SAP Ariba Commerce Automation

SAP Ariba Commerce Automation is a cloud solution that enables electronic communication between buyers and suppliers through the SAP Ariba Network – the world´s largest online trading network (SAP Ariba Network to become part of a new SAP Business Network)

September 14, 2021

The cloud service enables electronic exchange of procurement documents between trading partners with the automatization of the Procure-to-Pay process:

sending a material purchase order to the supplier,
sending a service purchase order to the supplier,
purchase order confirmation by the supplier,
shipment notice to the buyer,
receipt notification of the buyer,
sending an invoice,
status update of an invoice,
remittance advice,
request for quote,
supplier bid.

Process flows in SAP Ariba Commerce Automation:

Buyer portal

SAP Ariba Network Buyer accounts enable users to the following activities:

account administration including users’ roles and notifications setting,
transaction rules definition,
supplier enablement and new suppliers’ discovery,
purchasing documents creation and monitoring,
catalog subscriptions management.

Supplier portal

SAP Ariba Network suppliers have two choices in Ariba Network accounts:

Standard account is free of charge and provides basic functionalities such as purchase order and invoice creation, collaboration on contracts or catalog self-enablement. Email notifications are used to access the transactional documents.
Enterprise account is subject to fees and provides everything the standard account offers, plus a full ERP integration, unlimited RFP responses through SAP Ariba Discovery, priority customer support or direct document management within the portal without using the email notifications.