The SAP Ariba Benchmark Program helps you assess your performance objectively by assimilating data from the following sources and putting it through a rigorous analytical engine:

• Pooled transaction data from across Ariba Network, the world’s largest business network
• Transaction data from your use of the application
• User-entered survey data

Combining the SAP Ariba Benchmark Program with SAP’s has created the largest benchmarking database in the world, one that includes more than...

• 15,000 participants
• 4,000 companies
• 60 business process assessments
• 2,500 KPIs
• 3,500 best practices

Taken all together, the resulting analysis provides you with the most objective way to assess your source-to-pay performance.

The SAP Ariba benchmarking program is unique in the industry and leverages both application and survey data to assess each participating organization’s procurement performance and identify opportunities for improvement.

• Aggregate Statistics Report: Provides key performance metrics across all customers and by industry groups for supplier performance management, spend analysis, sourcing, contracts, and procurement for the current reporting cycle.

• Client-Specific Benchmark Report: Provides key performance metrics for a customer and how they compare against their peers for supplier performance management, spend analysis, sourcing, contracts, and procurement based on the customer's chosen solution(s) and the customers participating in the benchmarking program. These reports are viewable only by the customer and their account manager.

• Category Insights Report: Provides the top categories being sourced, contracted, or procured across all participating customers and industry groups. For spend analysis we also report top commodities across all participating customers and by industry groups.

• Trending Report: A year-over-year view of your performance as compared with peers. Assesses performance level, gauges slippages, and visualizes changing patterns to take corrective action. Helps to identify and adopt industry best practices in terms of key metrics.

• Scorecard: A dashboard which provides a snapshot of a company's key KPI values and helps to immediately identify performance in comparison to peers and top quartile performers.

  
  
  

Register and complete the survey on the SAP Value Lifecycle Manager. The survey will appear after you register. Please click Yes if you agree to our terms and conditions. Only then will you be enrolled in the program.

The survey can be completed at your convenience. If you need to stop and come back later, be sure to save your entries before closing the survey.

After you register for the program and agree to the terms and conditions, we be in touch to outline next steps. That will involve gathering two types of information:

1. SAP Ariba Product Data: If you’re an on-premise customer, we’ll need about two hours of your time to extract the data. If you’re an on-demand customer, we’ll extract it with your consent.
2. Benchmarking Survey: The survey has questions related to supplier information and performance management; sourcing; procurement; working capital management; and accounts payable. We estimate it will take you from three to five hours to complete the survey.

We look forward to working with you. If you need more information before enrolling, please e-mail us at CloudBenchmarking@sap.com.