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The comparative statement and note for approval, drawn from the sourcing event.

Enter an SAP Ariba event Doc ID. The application reads the bids and technical grades from the event and lays out the comparative statement and the note for approval, on SAP BTP.

The bid and technical analysis in the comparative statement: two suppliers side by side with bid unit rate, bid total, quoted currency, exchange rate, comparison rate and total, item grading and Incoterm
How it runs

From a Doc ID to a note ready for approval.

  1. 01
    Enter

    The buyer enters the Doc ID of the SAP Ariba sourcing event.

  2. 02
    Read

    The invited suppliers, their bids and the technical grades are read from SAP Ariba.

  3. 03
    Compare

    Bids are brought to one comparison currency and ranked on total landed value.

  4. 04
    Adjust

    Download to Excel, edit the permitted fields and upload. Everything else stays as the event recorded it.

Note for approval

The note is written from the same data as the statement.

The business justification states which supplier is L1 and whether its bid was technically accepted.

Summary matrix
Business justification
Item details
Specification summary
Comparative statement

Ranked on landed value, not on unit rate alone.

Freight, clearance, taxes and service costs are set out for each bid, down to a total landed value and the commercial ranking of the offer.

The lower part of the comparative statement: withholding tax, VAT, freight charges, clearance charges, total landed value of quoted items and services, and the commercial ranking of each offer as L1 or L2
Everything in the application

The full list.

Supplier participation status
Who was invited to the event and who took part.
PR and vendor summary
Each item with unit rate, comparison rate, rank and grading for every supplier.
Bid and technical analysis
Bids side by side, with currency, exchange rate, Incoterm and payment term.
Technical grading
Grades from the SAP Ariba event applied to each bid.
Landed value
Freight, charges and taxes built up to a total landed value.
Excel round trip
Download, edit the permitted fields and upload, for both documents.
Your own formats
The statement and the note follow the layouts your organisation already uses.
Runs on SAP BTP
Built on SAP BTP and connected to SAP Ariba through its APIs.
Watch it in action

A short clip of the application.

Entering a Doc ID, then the bid analysis down to landed value and commercial ranking. Recorded on a test event.

18 s  ·  No sound

BTP applications

More applications for SAP Ariba sourcing.

Pre-bid chat for PSUs The pre-bid meeting held as a live chat, with a transcript at the end. Approver audit summary Every approver on an event, with timestamps and comments. EMD management Earnest money deposits on tenders, from receipt to refund.
See it running

Ask for a demo and we will build the statement and the note from a sourcing event while you watch.

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