How can SAP Ariba help Reduce S&OP Cycle Times & Cost

There are 2 primary situations for Integration with ECC

Procure-to-Pay

"The procure-to-pay systems empower the mix of the buying division with the accounts payable (AP) office".

The procedure stream starts in Ariba with the demand and purchase order for both list and non-list things. The procedure proceeds with products receipts, receipt settlement, endorsements to issue a buy request to providers, and in addition, restoring the preparing of invoices.

Acquiring reports are replicated in SAP ERP, and the arrival of outgoing payments in SAP ERP shuts the procedure. The integration scenario has add up to straightforwardness on the status of the exchange through change solicitations and modifications required by the business, reflected in SAP ERP and Ariba.

Stretch out the Procure-to-Order process with merchandise receipt and receipt dealing with in Ariba. After invoice compromise, Ariba triggers the formation of an invoice receipt in SAP ERP for installment.

Electronic mechanization with Ariba and business runs in SAP ERP takes into consideration a generous increment all together exactness, clearness on exemptions, and definitely enhances process efficiency overall.

Procure-to-Order

Non-stock materials in the Ariba Procure-to-Pay or Procure-to-Order process can be requested by making a shopping cart for inventory or non-index things.

Shopping cart are directed utilizing pre-characterized business rules. On the off chance that the cart is affirmed, a purchase order is consequently made in Ariba and the integration naturally triggers a purchase order in SAP ERP. A PO is then sent to the provider from Ariba. From Ariba, the buy request can be imparted to the provider by fax, email, electronic data Interchange (EDI), or alternatively by means of the Ariba Network.

Integration Options interface the frameworks in the most ideal way.

• Master Data incorporates provider, buy association, accounting, units of measure, classifications, and general record.
• Transactional Data incorporates business protests, for example, purchase order, products receipt, receipt, ASN (CSC – Collaborative Supply Chain), Outline Agreements (CSC) and settlement.
• Use a integration toolkit to interface ERP with Ariba
• Web administrations incorporate checking of legitimacy/accessibility of things and cost things.
• OK2Pay – messages from Ariba to ERP supporting invoice payment.