Insights for Supply Chain & Procurement Professionals

Thought leadership, trending reports, news, and conversation about the things that matter to procurement and supply chain professionals.

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Latest News

June 16

SAP expands world’s largest business network

June 15

Procurement methods go to the head of the class in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

June 14

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., Undergoes a Retail Finance Transformation to Drive Innovation

June 14

SAP Sapphire Now 2021 – The most important highlights

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Future of Systems Thinking

Read how executives are sharing data and expertise with their peers and partners while expanding their influence and visibility.

Procurement Reimagined Insights

Review six key insights into how organizations can address the challenges of today’s evolving procurement landscape.

SAP Ariba Podcasts

Listen in as SAP leaders, subject matter experts, and guests discuss procurement and supply chain solutions and trends.

Better Together

Though procurement and AP usually have different priorities and goals, aligning these two functions can deliver huge gains for your business.

Solutions

Our technology has evolved alongside our customers and will continue to do so – whether that’s SAP Ariba, SAP Fieldglass, SAP Concur, or SAP S/4HANA solutions, elements of each, or all of the above. Our investments in providing outcome-oriented solutions to complex problems will continue to be guided by our customers’ needs.

John Wookey, President, Intelligent Spend and Business Network, SAP

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Reimagine procurement and supply chain with insight

Resources

Are you ready?

Are you ready for the unexpected? To strengthen supplier performance? To contribute more value? With Oxford Economics, we asked 1,000 global executives these questions. Their responses are now available in five new reports.

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Blogs, Articles, and More

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Why Adaptive Supply Chains Are Vital for Future-Proofing

A year unlike any other taught tough lessons and exposed the necessity for end-to-end supply chain digitalization to succeed in an ever-changing world.

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Integrated Business Networks Increasingly a Counterweight to Disruption

By connecting all trading partners via digital business networks, all participants benefit from enhanced intelligence, greater efficiencies and improved resilience.

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Look for Procurement to Move Toward Autonomous Functionality

As autonomous functionality takes shape, procurement teams can harness a powerful new tool to fuel growth and operational agility at a time of disruption.

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Earth Day And Beyond: How Business Networks Boost Sustainability Efforts

When peace activists and environmentalists founded Earth Day in 1970, it’s unlikely they foresaw that technology companies and other industry giants would carry their goals forward over fifty years later.

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SAP Business Network Takes Center Stage at SAPPHIRE NOW

We heard it loud and clear at SAP’s marquee annual customer event, SAPPHIRE NOW: Businesses can no longer afford the barriers to transparency imposed by fragmented supply chains.

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How to Boost Your Business with Automated Procurement

What if businesses could fully automate their most time-consuming procurement activities, freeing up employees to redirect their energies to serving customers, pursuing innovation, and driving growth?

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SAP Ariba Receives a Gartner Customers’ Choice for P2P Suites

You said it… we did it! Here's what our customers had to say.

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Solution Demos and Resources

Demos

Check out our set of 30-minute solutions demos, starring our market-leading solutions and capabilities: Supplier risk, guided buying,, guide sourcing, supply chain collaboration, and more.

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Library

To better understand the impact of SAP Ariba solutions, explore the insights and success stories presented in our extensive collection of white papers, analyst reports, webinar replays, and case studies.

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