How to do Mass Creation of New Suppliers
Hi, I am working on Ariba On-Demand Solution. I have to create an RFP where I need to invite more than 100 Suppliers, and all these suppliers will be invited for the first-time i.e. they do not exist...
View ArticleHow has bid out waste, recylcing and scrap metal to a Managed Service...
Anyone willing to share their bid template with me? We are a company with multiple operating units. Christian Stollenwerk(cstollenwerk@itw.com)
View ArticleReverse Auctions: Market Feedback
I would like to poll Ariba Sourcing users and consultants on the following subject which I didn't have a chance to bring up during the conference. I am curious to know what reverse auction market...
View ArticleSourcing Request Template
Hello! My company recently purchased Sourcing Professional and we expect to go live within a week or so (YIPPEE). For the past couple of months, we in the Purchasing & Procurement have been...
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 ArticleTracking user activities
Question: for security reasons it is important for us to track user activities on all contract workspaces. Is there a possibility to monitor these activities?
View ArticleSpend Classification - What if you have a category that does not map to...
Our custom category taxonomy has several entries that do not map to any of the 22,000+ entries in the ARIBA ACT/UNSPSC taxonomy. They tend to be company or industry specific categories. For example:...
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 ArticleAnyone using Template Upgrade in Contracts?
Good afternoon, We are considering using Template Upgrade in the Contracting module, and I was wondering if anyone has deployed this functionality today and what successes and challenges you have had...
View ArticleWhere do you like to "hang out" at?
What type of periodicals (magazines, newsletters, other publications), do you read, and/or which thought leaders do you consider insightful for helping you stay on top of the latest trends,...
View ArticleDFS (Desktop File Sync)
Ariba function DFS (desktop file sync) helps to make it easy to work with files offline. However it names the folder for each project like WS12345678. This means that when you are involved in several...
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 ArticleIssue with Carriage-Return Line-Feed in Supplier Address field. Do you have...
We have several Suppliers where the Street address contains one or more carriage-return line-feed characters (HEX ‘0d 0A’).This causes an issue when accessing a csv file produced from an AQL query or a...
View ArticleSpend Visibility 13s1 Feature Survey results!
Hi all, Many of you recently participated in the customer-only Spend Visibility 13s1 Feature Survey. We will be posting the compiled results of that survey shortly in the Customer Success group. This...
View ArticleSupplier Certification management
Hi, I was wondering if it would be possible to leverage our solution in a way that suppliers could upload by themselves their different certifications like ISOxxx etc. Then, when they expire, suppliers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Testing Custom PunchOut Catalog
First, I am an Ariba newbie. We are looking to integrate our existing web application, that allows buyers to purchase services, with Ariba. Due to the custom nature of our services, we have...
View ArticleFormatting RFx Content
I'm wondering if anyone has recommendations on a formatting issue we continue to have with Ariba Sourcing. During the RFx creation process, we use a number of different documents to copy data into...
View ArticleNon Catalog IT services requisitions - E2E processing in Ariba?
Hi there, Need your support to understand and see, how the E2E process of requisition to PO, PO to invoicing, invoicing to Payment release works in Ariba for non-catalog IT service rerqusitions? Please...
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 do you handle DBA's on your Supplier record?
We are struggling with how to enter company names in a manner that makes them easily searchable/reportable. In many cases the name of the legal entity is very different than the "common name" or DBA....
View Article