi All - I am wondering if there is any best practice documentation or if anyone has any insight on how to close out a contract request after a follow-on project has been created, essentially...
View ArticleArthur Laffer predicts collapse when Bush tax cuts expire in 2010
Arthur Laffer is predicting the U.S. economy will collapse next year when George W. Bush tax cuts expire in 2010. His theory on the Obama tax plan is based on how the super-rich can choose when and...
View Articleevent modification for team membrer : selecting the the right group/profile
Hi all, I try to identify the best group / profile to give to specific Ariba users.These users are inside customers (engineers) for our indirect buyers.So they could provide support to our buyers to...
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Upload from NDA's from the tasks tab
Has anyone successfully managed to import NDA's from the tasks tab into SPM projects? I'm totally lost and I don't know how this works...Any help is welcomed! Thank you.
View ArticleBform
Hi , What is a Bform.(i have idea like additional information sent to the supplier).what process is needed to configure a bform?.How it will be available in UI?what document can i refer to get the...
View ArticleSAP GRC and Ariba Integration
Hello Everyone - As Ariba is a SAP Company, I am wondering the feasibility to integrate the capabilities from SAP GRC into Ariba.If so, could you provide documentation to achieve this integration? I...
View ArticleRegarding Index based Auctions in Sourcing
Dear Fellow Aribains, We are using Ariba Sourcing Professional as a part on on demand implementation project. We have already implemented reverse and dutch reverse auctions for our business...
View ArticleReverse Auction with 2 bidders? How often is it done?
I'm interested to know the success rate of a 2 supplier eAuction. Winner take-all scenario so a very large 'at stake' proposal for the lowest bidder. Is this used often? If yes, any guidance?
View ArticleTraining for suppliers invited to respond to RFPs
I would be interested to know how are other Ariba Sourcing users address the issue of training suppliers invited to respond to an RFP who are first time Ariba users. What best practices are out there....
View ArticleWhat do you do with Ariba's reporting functionality?
Ariba Education is developing a new course to teach Ariba customers how to run, edit, and build reports. Ariba has a pretty good selection of canned reports, but as part of this course, we were hoping...
View ArticleSlow searches?
In 14s1 we are delivering improved searching with new technology working in the background that should make a significant improvement in performance. We are at a point where we wanted to run some...
View ArticleEclipse
Hi, How to install the java in eclipse ID?please let me know the steps? Thanks,Ravi.
View ArticleStart Sourcing - First Reverse Auction Assistance
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...
View ArticleProject Management in Sourcing?
Hi, First post here. Our company is just starting to use Ariba Sourcing, and has yet to utilize the project workflow piece of the tool. I would like to create a sample project with standard project...
View ArticleAre there alternatives to the Integration Toolkit?
My Organization is preparing for the installation of Ariba and we are preparing to create the mater data files. We've been told that we need to use the Ariba Integration Toolkit to automate the...
View ArticleHello I need documentation between Ariba contract interface using PI to ECC...
Hello I need documentation between Ariba contract interface using PI to ECC backend
View ArticleDemo Ariba supplier network
Hi All, It would be great if anyone share the credentials of cloud DEMO ariba supplier network. Also is there any demo link for ariba GUI and inspector?Any help would be appreciated. ThanksNataraj
View ArticleHow to link Ariba Contract Workspace with Purchase Requisitions?
How to link Ariba Contract Workspace with Purchase Requisitions?
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