Features of SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing
Guided buying capability
With a simple user experience, you can guide your employees to make smart purchasing decisions.
Policy-compliant shopping experience
· Provide a consumer-grade shopping experience with built-in policy guidance and guardrails, supplier collaboration, risk-aware processes, and in-context help
· Offer AI-generated recommendations based on purchasing behavior and catalog-based alternative suggestions during non-catalog item requests
· Streamline the buying experience with persona-specific dashboards customized to align categories, custom forms, non-standard purchases, and permissions with each user
Safe and compliant one-off purchases
It’s simple to handle tail spend with built-in controls and trusted suppliers.
Embedded virtual cards
Flexible and streamlined virtual card payments to your suppliers
Pay suppliers with better controls and security
Reduce theft and fraud with unique card numbers assigned to a single transaction and programmed with specific limits and expiration dates
Ensure compliance and gain real-time visibility into every transaction
Set spending limits and track purchases to help you monitor and optimize your procurement processes
Reduce administrative overhead and eliminate hidden costs associated with traditional procurement cards
Network-based collaboration
Connecting with your suppliers on SAP Business Network can help you cut costs and boost efficiency.
Streamlined supplier transactions
Digitalize 28 document types, from purchase orders to payments, to enable network-based business rules that help achieve touchless processing and exception-free transactions with suppliers
Gain real-time visibility into transactions as well as the ability to engage in messaging about transactions in process
Simplify supplier onboarding with built-in tools and services that allow rapid search, matching, and enablement of suppliers—regardless of their size or e-commerce maturity
Catalog content
A wide range of catalog channels and marketplaces supports buying choices across multiple spend categories.
Catalog choices to address requirements across all buying channels
· Onboard catalog content at scale using embedded services and built-in catalog validation enrichment and classification tools
· Access a range of catalog channels such as buyer- and supplier-managed catalog content, ERP data syndication, contract-based subscriptions, and supplier store punchouts
· Access pre-enabled marketplaces such as Amazon Business and Unite to capture non-sourced spend from trusted suppliers and built-in controls with the Spot Buy capability
Invoice management
Automated invoicing reconciliations and regulatory consistency helps improve accounts payable efficiency and compliance.
Improved working capital and accounts payable efficiency
Manage multiple inbound channels such as PO-based invoices, no-release contract invoices, non-PO invoices, invoice against contracts, and evaluated receipt settlements with a single interface
Achieve exception-free processing of transactions with automated reconciliation of invoices, tax validations, and workflow management
Get electronic invoicing in 41 countries and pro-forma invoicing in 66 countries with proven compliance to local tax and legal requirements
ERP and third-party integration
Federated processes, guided workflows, and reporting help enhance visibility and control, even when using multiple ERP systems.
Effortless integration with ERPs and applications
Connect to multiple back-end ERP systems through pre- built integration scenarios and configurations, intuitive self-service tools, automated upgrades, and transaction monitoring
Create extensions to meet domain-specific requirements or access a wide range of pre-built partner applications supporting transaction enrichment, data reporting, approvals, and external feeds with an open API framework
Vice President of Global Procurement, NTT DATA Services
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