SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud edition: A single solution for your procurement needs
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SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud edition:
A single solution for your procurement needs
Topic: SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud edition
Date: April 2024
SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud edition is a unified solution that gives
procurement teams the ability to work across multiple ERP systems, global organizations,
divisions, and channels, and as a shared service. The solution delivers the benefits of a
single ERP system without requiring a massive shift in infrastructure or data.
SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud edition:
A single solution for your procurement needs
Topic: SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud edition
Date: April 2024
SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud edition is a unified solution that gives
procurement teams the ability to work across multiple ERP systems, global organizations,
divisions, and channels, and as a shared service. The solution delivers the benefits of a
single ERP system without requiring a massive shift in infrastructure or data.
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How does SAP Ariba
Central Procurement,
private cloud edition work?
Overview
By creating a centralized software system that functions across buying
channels without reworking them, procurement teams can pull their
disparate datasets into one place. Cloud systems, on-premise SAP software
systems, and third-party systems can be integrated. Systems can be added
or removed as transactions due to mergers and acquisitions occur, without
disrupting procurement operations.
What are the benefits
of SAP Ariba Central
Procurement, private
cloud edition?
Features and benefits
Remote control for local procurement systems – Key steps and
information can be centrally managed to increase procurement productivity
and drive down the cost of goods sold. Data can be shared back and forth
automatically to increase efficiency and job satisfaction.
Improved governance across systems – Important information and
procurement steps spread across your company can be governed from one
central place. Visibility across indirect or direct spending categories reduces
off-contract spending and brings consistency to key steps in the
procurement process. The solution also helps minimize disruptions to the
day-to-day teamwork within each business unit.
Mitigated IT risk – The solution is designed to deliver the benefits of a
uniform, centralized procurement system across multiple back ends without
reworking individual ERP solutions – and without ERP prerequisites.
Transactions are processed within each back-end system for each
individual business unit. Aligning data to a centralized system allows the
data to remain local but be shared globally.
How does SAP Ariba
Central Procurement,
private cloud edition work?
Overview
By creating a centralized software system that functions across buying
channels without reworking them, procurement teams can pull their
disparate datasets into one place. Cloud systems, on-premise SAP software
systems, and third-party systems can be integrated. Systems can be added
or removed as transactions due to mergers and acquisitions occur, without
disrupting procurement operations.
What are the benefits
of SAP Ariba Central
Procurement, private
cloud edition?
Features and benefits
Remote control for local procurement systems – Key steps and
information can be centrally managed to increase procurement productivity
and drive down the cost of goods sold. Data can be shared back and forth
automatically to increase efficiency and job satisfaction.
Improved governance across systems – Important information and
procurement steps spread across your company can be governed from one
central place. Visibility across indirect or direct spending categories reduces
off-contract spending and brings consistency to key steps in the
procurement process. The solution also helps minimize disruptions to the
day-to-day teamwork within each business unit.
Mitigated IT risk – The solution is designed to deliver the benefits of a
uniform, centralized procurement system across multiple back ends without
reworking individual ERP solutions – and without ERP prerequisites.
Transactions are processed within each back-end system for each
individual business unit. Aligning data to a centralized system allows the
data to remain local but be shared globally.
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What are the key
differentiators of SAP Ariba
Central Procurement,
private cloud edition?
Faster time to value – Organizations are sometimes hesitant to upgrade
because of the time, complexities, and costs associated with migration. And
procurement teams want to avoid disruption while still driving productivity
improvements, efficiency, and cost savings. SAP can provide a centralized
system without a massive overhaul of existing infrastructure and master
data, a significant differentiator for our customers.
Global visibility with local control – Large enterprises will often have
multiple ERP systems, sometimes dozens or even hundreds. These systems
frequently remain unconnected, and the information is siloed. SAP Ariba
Central Procurement, private cloud edition provides an opportunity to
monitor information and act without the need for massive data
harmonization projects, whether indirect or direct spend is involved. This
puts the solution ahead of the competition.
Native integration – SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud edition
is natively integrated with the SAP ERP application, SAP ERP Central
Component (SAP ECC), and SAP S/4HANA. This means it is natively
integrated to systems touching 77% of GDP transactions. Additionally,
SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud edition can leverage
procurement data from third-party systems.
Handling of mergers and acquisitions – Large enterprises often acquire
and divest companies, resulting in the need to integrate and disconnect
their ERP application systems. SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud
edition helps to accelerate procurement integration into the parent
company while avoiding disruption.
What are the key
differentiators of SAP Ariba
Central Procurement,
private cloud edition?
Faster time to value – Organizations are sometimes hesitant to upgrade
because of the time, complexities, and costs associated with migration. And
procurement teams want to avoid disruption while still driving productivity
improvements, efficiency, and cost savings. SAP can provide a centralized
system without a massive overhaul of existing infrastructure and master
data, a significant differentiator for our customers.
Global visibility with local control – Large enterprises will often have
multiple ERP systems, sometimes dozens or even hundreds. These systems
frequently remain unconnected, and the information is siloed. SAP Ariba
Central Procurement, private cloud edition provides an opportunity to
monitor information and act without the need for massive data
harmonization projects, whether indirect or direct spend is involved. This
puts the solution ahead of the competition.
Native integration – SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud edition
is natively integrated with the SAP ERP application, SAP ERP Central
Component (SAP ECC), and SAP S/4HANA. This means it is natively
integrated to systems touching 77% of GDP transactions. Additionally,
SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud edition can leverage
procurement data from third-party systems.
Handling of mergers and acquisitions – Large enterprises often acquire
and divest companies, resulting in the need to integrate and disconnect
their ERP application systems. SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud
edition helps to accelerate procurement integration into the parent
company while avoiding disruption.
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What are the key features
of SAP Ariba Central
Procurement, private
cloud edition?
Central requisitioning – Central requisitioning provides centralized self-
service requisitioning across a multi-ERP landscape. This capability is
enhanced with our guided buying capability available for SAP Ariba
solutions to drive adoption and improve user experience.
Central purchasing – Central purchasing provides visibility and
actionability on purchase requisitions across indirect and direct spend
channels. Follow-up actions can be triggered from the central layer,
converting requisitions into purchase order (PO) transactions executed in
the back-end ERPs.
Central sourcing – Central sourcing enables central purchasers to
aggregate purchasing demands across various ERP systems and plants and
to drive central sourcing events. This optimizes the procurement process
and increases savings. The result of central sourcing is that POs are
processed in the back-end ERPs.
Central contract management – With central contract management, you
can match what you’re buying against a centrally held contract, track global
compliance with local specifications, and apply appropriate pricing and
terms to regional POs. You can also manage and distribute contracts across
multiple ERP systems.
Central purchasing analytics – Central purchasing analytics provide users
with insights into procurement operations across multiple ERP landscapes.
Strategic buyers can analyze the consumption of central contracts across
organizations, as well as identify where global contracts are not being
properly utilized. Additionally, monitoring global purchasing spend using
drill-down capabilities pinpoints the spend volume across the organization.
If a customer has multiple
instances of SAP ECC or
SAP S/4HANA, how do
they interact?
Implementation and support
SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud edition can be deployed
alongside – and integrated with – multiple instances of SAP S/4HANA Cloud
or on-premise SAP S/4HANA software as well as with SAP ECC.
Where do master data
records get created, and
where are they stored?
Master data records are created and stored in local back-end systems.
SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud edition can access records
from across systems and present them in a single view. SAP recommends
the SAP Master Data Governance application to manage and govern master
data in source systems.
Find out more
For more information about how SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud edition can support solutions
for your company, please visit us online.
What are the key features
of SAP Ariba Central
Procurement, private
cloud edition?
Central requisitioning – Central requisitioning provides centralized self-
service requisitioning across a multi-ERP landscape. This capability is
enhanced with our guided buying capability available for SAP Ariba
solutions to drive adoption and improve user experience.
Central purchasing – Central purchasing provides visibility and
actionability on purchase requisitions across indirect and direct spend
channels. Follow-up actions can be triggered from the central layer,
converting requisitions into purchase order (PO) transactions executed in
the back-end ERPs.
Central sourcing – Central sourcing enables central purchasers to
aggregate purchasing demands across various ERP systems and plants and
to drive central sourcing events. This optimizes the procurement process
and increases savings. The result of central sourcing is that POs are
processed in the back-end ERPs.
Central contract management – With central contract management, you
can match what you’re buying against a centrally held contract, track global
compliance with local specifications, and apply appropriate pricing and
terms to regional POs. You can also manage and distribute contracts across
multiple ERP systems.
Central purchasing analytics – Central purchasing analytics provide users
with insights into procurement operations across multiple ERP landscapes.
Strategic buyers can analyze the consumption of central contracts across
organizations, as well as identify where global contracts are not being
properly utilized. Additionally, monitoring global purchasing spend using
drill-down capabilities pinpoints the spend volume across the organization.
If a customer has multiple
instances of SAP ECC or
SAP S/4HANA, how do
they interact?
Implementation and support
SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud edition can be deployed
alongside – and integrated with – multiple instances of SAP S/4HANA Cloud
or on-premise SAP S/4HANA software as well as with SAP ECC.
Where do master data
records get created, and
where are they stored?
Master data records are created and stored in local back-end systems.
SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud edition can access records
from across systems and present them in a single view. SAP recommends
the SAP Master Data Governance application to manage and govern master
data in source systems.
Find out more
For more information about how SAP Ariba Central Procurement, private cloud edition can support solutions
for your company, please visit us online.