Managing Auto-renewals
I have a question around auto-renewals and how to manage them in a given workspace. If I have a contract is effective Jan 1, 2013 and has a 1 year initial term and automatically renews for 2 additional...
View ArticleWebService for Ariba order validation
Based on my research it appears there are web services to crerate orders in Ariba from external sources, but I am failing to find anything for the other direction.For example, a software download...
View ArticleAutomation of ASN orders to sales order in SAP and load invoices from SAP to ASN
Hi All, At the supplier side, we are currently creating sales orders manually in SAP out of the orders received from our buyers through ASN using a separate customized form. Is there a way to automate...
View ArticleMass editing Contracts' status
Is there a way to mass edit my contracts' status? We have a number of individuals who have left the company and have used the mass editor to change ownership to their replacements. However, many of...
View ArticleTechnology Research/Benchmarking RFP Template
Does anyone have a template or historic event for Technology Research/Benchmarking subscription/service (i.e. Gartner)? Thanks in advance!
View ArticleWhat is the difference between SPM and SIPM ?
Please explain the difference between SPM and SIPM?
View ArticleNew MIT survey study on supply risk
While Supply Risk has been a hot topic in procurement and supply chain circles for some time, it’s been difficult to find broad-based empirical information about what organizations are doing on this...
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Open Auction with display of Supplier Names - Yes / No?
We have been running auctions for over a decade now, but we have never done an auction, where suppliers would have confirmed knowledge on who is competing. Why not, is what we have been thinking...
View ArticleExtract VAT report
Is there a way to extract the VAT id of the suppliers with who we have a relationship? Thanks for your help
View ArticleContract Leakage
How are companies defining contract leakage? How are companies tracking contract leakage, i.e., metrics? How are companies ensuring value from negotiated contracts?
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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 ArticleOffice Furniture RFP
Looking for tips or templates for an Office Furniture RFP. How do you bid hundreds of items and keep everyone "apples" to "apples." Any feedback would be appreciated.
View ArticleChallenges Keeping all Redlines Visible
We are having trouble keeping all redlines when negotiating back and forth between the supplier, the buyer, and legal. Only the last few changes are shown as redlined. The other changes are there,...
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 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 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 ArticleSpecial Character (+) added instead of space in doc names
Hi there, whenever I try to download any documents from any Ariba workspace or templates, I observe the symbol '+' added instead of spaces in the doc name. For example, if I try to download & save...
View ArticleHow do you define or measure eSourcing success?
Hi We're talking about metrics or targets in the office right now. How do you define and measure eSourcing (eRFx and eAuction rather than P2P)? Is it an event count? Is it percentage of addressable /...
View ArticleIs there a way to link Ariba with SAP?
Does anyone know of a way to link Ariba with SAP? When I complete an Ariba event, I still need to manually upload all information into SAP. It would be nice to eliminate the extra work. Thanks!
View ArticleARIBA Contract Mangement Module - Construction EPC Contracts
Hi, Can anybody suggest me that can v use ARIBA Contract Management module for the Construction EPC Contracts ? Is anybody is using the same for the Construction EPC Contracts. Regards, Ravishankar
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