Requirement
The challenge
- USD 10 billion of procurement activity across the European market was decentralised, leading to quality issues, wastage and inefficiency.
- Ariba was selected as the single procurement solution through which the activity had to be integrated across the market.
- Around 20 different ERPs had to be integrated with Ariba for a seamless procurement process.
Solution
What we did
- An SAP data-integration solution was used to integrate the different ERPs with the Ariba cloud.
- Master-data loads to Ariba happen once every eight hours.
- All transactional data is integrated in real time for payment processing.
- Global templates prepared for multi-country roll-outs.
Tools SAP AribaSAP Data ServicesOracle EBS
Outcomes
What changed for the client
- Multiple ERPs, including SAP, Oracle EBS and legacy systems, integrated seamlessly with Ariba.
- A single procurement solution across the European market to reduce cost and increase efficiency.
- Procurement transactions integrated seamlessly with the various ERPs without the need for middleware.
- Automatic error handling and proactive reporting ensured flawless integration between systems.