Ariba Sourcing Solutions - Basic/Professional

Today's procurement professionals know that sourcing is a key driver of bottom line results-and with regard to managing spend, it should be their primary focus. To streamline sourcing initiatives and enhance regulatory compliance, organizations require flexibility, enhanced process control, and greater visibility into sourcing activities.



Ariba Sourcing - Basic Package

The Ariba Sourcing - Basic Package is a robust, easy-to-use Web-based solution that helps organizations successfully structure and execute negotiating events online. This solution includes capabilities and expertise to ensure results and enables organizations to understand and experience online sourcing without a substantial commitment of time, resources or up-front commitment of strategic spend.

The Ariba Sourcing - Basic Package empowers sourcing professionals to achieve:

  • Bottom-line results. Lower total supply costs drop straight to the bottom line.
  • Sourcing speed. The online sourcing process is faster and more efficient than manual procedures, so it generates rapid time to value and substantial ROI.
  • Flexibility. An on-demand, walk-up application combined with rapid deployment and integrated support services lift the burden from IT departments.
  • Expertise. Guidance and best-practice expertise optimize the sourcing process and help drive adoption and results.
  • Efficiency. Reusable templates eliminate the need to recreate RFX documents as goods and services are re-sourced.
  • Global Reach. Multi-language, multi-currency capabilities enable sourcing professionals to publish and conduct online negotiations and enjoy additional savings from low-cost countries.

The Ariba Sourcing - Basic Package consists of the following components:

  • Ariba QuickSource. This intuitive, Web-based RFX management tool empowers sourcing professionals to create, execute and manage sourcing events from their desktops.
  • Rapid Deployment Process. Ariba Sourcing - Basic Package provides for deployment of Ariba QuickSource in 30 days or less. The tool is delivered as an on-demand solution, is supported by a highly secure, scalable network infrastructure, and requires no installation, on-site maintenance or unique hardware.
  • Buyer and Supplier Training. Includes Web-based, on-demand buyer and supplier training tutorials that cover the entire event lifecycle.
  • Empowerment Services. These time-tested, highly valued services provide buying organizations with strategic event guidance and help them off-load tactical tasks relating to event management. Also designed to provide suppliers with third-party neutrality during events.



Ariba Sourcing - Professional Package

The Ariba Sourcing - Professional Package is a next-level sourcing solution designed for organizations requiring further process standardization and collaboration tools. This solutions enables customers who have achieved initial sourcing goals to extend their spend throughput and engage additional stakeholders in the process.

The Ariba Sourcing - Professional Package consists of the following abilities in addition to those in the Ariba Sourcing - Basic Package:

  • Project Management. Flexible process management capabilities enable companies to model and standardize their own unique sourcing processes. Allows templating of process models for broad organizational deployment, including the ability to auto-configure the "right" process based on project attributes (such as geography) as well as conditional question responses.
  • Workflow. Enables managers to model sourcing processes including sub-processes into a hierarchy of projects, teams, milestones, and approval rules. Allows detailed task description at each process step to support consistency, learning, and self-sufficiency. Includes ability to conduct review and approval workflow with visual status indicators.
  • Knowledge Management. Helps companies capture and consistently re-use organizational knowledge, making it accessible to the right employees at the right time. Useful for managing category-specific knowledge areas and corporate Centers of Excellence.
  • Rapid Deployment Process. Includes the deployment services highlighted as part of our Basic package, as well as rapid implementation of additional solution components. The tool is delivered as an on-demand solution, is supported by a highly secure, scalable network infrastructure, and requires no installation, on-site maintenance or unique hardware.

    The deployment includes software implementation services to meet diverse customer needs. Deployment options range from delivery of out-of-the-box templates to the configuration of customer-specific processes and knowledge. This flexibility enables Ariba to deploy an online category management capability in a very short timeframe for customers desiring the simplest deployment.

Ariba Sourcing - Basic/professional Package
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Technology Components
Dashboard
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RFX Management - Basic
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Project Management  
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Workflow  
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Document Management  
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Knowledge Management  
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Sourcing Reporting
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Sourcing Analysis  
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Expertise Components
Basic Implementation
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Basic Product Support
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Online Buyer and Supplier Training
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Empowerment Package
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-site administration
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-event day management
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-sourcing support desk
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Sourcing Process / Workflow Setup  
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Prioritized Support  
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Infrastructure Hosted, Multi-Tenant Application Hosted, Multi-Tenant Application