SAP Ariba vs. SAP Business Network

Industries with stringent regulatory compliance requirements, such as healthcare and finance, benefit from SAP Ariba's robust features for maintaining compliance throughout the procurement process. The platform helps organizations adhere to industry-specific regulations and standards.Organizations seeking an end-to-end source-to-pay solution find SAP Ariba suitable. Its seamless integration of procurement processes, from sourcing to invoicing, simplifies workflows and improves overall operational efficiency.

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Without SAP pharma industry is spinless, the work which used to take hours to do SAP do it in seconds. It helps me in everything from review of data to release of batch. It is a very diverse product, can used for any thing and can be integrated with all other software for example LIMS and CDS etc. For me its a super app so its deserve a perfect 10

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• Its data driven user solution helps in gaining visibility into the landscape and thus helps in informed decision making
• End to end procurement process under single platform and integration makes it easier
• We have always experienced cost reduction using SAP ariba

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• Facilitates seamless communication and information sharing between stakeholders, enhancing project transparency and collaboration.
• Optimizes supply chain and procurement processes, leading to improved resource allocation and cost management.
• Provides robust analytics for data-driven decision-making, fostering effective project planning and risk management.

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• User Interface Complexity:
• Some users find the user interface to be complex, particularly for new users. Simplifying the interface and providing more user-friendly navigation could enhance the overall user experience.
• Customization Challenges:
• Customizing certain aspects of the system, such as reports or templates, can be challenging. A more intuitive customization process would empower users to tailor the system to their specific needs more easily.
• Learning Curve:
• The platform has a steeper learning curve for some users, especially those less familiar with advanced procurement tools. Improved onboarding resources and training materials could help users get up to speed more quickly.

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• In some cases, it promises a lot but still lacks more partners joined to the network
• Being the pioneer, the idea behind the product can be confusing sometimes
• It is still not accessible for all kinds of markets (especially small and mid sizes)

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Established product and we are now using it as a mean for our procurement transformation

Up to now due to delay not fulfilling the envisaged business case. However, expectation that we can still ramp the usage based on existing scope. Further, we foresee additional scope which would give us an additional business case going forward, extending the Business Network usage to Warehouse Service Provider integration.

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UI is good from tech perspective Customisations and personalisations are very intuitive and allows user to make the maximum usaage of the dashboard. Integrations with existing systems matters a lot for large enterprises. Training and support is very crucial. Mobile availability enhances the overall customer experience. Feedback is underrated but comapnies take it very seriously now a days.

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Customer support has always been top notch. From small configuration changes to overall process changes, support has the teammates in place with excellent knowledge and is able to provide solutions based on business challenges quickly. Their customer support through their Account teams continues to be hands on and very responsive to needs in a timely fashion.

Good performance from SAP as key deployment partner; collaboration and deployment with additional business partner for data provision and business partner onboarding was rather difficult, slowing down the project progress and overall success perception

Incentivized

It improves over all vendor management system of an organization by providing less costly ways of procurement and making business simple. AribaSAP Ariba digitally transforms your supply chain, procurement and contract management process. acts as supply chain, procurement service to do business globally In today’s world, there is a need to control your supply chain and to collaborate with your suppliers in an efficient way. To enable healthy supply chain, you need to have suppliers with visibility to every part of procurement process so that they can maintain an efficient supply chain and help organizations to grow their and own business..

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SAP offers a more extensive global partner ecosystem, which is crucial for industries reliant on worldwide collaborations. Choosing SAP Business Network appears to be advantageous because of its comprehensive integration, instantaneous insights, and wide support network, which provide competitive advantages in trend-sensitive, fast-moving industries like music distribution. Our company is glad to have switched to SAP.

Incentivized

• We saved nearly 10% of planned costs due to the large database of vendors we created within the company as a whole.
• Saving in time due to shortening of procurement cycles. Procurement activities were never on the critical path and were accomplished with less Supply Chain resources than originally planned.
• In the process we created a huge database of Vendors and Pricing which well be beneficial in our future projects.
• It is an excellent tool and just what are business required and could afford.

• Efficiency gains - enabler for automated order processing
• Having a relationship creates also some stickiness with those customers
• Obviously there not insignificant cost involved in using the network, which in a price sensitive market are sometimes a bit of a burden

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