Strategic Sourcing

Manage the entire analyze-to-contract process with strategic sourcing

Classify, enrich, and analyze your transactional spend data so you can negotiate best-value sourcing agreements. Increase procurement process efficiency, creating faster sourcing cycles with improved quality and compliance.

SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite

Support a closed-loop, digital, source-to-contract process for sourcing direct and indirect materials using superior tools, expertise, and information. Create process efficiencies across all spend categories and increase spend under management in a single strategic sourcing solution that integrates with your ERP system.

Cloud deployment
Quick, easy supplier discovery
Supplier profile management
Compliance through workflow

SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite

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Saving millions and improving supplier negotiations

Learn how Bouygues Telecom has saved 18% to date, an equivalent of €15 million, with their new sourcing approach.

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Reducing direct and indirect spend

Grupo Herdez uses SAP Ariba to manage 80% of indirect and direct spend, CapEx and services. With SAP Ariba Sourcing the company tripled their savings goal.

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Cut procurement costs and reduce supply risks

Go beyond price and spec and find out how shared values can drive deeper supplier relationships. Connect with suppliers that fully match your organization’s needs.

Gain spend visibility and find new savings opportunities

Build win-win relationships with partners inside and outside the business with enhanced spend visibility. Make faster business decisions based on strategic spend insight.

Source direct and indirect materials on a single integrated solution

Learn how you can source direct and indirect materials on a single integrated system that is connected to your product lifecycle management (PLM) or ERP.

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Fast time-to-value
Quick and easy supplier discovery
Supplier profile management
User-friendly app
Compliance through workflow
Sourcing event support
Expertise and best practices
Advanced negotiation types
Advanced direct materials sourcing capabilities
Product lifecycle sourcing
Integrated contract management
Integrated supplier lifecycle and performance management
Deployment mode	Cloud	Cloud
ERP integration
PLM integration
Integration to Ariba Network
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SAP Ariba Sourcing

SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite

Fast time-to-value

Quick and easy supplier discovery

Supplier profile management

User-friendly app

Compliance through workflow

Sourcing event support

Expertise and best practices

Advanced negotiation types

Advanced direct materials sourcing capabilities

Product lifecycle sourcing

Integrated contract management

Integrated supplier lifecycle and performance management

Deployment mode

Cloud

ERP integration

PLM integration

Integration to Ariba Network

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SAP Ariba Contracts

Eliminate paper and ink from the processes of creating, executing, and managing contractual agreements with comprehensive, cloud-based contract management software. Automate and accelerate the entire contract lifecycle and strengthen compliance.

Cloud deployment
Controlled processes
Complete visibility
Central repository of contracts

SAP Ariba Contracts

SAP Ariba Spend Analysis

Effectively manage spend with insightful analysis. Make better, faster, and more confident procurement decisions with clear insight into your company’s total combined spend and suppliers. Learn where savings leak, prices vary, and purchasing overlaps with cloud-based data on demand.

Cloud deployment
Best-practice guidance
Accurate spend classification
Peer benchmarking

SAP Ariba Spend Analysis

SAP Ariba Start Sourcing

Make fast sourcing decisions that drive immediate savings with a free, cloud-based service that gives you access to more than 2.5 million suppliers on Ariba Network. Quickly create and manage sourcing events using an intuitive, Web-based RFX management tool.

Cloud deployment
Fast RFX publishing
Global and multilingual features
Up-to-date supplier information

SAP Ariba Start Sourcing

SAP Ariba Discovery

Find a world of high-quality suppliers at your fingertips with automated buyer-supplier matching. Quickly post your buying needs and instantly connect with product and service suppliers that are ready to compete for your business, while cutting your supply costs and risks.

Cloud deployment
Access to over one million qualified suppliers
Integration with other SAP Ariba products

SAP Ariba Discovery

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