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Deloitte's network of member firms provides a wealth of SAP-based knowledge that procurement executives can draw on to enhance value throughout their purchasing organization.

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Ariba® Invoice and Dynamic Discounting – Pay early, save more

Suppliers typically offer clients discounts for submitting invoices electronically and for making timely payments. But some organizations fail to tap in to many of these discounts—in part because they lack the processes, the insights, and the systems to take advantage of them. SAP’s Ariba Invoice and Dynamic Discounting offers organizations a potential path to capturing more supplier discount opportunities, to make paying bills a little less painful. The result? An accounts payable department that delivers new value to the organization.

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Ariba® Spend Visibility – Pinpoint where the money is going

Spending money is easy. It’s also complicated. Within organizations today, a wider variety of constituents are now enabled to make their own spending decisions, often in nontraditional ways. And the data picture gets murkier with each added layer of complexity. But new functionality delivered through the Ariba® Spend Visibility solution can help develop a “single source of truth” on spending—by using an enterprise-wide approach to gathering and analyzing data.

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Ariba Sourcing – On solid ground

Managing business goals while meeting sourcing needs is often an exercise in immediate action. So when it comes to sourcing, focusing on long-term planning can sometimes be challenging. The transformative power of cloud computing offers a way for sourcing and procurement leaders to address that challenge head on. The new challenge? Determining the path forward. Offerings from Ariba, an SAP company, can help provide direction. But getting things right requires a plan.

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Ariba® and SAP®: The hybrid cloud approach – Finding balance with Deloitte

How can you take advantage of new cloud-based capabilities in sourcing and procurement without sacrificing your existing on-premises investments? A hybrid approach offers the best of both worlds. But to make it work, you need to rethink your operating model, get good at governance, and actively help your people adapt to the new environment.

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Beyond EDI - Unlocking new value with transactions enabled by SAP® Ariba® and the Ariba® Network

For many organizations, electronic data interchange (EDI) remains the go-to-method for reliably exchanging the documents involved in buying and selling goods and services. But as the focus of business falls on engagement, collaboration, adaptability, and new value, many organizations have shifted their attention to solutions such as SAP Ariba® and the Ariba® Network, which serves as a modern digital platform for commerce. How does the Ariba Network compare with EDI? Explore some core differences here and discover what it takes to unlock value with SAP Ariba solutions.

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SAP®’s Ariba® Network - Cloud-enabled business collaboration

As many organizations continue to struggle with paper-intensive systems for managing procurement activities and supplier relationships, cloud technology has become a go-to solution. And in the cloud realm, SAP®’s Ariba® Network has emerged as a powerful resource for helping streamline procurement processes and deliver efficiencies. But unlocking the full potential of Ariba Network to address your specific business realities involves more than simply plugging in. Taking full advantage of Ariba Network involves understanding the layers of business realities within your organization. It involves asking some tough but essential questions about where you are today and where you hope to be in the future.

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SAP® Source-to-Pay Pre-Configured Solution: Building a foundation for holistic spend management

Is there a way to improve your bottom line without cutting staff or sacrificing customer service? Try looking at external spend, which can account for 40 percent to 70 percent of an average company’s cost structure. High quality source-to-pay capabilities can help you reduce the transactional effort of direct and indirect spend—reducing costs and freeing up time and resources for activities that are more valuable and strategic. But achieving those capabilities isn’t easy. Deloitte’s preconfigured source-to-pay solution for SAP® can help you realize the benefits sooner, providing the systems, processes, and business content you need to implement a broad, controlled, and sustainable spend management framework.

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SAP®-based Source-to-Pay Preconfigured Solution: New horizons in sourcing and procurement excellence

What if your organization viewed everything through the eyes of the purchasing team? Most likely, it would be easier to cut costs and manage total cost of ownership, supply risks would be easier to keep under control, and executives would have improved visibility into spending. And that’s just the beginning. However, achieving those results is easier said than done. Deloitte’s Source-to-Pay preconfigured solution helps jump-start the process, making it easier to get advanced capabilities in place fast.

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The Deloitte Global CPO Survey 2017

The Deloitte Global Chief Procurement Officer Survey 2017 profiles the views of senior procurement leaders from around the world on the key issues facing the procurement function.

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The direct approach - Finding new value with direct procurement

For manufacturers, direct procurement can represent a big portion of costs. At the same time, many companies continue to acquire direct materials inefficiently. But with SAP® Ariba® and guidance from Deloitte, they can begin unlocking new value.

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