DFS Troubleshooting
I wanted to see if anyone has any experience in troubleshooting Desktop File Sync. My company recently implemented contract management and our users can't get DFS to work. I have been working on this...
View ArticleAriba SPM scorecard, how's it work?
I have a specific question on the grading that my scorecard is coming up with. Attached document are screen shots and the issue i'm facing, where I don't know where the 'grade' is actually coming from...
View ArticleHow do you handle a contract amendment?
I am in the process of building our main agreement contract workflow and I've come upon multiple ways to handle amendments to a published contract. I was curious to see how other companies have...
View ArticleBusiness practice on approval flow
Our policy requires signatures on SOW/ Contracts over $X. The business associate then routes a requisition in Ariba for approval and create a PO off the SOW.Our challenge is to reduce the need for...
View ArticleHow is your Contracts group organized?
How the Contracts group is organized is always a lively topic for conversation and debate. Many of us have been through a variety of models and also a range of reporting lines. Now is your chance to...
View ArticleAchieve Organizational Alignment on Contract Management: Webinar Discussion
We received some great feedback from attendees of last week's webinar, Achieve Organizational Alignment on Contract Management: Your Bottom Line Will Thank You. Tim Cummins, president of IACCM, led a...
View ArticleReceiving Over Specified Dollar Thresholds
We currently have central receiving setup for all IT hardware but have had a real challenge getting the receivers to receive in a timely manor and have to constantly follow up on overdue invoices due...
View ArticleSAP Company Code mapping to Spend Viz
We recently amalgamated 1 affiliate into our core SAP ERP instance. The new affiliate's spend data is differentiated using the SAP Company Code field. This field is currently not adequately stored...
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Let's continue the conversation with Ariba’s online catalog experts on Punchout and the secrets to building a B2C-like shopping experience. Please use this discussion to share your thoughts and...
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 ArticleData Extraction from Ariba
We are formulating our records strategy. Is is easy to extract data from Ariba contract management into another database? Has anyone else done this? What was your experience?
View ArticleModifying the Contract Workspace (Sales)
Is it possible to add another template/workspace with different field names in order to customize for specific sales contract types? The current workspace I have been using works for some contracts....
View ArticlePros and Cons of using OCI and cXML in PunchOut.
Hi Guys.. Please help me out regarding the Pros and Cons of using OCI and cXML in PunchOut. Which is better out of these? Others parameters like features, usability, Licences, Training. Why OCI not...
View ArticleIs there an alternative to using envelopes?
Hi All, I am new to this community and relatively new to ariba too. It has been decided that we should not be able to view responses before an RFQ ends in my organisation. We know that we can use...
View ArticlecXML documentation / sample messages?
Hello,Hopefully this is the correct place to ask these questions. I am a supplier and we are working on integrating with Ariba via cXML. So far I haven't found a whole lot of supporting documentation,...
View ArticleAriba ASN eInvoicing support for SAP "Limit" Order Types
We have hit a major obstacle in our implementation of Ariba 9r1 integrated with SAP on our ASN. We have discovered that the Ariba ASN does not appear to have any support for SAP "Limit" order type line...
View ArticleAriba vs SAP SRM 7
Hi there, Have any of you found documentation, blogs, white papers, presentations or studies where Ariba Buyer (9r1 ideally) and SAP SRM 7 are being compared? I have seen some interesting blogs on...
View ArticleManaged Mobility Services RFP template
Does anyone have a template for an RFP for Managed Mobility Services that they would be willing to share?
View ArticleAmending existing workspaces
Does anyone have any suggestions for amending existing workspaces? We have a lot of 1 page renewal agreements to amend contracts. The renewals require legal review. When we first built out our...
View ArticleSharing Receipts with Suppliers
Hello. We arr thinking about including a feature in our roadmap by which a buyer can share the receipts created in On-demand P2P with the suppliers. Currently, when a buyer receives some goods,...
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