SAP Ariba Catalog
Delivering rapid ROI with effective procurement e-catalog management
Buying can be a pleasure with consumer-like shopping and a sophisticated procurement process that makes it easy for employees to purchase from your preferred suppliers.
With the SAP Ariba Catalog solution, you can provide employees with relevant and current procurement catalog content while you monitor content quality with at-a-glance dashboard reports.
- Cloud deployment
- Enterprise-grade procurement e-catalog management tools
- API to link procurement catalogs to live inventories and enterprise software
- Cross-catalog search functionality
Redefine your KPIs
Now you can measure performance in both procurement strategy and cost control.
Key benefits
Gain greater compliance and control
Make only approved suppliers searchable, prioritize preferred suppliers and products based on search criteria relevance, and apply contract pricing proactively.
Reduce costs
See available procurement catalog items in real time, collaborate on prices before ordering, and cleanse and enrich content to help keep it compliant and error-free.
Enable integration for lower risk
Integrate using APIs to help automate tasks, such as updating enterprise software systems so content stays current with real-time pricing and inventory details.
Key features
Faster and comprehensive procurement catalog enablement
- Take advantage of enablement support provided with your subscription
- Get help with comprehensive procurement catalog content collection, validation, enrichment, classification, and approval
- Employ automated verification functionality to speed updates, reduce workload, and improve accuracy
Improved experience for users
- Simplify and streamline purchasing processes with an intuitive user interface
- Make procurement catalog content management easier for buyers
- Enable uploading of master procurement catalog content by suppliers on SAP Business Network
Support for multiple procurement catalog types
- Load, manage, and access local catalogs or buy from remote, supplier-managed catalogs on third-party-provider platforms
- Use a variety of catalog formats, such as CIF, XLSX, cXML, BMEcat, and punch-out
- Conduct cross-catalog searches across buyer, supplier, punch-out, ERP inventory, and spot buy catalogs
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Resources
The Hackett Group’s 2025 Procurement Agenda and Key Issues Study Results
This research reveals how procurement success can be achieved through advanced analytics and real-time data visibility; AI technology; and the right balance of integration by ERP and suite solutions.
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