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SAP Ariba Sourcing

Economic volatility threatens supply chain performance. By transforming sourcing, you can cut costs and boost agility.
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Boost your bottom line by improving sourcing efficiency and agility

With margins under pressure, keeping control of costs is key. By streamlining access to a global network of suppliers and increasing spend visibility, you can speed up your sourcing cycles, adapt to evolving organizational needs, and discover valuable savings opportunities. 

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Manage spend more strategically and achieve new savings by using the SAP Ariba Sourcing solution to discover and select qualified suppliers from a broad supplier network and automate, streamline, and track sourcing activities.

  • Cloud deployment
  • Functionality for creating and managing the sourcing pipeline 
  • AI and machine learning–based features that support guided sourcing 
  • Supplier access to one of the world’s largest business networks

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Manage spend more strategically and achieve new savings by using the SAP Ariba Sourcing solution to discover and select qualified suppliers from a broad supplier network and automate, streamline, and track sourcing activities.

  • Cloud deployment
  • Functionality for creating and managing the sourcing pipeline 
  • AI and machine learning–based features that support guided sourcing 
  • Supplier access to one of the world’s largest business networks

Key Benefits

Improve spend coverage across categories

Help sourcing managers create and manage the sourcing pipeline to rationalize the supply base, negotiate lower pricing, and respond to demand. 

Execute your desired sourcing outcomes

Catalyze your sourcing strategy using a range of advanced RFP and auction tools.

Realize sustainable savings

Enforce negotiated savings when you integrate sourcing with contracting, supplier management, operational procurement, and analytics processes.

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Key Features

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Simplified sourcing activities

  • Enable sourcing managers to create sourcing projects and events intuitively
  • Choose event types and capabilities, including RFI, RFP, forward and reverse auctions, and tiered and mixed events
  • Develop content more easily with in-line editing, bulk line-item management, and project widgets 

Guided sourcing processes

  • Standardize processes and workflows with artificial intelligence and machine learning–based features 
  • Identify and qualify appropriate suppliers before onboarding
  • Track savings to evaluate the effect of sourcing programs and gain guidance on next best steps using intelligent recommendations

Supplier discovery and onboarding

  • Access one of the world’s largest business networks to improve supplier collaboration and streamline procurement activities
  • Manage sourcing events, supplier onboarding, and lifecycle management projects
  • Execute sourcing strategies and gain real-time visibility into projects

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Show more
Simplified sourcing activities

  • Enable sourcing managers to create sourcing projects and events intuitively
  • Choose event types and capabilities, including RFI, RFP, forward and reverse auctions, and tiered and mixed events
  • Develop content more easily with in-line editing, bulk line-item management, and project widgets 

Guided sourcing processes

  • Standardize processes and workflows with artificial intelligence and machine learning–based features 
  • Identify and qualify appropriate suppliers before onboarding
  • Track savings to evaluate the effect of sourcing programs and gain guidance on next best steps using intelligent recommendations

Supplier discovery and onboarding

  • Access one of the world’s largest business networks to improve supplier collaboration and streamline procurement activities
  • Manage sourcing events, supplier onboarding, and lifecycle management projects
  • Execute sourcing strategies and gain real-time visibility into projects

Build a business case

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Boost savings and improve procurement agility

Identify cost-cutting opportunities, define and execute a supplier selection process, and realize sustainable savings.

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Build value in procurement through digitalization

See how global executives are transforming procurement to meet existing and emerging challenges in this Economist Impact paper.

Technical Information

Use SAP Business Technology Platform with this cloud solution to gain visibility, extend applications, and integrate your source-to-pay processes.

Visibility

Unlock spend data with solutions that deliver total spend visibility, aid in planning and forecasting, and connect critical data from SAP and third-party sources.

Extensibility

Customize and extend the value of spend management solutions by eliminating inefficiencies, building new apps, enhancing existing apps, and providing personalized experiences.

Integration

Centralize data, remove silos, and create a connected enterprise with integration solutions from SAP, streamlining your source-to-pay process with prebuilt connections.

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Get Started

Jump-start your SAP solution implementation and drive ROI by collaborating with industry experts, consultants, and support engineers throughout your journey.

Services

Transform your business quickly and effectively by taking advantage of our holistic service and support plans, expert consulting services, custom application development, proven best practices, and deep industry and technical knowledge.

Support

Explore the learning center, engage in discussion forums, and create service requests in SAP Ariba Connect for solution power users and digital support contacts.

Security and compliance

Focus on your business and customer relationships, while keeping your data safe and reliable. SAP takes a proactive, predictive approach to maintaining compliance and data security in the cloud and within an on-premise data center.

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