SAP Ariba Source-to-Contract Suite
Manage indirect sourcing, contracts, and suppliers with a single solution
Successfully sourcing the goods and services you need to run your business requires control over complex sourcing and contracting processes. By connecting the right people, processes, and information, you can manage indirect sourcing in a simple, smart, and open way.
Optimize indirect sourcing processes to improve margins, cut costs, and reduce risk. SAP Ariba Source-to-Contract Suite offers a cloud-based integrated solution bundle for managing sourcing and suppliers across the source-to-contract cycle.
Cloud deployment
Support for planning and execution of sourcing strategies
Management of the end-to-end contract lifecycle management process
Advanced, integrated supplier selection and qualification features
Key benefits
Improve spend coverage
Simplify content creation using features that run on AI and machine learning as you expand supplier connections and collaboration over SAP Business Network.
Realize sustainable savings
Enhance compliance and stop contract leakage by managing procurement and sales contracts with integrated supplier and contract management functionality.
Collaborate effectively with suppliers
Execute sourcing events, use constraint-based optimization scenarios, and apply tools such as event scoring and feedback to drive event competitiveness.
Key features
Guided sourcing
Expedite and improve the creation, monitoring, and awarding of RFI and RFP events
Manage events using artificial intelligence and a machine learning assistant
Enhance project management with flexible tools, such as integrated workflows, document management, and approvals
Integrated contract management
Improve control and compliance with tools for authoring and approving contracts, a clause library, and workflows
Automate and accelerate the contract lifecycle while standardizing and controlling contract development and approval
Collaborate with internal stakeholders and trading partners
Optimized supplier management
Assess and qualify suppliers based on category, region, and business unit
Manage supplier performance with a centralized information portal
Streamline supplier onboarding processes, including workflows and approvals, while assessing compliance and mitigating supply risk
Pricing
SAP Ariba Source-to-Contract Suite
In blocks of 1 Users per year
Contract duration between 3 and 36 Month
Auto-Renewal
Features:
Included:
- One solution that combines SAP Ariba Sourcing, SAP Ariba Contracts and SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance.
- Four production tenants and three test tenants.
- Specifically for customers who primarily manage indirect material spend.
- Management of the entire source-to-contract process through sourcing, contract management, and supplier lifecycle and performance management.
- Designed to simplify and shorten the commercial transaction when all three solutions are needed.
- Please refer to the individual solutions for their item descriptions and key capabilities.
Metric:
- This cloud service is billed per user per year.
- The metric entitlement is not time-bound and does not deplete with usage.
- Individuals with unique active profiles are considered users.
Pricing structure and more contract duration details are available on request.
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Event creation and management from a single page
Improve usability and reduce learning curves by doing everything on one screen – from event setup to supplier collaboration.
360-degree supplier insight and event monitoring
Qualify suppliers, compare bids, and realize savings at scale with continuous, embedded event progress and price monitoring.
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, streaming your source-to-pay process with prebuilt connections.
Data security
Help protect confidentiality and data integrity.
Business process security
Support compliance with regularity requirements.
Risk and threat mitigation
Drive continuous improvement across your operations.
Cloud delivery operations
Enable a smooth transformation while meeting security and compliance requirements.
Resources
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