Networked Business with SAP Ariba | Column
This article appeared in the Oct Nov Dec 2016 issue
of SAPinsider (www.SAPinsiderOnline.com) and appears
here with permission from the publisher, WIS Publishing.
The Best of Both Worlds
Integrating SAP Ariba Solutions with Your SAP Infrastructure
Businesses around the world continue to seek ways to
streamline sourcing, procurement, and supply chain
processes. Organizations like Kaeser Kompressoren,
a manufacturer of compressed air products and ser-
vices, are increasingly turning to the scalability and
flexibility of cloud-based solutions to achieve this
goal, but still have on-premise infrastructures built
around SAP ERP software to manage their business.
So how do you protect your existing on-premise
investments while taking advantage of the innova-
tions offered by the cloud? SAP Ariba solutions are
developed with this need in mind, offering flexible
solutions for combining on-premise implementations
with cloud-based technology while minimizing costs.
Integration to the Ariba Network
The Ariba Network helps buyers and suppliers con-
nect and manage everything from indirect and direct
expenses to payments and financing, ensuring supply
chain visibility, efficiency, and collaboration. Buyers
with on-premise SAP ERP implementations have two
options for integrating the Ariba Network with their
back-end systems: an add-on to SAP Business Suite that
supports integration with the Ariba Network without
the need for protocol mapping, and an adapter for
the Ariba Network that can be used with SAP Process
Integration to connect the Ariba Network and SAP ERP.
For suppliers, Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway, built
on SAP HANA Cloud Platform, enables simple and
efficient integration of their SAP ERP systems with the
Ariba Network. It reduces the deployment and integra-
tion time needed to connect with multiple buyers by
leveraging a web application that connects back-end
systems to the Ariba Network. This solution is in limited
availability, but will soon be generally available.
Integration to SAP Ariba Solutions
The cloud integration options for SAP Ariba sourc-
ing and procurement solutions provide standard
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Manoj
Narayan
(manoj.narayan@sap.
com) is Senior Director of
Solutions Management
integrations for SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA. These
at SAP Ariba. In this role,
standard integrations help ensure a streamlined he is responsible for the
end-to-end process, and are available for both master strategy, roadmap, and
data and transactional data. Integration is offered product management
through direct connectivity or mediated through SAP of the cloud integration
solutions.
Process Integration.
The standard integration for SAP ERP and SAP Ariba
sourcing solutions helps ensure smooth, integrated
sourcing processes. Sourcing events are initiated from
SAP ERP and are negotiated with the Ariba Sourcing
solution; a follow-up purchase order is then created in
SAP ERP. Similar integrations are available for Ariba
Contract Management, and bidirectional vendor
master integration is available for Ariba Supplier
Information and Performance Management and SAP
ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP Master Data Governance.
Standard integration is also provided between SAP
Ariba procurement solutions and SAP ERP or SAP
The ability
S/4HANA, allowing for the easy management of all to combine
procurement processes. on-premise
systems with
The Best of Both Worlds
The ability to combine on-premise systems with SAP
SAP Ariba cloud
Ariba solutions enables you to take advantage of solutions gives
the innovation and agility that come with the cloud you the best of
while preserving existing implementations giving both worlds.
you the best of both worlds. For instance, Al-Futtaim
Automotive Group selected SAP Ariba solutions to
transform its procurement process into a more stra-
tegic function. The company deployed the Ariba
Sourcing solution to support its cost reduction initia-
tives and create a fair marketplace for its suppliers.
The company integrated the Ariba Procure-to-Pay
solution with SAP ERP to create an easy and transpar-
ent procure-to-pay process as well as drive contract
compliance. This resulted in increased compliance
for contract buying and accumulated savings of $25
million in total indirect spend.
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