Solution Modules

WHITE SPOT: Suppliers can create an order confirmation that differs from the order. As long as the differences are within the defined tolerances, this goes unnoticed.

SOLUTION: Discrepancies between the purchase order and purchase order confirmation can be approved in a two-step workflow.

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WHITE SPOT: When receiving a purchase order, suppliers cannot identify which quote the customer is referring to.

SOLUTION: This solution module transfers the quote reference number from SAP ERP into the Ariba Network.

WHITE SPOT: Suppliers usually do not know whom to ask in regards to the purchase orders.

SOLUTION: This solution module allows you to determine yourself whose contact information should be transferred to Ariba Network: purchaser, requester, MRP controller etc.

WHITE SPOT: Suppliers cannot create follow-on documents such as invoices if the corresponding purchase order was created before the Ariba Network go-live.

SOLUTION: An ERP report that mass uploads purchase orders that were created before the Ariba Network go-live.

WHITE SPOT: Suppliers have to manually maintain the customer’s VAT ID when creating the invoice.

SOLUTION: This solution module transfers the customer’s VAT ID as part of the purchase order so that it is automatically flipped into the invoice.

WHITE SPOT: Unloading location and recipients are not transferred to Ariba Network.

SOLUTION: Unloading point and recipients are made available in the DeliverTo Element on Ariba Network.

WHITE SPOT: All purchase orders attachments are automatically transferred to Ariba Network – even if those attachments are for internal usage only (e.g. offers from competitors).

SOLUTION: This solution module ensures that only attachments with a specific string in the file name are transferred.

WHITE SPOT: When suppliers create invoices, they need to manually enter tax rates as they were not transferred to the Network as part of the purchase order.

SOLUTION: This solution module allows tax rates of the purchase order to be flipped automatically into the invoice.

WHITE SPOT: Important information e.g. conditions of purchase available in the PO PDF generated by the ERP system is not transferred to Ariba Network.

SOLUTION: When saving or modifying a purchase order, a new ERP PO PDF is created, attached and sent to the Ariba Network. There, it is displayed next to other ERP-generated attachments.