... Foreword ... 17
... Preface ... 19
... Target Audience ... 21
... Objective ... 22
... Structure of This Book ... 22
... Acknowledgments ... 24
1 ... Introduction to SAP Ariba ... 27
1.1 ... Procurement: From On-Premise Solutions to the Cloud ... 28
1.2 ... SAP Ariba ... 31
1.3 ... Cloud Solutions at a Glance ... 35
1.4 ... Cloud, On-Premise, and Hybrid Models ... 36
1.5 ... Hybrid Deployments ... 39
1.6 ... Cloud Implementation Model ... 44
1.7 ... Summary ... 52
2 ... Supplier Collaboration ... 53
2.1 ... What Is Supplier Collaboration? ... 54
2.2 ... Implementing Ariba Network ... 56
2.3 ... Onboarding Suppliers ... 66
2.4 ... Enabling Suppliers ... 72
2.5 ... Becoming a Supplier on the Sales Side ... 81
2.6 ... Buying with Ariba Network ... 85
2.7 ... Purchase Order and Invoice Automation with Ariba Network ... 86
2.8 ... Summary ... 92
3 ... Supplier Lifecycle and Performance ... 93
3.1 ... What Is Supplier Lifecycle Management? ... 93
3.2 ... Implementing SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance ... 96
3.3 ... Summary ... 169
4 ... Supplier Risk Management ... 171
4.1 ... What Is Supplier Risk Management? ... 171
4.2 ... Implementing SAP Ariba Supplier Risk Management ... 173
4.3 ... Managing Supplier Risks ... 194
4.4 ... Summary ... 198
5 ... Sourcing ... 199
5.1 ... What Is Sourcing? ... 199
5.2 ... SAP Ariba Sourcing ... 201
5.3 ... SAP Ariba Discovery ... 242
5.4 ... SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing for Product Sourcing ... 249
5.5 ... Guided Sourcing ... 265
5.6 ... Summary ... 278
6 ... Contract Management ... 279
6.1 ... What Is Contract Management? ... 280
6.2 ... Configuring SAP Ariba Contracts ... 286
6.3 ... Creating Contracts ... 311
6.4 ... Consuming Contracts ... 317
6.5 ... Amending Contracts ... 317
6.6 ... Using Contracts with Other Applications ... 320
6.7 ... Summary ... 326
7 ... Guided Buying ... 327
7.1 ... What Is Guiding Buying? ... 327
7.2 ... Configuring the Guided Buying Capability ... 333
7.3 ... Using the Guided Buying Capability ... 357
7.4 ... Summary ... 374
8 ... Operational Procurement ... 375
8.1 ... SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing, SAP Ariba Buying, and SAP Ariba Catalog ... 375
8.2 ... Configuring SAP Ariba Buying and SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing ... 389
8.3 ... Using Advanced Buying and Invoicing Functions ... 409
8.4 ... Implementing SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing and SAP Ariba Buying ... 414
8.5 ... SAP Fieldglass Vendor Management System ... 461
8.6 ... Implementing the SAP Fieldglass Vendor Management System ... 467
8.7 ... Summary ... 476
9 ... Invoice Management ... 477
9.1 ... What Is Invoice Management? ... 477
9.2 ... SAP Ariba Invoice Management ... 479
9.3 ... SAP Ariba Discount Management ... 496
9.4 ... SAP Pay ... 502
9.5 ... Summary ... 528
10 ... Spend Analysis ... 529
10.1 ... What Is Spend Analysis? ... 529
10.2 ... Planning Your Implementation ... 535
10.3 ... Configuring SAP Ariba Spend Analysis ... 544
10.4 ... Integrating SAP Ariba Spend Analysis with SAP Analytics Cloud and On-Premise Data Sources ... 553
10.5 ... Mining Procurement Operations for Data ... 553
10.6 ... Summary ... 567
11 ... SAP Ariba Integration ... 569
11.1 ... SAP Ariba Integration Projects and Connectivity Options ... 569
11.2 ... Ariba Network Purchase Order and Invoice Automation with Purchasing Integration Options ... 574
11.3 ... SAP Ariba Sourcing Integration with SAP S/4HANA ... 586
11.4 ... SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration for Buyers ... 600
11.5 ... SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway ... 635
11.6 ... Summary ... 672
12 ... Conclusion ... 673
12.1 ... Summary ... 673
12.2 ... The Future of Procurement Solutions ... 676
... The Authors ... 681
... The Contributors ... 682
... Index ... 683
