Smart invoice management: The foundation for a healthy financial supply chain
Invoice automation can lower processing costs by about 60 percent – reason enough to use invoice management software. But only SAP Ariba offers smart invoicing through Ariba Network. With smart invoicing, network business rules alert suppliers about errors and prevent incorrect invoices from entering your process workflow or back-end system. What’s more, you can capture and automate the processing of all your invoices, including PDF invoices, non-PO invoices, and invoices for complex services. This enables close to 100 percent touchless processing, as well as:
- Accelerated cycle time
- Automated exception-handling
- Stronger compliance
- Reduced savings leakage
- Supplier visibility into payment status
- Improved cash flow for your suppliers
- Automated capture of negotiated terms
Now, instead of spending its time handling paper, exceptions, and phone calls, your AP team can focus on more strategic pursuits. Like helping to free up cash and optimize working capital.
Solution and Services
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Reconciling
The reconciled invoice screen includes invoice line items and includes tax in the total amount due.
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Approval
SAP Ariba dashboard shows the status of your invoices and the required actions to take.
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Paying
Invoice in paying status (approved, not paid yet) shows amount due and amount remaining, so you can enforce compliance to contracts.
Cloud-based Electronic Invoicing
Tame the complexity of invoice processing on a global scale with an integrated solution suite for managing all your invoices.
Learn moreSAP Ariba Invoice Management
Streamline the capture, processing, matching, and approval of all your invoices with this workflow solution.
Learn moreSAP Ariba Contract Invoicing
Enforce compliance by enabling invoicing from contracts and automatic matching of invoices to contracts.
Learn moreSAP Ariba Services Invoicing
Create and approve service entry sheets in real time, then quickly generate error-free invoices from them.
Learn moreGlobal Invoicing and Compliance
Put the power and reach of Ariba Network to work, achieving compliant, paperless invoice processing on a global scale — including VAT/tax compliance and data archival.
Learn moreSupplier Enablement Services
Use self-service tools to automate onboarding and interactions for any supplier, anywhere in the world. And if you need help, we have experienced service teams at the ready.
Learn moreInvoice Management Resources

Al Barbee, Director, North America Shared Financial Services, GlaxoSmithKlineIt’s easy for suppliers on the Ariba Network to go online and see the exact status of their invoices at any time. You would be surprised at how many calls actually go away.

