SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance

It’s been a while since Andy Rubinson’s last blog post about the status of embedded help integration in SAP’s procurement solutions, specifically SAP Ariba solutions. Since then, the Web Assistant used for providing embedded help to end... Read More »

When managing third-party risk there is a need to determine the risk profile of that supplier and highlight where the third-party is either not in an acceptable state or is trending negatively.  Many solutions will offer that information through... Read More »

Company spending is always a hot topic. Businesses are careful to guard their cash, and with good reason. As the saying goes, “when you are out of cash, you are out of business”. If you want to better track and control business expenses and... Read More »

I am very hopeful and curious if this community will chime in on the steps each of you are leveraging for a supplier approval flow. Please comment with what approval flow design is working or needs to be optimized in your environment. Factors... Read More »

Here are the 6 new features out of my quick count of 85 new features that I thought were really interesting in the May 19, 2023 (2305) release for SAP Ariba. Data purge capabilities in SAP Ariba solutions [SI-23] – this was a common ask from... Read More »

1. Introduction Purpose Preferred supplier data is used to designate preferred suppliers in the guided buying feature for SAP Ariba Buying, and SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing, and in SAP Ariba Supplier Risk, and for suppliers that were created... Read More »

Why am I using an image of the electronic circuits, when talking about something so “new” and “modern” like AI or ML? Well, precisely because of that! AI is as smart as we build it. An “Artificial” Intelligence is (still), in its... Read More »

For almost every release over the last 5 or so years I have written an internal email with that title to (1) force myself to read the release summaries as there can be well over 100 new features being released in any given quarter, and (2) as a... Read More »

Business stakeholders – such as regulators, investors, consumers and employees – are driving companies to consider more than just their profit. As executives make sustainability commitments to their stakeholders and the market, it is often up to... Read More »

After spending a little time with a few hundred customers, the most common mistake that I see is when a “one size fits all” approach is applied.  In reality, different supplier relationships need relevant approaches to balance the needs... Read More »