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Supplier Profile Questionnaire - Looking for a balanced solution
The attraction of buyers and suppliers is simple and clear - suppliers have something to sell, and buyers have a need to buy. On the other hand, there is a division between [most] suppliers and buyers...
View ArticleBeing successful with Ariba Services Procurement when Suppliers refuse the...
My company has embarked on the use of Services Procurement to manage ~$2B of annual labor spend. The bulk of this spend will be managed in Ariba using the Temp Labor & Consulting drivers. Today,...
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 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 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 ArticleClosing Orders and Accruals
Within Ariba Procure-to-Pay only the Purchasing Manager group can manually close purchase orders. The Purchasing Manager group also comes with many other permissions which we don't want a typical...
View ArticleRoadmap for Ariba and SAP SRM
HiGiven that cloud based architectures are part of strategic IT initiatives, Will newer versions of SAP SRM be released . Will SAP keep on selling SAP SRM licenses since Ariba already has an extremely...
View ArticleHow are you successfully engaging your suppliers to send electronic invoices ?
I'm interested to find out how other Buyer's are encouraging their suppliers to send electronic invoices and how you maintain this compliance ? Also which method's of electronic invoicing via the ASN...
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How would Ariba connect to SAP Supplier Network Collaboration application?
Would highly appreciate if someone can also offer a business case todo so!
View ArticleAnalysis Report Management
We are trying to setup a cooperative management system of all the public reports we have in Analysis.As such we have memebers of the Report Manager group and/or a custom group for this purpose. Reports...
View ArticleIs it possible to add approval tasks to an existing project template?
We want to add an internal audit question to an existing template. I've created the question and the conditions. I went to the Tasks Tab and there is no option to create an approval task. Just To...
View ArticleIs there any way to define your own UoM while creating RFP/ Auction event
Hi, Need to create an RFP event for procuring some services wherein there is a bit different UoM with two dimensions such as Per Metre Per Month (PMPM)Looking for way to define my own UoM while...
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Can Alerts work for non-measure fields in Analytical Reports?
Can Alerts work for non-measure fields in Analytical Reports?For example:In a simple invoice spend report as shown below, How can I get an Alert to appear when Region = Americas...regardless of the...
View ArticleRFP template on Procurement Outsourcing ?
I am looking for a RFP template on Procurement Outsourcing, more precisely from sourcing to contracting process.Thanks
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We have configured a punchout catalogue of one vendor with the below shown parameters in SRM.When we try to open the catalogue from SRM Shop gui, the catalogue is not getting opened and it is getting...
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Hierarchy Chooser for Group/Roles in User Profile
Hi, I just want to ask if it's possible for the Chooser (when selecting groups/roles) to be in Hierarchy format? If it's possible how can it be done? Here's a sample screenshot for Commodity Codes that...
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 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 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 ArticleSAP-ARIBA Integration
Hi all, I'm new to ARIBA and was delegated the task to integrate our own SAP ERP 6.0 EhP4 to ARIBA.I cant seem to find any document in the internet on how to do this.Can anyone point me to the right...
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