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Routine SAP Ariba work, handled by an assistant you can ask.

Ariba Automation is an assistant for buyers. Pick one of its suggested actions or type a request, and it carries out the sourcing step in SAP Ariba for you. Reports drawn from live data show where everything stands.

The assistant's suggested actions panel, listing Create Sourcing Project, Add Supplier to Published Event, Uninvite Supplier from Published Event, Assign Team Grader and Check Sourcing Requests in Review Responses status
What you can ask it to do

Twenty-six suggested actions. These are five of them.

  1. 01
    Create a sourcing project

    The assistant creates the project in SAP Ariba, as a standard event or with suppliers assigned.

  2. 02
    Add a supplier

    Bring a new supplier into an event that is already published.

  3. 03
    Uninvite a supplier

    Remove a supplier from a published event.

  4. 04
    Assign a team grader

    Assign graders on sourcing requests for materials and services.

  5. 05
    Check what is in review

    List every sourcing request whose event is at the review responses stage.

Reports

Six reports, all from the live database.

The questions buyers ask most often about suppliers, materials, prices and pending work each have a report of their own.

  • Which suppliers have supplied each material, from purchase order history
  • Price trends for each material over time
  • Cycle times from requisition and RFQ to event close, by project owner
The reports screen, with cards for Supplier Registration Status, Material Supplier Relationship, Price Material Relationship, Ageing, Bid History and Task Report
Kept in view

Nothing the assistant does runs out of sight.

Alongside the chat, the application keeps a pipeline of work in progress, a list of automation runs that failed and a repository of suppliers.

Pipeline
Failed runs
Supplier repository
Everything in Ariba Automation

The full list.

Chat assistant
Type a request or attach a file.
Suggested actions
Twenty-six ready-made actions, grouped by task.
Sourcing project creation
Created in SAP Ariba by the assistant.
Event changes
Add or uninvite suppliers on a published event, and assign team graders.
Supplier Registration Status
The registry of Ariba SLP suppliers, with SM ID, ERP ID and status.
Material Supplier Relationship
Which suppliers have supplied each material code.
Price Material Relationship
Historical price trends per material, as an interactive chart.
Ageing
Days from PR creation and RFQ open to event close, per project owner.
Bid History
Awarded supplier and price per event and item, searchable and sortable.
Task Report
All pending sourcing tasks, with assignee, workspace, RFQ and assigned date.
Pipeline and failed runs
Work in progress, and automation runs that need attention.
Supplier repository
Suppliers held in one place for the assistant to draw on.
Watch it in action

A walkthrough of Ariba Automation.

The assistant at work in SAP Ariba, followed by the reports.

6 min 1 s  ·  No sound

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See it running

Ask for a demo and we will have the assistant create a sourcing project in SAP Ariba while you watch.

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