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Supplier Management

Locating the best suppliers and negotiating the best agreements are a good start. But, ensuring spend management success requires companies to constantly discover, assess, and on board new supply partners and continuously measure and improve supplier performance.

Ariba is the only company that delivers a holistic approach to total supplier management. With Ariba Supplier Management your company can quickly identify and assess new sources of supply, rapidly on board approved suppliers, and gain a 360-degree view of supplier information and performance. Ariba Supplier Management also includes the decision support and collaboration capabilities required to drive continuous corrective actions and improvements across your supply chain. And Ariba's global consultants and expertise offer best-practices and templates to ensure proper supplier selection, measurement, and risk and performance management.

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Features

Ariba Supplier Management supports the complete supplier management lifecycle - from initial supplier registration and assessment to ongoing performance measurement and monitoring to corrective action and improvement plan management.

Supplier portal and profile management - empower suppliers to self-register and manage their own profiles, certifications, and other documentation that are critical to giving you a holistic view of your suppliers' capabilities
Approval and Onboarding - Automatically route supplier information to key stakeholders for review and approval, with escalations, notifications, and full auditability
Integrated supplier Network Discovery and assessments - augment your internal analysis with access to more than 250,000 supplier profiles, ratings, and assessment information from the Ariba Supplier Network
Vendor master integration and enrichment - simplify integration with existing vendor masters and auto-enrich supplier data with diversity, parent-child, risk, and other business information
Supplier information management - Systematically track key information, certifications, insurance documentations, and other milestones to proactively mitigate risks and ensure the most holistic and up-to-date view of your suppliers
Performance measurement, analytics, and reporting - track and analyze qualitative and quantitative supplier performance data in a comprehensive scorecard. Set alerts for early detection of lagging performance or issues that require quick resolution or improvement
Corrective action and improvement plan management - establish and monitor progress of collaborative corrective action and improvement plans to ensure optimal supplier performance. Leverage best-practice templates and formulas for supplier performance, risk, sustainability, and corrective action plan management
Supplier management services - access Ariba's unique portfolio of services to streamline and manage supplier on-boarding, performance, and risk management. And leverage Ariba's global services for supplier site assessment, qualification, and on-boarding

Ariba solutions are available in flexible On Demand or CD versions, support integration with all major ERP and business systems, and support multi-language, currency, and regulatory requirements. In addition, Ariba's global services and category experts can assist with implementation, training, and supplier performance management program design and deliver best-practice templates for sustainability, risk, or category specific assessments. Ariba also offers services to rapidly on board suppliers and assist with catalog and transaction management.

Learn about the benefits of Ariba's Supplier Management solution
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Benefits

Ariba Supplier Management solutions realize substantial and quantifiable improvements in supplier performance and relationships - as well as minimized supply risks. Benefits are derived in a number of areas:

Reduce the cost, time, and burden of supplier discovery, assessment, on-boarding, and management
Get a 360-degree view of supplier information and performance
Speed supplier assessment and qualification
Gain additional insights into supplier information and ratings from the Ariba Supplier Network
Access best-practices, templates, and services for supplier on-boarding, assessment, risk, sustainability, and corrective action plan management
Protect against supply risks and disruptions
Eliminate fraud and payment risk
Drive continuous supplier performance improvement