Ariba Electronic Integration Questionnaire

This questionnaire is intended to pre-qualify all integrated supplier opportunities prior to submitting to the integration process.
Attach completed questionnaire to your email when sending it back to your contact from Ariba.

Your contact at Ariba:

BUYER DETAILS

Buyer Name

Buyer AN ID(s)

SUPPLIER CONTACTS

Supplier Company Name:

Supplier AN ID

Technical Contact:

Technical Contact Phone:

Technical Contact Email:

Business Contact:

Business Contact Phone:

Business Contact Email:

Supplier's Ariba Administrator

PRE-QUALIFICATION

YES NO Comments

1. Do you understand the Ariba Integration process, and agree to all the terms related to
transacting on the Ariba Network?

2. Is there known rationale for pursuing this integration on the Ariba Network vs. PO Flip? Ex:
Spend, Transaction Volume, and Seller Business Policy

3. Ariba's standard implementation timeline is 8 weeks. Are there any known reason's why this
timeline will be exceeded? Ex: IT release schedule that spans over multiple weeks

4. Do you have the business and technical resources available now to support an integration
project?

INTEGRATION EXPERIENCE

YES NO Comments

5. Does your company have any current connections to Buyers on the Ariba Network either
directly or through another 3rd Party? If yes, provide an overview of your Ariba eCommerce
initiative and list of customers you are integrated with.

6. If the response to #5 is NO, do you have any experience transacting with XML, cXML and/or EDI
on other platforms? Please indicate their experience in the Comments.

CATALOG EXPERIENCE

YES NO Comments

7. Does your company currently provide a catalog on the Ariba Network?

8. If the response to #7 is YES, which type of catalog format do you provide? Pick from dropdown.

9. If the response to #7 is NO, do you have any tools or resources to support a catalog? Catalog
files must be CIF, cXML, or Excel files (.cif, .xml, .xls or .zip) Please indicate their experience in the
Comments.

SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE

YES NO Comments

10. Are your ERP systems available at this time to generate electronic transactions in Test and
Production?
Please indicate the back-end ERP systems in the Comments. Possible examples of ERP systems are:
[SAP | MincomEllipse | Aurora | Oracle | JDEdwards | Pronto | Other/Legacy/In-house]

11. Is your Middleware program or package available at this time to generate electronic
transactions in Test and Production?
Please indicate which Middleware and version will be used to integrate with Ariba.
Possible examples of Middleware software are: [SAP PI/XI/BC | BizTalk | BPEL | WebMethods]

12. Are there any future or planned system projects that may affect the integration to Ariba?
Example, are you currently upgrading your ERP system or migrating to a new version/platform. Please
elaborate in Comments if applicable.

13. Ariba Network can only support the following communication protocols:
-cXML: HTTPS
-EDI: AS2 or VAN; FTP not supported.
• HTTPS - Documents are sent using HTTP protocol over an SSL encrypted session.
• AS2 - Applicability Statement 2 – similar to HTTPS, but extra features such as message non-repudiation
and extra encryption.
• VAN - Value Added Network - a 3rd Party that acts like the seller's mailbox by electronically
sending/receiving the documents for the supplier to/from their trading partners.
Possible examples of VAN are: [SterlingCommerce, GXS, EasyLink]
 13. Ariba Network can only support the following communication protocols:
-cXML: HTTPS
-EDI: AS2 or VAN; FTP not supported.
• HTTPS - Documents are sent using HTTP protocol over an SSL encrypted session.
• AS2 - Applicability Statement 2 – similar to HTTPS, but extra features such as message non-repudiation
and extra encryption.
• VAN - Value Added Network - a 3rd Party that acts like the seller's mailbox by electronically
sending/receiving the documents for the supplier to/from their trading partners.
Possible examples of VAN are: [SterlingCommerce, GXS, EasyLink]

BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS TO INTEGRATE

pick from Comments

dropdown

14. Which Integration method do you want to use?

We recommend to use cXML as a standard since it offers the most added value.

YES NO
15. It is highly recommended to start transacting online (through Web interface) until the
integration is completed. Do you accept to transact ONLINE until your integration is complete?

16. Will you integrate every buyer relationship?

Internal Ariba comment: If "Yes" CC esimmgr@ariba.com when sending Prequalification
Questionnaire to ESIM.

17. If you choose not to integrate with this Buyer relationship, provide short reason in Comments.
Internal Ariba comment: If seller chooses not to Integrate this relationship, SM to track reason
internally in "Integration Tracker".

Comments

18. Which message do you want to integrate?

YES NO

PO

PO Change

Order Confirmation

Advance Ship Notice

Invoice