Do the contracted items have a part number-to-price relationship?.

Do the suppliers already provide catalogues on Ariba Network?.

How many transactions do we do with the supplier annually?.

Considerations when leveraging catalog functionality:.

Leverage strategic supplier relationships and negotiated content.

Ease of use – Users are aware of online shopping process.

Provides access to all goods and services with a common interface. It also provides ability to search catalogues using keywords and filter parameters such as supplier or price. Users can browse through grouping of like items and nested (similar) categories and sub- categories. Also, the catalogues can be tied into the contracts module to allow searching of contract items. The catalogue has items from all the Buyers’ suppliers in a single database. Catalogs are stored on the Ariba Network or on company’s website It includes information such as item description and price and can optionally include images. In order to understand catalogues and its features, we will look at the following aspects:Ģ] Why are catalog required? (Benefits / Business Case)Ĩ] What is the best practices for catalog?Ī catalog is an organized, descriptive list of goods and services available to potential buyers. I hope this post will be useful for SAP Ariba consultants for Catalog creation.

Today I would like to discuss some of the features, benefits and business cases for SAP Ariba catalogs.

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