Source-to-contract solutions
Drive savings and time-to-value in every source-to-contract cycle
Streamline sourcing and contracting processes
Standardize source-to-contract processes across the organization as you identify savings opportunities and find new sources of supply.
Improve spend coverage and sustainable savings
Empower sourcing managers to streamline the sourcing pipeline, negotiate better pricing, and integrate request for proposal (RFP) tools with contracts and supplier collaboration.
Digitalize and simplify the contract lifecycle
Identify revenue opportunities, prevent contract leakage, and ensure timely renewals. Negotiate the best-value agreements while improving compliance with automated tracking.
Manage direct materials source-to-contract processes
Speed up time to market through supplier innovations. Improve compliance with negotiated terms, manage price volatility, and collaborate for sustainable, competitive products.
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Guided sourcing
Improve creation, monitoring, and awarding of request for information (RFI) and RFP sourcing events with streamlined processes.
Process and workflow management
Use powerful management and savings-tracking technology to speed up sourcing cycles, boost productivity, and reduce costs.
Support for multiple RFx types
Create “request for” events and competitive bidding environments to save time, compare choices, and make informed decisions.
Savings pipeline and tracking
Use an optional, integrated app for tracking and reporting savings for insight into what’s working and what’s not.
Collaborative negotiations
Make negotiations more efficient to accelerate contract cycles, identify revenue opportunities, and minimize revenue loss.
Centralized contract repository
Keep better track of your contracts with secure, electronic storage capabilities and search tools for on-demand access.
Contract processing workflows
Control contract authoring, negotiation, approval, and execution with automated workflows and a comprehensive audit trail.
AI-driven contract intelligence
Maximize contract value using advanced insight and monitoring from Icertis to align contract performance with business goals.
Automated project initiation
Enable demand and sourcing projects to be triggered by purchase requisitions acquired from multiple back-end systems.
Sourcing project management and automated negotiation
Create, manage, and execute projects and events for materials, including multiple renegotiation rounds and support for flexible pricing.
Access to material masters
Ensure that the automated creation of sourcing award documents, such as contracts and POs, complies with terms and conditions.
Supplier management and collaboration
Manage supplier lists to receive bids from the right suppliers and integrate with supplier portals to ease collaboration.
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See how customers are succeeding with SAP
Improving sustainability with digital procurement
With SAP Ariba source-to-contract solutions, Nutresa has reshaped supplier relations to generate significant savings.
Realizing game-changing savings opportunities
Spend insights and analytics helped American Eagle Outfitters make more information decisions in the procurement process.
Making great sourcing possible
Source-to-pay capabilities plus SAP Business Network enables the supplier collaboration that keeps Adani humming.
See what analysts are saying about SAP
SAP named a Market Leader in strategic sourcing
SAP was positioned highest on the provider strength axis in the Ardent Partners 2024 Strategic Sourcing Technology Advisor report.
SAP Named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Source-to-Pay Suites
Find out why SAP has been recognized as a Leader for our ability to execute and completeness of vision in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Source-to-Pay Suites.