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We are using SAP Ariba Procurement to automate and streamline our procurement process. SAP Ariba offers you business risk assignment, …
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What is SAP Ariba?
SAP Ariba provides technology offering guided buying and spot buy, plus supplier and catalog enablement, and integration with Ariba Network – which the vendor states is more than 4.6 million connected companies strong and growing.
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SAP Ariba provides technology offering guided buying and spot buy, plus supplier and catalog enablement, and integration with Ariba Network – which the vendor states is more than 4.6 million connected companies strong and growing.
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What is SAP Ariba?
SAP Ariba creates connections between a business and its suppliers and targeted solution providers, in order to redefine how users communicate, collaborate, and get work done.
SAP Ariba spend management solutions are designed to help users tie together processes and incorporate comprehensive transaction data to deliver efficiency, accuracy, and control from source to pay.
SAP Ariba partners with customers to create and integrate supplier management, strategic sourcing, procurement, and financial supply chain management processes, and helps them to:
- Ensure negotiated savings reach the bottom line
- Guide employees to buy from the right suppliers at the right prices
- Manage cost accounting and payments
SAP Ariba contributes to a unified view of spending by connecting data from across the source-to-pay process for direct and indirect materials.
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- Supported: HR Filing
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What is Ariba Network?
When organizations face disruption, they rely on procurement to adapt. Whether sales are soaring or demand is down, procurement is critical to your company’s response. Why? Because procurement sits at the center of both collaboration and cost – at the in...
Show More When it comes to procurement, software and needs can be massively varied. From large and complex needs like larger enterprises to smaller and simpler processes - tools like Procurify, Coupa, GEP Smart, or SAP Ariba can meet and exceed business needs.
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| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android |
| Supported Countries | Ariba Network operates in more than 190 countries |
| Supported Languages | English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese - Simplified, Chinese - Traditional, Italian, Dutch, Korean, Russian, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Hungarian, Turkish, Greek, Romanian, Finnish, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Thai. |
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SAP Ariba provides technology offering guided buying and spot buy, plus supplier and catalog enablement, and integration with Ariba Network – which the vendor states is more than 4.6 million connected companies strong and growing.
Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 7.5.
The most common users of SAP Ariba are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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We are using SAP Ariba Procurement to automate and streamline our procurement process. SAP Ariba offers you business risk assignment, compliance tracking as well as supplier performance monitoring tools which helps you to manage suppliers more efficiently. It helps you to reduce manual work and improve productivity. It provides you visibility on your spends and enables you better negotiation with suppliers.
- It helps you to automate procurement process.
- It enables you to collaborate with suppliers in real-time.
- It enables you better negotiation with suppliers and saves money.
- User interface needs to be simplified
- You need proper training to use it effectively
- Integration may take longer time
March 21, 2024
Frustrated with Pricing Model
SAP Ariba Procurement Buying provides catalog ordering and indirect procurement, with approval workflows.
- Guided Buying is good UI
- Workflow configuration is easy to learn
- SAP Ariba Procurement Pricing model is extremely bad for buyers and suppliers, there has to be something better that can be governed internally.
March 21, 2024
SAP Ariba Procurement makes it simple
I feel that SAP Ariba Procurement is excellent product for procurement
- Makes it simple
- Approvals have room for improvement
January 04, 2024
Pros of Ariba
While we are in manufacturing market we have lot of internal, external development demand .so many development are not possible through sap ERP 7.40 so we decided to go for Ariba on cloud which is completely managable source supplier and vendors business objects. It's help us in financial source supply chain management procurement. Workflow effort is also comfortable.most valuable thing is its available 24 HR live service because of cloud,when we suffer any disaster we have difficulty to run application.i think Ariba is the best solution given by sap.
- Supplier onboarding
- Purchase automation
- Analytics
- ERP connectivity
- Customized dashboard
- Real time notification
- Api integration
- Custom Responsive layout
January 04, 2024
SAP Ariba.... Why its great?
SAP Ariba procurement is used extensively in my org for complete service procurement cycle right from purchasing, buying, business networks.
Some of the main business use cases we are greatly helped by SAP Ariba procurement are namely end to end procurement digitised experience, cost reduction, business process visibility and informed decision making.,
Some of the main business use cases we are greatly helped by SAP Ariba procurement are namely end to end procurement digitised experience, cost reduction, business process visibility and informed decision making.,
- 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
- I would love to see more integrations
- Would love to have more autonomy in defining the enterprise business model of my org and realising it in SAP experience
- UX is great.... But I would love to make it more simplistic
January 04, 2024
SAP Ariba Procurement review
SAP Ariba Procurement is employed in our organization to automate and optimize the end-to-end procurement process. It addresses issues related to manual processes, enhances supplier management, provides spend visibility, ensures compliance, and supports strategic sourcing initiatives. The scope includes strategic sourcing, procurement operations, supplier management, contract management, spend analysis, and collaboration among stakeholders.
- Streamlining Procurement Processes:
- SAP Ariba Procurement automates and streamlines the entire procurement lifecycle, from requisition to payment. It accelerates purchasing processes, reducing manual effort and improving overall operational efficiency.
- Dynamic Sourcing Events:
- The platform facilitates dynamic sourcing events such as auctions and negotiations. It allows organizations to engage with suppliers in real-time, fostering competitive bidding and ensuring the best possible terms.
- Supplier Collaboration and Integration:
- SAP Ariba enables seamless collaboration with suppliers through a unified platform. It provides a standardized way for suppliers to submit bids, manage catalogs, and update information. Integration capabilities ensure data consistency and accuracy.
- Spend Visibility and Analysis:
- The platform offers robust spend analytics tools, providing organizations with clear visibility into their spending patterns. Users can analyze expenditures, identify cost-saving opportunities, and make data-driven decisions.
- 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.
December 21, 2023
Navigating Procurement Peaks: SAP Ariba's Expedition into Efficiency
SAP Ariba Procurement is implemented to centralize and standardize procurement processes across various departments and business units. This helps create a unified approach to sourcing, purchasing, and contract management. The organization utilizes SAP Ariba Procurement's supplier management features to onboard
and manage relationships with a diverse set of suppliers. This includes tools for evaluating supplier performance, negotiating contracts, and ensuring compliance with contractual terms.
and manage relationships with a diverse set of suppliers. This includes tools for evaluating supplier performance, negotiating contracts, and ensuring compliance with contractual terms.
- Automation helps reduce manual errors, streamline workflows, and improve overall efficiency in the procure-to-pay cycle.
- SAP Ariba Procurement provides tools for analyzing spending patterns and trends.
- It helps mitigate risks associated with supplier relationships and ensures adherence to contractual agreements.
- While SAP Ariba Procurement provides reporting and analytics features, users have suggested that there could be more advanced analytics capabilities.
- Although SAP Ariba Procurement supports supplier collaboration, some users have noted that the process of onboarding and collaborating with suppliers could be made more intuitive and efficient.
December 16, 2023
Honest Review
It basically facilitates the procuremnet process for buyers and sellers including core fearures like e-sourcing,supplier discovery,procurement analytics and contract management.It basically simplifies complex processes and leveraging the cloud.It gives single platform for automation and managing various aspects of the procuremnet process.It helps to improve bottom line.
- E-sourcing
- Purchase Order managemnt
- Contract Management
- Invoice managemnt
- Procurement Analytics
- Limited Customization
- Wrong Suppliers
- Complex Onboarding
November 14, 2023
Self-service procurement made easy!
We use SAP Ariba for our source to pay process (requisition, procurement, invoicing) including Ariba guided buying.
Advantages of Ariba procurement are standardized processes / approval workflows and catalogs.
Advantages of Ariba procurement are standardized processes / approval workflows and catalogs.
- Procurement workflow
- Self Service
- Approvals workflow
- User interface
- Mass creation of purchase orders
- Speed of user interface
October 24, 2023
Ariba - requires learning the tool before using it
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
SAP Ariba offers a solution to track our RFPs in a helpful manner
- navigation
- comparison of respondents
- more comparison of proponents
- sometimes proponents attach documents that are 'missing' when the information is viewed
- I've received so many complaints from proponents (over many RFPs) that they cannot use Ariba, it is not intuitive. Perhaps create user guides that are readily available for proponents who are less computer savvy
October 23, 2023
SAP Ariba, High potential but still a long journey
SLP and SCC modules on a global level, appreciate SCC support but miss the same on SLP side. Our Suppliers need a more efficient technical support, less administrationl work for our support and much quicker!!!
- SCC support is very good
- SAP Enablement team guide through all steps
- Want to mention Momoko, AT&S Enablement lead, is very co operative and very supportive and friendly. It is a pleasure working together with her
- Support AT&S supplier if they have technical problem with the plattform
- Reduce administrative work for AT&S suppliers to get support
- Harmonize SLP and SCC ; supplier as well as our colleagues prefere ONE view
- Some features are very hidden ( use Excel upload for Sourcing)....need more development or training?
- Restricted functionalities: AB for suppliers very limited
October 13, 2023
Purchasing basics
We use Ariba Procurement to manage Indirect spend for Majority of our categories and we implement Full P2P landscape to approve invoices in the Buyer.
- Approval of requisition works very well
- Flexibility of the configuration for requisitions is good
- Adjustment of solution for country specifics is fine
- procurement data export delay shall be reduced in Ariba reports
- Navigation for Users to view Accounding details shall be simplified as it has far fetching consequences.
October 13, 2023
it does the job well and is fun to navigate
<we use the system for onboarding, contract management and purchasing and invoicing
- purchase requisitions
- e´invoicing
- contract backed invoicing
- approval flows
- mobile app invoice approvalscontract effective date needs to be able to be invoiced after
October 13, 2023
SAP Ariba delivers on the go!
We use Ariba Guided Buying and SLP in 9 countries across North America, South America and APAC and will rollout to EMEA shortly.
- UI
- Ease of deployment
- Flexibility
- Catalog purchases in the mobile app
- More global languages
September 19, 2023
SAP platform for procurement at our service
We are using the SAP Ariba Procurement network to connect suppliers all over the world. The use of SAP Ariba Procurement for procurement purposes improved the efficiency of our procurement process. As a pharmaceutical company, we require many types of raw materials, instruments, equipment and consumables for manufacturing our medicinal products. SAP Ariba Procurement helped us to smoothen the procurement process and also brought transparency.
- It allowed us to connect to millions of suppliers.
- It brought transparency in procurement of goods.
- It helps to manage and track order and payment status.
- Navigation is not easy.
- Getting live customer support is troublesome.
- Sometimes errors occur resulting in duplication of PO.
May 19, 2023
Great tool but could be better on reporting
We use Ariba as our main STP platform, processing hundreds of transactions every month. Ariba's integrated functionality allows us to simplify, expedite and monitor our procurement processes.
- Source of potential supplies
- consolidate and integrate buying processes
- Invoices management and processing
- Reporting
- Catalogs Management / Governance
- Supplier's support
- Implement AI functionalities
May 19, 2023
Ariba review
Using Ariba for indirect procurement only. Very user friendly tool. However there few pain points, like approval flow visibility.
- Coping PR from previous record
- Finding vendor for data set
- Searching field valves
- User experience lacking
We use it for both direct and indirect procurement. We have been able to get direct procurement to work well although we have had some issues getting some of our supply partners enabled on Ariba. We have it set up where they all have to invoice us directly the same way, other suppliers have been resistant to join the network. For those that do use the product, it works great and has resulted in a lot of efficiency for us. For indirect, we've had more trouble getting users to use the product, we do use it to create and receive on PO's but many users have trouble with this and we have had a hard time getting compliance internally. We also have only been successful in getting one supplier enabled thus far although we are looking at other and enjoy the ease of having catalogs set up in Ariba that our employees can purchase from.
- Direct Procurement process
- Purchase order approval and flow
- invoicing from our suppliers who are enabled
- Reporting out of Ariba is not intuitive
- Not flexible for suppliers who bill us differently at the header and line level
- Users get confused when creating a PO - not intuitive
May 18, 2023
SAP Procurement - Best in Class
We use P2P for 100% of our indirect procurement, and the automation of the system is key, as our user base is researchers and scientists who need to get back to their research.
- Sending POs
- Providing invoice status
- Building business processes
- Reporting and analytics
- Self-service configuration tools
- Support model for customers
March 23, 2023
Good Product slow support
We are P to O currently. Converting from ITK to CIG is not a problem, but if you have customized, the out of the box offerings are challenging.
Scope is: Nearly everything we have is in some way customized.
Scope is: Nearly everything we have is in some way customized.
- Order creation and history / Receipts
- easy of integration if you are not customized
- Support can be lengthy if not a P1. Solutions are confusing
- Moving to the pay for support model for things that were including earlier
March 22, 2023
SAP Ariba Procurement
SAP Ariba Procurement helps with Vendor Integration, but invoicing in regards to the product needs improvement.
- Vendor Portal
- Multi Vendor Search
- Quotations
- Invoicing
- Down Payment Process
- Integration with Non-Ariba/ Non-SAP Vendors
March 22, 2023
SAP Ariba Procurement - Easy to use and convenient
We utilize SAP Ariba Procurement for supplier communication, procurement processes, and invoicing. This allows suppliers to communicate with us quickly and efficiently while keeping all details of a transaction together for ease of use.
- Allows suppliers to submit invoices.
- Provides detailed information for Purchase Requisitions and POs.
- Reporting capabilities.
- Occasional difficulties with sign-in and not retaining default settings.
- Too many steps for invoice receiving.
- Tasks show up in my list that are not mine and have nothing to do with my role.
March 22, 2023
Clean and Clear Process for the Enterprise
Our enterprise utilizes SAP Ariba Procurement for procurement and accounts management. The majority of our business problems relate to user error and improper implementation training for users.
- Organization
- Traceability
- Approval Flow
- Cleaner Informational Emails
February 06, 2023
SAP ARIBA PROCUREMENT PROVES TO BE A BOON OF OUR BUSINESS.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use it for all our Procurement Processes right from when an internal purchase request is raised upto the final payment to the vendor.
All communications are made within SAP Ariba Procurement and also the tracking and expediting is done through this software.
Further, Cost control and tracking is easier and systematic.
The amount of time and resources saved is huge. Cycle times are reduced and th ewhole history of a procurement is available at press of a button.
I can easily say SAP Ariba Procurement has led to saving in Time and Cost.
All communications are made within SAP Ariba Procurement and also the tracking and expediting is done through this software.
Further, Cost control and tracking is easier and systematic.
The amount of time and resources saved is huge. Cycle times are reduced and th ewhole history of a procurement is available at press of a button.
I can easily say SAP Ariba Procurement has led to saving in Time and Cost.
- Entire Purchase Process is managed at a single location.
- Direct B2B connections and vendor base buildup is possible.
- Cost Monitoring and control in a logical, scientific way.
- Creates a huge database of procurement across the company which can be used for future procurement to achieve getting the best price through deft negotiations based on a database.
- Sometimes the system is slow. Cant say whether due to software or the system we use.
- Dashboards could be improved and made more easily customisable.
- Direct linking of Project Procurement Schedule with the Procurement Cycle of SAP Ariba will be a big step forward.
November 28, 2022
Review from a biased user
This is the standard product to manage vendor invoices. Overall it is quite good and straightforward. From the end user perspective it is a bit late to the show as the UI/UX is a bit outdated. For example when you have to select/fill some of the fields the interface is not the friendliest to the user. I would propose to have a better/smarter "search as you type" inputs for approver fields and similar that have to be pre-filled
- Vendor invoice management
- Invoice payments
- Procurement
- UI
- UX
- Pre-fill of the fields based on historical data