Spend Management Blogs by SAP

SAP Ariba Quote Automation and integration with SAP S/4HANA Cloud

SAP Ariba Quote Automation with Ariba Network integration is useful for the buyer when tasked with occasional non-catalog purchases that involve low spend amounts and do not require complex sourcing processes. Quote Automation allows you to digitally...

Reimaging Asset Maintenance: A Look at an Integrated SAP End-to-End Process

Written by Joshua Greenbaum, Principal, Enterprise Applications Consulting Running a factory in today’s global, interconnected economy seems to get more difficult with each passing year. Sourcing parts from an increasingly constrained global supply ...

A Guide to Success in Supplier Diversity

Small business In the ever-changing world of buying things for the government, supporting diversity in suppliers is not just something you have to do; it's a promise to include everyone and boost the economy. Jonathan R. Butler, Director, Prince Geo...

Exploring the Uncharted: SAP S/4HANA Cloud and AI for Imaginary Procurement Automation

In the realm of innovation, let's dive into a visionary scenario where SAP S/4HANA Cloud seamlessly integrates with Artificial Intelligence, reshaping the landscape of procurement through intelligent automation. While this integration remains specula...

I am Inspired!

I was listening to an All Hands Call and the numbers for how SAP’s Women in Leadership statistics started flashing on the screen. 34% of Women in leadership - amazing! That’s a steep incline from 2016 when I started with the organisation. How proud w...

Innovation and Inspiration in Vienna at SAP Spend Connect Live

The atmosphere was undeniably celebratory during the 3 days of SAP Spend Connect Live on October 9-11 in beautiful Vienna. The former seat of an empire, and the birthplace of many “champions” as Etosha Thurman reminded all of us in her opening note, ...

EMEA Guided Sourcing Enablement Campaign 2023

Welcome to my latest blog entry! I'm Martin Beganyi, the Solution Value Advisory Director for EMEA/MEE, and today's focus is on our recent Guided Sourcing campaign initiative. Our team has been busy with a campaign across EMEA, targeting users of S...

Reimagine CO2 Emissions accounting

Manufacturing process I graduated from an economics university 24 years ago and earned a Ph.D. in the same field 21 years ago. During my eight years of education, I read many books, but one that stood out was "Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strateg...

Untangling the Rules for a Greener World: Making Sustainability Easier to understand/grasp as an opportunity

Sustainable energy Ever heard of the term "regulatory vortex"? It's like a big tangle of rules and guidelines about how we should take care of our planet. These rules are meant to help us be more eco-friendly, but sometimes they can get pretty confu...

Guided Sourcing - Adoption Best Practice

One year ago, I embarked on an exciting journey as the Procurement Adoption Director in EMEA/MEE part of the Solution & Value Advisory Team within SAP's Customer Success Organization. Having previously spent over a decade as a Senior Consultant at SA...

Procurement: saving the world, one schnitzel at a time

Ian (we wrote the blog together with ian.ronayne) and I love the famous fried Austrian food: wiener schnitzel, so we were intrigued to hear recently from our colleagues at Austrian chemical gas & oil company, OMV, how they have been helping to deliv...

SAP Ariba Discovery - Standing with Turkey

SAP Ariba Discovery - Standing with Turkey As a member of the SAP team, I am deeply saddened by the recent earthquake in Türkiye, the loss of life and devastation throughout most of the country is shocking. In-fact, I am writing this blog after my...

Navigating Change: Unlock Success & Overcome Adoption Challenges

As businesses continue to digitize and automate operations, many are turning to Procurement solutions to drive efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance compliance, however, the adoption of software can be challenging, and many customers face the ...

Helping customers with adoption - My reflection on my recent experiences

Hello readers, I hope you enjoy reading my first blog! Let me take a moment to introduce myself, my name is Angeline Gregory and I am a Procurement Adoption Director covering EMEA. I started my journey with SAP by working for SAP Ariba Services aro...

Commonly asked questions regarding the SAP Ariba Reporting APIs

In this blog post I compile some questions that I've been asked regarding the SAP Ariba APIs. Most of them revolve around the reporting APIs but I've also included some general questions that might apply to any SAP Ariba API. Also, some of those ques...