Tiered pricing
Hi, Would you please let me know how do I handle tiered pricing in a RFx event? Thanks and regards. Eva Calle
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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...
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My company uses Webroot, a cloud-based internet proxy and content filter. Because they are cloud-based, when they perform load balancing our traffic may be routed through other servers in their farm....
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View ArticleQuery on Reverse Auction Pre bid
For conducting a Reverse auction on Ariba Tool, Is it possible to fetch supplier responses in terms of prices directly from RFP as a pre-bid or starting point of the Auction?
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View ArticleRegarding Ariba Query Language
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View ArticleTesting Custom PunchOut Catalog
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Please explain the difference between SPM and SIPM?
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View ArticleBid decrement/lot level
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View ArticleAriba Template configuration and scoring
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View ArticleOffice Furniture RFP
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View ArticleRelocation Services
My company will be initiating an rfp in the coming weeks for relocation services. Does anyone have any experience facilitating a reverse auction for these type of services?
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 ArticleAriba Contract workspace with ASR
I have just been hired by a new company, I have been using Contract workspace in my previous company for the past 6yrs with manual routing for signature and no ASR. I am new to contract workspace...
View ArticleHierarchical view access for team leaders
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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 ArticleIs your company using P-Cards for Non-PO invoices in P2P?
For payment of suppliers with Non-PO driven transactions (consumption/services, etc) I'd love to get some input on how other companies are using Ariba P2P with Ghosted supplier P-Cards.
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