Ariba Supplier Consulting Services

Business moves faster than ever today - especially in world of B2B eCommerce. For example, are you being asked by customers to deliver integrated, online invoicing or purchase order confirmation capabilities within a few weeks? Are you under pressure to configure your B2B eCommerce website for PunchOut - but don't know where to start?

Ariba Supplier Consulting is here to help. Whether you are preparing to support your customer's eProcurement initiative with an automated cXML or EDI integration, or extending your B2B eCommerce website and backend catalog with PunchOut or cXML, Ariba Supplier Consulting can provide the technology and subject matter expertise, guidance, proven frameworks, and even sample code to ensure your success.

With project-based strategic and technical consulting services, Ariba can help streamline your efforts to develop and support best-in-class B2B eCommerce solutions on the Ariba^® Supplier Network^™. Ariba consultants are experts in their field. They combine an in-depth knowledge of your customers' Ariba Spend Management solutions and the typical B2B eCommerce journey that suppliers undergo. Consulting engagements are focused on the specific needs and goals of your company so you receive clear, concise, and actionable recommendations and best practices.

Service Highlights

Use Ariba Supplier Consulting services to take a proactive approach to B2B eCommerce - and ensure your success each step along the way. We can streamline and support activities such as:

• Strategic planning: Our experts can help you develop a B2B eCommerce strategy and goals, prepare to secure key stakeholder buy-in, and perform gap analysis.
• Technical implementations: Tap our proven expertise and frameworks to extend your B2B infrastructure via integration with Ariba's eProcurement and invoice and payment solutions. We can also train your in-house resources to implement solutions and share insights into optimal specifications and protocols.
• Testing: We provide recommended testing processes and best practices for provisioning test environments. Our consultants are also available to execute and troubleshoot your B2B eCommerce solutions - for example, by testing them against functional Ariba applications provisioned in a testing environment.
• Content development and expansion: Leverage our expertise, frameworks, and best practices to configure your current systems for PunchOut.
• B2B eCommerce solution validation: Earn the Ariba^® Ready designation by having our consultants validate your B2B eCommerce solution.