Supplier Relationship Management for services
Hi I'm starting work with a new group in our business responsible for procurement of technology services such as development of applications and systems, but off shored or external developers. Our...
View ArticlePO Vs CIF ? When and how we can migrate totally or partially from PO catalog...
HI i’m a new user of Ariba system i used to work on SAP ATP on my previous job in wich we deal only with CIF catalog ( Permanent contracts)Now I’m working as a procurement in Ariba system and during...
View ArticleAriba Sourcing Integration with SAP ECC through SAP PI
Hi all, I am currently working on the task to integrate the Ariba Sourcing with SAP ECC system through SAP PI middle ware.I cant seem to find any document in the internet or Ariba connect on how to do...
View ArticleAriba & SAP
I am new to Ariba. I would like to know the difference between Ariba & SAP R/3. Is it integrated with MM/SRM?? Can you pls. explain in brief or share some documents??
View ArticlePricing Term (document) download -Multiples tabs
hello Experts, Background: We have the UPSTREAM modules of Sourcing and Contract Management deployed. Problem Statement: When we download the Pricing Term from the Documents in the Contract workspace...
View ArticleSourcing - Roles and permission to use for specific team member.
SOurcing Event Roles and Permissions: Can you tell me what group / permissions /roles I should use if I require a Team member to have the following functionality:- receive all participant...
View ArticleHow to Use SOAP Web Service to Create Requisitions in P2P?
Hello, I'm trying to find information on how to create requisitions (for non catalog items) in P2P using the SOAP web service. Specifically I'm wondering which URL and port I would connect to, where...
View ArticleWhat is the difference between SPM and SIPM ?
Please explain the difference between SPM and SIPM?
View ArticleWhat are the different types of process in Procurement?
I want to know what are the main procurement process in ARIBA and how its different from SAP MM & SRM module . and what are the main integration points ?
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 ArticleUtilizing PDA's to access P2P functionality
Through the 10s2 review meetings, I understand there will be supported functionality for doing P2P approvals via PDA. While this is great, we have a use case that would require the ability to perform...
View ArticleMigrating from Legacy to Ariba Contract Management
Hi,We would be starting to work on a project to move Legacy Contract Data from SAP Sourcing to Ariba ContractsAre there some best practices to follow for thisMost importantly, wanted to know, if there...
View ArticleProblem in creating Formula in RFP
Hi, I am trying to put a Formula wherein Extended Price gets multiplied by a Cost Term (I created) but I am unable to do so.Whenever I try to create Formula, I am not able to select that Cost Term...
View ArticleCost Break Down Quotations
Hello, I was wondering if anyone has successfully implemented cost break down quotations directly in the Ariba tool? What we are looking after is possibility to quote a list of part numbers and each...
View ArticleBest practice question: Including NDA (non-disclosure agreement) in the RFx...
Curious as to what whether other firms are including a NDA form (non-disclosure agreement) during the RFx process. Has anyone required the supplier download, sign and attach the NDA as a response to...
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 ArticleHow to integrate Contract Management with Third-Party Systems
Hi Can someone please let me know how to get Ariba Administration Guide, I want to refer chapter “Integrating Contract Management with Third-Party Systems,”I want to find out what fields from Ariba...
View ArticleChange the Sourcing request template for integration with SAP
Hi Ariba Experts Regarding the integration we have the Standard template for called Sourcing Request: For example in the cXML guide Manual we have the following description about the tag...
View ArticleReverse Auctions
I have been tasked with trying to implement the use of more reverse auctions within our organization. We have held many forward auctions but we seem to meet a lot of resistance around reverse...
View ArticleDoes Ariba SIPM offer integration of Vendor data to SAP ECC or SAP MDG-S?
We are looking for the integation of Vendor Master from Ariba SIPM to SAP ECC. Vendor can self register in Ariba SIPM and on approval the information will be passed to SAP ECC and create Vendor Master...
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