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User Management and DSC – Tips as Ariba Connect migrates to SAP for Me for SAP Support.

In 2024 SAP for Me will be the central entry point to SAP Support for SAP Ariba and SAP Business Network. As of November 6, 2023, s-users are now able to experience SAP for Me as part of our English-only soft launch. The Designated Support Contact (...

Seeking SAP Ariba and SAP Business Network gurus to become paid experts for SAP Product Support “Ask an Expert Peer”!

Our goal is to continuously improve the SAP Support experience and to leverage the latest technology and trends in the industry. With that, we are happy to announce the expansion of our Ask an Expert Peer expert base, extending to SAP Ariba and SAP B...

Unlocking New Horizons: Join the SAP Fieldglass Partner Delivery Group

Dear SAP Fieldglass Partners, Exciting News! We are thrilled to introduce the SAP Fieldglass Partner Delivery Group - your dedicated hub for implementation projects. We've designed this delivery group to be your go-to resource for collaborative enga...

SAP ISBN Customer Success Day in Johannesburg

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog! My name is Martin Beganyi, Solution Value Advisory Director in EMEA/MEE. This is my 3rd blog and this time it is not about Sourcing, but about a business conference. Recently I had the pleasure of attending an...

Update Your Marketing Business Role Today to Receive Leads, Tools and Tips on SAP Business Network

As a supplier on SAP Business Network, your marketing lead can update the Business Role field in their SAP Business Network account in less than 3 minutes. Why should you do this? With accurate business roles filled out for each of your network acco...

SAP Fieldglass: Empowering Businesses with Reforms in Learning Content

Exciting changes to SAP Fieldglass learning offerings have been launched, empowering businesses to harness the application's full potential. In this blog post, we’ll explore the wealth of content available on Learning.sap.com and summarise what th...

Standing out as a sustainable supplier with SAP Business Network and EcoVadis

How can you differentiate your business and win sales in today’s highly competitive market? In a challenging economy, it’s not always possible to reduce prices and simply offering discounts is often not enough to attract new customers. Buying organi...

For Supplier Management, what is the "perfect" approval flow?

I am very hopeful and curious if this community will chime in on the steps each of you are leveraging for a supplier approval flow. Please comment with what approval flow design is working or needs to be optimized in your environment. Factors I cons...

From Feedback to Action: How SAP Ariba incorporates Customer input

Welcome, and thank you for taking the time to read my blog. My name is Nina Piury, and as a Procurement Adoption Director part of Adoption Services Centre, I work closely with customers to ensure they are getting the most out of their software soluti...

Showcase your business' commitment to sustainable practices on SAP Business Network

Governments, buyers, and end-consumers alike are increasingly demanding sustainable products and practices. Supplying organizations therefore need to provide documented, accurate and readily available sustainability data. Being sustainable is no long...

Supplier Risk (and Sustainability)

As a former practitioner, the challenge with 3rd party risk management wasn't that I was 100% engaged with a single supplier and laser focused on monitoring their activities. The challenge was that there were about 15000 active suppliers with whom m...

Ingredients of Good Design

A cinnamon roll allegory On autumn mornings, I like to bake pumpkin spice cinnamon rolls. I pick up flour, butter, milk, and more at the market, and then organize the ingredients and tools into stations at home. The dough mixture gets prepped, lather...

SAP Fieldglass VMS: Driving Usability Though the User Experience Council (UXC)

2022 marks my 20th year at SAP Fieldglass. I joined the Fieldglass family when we were a small but mighty startup, and I knew I had struck gold. When we were a team of 50, everyone pitched in no matter the task, difficulty, or time we knew it would t...

Moving from SAP Supplier Network Collaboration to SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration

By Falko Feldchen,SAP Introduction For any company using the SAP Supplier Network Collaboration (SNC) solution to collaborate with their direct suppliers on demand forecast, inventory positions and procurement transactions, SAP Ariba Supply Chain...

SAP Ariba Supplier Mobile App – New Account Creation

Check out our latest release With the 2105 release on May 21, 2021, suppliers can now accept trading relationship requests directly from the SAP Ariba Supplier Mobile app. Suppliers can also register to join the Ariba Network via the mobile app. ...

Things to take in consideration when migrating supplier-related files to SAP Ariba

In this blog post, I'm sharing my experience when migrating supplier-related files from a legacy system to SAP Ariba. I will cover how parts of this migration can be automated and some items that you need to keep in mind/track. We often encounter tha...

Guided Invoicing - Manage your invoices in Guided Buying!

With the SAP Ariba 2105 release, planned for May 21st, SAP is launching a new feature that allows customers to approve and edit invoices within their Guided Buying environment. Look at the details below! As always, the full general availability (GA)...

Supplier Invoicing Webinar Ask and Answer: Invoice Statuses

Last month, we hosted an invoicing webinar for our suppliers on Ariba Network to share best practices and address common invoicing questions. We were excited about the level of interaction throughout the event and the questions we received. We’re a...

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User Management and DSC – Tips as Ariba Connect migrates to SAP for Me for SAP Support.

Seeking SAP Ariba and SAP Business Network gurus to become paid experts for SAP Product Support “Ask an Expert Peer”!

Unlocking New Horizons: Join the SAP Fieldglass Partner Delivery Group

SAP ISBN Customer Success Day in Johannesburg

Update Your Marketing Business Role Today to Receive Leads, Tools and Tips on SAP Business Network

SAP Fieldglass: Empowering Businesses with Reforms in Learning Content

Standing out as a sustainable supplier with SAP Business Network and EcoVadis

For Supplier Management, what is the "perfect" approval flow?

From Feedback to Action: How SAP Ariba incorporates Customer input

Showcase your business' commitment to sustainable practices on SAP Business Network

Supplier Risk (and Sustainability)

Ingredients of Good Design

SAP Fieldglass VMS: Driving Usability Though the User Experience Council (UXC)

Moving from SAP Supplier Network Collaboration to SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration

SAP Ariba Supplier Mobile App – New Account Creation

Things to take in consideration when migrating supplier-related files to SAP Ariba

Guided Invoicing - Manage your invoices in Guided Buying!

Supplier Invoicing Webinar Ask and Answer: Invoice Statuses

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SAP S/4HANA for Central Procurement

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