Sourcing with SAP Ariba Sourcing

Connect your SAP S/4HANA digital core for Sourcing and Procurement to the Ariba Network and SAP Ariba Sourcing. This provides access to intuitive RFX tools (for requests for information, requests for proposals, and reverse auctions), connections to more than two million companies, quick and easy supplier discovery, and automated and adjustable negotiation procedures.

Ensure event success by using the SAP Ariba Sourcing support desk and event-day management assistance. Evaluate the total cost impact of sourcing decisions. Reduce the amount of time and effort spent on administrative tasks. Handy wizards and tools help you launch events, collaborate, and negotiate. With the largest choice of suppliers, and up-to-date profiles, ratings, and assessments, you can easily develop a large supply base and back-up sources, reducing supplier risks. Once you subscribe to SAP Ariba Sourcing, you can simply activate this SAP S/4HANA scope item with guided configuration.

Note: From 1911, the scope of 1A0 is covered in new scope item 4BL, which uses SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway to enable the integration. Customers who want to have functionality of 1A0 should use 4BL instead of 1A0. Customers who have already activated 1A0 can continue to use it until further guidance from SAP.

Key Process Steps Covered

  • As purchaser, create a request for quotations (RFQ) for SAP S/4HANA purchase requisitions that do not automatically find a single source of supply
  • Send the RFQ to the SAP Ariba Sourcing application; this triggers a sourcing request
  • As sourcing manager in SAP Ariba Sourcing, access your worklist and convert sourcing requests into sourcing projects
  • As sourcing manager, monitor sourcing projects that result in (reverse) auctions, or requests for quotations, and provide these to suppliers on the Ariba Network. Monitor suppliers’ responses
  • As sourcing manager, award one or more bids in SAP Ariba Sourcing
  • Awarded bids are automatically sent to SAP S/4HANA where for awarded bids purchase orders or operational contracts are created

Benefits

  • Enjoy fast time-to-value and low total-cost-of-ownership with cloud-based delivery
  • Improve project management and compliance with advanced, automated workflow and approval-routing
  • Integrate your SAP S/4HANA to SAP Ariba Sourcing by simple activation
  • Simplify and accelerate your configuration by taking advantage of built-in SAP Best Practices
  • Get predictable results fast as these best practices guide you through the integration process step-by-step