Choose the solution that best meets your needs for sourcing indirect, direct, and services
To negotiate best-value sourcing agreements, the kind that provide sustainable savings, you need the right strategic sourcing environment. One that's connected to a powerful supplier network and built with superior tools, expertise, and information.
That’s exactly what you get with the portfolio of SAP strategic sourcing solutions. With tight integration to Ariba Network and connections to più di 4.6 milioni companies, SAP Source-to-Contract Suite and SAP Strategic Sourcing Suite provide you with the features and benefits you need to deliver the best sourcing results ever. Choose the source-to-contract suite if your needs are primarily for indirect materials, and the strategic sourcing suite if your needs are in direct materials.
Each suite integrates SAP Ariba Sourcing with both contract management and supplier management capabilities. If you prefer, you can also choose SAP Ariba Sourcing as a standalone solution.
Compare the Solutions
Compare the primary features of SAP Ariba Sourcing and SAP Strategic Sourcing Suite to determine which solution can help you create the right sourcing environment for your organization.
| Solution Feature |
Description | SAP Ariba Sourcing |
SAP Strategic Sourcing Suite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fast time-to-value | Cloud-based delivery means fast ROI and low TCO. | enabled | enabled |
| Quick and easy supplier discovery | Find qualified suppliers with free business matchmaking. | enabled | enabled |
| Supplier profile management | Lower supply risk with up-to-date supplier information. | enabled | enabled |
| Guided sourcing capability | Wizards and tools help guide the way in events both simple and complex. | enabled | enabled |
| Compliance through workflow | Ensure compliance with advanced, automated workflow and approval routing. | enabled | enabled |
| Sourcing event support | Sourcing and event-day management assistance, including level-one help for both buyers and suppliers. | enabled | enabled |
| Procurement operations desk | Automate and improve procurement support while boosting team productivity and performance with this scalable, intelligent solution capability. | enabled | enabled |
| Expertise and best practices | From onsite consulting to web-based templates, services are available to maximize your ROI. | enabled | enabled |
| Advanced negotiation types | Multiple event types and advanced scoring, along with award optimization and analysis, increase materials savings. | enabled | enabled |
| Savings pipeline and tracking capability | Optional, preintegrated solution that provides savings pipeline and tracking functionality for driving and evaluating the impact of sourcing programs. | enabled | enabled |
| Advanced direct materials sourcing capabilities | Innovations enable sourcing of both indirect and advanced direct materials on a single platform. | disabled | enabled |
| Product lifecycle sourcing | Seamless data sharing through integration with PLM, material management, and vendor management systems. | disabled | enabled |
| Integrated contract management | Improve control and compliance with integrated capabilities for authoring and approving contracts, including a clause library, workflow, and centralized repository. | disabled | enabled |
| Integrated supplier lifecycle and performance management | Capabilities and resources include your self-service portal, flexible matrix qualification, scorecards, and supplier performance management. | disabled | enabled |
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