
Once an event is created, its status can be easily monitored, the bids received can be reviewed and analyzed, and award scenarios for selected items can be compared. The latter option allows users to easily create tenders using a customized pricing document in the form of an Excel sheet, from which SAP Ariba will automatically map the imported data to the correct system conditions. SAP Aribas Procurement capabilities are to provide innovations in guided buying and spot buy, plus supplier and catalog enablement, and integration with. You can prepare an entire event from scratch (from a template), copy an already existing one, or use the smart import feature from Microsoft Excel. The buyer has several options for setting up a new event. Buyers also see a summary with the number of events by status and quick links to events, contracts and actions to be performed. This dashboard provides a view of real-time updated event statuses and direct insight into recently created or revised procedures. It’s the main place to create, review, monitor and reward sourcing events.

Guided Sourcing users get access to a new dashboard – For You. Guided sourcing provides a streamlined and intuitive user experience for creating and managing sourcing projects and events. Setting up and managing the event is done all the time from the same screen. Guided Sourcing allows users to create electronic purchasing events – there is no need to navigate through different application tabs.
