Supplier management software

Boost compliance and reduce risk with solutions that help you manage the supplier lifecycle, information, and risk all in one place.
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Optimize the supplier relationship management process for procurement

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Drive spend to preferred suppliers and reduce risk

Ensure compliance across your procurement function through supplier onboarding, qualification and segmentation, and performance management with SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions.

Centralize supplier data and insights

View supplier information in one place for real-time insights into performance, risk, and relationships so you can make faster, more informed sourcing and procurement decisions.

Accelerate supplier onboarding

Reduce manual tasks to decrease time to value and standardize processes for faster supplier engagement and information sharing.

Promote supplier collaboration

Foster stronger, more transparent supplier relationships with SAP Business Network. Collaboration leads to increased efficiency and responsiveness across the procurement function.

Mitigate supplier risk

Identify, assess, and proactively manage supplier risk with integrated tools for monitoring performance, compliance, and sustainability.

Explore supplier management capabilities

Improve supplier relationships and mitigate risk with comprehensive tools that help you manage the procurement process more effectively.

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Accelerated supplier onboarding

Save time by automating supplier onboarding and qualification and integrating supplier management with other procurement processes.

Native procurement suite

Manage and share supplier information in-context across SAP Ariba procurement solutions.

Self-service capabilities for suppliers

Boost confidence in supplier data by allowing suppliers to access and update their own information via SAP Business Network.

Two-way sync with SAP ERP

Keep supplier data up-to-date and consistent with bidirectional synchronization between SAP ERP and SAP Ariba solutions.

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Catch up on the latest research, analysis, and insights in spend management.

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See how customers are succeeding with SAP

Holding suppliers accountable with greater visibility

Norwegian Air achieved a 360-degree view of suppliers to better support sustainability leadership and a carbon-neutral future.

Monitoring procurement spending and risk

NTT DATA unified source-to-pay processes and managed supplier risk while onboarding employees, contingent workers, and vendors.

Simplifying procurement and supplier management

Britvic strengthened its overall approach and made buying and invoicing simpler and more accurate with SAP Ariba solutions.

Streamlining vendor collaboration

AMNT made purchasing more efficient and transparent and met its standards for operational excellence with a new procurement system.

See what analysts are saying about SAP

SAP named a Market Leader in supplier management

This Ardent Partners report highlights SAP’s robust supplier management capabilities and focus on innovation.

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Frequently asked questions

Supplier management is the end-to-end strategic process unifying all procurement activities with their suppliers. Encompassing information management, performance management, risk management, and supplier collaboration, it provides a 360-degree view of a supplier’s value throughout the supplier lifecycle.

Supplier management and supplier relationship management refer to two distinct yet overlapping scopes of activity within procurement. Supplier relationship management is about the strategy and collaboration used to manage the most critical suppliers in order to achieve greater business value. Supplier management is more holistic and involves the system and processes needed to manage all your suppliers.

SAP Ariba Supplier Management includes two solutions: SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance supports all the processes and information required in every step of the supplier lifecycle, from onboarding to qualification to ongoing monitoring and assessment. SAP Ariba Supplier Risk is focused on delivering risk due diligence across the source-to-pay process.

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