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We are pleased to announce that the SAP Ariba December 2017 Release is planned for deployment on December 15, 2017. This release includes features for Ariba Network and SAP Ariba Applications.
SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Features
SAP Ariba Supplier Management Features
SAP Ariba Procurement Features
| General Ariba Network Features | ||
| Feature | Description | Solutions |
| Display additional unit of measure data on orders | The quantity and the UN/CEFACT unit of measure code are key values for each line item in an order. However, the UN/CEFACT codes are not commonly known and can be confusing for suppliers, which could delay fulfillment of the order. To eliminate confusion, buyers can request that SAP Ariba Customer Support upload unit of measure information for their account, which suppliers can access from the purchase order user interface. For example, the additional information could include a descriptive name and symbol for the units of measure that buyers typically use. | Network |
| Display additional unit of measure data on invoices | Buyers can currently supplement the UN/CEFACT unit of measure code on purchase orders with additional information, such as a descriptive name and symbol. Now that feature has been extended to invoices, receipts. Buyers can upload unit of measure strings using CSV templates, which can be downloaded from the application. | Network |
| Display additional unit of measure data on Ariba Network documents | The quantity and the UN/CEFACT unit of measure code are key values for each line item in an order. However, the UN/CEFACT codes are not commonly known and can be confusing for suppliers, which could delay fulfillment of the order. To eliminate confusion, buyers can upload unit of measure information for their account, which suppliers can access from the supplier portal. The additional information could include a descriptive name and symbol for the units of measure that buyers typically use. | Network |
| Quote Automation Capabilities |
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| Feature | Description | Solutions |
| Invite suppliers using quote groups in CSV vendor uploads | This feature allows a buyer to tag suppliers as part of a group or list of suppliers during vendor upload (in the Ariba Network) that will show up during the quote automation invitation process. This allows the buyer to quickly invite in one click a list of vendors that are most commonly used. | Network |
| Reject bid opportunity by supplier in Ariba Discovery event | This features allows the supplier to reject/decline participation in a Discovery event and send that rejection information and comments to a buyer. This is sent back to the ERP as well shown on the online posting workbench on Discovery. | Network |
| Extend the close time for an open event | Allow the buyer to send an update RFQ for an open event to extend the event for a few hours, days or month. This can only be done from the ERP message (Quote Request), no online updates allowed.
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| Ability to copy a posting configuration | Ability to copy a posting configuration and make a change instead of creating it from scratch | Network |
| RFQ supplier status workbench | This feature will enable buyers with visibility into each RFQ by supplier count and supplier status. The statuses will include: declined, invited, response, no response | Network |
| Pick Item unit price value from template | This features allows a Buyer the option to default a price in the template if the value in the quote request document does not provide a price. This prevents unit price value from defaulting to zero as it will use the value obtained from either the template or the quote request document. | Network |
| Change the Uploaded by Name when the attachment is from the QuoteRequest | This features allows the correct "Uploaded by Name" when the attachment is from the QuoteRequest and when performed online. Under the below scenarios, the Buyer will know exactly the source of the content for the Quote Automation event (RFQ)
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| Default Best Matches to Buyers during the RFQ invitation process | This feature allows buyers to see "best matches" on the "invite Suppliers by Vendor ID" screen by default when inviting vendors to Quote Automation (RFQ) events. A best match is defined as:
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| Restrict visibility on Opportunity Amount | This feature allows Buyers to restrict visibility into the components (Unit Price and Qty) that make up the Opportunity amount. This visibility restriction prevents Supplier's to see the base price for an item to prevent any bid bias. | Network |
| Search and invite vendors from Supplier Test account to a Quote Automation posting | When a test buyer wants to invite additional suppliers to an event, they should be able to click on 'Invite More supplier' and the system should list all the test suppliers that is in their approved list. In addition, the users should be able to:
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| Order Management Capabilities |
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| Feature | Description | Solutions |
| Reminders for line items that have not been shipped or received | Ariba Network allows the buyer administrator to set up email notifications for items not shipped or received. The following new default transaction rules have been added:
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| Order assignment for limited access users | Ariba Network suppliers can create limited access users that perform logistics and service-related tasks. Previously, limited access users could see all orders for a supplier, even orders they weren't assigned. Now, supplier administrators can assign specific orders to limited access users. Only the assigned limited access user can find and view their assigned orders. Transaction documents (such as ship notices and service sheets) created by limited access users are visible to them and to supplier users, but not to other limited access users. | Network |
| Send additional line item information in order confirmations | Ariba Network buyers can choose to receive additional line item information when suppliers confirm orders (either entirely or by updating line items). When this feature is enabled:
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| Support Purchase Order limits for unplanned service lines on invoices submitted without service sheets | For service invoices submitted without a service sheet, Ariba Network now validates unplanned service items against maximum limits specified on the order. The total amount of unplanned services can't exceed the hidden overall limit specified on the order. Previously, suppliers could invoice beyond the overall limit set for unplanned services, which could result in the invoice being rejected. Note: The PO limits for unplanned service lines are hidden from suppliers. | Network |
| Order confirmation capability for users to add extrinsics at line item level | Order confirmation capability for users to add extrinsics at line item level | Network |
| Invoice Management Capabilities |
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| Feature | Description | Solutions |
| Chile Tax Invoicing purchase order and service sheet reference data synchronization. | Purchase order and service sheet references were not copied when transforming invoices from cXML and the Chilean Local format for Tax Invoice Format (DTE) and vice versa. Now the transformations are synchronized for purchase order and service sheet references. | Network |
| Service-based invoice verification | For some service orders, buyers want to be able to use purchase order control keys to determine how invoice verification works rather than rely on the supplier's invoice rules. For instance, the buyer may want to allow a supplier to create an invoice directly from a service order generated from a contract. Previously, invoice rules took precedence over service-based control keys. Now, service order control keys take precedence over invoice rules. | Network |
| Support CFDI version 3.3 for Tax Invoicing in Mexico (Outbound Flow) | Support CFDI version 3.3 for Tax Invoicing in Mexico (Outbound Flow) | Network |
| SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration Features | ||
| Feature | Description | Solutions |
| Batch Improvement | With the batch improvement feature, it is possible for SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration suppliers to link a supplier batch to orders and shipments, and to search for items by batch IDs. | Ariba Network buyer users with SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration enabled |
| SMI and Forecast Improvements | With the improvements to supplier-managed inventory and forecast, buyers configure the planning view based on their business requirements. Also, suppliers can view their inventory data en mass and can manage their commitments to forecast demand through a flexible user interface. | Ariba Network buyer users with SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration enabled |
| Transaction Monitoring APIs for tracking Supply Chain Collaboration | The SAP Ariba Transaction Monitoring APIs for tracking Supply Chain Collaboration gives Ariba Network a fast and reliable mechanism to monitor Supply Chain Collaboration transactions across the network. This allows a high degree of visibility and traceability into business processes and documents associated with these transactions. |
Ariba Network buyer users with SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration enabled |
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| Inherit line-level regions and categories at the sourcing project level | This feature populates the Commodity and Regions project header fields in sourcing requests with values from line items in the Sourcing Request Items document. Line item values can also be aggregated and mapped to a higher-level in the region or commodity code hierarchy before being written to the project header field. | SAP Ariba Sourcing |
| Automate the lookup of Region field information using Plant ID in SAP Ariba Sourcing | This feature can be used to automatically set the value of the Regions field of an item created in a sourcing request created from an integration event (an item received in a QuoteRequest cXML document from an external system) based on the Plant term for the item. | SAP Ariba Sourcing |
| Map SAP ECC Target Value to Baseline Spend | This feature maps the SAP Target Value for an item to the Baseline Spend term for the item in the sourcing request. | SAP Ariba Sourcing |
| Custom maps for ERP terms and SAP Ariba terms | This feature lets you create custom mapping between ERP terms and SAP Ariba Sourcing terms. | SAP Ariba Sourcing |
| Ability to limit outbound integration types from Sourcing to external systems | Enables administrators to limit what types of outbound integrations can occur in an RFX. | SAP Ariba Sourcing |
| SAP ECC confirmation for price and award data | Provides a confirmation message (for any transaction) from an external system (ECC for example) to Ariba Sourcing with actual transaction ID / Ref # in ECC | SAP Ariba Sourcing |
| Integration support for long text descriptions in SAP Ariba Sourcing | Delivers support for long text field types via integrated transactions for description fields used in SAP Ariba Sourcing. | SAP Ariba Sourcing |
| Japanese Auction | Provides support for Japanese style auctions in SAP Ariba Sourcing. In this auction type, the buyers enter the auction at the lowest bid price and gradually "leave" the event as the price increases over time. The last buyer remaining is the one that "wins" the auction. | SAP Ariba Sourcing |
| Support for Estimated Lead Times | Adding the ability to enter an estimated lead time on materials in the parts database in Product Sourcing. | direct materials sourcing capability |
| Attachment URL as a line item term | This web service enables customers to provide URLs for documents located in the customer's document repository. The web service sends material codes and supplier information for an event and receives URLs based on these values. This feature is useful for customers who have strict controls on what suppliers can see what documents and want to keep them in their external system. |
direct materials sourcing capability |
| Price Acceptance Notifications | Adding the ability for buyers to send notifications to suppliers, either or both, those who had their pricing Accepted/Rejected, and send copies to the event team members. | direct materials sourcing capability |
| Direct Materials Support for Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovakian languages | Direct Materials Support for Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovakian languages | direct materials sourcing capability |
| Customer specific feature updates. |
This feature allows customers to assign an estimated price to a part without an approved manufacturer list (AML) supplier. If a supplier does not exist for an item, the default supplier can be chosen from the supplier list and the estimated price can be updated. |
direct materials sourcing capability |
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| Supplier Management matrix enhancement: business unit | This feature adds a customer-defined business unit or organization hierarchy to the existing commodity and region combinations that can be used to define user roles in supplier management projects, to target qualification questionnaire content, and to qualify, segment, and designate preferred suppliers. | SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance |
| Supplier self-registration | This feature allows suppliers to initiate the registration process without a previous invitation from the buyer. | SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance |
| Status tracker for supplier management email notifications | Adds a new function to track and display the status of email notifications (sent, delivered, opened, bounced or resent) with date and time stamp. | SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance |
| Assign fulfillment and sourcing relationships simultaneously | Establish transaction relationship when the supplier is registering for any event from SLP (qualification, sourcing etc.) and vice-versa based on Fulfillment flag set in SLP and ERP vendor ID. This flag can be set in UI as well as upload via a csv file in SLP. Irrespective of from which solution the relationship starts and at which point in time it starts, customers will have the ability to create sourcing and fulfillment relationships seamlessly. That time, the vendor Id from SM will be used/sent/linked to AN to establish the relationship. These suppliers along with the vendor ID will be visible in AN vendor master for this buyer. | SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance |
| Version comparison of supplier responses from questionnaire updates | Adds ability to efficiently compare updates made by a supplier to the registration or qualification questionnaire, before approval. | SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture) |
| Supplier reporting API | The basic supplier reporting API enables customers to access supplier data for integration to 3rd party tool. An example use case is to get the list of all suppliers with status Registered or Qualified or Preferred for a category/region/business unit. The API supports read-only; no changes can be made to supplier data via this API. A maximum of 1 request per sec is allowed. | SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture) |
| Supplier inactivation and flagging for deletion | Adds administrative capabilities to inactivate suppliers en mass via CSV import, view and manage inactive suppliers, and reactivate suppliers in SM Administration page. Also flags suppliers for deletion in the vendor master, and this flag can be replicated to ERP/MDG for processing. | SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture) |
| Export supplier search results | Adds new function to download any supplier search results as csv file with supplier name, address, and status information. | SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture) |
| Saved supplier searches | Adds a new function to save a search with its criteria under a search name, and to update or delete the search. | SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture) |
| Supplier search category, region, and business unit by ID | Adds ability for a user to search for Category/Region/Business Unit based on the Category/Region/Business Unit identifier (ID) and not just on the name. | SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture) |
| Sensitive Data Masking | Adds a configuration option in the Questionnaires for Request, Registration, Qualification and all SM Templates to mask the answer to a question. The masking can either be full or partial, and only users with a specific role have the permission to see data unmasked. | SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture) |
| Ariba Network registration UI enhancements | This feature modifies the supplier registration workflow and user interface, making it easier for supplier user to login or register on Ariba Network, followed by the registration process with the Buying Organization using the registration questionnaire. | SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture) |
| Add missing approver from UI in supplier management projects | Adds a function to the approver workflow to add missing approvers directly from the UI. | SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture) |
| Access to classic Supplier Performance Management Projects | Enables access to classic Supplier Performance Management functionality within new architecture of Supplier Management. | SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture) |
| Supplier blocking, unblocking and flagging for deletion | Adds capability for blocking and mark for deletion of suppliers in new architecture of Supplier Management (Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and Supplier Information & Performance Management new architecture) and synchronizing blocking and delete indicators to SAP ERP. | SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture) |
| Referencing question values to other questions in supplier management questionnaires | Adds capability for configuring relationships between fields in the questionnaire so that the ERP profile information can be managed in SM. | SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture) |
| Supplier Management Migration Tools | Adds a set of functions (tools) to migrate supplier organizations, supplier contacts, and supplier profile (SPQ) data from the classic architecture (SIPM, Sourcing or Contracts) to the new architecture (SIPM or SLP). | SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture) |
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| Enable users to submit requisitions without specifying the suppliers for partial items | In certain purchasing scenarios, users do not have information about the suppliers for partial items and would require the procurement approvers to identify the appropriate suppliers for their requests. With this feature, users can submit requisitions for approval without specifying the suppliers for partial items and later, an approver configured in the approval flow of the requisitions can set the right suppliers for such items. | SAP Ariba Buying SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing |
| Goods receipt-based invoice verification | In some Industries, incoming invoices are settled against the goods received instead of purchase orders. Buyers can now reconcile invoices based on goods receipts for the invoiced items. The goods receipts the buyer creates are referencing the ship notices from the supplier at the item level. The invoices from the supplier are also referencing the ship notices at the item level. During invoice reconciliation SAP Ariba Invoice Management matches prices, quantities and amounts on the invoice item vs. the goods receipt items via the ship notice items that both documents reference. Buyers can create multiple receipts for one ship notice, so each invoice line can reference multiple receipts |
SAP Ariba Invoice Management |
| Rejection reason codes for invoices | This feature provides a framework for buyers to develop a more structured approach to capturing and communicating why an invoice was rejected.Users who reject an invoice must select one or more applicable rejection reasons from a list of rejection reasons you have defined. | SAP Ariba Invoice Management |
| Copy and save requisition line items | This feature allows end users to copy a line item at checkout and to save their current purchase request to access at a later time | guided buying capability |
| Operational reporting APIs for Procurement | The operational reporting APIs for Procurement will enable customers to retrieve transaction details including header and line items for the below transactions:
Customers can get the information through REST API calls and load the data into a Data warehouse or Application of their choice, combine with other organizational data and build reports that exactly fits their needs. |
API Capability SAP Ariba Buying |
| Invoice Approval APIs | This API set enables external applications to approve or decline invoices, either systematically or by presenting the approval task to one or more approvers. Using these APIs, Customers can create a client application to approve or deny invoices generated in an SAP Ariba procurement solution. The customer's application can either process an invoice manually by presenting the decision to an authorized user, or programmatically by providing the ID of a specific user authorized to approve, deny, or comment on the invoice. |
API Capability SAP Ariba BuyingSAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing SAP Ariba Invoice Management |
For more details, please contact your Customer Engagement Executive. This information reflects the status of SAP Ariba's planning as of November 2017 and the features discussed are subject to change at any time without notice. SAP Ariba assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions and nothing in this web page should be construed to represent any commitment by SAP Ariba to include any specific new features in any version of the SAP Ariba solutions.
