Ariba Network

Ariba Network for Suppliers

More than just a supplier network, Ariba Network is a dynamic, digital marketplace that helps you efficiently manage sales cycles, improve cash flow, and grow your business.

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Our goal: Add value to your business

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Buyers ask suppliers to join Ariba Network so you can work together more efficiently and effectively on all the shared aspects of business commerce: proposals, contracts, orders, invoices, and payments. Doing so through Ariba Network can save you both a lot of time and money.

As a supplier on Ariba Network, you tap into the world’s largest B2B marketplace, with millions of companies doing business at more than double the volume of Amazon, Alibaba, and eBay combined. Ariba Network makes it simple to:

  • Accelerate the sales cycle while lowering the cost of sales

  • Find new customers who are ready to buy

  • Respond to RFP/RFI, submit proposals, and negotiate contracts

  • Boost sales through catalogs

  • Handle purchase orders, send invoices, and receive payments

  • Know when you’ll get paid and for what

  • Strengthen customer relationships and increase customer retention

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Grow your business selling on Ariba Network

Find out how to get matched with potential customers, boost sales with existing customers, and streamline your catalogs.

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Streamline fulfillment with Ariba Network

Learn how Ariba Network makes fulfillment simple and smart, making it easy to anticipate and respond to customer orders and issue a clean invoice the first time, every time.

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Ariba Network Fulfillment subscriptions and pricing

Most suppliers on Ariba Network start with a free or low-cost subscription. Your subscription level is based on your transaction volume and the extent of automation technologies that your business requires.

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Pay your bill or renew your account

Find out why you got a bill and how to pay it. Paying on time ensures the ongoing, high level of service your customers have come to expect when doing business with you through Ariba Network.

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Services for suppliers

Ariba Network supplier services offers a range of services to meet your specific needs.

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Resources

One way to think of Ariba Network is as the Amazon.com for business.

P.J. Jakovljevic, Technology Evaluation Center

Live demo: Introduction to Ariba Network for Suppliers

Join us for a demo of how Ariba Network delivers value. Learn how you can develop sticky customer relationships, generate order-to-cash cycle efficiencies, and discover new business opportunities.

The Markets Are Open for Business

This report explains how working with SAP Ariba gives you access to not only the leading B2B platform, but also to professionals who can help optimize your use of Ariba Network, connecting you with opportunities matched to your business.

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Why should you attend SAP Ariba Live?

Connecting with customers and building relationships are just a couple benefits of attending SAP Ariba Live. Several suppliers share their reasons for attending the conference in this short video.

Driving the Road to Disruption

This report from B2BecNews examines the way digital transformation has changed how companies do business with other companies. Take a look at the innovative things some are doing to stay out in front.

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With Ariba Network, we have smooth and transparent transactions with the buyers and fewer errors in ordering and delivery. More importantly, since we started getting paid faster, we now have a positive cash flow.

Mayette Yulo, Owner, Charles Seafoods Supply

Seller Value Calculator

Estimate the Value You Can Derive from E-Commerce Through Ariba Network

To calculate the value your company can derive by managing a specific e-commerce customer relationship through Ariba Network, enter information that represents your anticipated annual transaction volume:

Cost-Free Approach to Transacting on Ariba Network

It looks like you will conduct only a few transactions with your customer each year.

Did you know that SAP Ariba offers suppliers like you a cost-free approach called “light enablement”? It would let you receive and confirm orders and send invoices to your customer via email.

If, however, you want the full range of capabilities and benefits Ariba® Network offers, enabling you to:

  • View real-time invoice and payment status
  • Promote and sell your products through catalogs
  • Report against and archive your orders, invoices, and other transactions across all your customers
  • Grow your business through unique marketing and sales opportunities
  • Manage cash more effectively and automate payments and reconciliation

…then the next step — registering on Ariba Network — is probably a better choice for your business. Continue to see the costs and benefits of doing this.

Your Results: Do Your Benefits Outweigh Your Costs?

Your benefits from doing business with this customer through Ariba Network are made up of three primary components:

  1. Top Line Benefits: Through network connections and automation, you’re boosting sales by making it easier for this customer to routinely buy from you. That helps them with compliance, and accommodates their e-commerce needs, increasing the likelihood they’ll stick with you.
  2. Bottom Line Benefits: Derived from a several sources, mostly reductions in processing costs. Through automation, you can more efficiently respond to POs and submit invoices while minimizing lost or mishandled documents. When you provide product catalogs, orders are more accurate and the catalogs are easier to publish. You also get paid on-time, which helps reduce your DSO and improve your working-capital position.
  3. Additional Benefits: Your SAP Ariba subscription includes value-added features designed to give you an even better e-commerce experience. Click on “Benefits Detail” to see what they are.

Your costs are made up of two components, a subscription fee and transaction fee. Click on “Costs Detail” to learn more. But first, which is greater, your benefits or costs?"

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Top-Line Benefits
Bottom-Line Benefits
Invoice Only PO Only Invoice & PO Combined
Reduction in Processing Invoice Only PO Only Invoice & PO Combined
Improvements in Working Capital Invoice Only PO Only Invoice & PO Combined
Bottom Line Benefits Total Invoice Only PO Only Invoice & PO Combined
Additional Benefits

Costs

Annual Fees

Benefits Drilldown

Your benefits from doing business with this customer through Ariba Network are made up of three primary components:

Costs Drilldown

Your costs for doing business with this customer through Ariba Network are made up of two components:

?1. Transaction Fee
?2. Subscription Fee
Standard Level Subscription
Total Annual Fees

Increased Customer Retention and Compliance

This value is calculated with the following assumptions:

Assumption Value Source
Assumption Buyer Compliance:
Increased wallet share due to compliance 		Value Source Hacket Group, et al
Assumption Customer Retention:
Improved customer retention rate 		Value Source Ariba Network Data
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DSO Savings

This value is calculated with the following assumptions:

Assumption Value Source
Assumption DSO with paper-based POs Value Source AMR Research: Benchmarking B2B E-Business: The Value is in There
Assumption DSO with electronic POs Value Source AMR Research: Benchmarking B2B E-Business: The Value is in There
Assumption DSO with paper-based invoices Value Source Hackett Group: Five Strategies for Maximizing Customer Adoption of Electronic Invoice Presentment and
Assumption DSO with electronic invoices Value Source Hackett Group: Five Strategies for Maximizing Customer Adoption of Electronic Invoice Presentment and
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Faster PO / Invoice Processing Time

This value is calculated with the following assumptions:

Assumption Value Source
Assumption Process time per Paper PO Value Source Aberdeen Group: E-Procurement: Trials and Triumph
Assumption Process time per cXML PO Value Source Aberdeen Group: E-Procurement: Trials and Triumph
Assumption Process time per Paper invoice Value Source Aberdeen Group: E-Procurement 2010: the Strategic Value of Accounts Payable Automation
Assumption Process time per PO-FlipTM invoice Value Source Aberdeen Group: E-Procurement 2010: the Strategic Value of Accounts Payable Automation
Assumption Process time per HTML invoice Value Source Aberdeen Group: E-Procurement 2010: the Strategic Value of Accounts Payable Automation
Assumption Process time per EDI invoice Value Source Aberdeen Group: E-Procurement 2010: the Strategic Value of Accounts Payable Automation
Assumption Process time per cXML invoice Value Source Aberdeen Group: E-Procurement 2010: the Strategic Value of Accounts Payable Automation
Assumption Process time per Adv Ship Notice Value Source Aberdeen Group: E-Procurement: Trials and Triumph
Assumption Account receivables / payables rep salary (fully burdened) Value Source IOMA: Handbook of Logistics and Industry Management
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Catalog Creation Savings

This value is calculated with the following assumptions:

Assumption Value Source
Assumption Catalogs produced Value Source Ariba Network Data
Assumption Cost per catalog produced Value Source Ariba Network Data
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Faster Order Confirmation Creation

This value is calculated with the following assumptions:

Assumption Value Source
Assumption Process time per paper order confirmation Value Source Aberdeen Group: E-Procurement: Trials and Triumphs
Assumption Process time per HTML order confirmation Value Source Aberdeen Group: E-Procurement: Trials and Triumphs
Assumption Process time per cXML order confirmation Value Source Aberdeen Group: E-Procurement: Trials and Triumphs
Assumption Process time per EDI order confirmation Value Source Aberdeen Group: E-Procurement: Trials and Triumphs
Assumption Account receivables / payables rep salary (fully burdened) Value Source IOMA: Handbook of Logistics and Industry Management
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Faster Advance Ship Notice Creation

This value is calculated with the following assumptions:

Assumption Value Source
Assumption Account receivables / payables rep salary (fully burdened) Value Source IOMA: Handbook of Logistics and Industry Management
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Increase in PO / Invoice Accuracy

This value is calculated with the following assumptions:

Assumption Value Source
Assumption Paper PO error rate Value Source Aberdeen Group: E-Procurement: Trials and Triumphs
Assumption cXML PO error rate Value Source Aberdeen Group: E-Procurement: Trials and Triumphs
Assumption Paper invoice error rate Value Source Aberdeen Group: Focusing on Customer Relationships in the Order-to-Cash Cycle
Assumption cXML invoice error rate Value Source Aberdeen Group: Focusing on Customer Relationships in the Order-to-Cash Cycle
Assumption PO cost per error Value Source Aberdeen Group: E-Procurement: Trials and Triumphs
Assumption Invoice cost per error Value Source Aberdeen Group: E-Procurement: Trials and Triumphs
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Transaction Fee

This is calculated as a small percentage (only , or ) of the total monetary value of your transactions.
Note: Transaction fees are assessed as a percentage of the total monetary value of transactions for each customer relationship you manage through Ariba Network. The fee for any given buyer-seller relationship is currently capped at .

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Subscription Fee

You're provided a package of subscription-based services and features to support your level of business activity on the Network. To learn more, visit http://www.ariba.com/suppliers/subscriptions-and-pricing/supplier-membership-program/pricing

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