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Manage your procurement activities with this comprehensive guide to SAP Ariba. Get step-by-step instructions for supplier communication and collaboration, contract and invoice management, trend analysis, and more. From deployment to use, see how SAP Ariba fits into your procurement landscape and connects to SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP. Get your procurement needs squared away with SAP Ariba!

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... Foreword ... 17

... Preface ... 19

... Target Audience ... 21

... Objective ... 22

... Structure of this Book ... 22

... Acknowledgments ... 25

1 ... Introduction to SAP Ariba ... 27

1.1 ... Procurement: From On-Premise Solutions to the Cloud ... 28

1.2 ... SAP Ariba ... 32

1.3 ... Cloud Solutions at a Glance ... 36

1.4 ... Cloud, On-Premise, and Hybrid Models ... 37

1.5 ... Hybrid Deployments ... 40

1.6 ... Cloud Implementation Model ... 46

1.7 ... Summary ... 55

2 ... Supplier Collaboration ... 57

2.1 ... What Is Supplier Collaboration? ... 58

2.2 ... Implementing the Ariba Network ... 60

2.3 ... Onboarding Suppliers ... 72

2.4 ... Enabling Suppliers ... 78

2.5 ... Becoming a Supplier on the Sales Side ... 89

2.6 ... Buying with the Ariba Network ... 92

2.7 ... Purchase Order and Invoice Automation with the Ariba Network ... 93

2.8 ... Summary ... 99

3 ... Supplier Lifecycle Performance and Risk Management ... 101

3.1 ... What Is Supplier Lifecycle Performance and Risk Management? ... 102

3.2 ... SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance ... 105

3.3 ... SAP Ariba Supplier Risk ... 181

3.4 ... Summary ... 198

4 ... Sourcing ... 199

4.1 ... What Is Sourcing? ... 200

4.2 ... SAP Ariba Sourcing ... 202

4.3 ... SAP Ariba Discovery ... 243

4.4 ... SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing for Product Sourcing ... 247

4.5 ... Summary ... 262

5 ... Contract Management ... 265

5.1 ... What Is Contract Management? ... 266

5.2 ... Planning Your Implementation ... 271

5.3 ... Configuring SAP Ariba Contracts ... 276

5.4 ... Creating Contracts ... 305

5.5 ... Consuming Contracts ... 311

5.6 ... Amending Contracts ... 312

5.7 ... Using Contracts with Other Applications ... 315

5.8 ... Summary ... 319

6 ... Guided Buying ... 321

6.1 ... What Is Guiding Buying? ... 321

6.2 ... Planning Your Implementation ... 326

6.3 ... Configuring the SAP Ariba Guided Buying Capability ... 328

6.4 ... SAP Ariba Guided Buying Capability in Procurement Operations ... 354

6.5 ... Summary ... 355

7 ... Operational Procurement ... 357

7.1 ... SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing, SAP Ariba Buying, and SAP Ariba Catalog ... 357

7.2 ... Implementing SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing and SAP Ariba Buying ... 374

7.3 ... SAP Fieldglass Vendor Management System ... 428

7.4 ... Implementing SAP Fieldglass Vendor Management System ... 435

7.5 ... Summary ... 446

8 ... Invoice Management ... 447

8.1 ... What Is Invoice Management? ... 447

8.2 ... SAP Ariba Invoice Management ... 449

8.3 ... SAP Ariba Payables ... 460

8.4 ... Implementing and Configuring SAP Ariba Invoice Management and SAP Ariba Payables ... 484

8.5 ... Summary ... 502

9 ... Spend Analysis ... 503

9.1 ... What Is Spend Analysis? ... 503

9.2 ... Planning Your Implementation ... 510

9.3 ... Configuring SAP Ariba Spend Analysis ... 520

9.4 ... Integrating SAP Ariba Spend Analysis with SAP Analytics Cloud and On-Premise Data Sources ... 530

9.5 ... Mining Procurement Operations for Data ... 531

9.6 ... Summary ... 546

10 ... SAP Ariba Integration ... 549

10.1 ... SAP Ariba Integration Projects and Connectivity Options ... 550

10.2 ... Ariba Network Purchase Order and Invoice Automation with Purchasing Integration Options ... 554

10.3 ... SAP Ariba Sourcing Integration with SAP S/4HANA ... 567

10.4 ... SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration for Buyers ... 583

10.5 ... SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway ... 623

10.6 ... Summary ... 666

11 ... Conclusion ... 667

11.1 ... Summary ... 668

11.2 ... The Future of Procurement Solutions ... 671

... The Authors ... 675

... Index ... 677

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