SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration Buyers Inventory Add On

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SAP Ariba Supply Chain Solutions | SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration for Buyers, Inventory Add-On

SAP® Ariba® Supply Chain


Collaboration for Buyers,
Inventory Add-On

Benefits REAL-TIME VISIBILITY INTO GLOBAL INVENTORY LEVELS


•• Drive down working capital, excess
Many enterprises deploy supplier-managed inventory (SMI) programs where suppliers
inventory, and carrying costs by
keep inventory on their books, carry agreed-upon levels of it, and deliver it only when
optimizing inventory levels
needed. SMI helps enterprises optimize inventory levels and reduce excess stock, while
•• Help ensure supplier compliance with improving on-time customer delivery rates. To ensure that the proper level of stock is
minimum and maximum inventory rules available when needed, SMI programs require clear communication, alignment, and
•• Improve order fill rates in demand-driven visibility among trading partners. Today, much of this communication and alignment
supply chains are achieved manually through e-mail, spreadsheets, or homegrown portal systems.

•• Provide real-time visibility into inventory The inventory add-on for the SAP® Ariba® Supply Chain Collaboration for Buyers
and production status at external solution supports your SMI programs and helps eliminate the associated manual
trading partners processes and homegrown tools. It provides instant visibility into inventory managed
by your direct spend trading partners and offers network-generated intelligence to
About SAP® Ariba® help optimize inventory levels, accelerate your reaction to changes in demand, and
Solutions improve on-time customer delivery rates. You can:
•• Collaborate with suppliers on schedule agreements, inventory and minimum-
SAP® Ariba® solutions support the maximum information, replenishment signals, advance ship notices, and goods
marketplace for modern business, creating receipts notices
frictionless exchanges between millions of •• Integrate your ERP system and your suppliers, sending consumption signals
buyers and suppliers across the entire to your finance system and suppliers for accurate accounting
source-to-pay process. Our market-leading •• Obtain planned shipment calculations and use a convenient dashboard to view alerts
solutions enable companies to simplify and notifications of minimum and maximum inventory level violations to help
collaboration with their trading partners, ensure supplier compliance
make smarter business decisions, and
extend their collaborative business The figure below illustrates the capabilities of the inventory add-on.
processes with an open technology
platform. More than two million companies
use SAP Ariba solutions to connect and Figure: SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration for Buyers, Inventory Add-On
collaborate around nearly US$1 trillion in
Buyer Supplier or contract
commerce on an annual basis. To learn manufacturer
more about SAP Ariba solutions and the
Planned replenishment
transformation they are driving, visit SMI* scheduling agreement notification
www.ariba.com.
Demand, inventory, and
minimum and maximum
information

Buyer Network Supplier

Goods receipt notice Advance ship notice

•• Demand and inventory levels


•• Minimum and maximum levels
*supplier-managed inventory
•• Planned shipment calculations
•• Exception alerts

To learn more, call your representative or visit www.ariba.com/solutions/solutions


-overview/supply-chain/supply-chain-collaboration.

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