Driving Digital Transformation with SAP Ariba

Join Amina Anderson in a conversation with Jan-Hendrik-Stricker and Falko Feldchen around some of the challenges companies have in their end-to-end supply chains today. Learn how SAP Ariba's Supply Chain Collaboration solution can help address many of these concerns as of today and what their vision is on data-enabled supply network management.

Is your procurement organization a Pacman or a Value Ninja? Listen in to hear what Value Advisors Geetha Kumar and Jan-Hendrik Stricker have to say about how organizations can evolve to become value ninjas and why this matters.

Join in as Scott Pezza welcomes his colleague Frank Omare from the SAP Center of Excellence for Spend Management to discuss the current role that procurement plays -- and the greater role it can play -- in driving value for companies in the mergers and acquisition sphere.

Join Amina Anderson in a conversation with Alice Hillary from the Best Practice Center.  In her role, Alice provides guidance and best practice recommendations to hundreds of customers.  Listen in to hear the top five tips Alice thinks every Buying and Invoicing customer should know.

Rejoin Scott Pezza and Andy Baxter in their discussion of which attributes make suppliers more likely to accept early payment discounts and what sets successful programs apart from the others. This is the second of a two-part series.

Join Scott Pezza and Andy Baxter for a insightful discussion of what attributes make suppliers more likely to accept early payment discounts and what sets successful programs apart from the others. This is the first of a two-part series.

Listen in for Derrick Steiner's take on changes in days inventory outstanding over the past 30 years, what we've seen, and where companies can start their own DIO improvement journey.

In this 13-minute question-and-answer session, Frank Omare from our Digital Transformation Organization outlines SAP Ariba's vision for purpose-driven procurement. Listen in to hear how our solutions fit within the framework of procurement with purpose.

Join Bhawna Bhatia and Andrew Hunt as they speak to Lou Zhou, Senior Director SAP Ariba Value Engineering to break certain myths about procurement practices in Asia.

Recorded live at SAP SAPPHIRE in Orlando, join SAP Ariba's Scott Pezza and Blue Diamond Growers' Steve Birgfeld for a discussion of the origins, current state, and future goals of Blue Diamond's digital transformation.

Recorded live at SAP Ariba Live in Amsterdam, Melissa Aery welcomes SAP Ariba's Jan-Hendrik Stricker and Intrigo's Kanth Krishnan for a lively discussion of digital transformation with a particular focus on supply chains and the European market.

What are current best practices for measuring success, and how might they change in the future? Join Amina Anderson, Kay Ree Lee, and Scott Pezza for a timely conversation about where we are and where we might be headed in the era of emerging technology.

Listen to our APJ Value Engineer, Lorraine Longato discuss how she has successfully partnered with our internal teams and our customers to overcome road blocks during the presales cycle and beyond. Lorraine describes how to set up our customers for a the journey through the Discover process to enable a complete transformation to occur.  She describes challenges faced and lessons learnt in a rapidly changing environment by focusing on preparing a solid business case, have the right organisational structures and processes in place and engaging with the most appropriate stakeholders.

Listen in to this podcast to hear strategic consultancy firm PWC Middle East share their thoughts on the benefits of Supply Chain Finance and ideal partners such as direct suppliers.

The 12 Keys to Success are twelve areas of organizational change management that, when done right, result in higher adoption and therefore greater success with a digital transformation supported by SAP Ariba software and services.  Join Amina Anderson and Frank Omare as they explore one of the twelve, Resource Planning, and its role in supporting change within an organization.

Listen in to this podcast to hear strategic consultancy firm The Hackett Group share their thoughts on the common question of whether working capital improvements result in a one-time improvement in cash, or if they are continuous.

What does it take to drive success in your working capital improvement program? Join Scott Pezza and Alan Cohen for a great discussion of the key elements that can set your organization up to excel in the working capital world.

The 12 Keys to Success are twelve areas of organizational change management that, when done right, result in higher adoption and therefore greater success with a digital transformation supported by SAP Ariba software and services.  Join Jeffrey Kerish, Cheryl Anderson, Jeremy Kestler and Sharon Ashcroft as they explore one of the twelve, Training, and its role in supporting organizational change.

Let's continue the conversation with Amina Anderson and Randy Domke as they discuss the value customers are realizing due to the SAP Ariba integration with SAP S/4HANA.  Listeners can go to the following site for more information www.sapsupport.info/future-of-srm/.

Join Amina Anderson in a conversation with Andreas Frank as they discuss the power of SAP Ariba integrated with SAP S/4HANA.  This seamless integration helps deliver more value from your SAP ERP.

Listen in to hear about Citrix's digital transformation journey with SAP Ariba.  Amina Anderson speaks with Jacqueline Benigni, Procurement Operations Manager at Citrix, who shares top keys to success and lessons learned.  Citrix was recognized at the Procurement Leaders conference in London this year and won the Procurement Transformation award.

Listen in to this podcast to hear strategic consultancy firm The Hackett Group share the results of their annual working capital survey for DIO. It reveals North American corporations can liberate $412 billion in working capital through DIO improvement. Hackett’s Craig Bailey and SAP Ariba’s Derrick Steiner discuss Days Inventory Outstanding, working capital, and cash flow, how it’s relevant to procurement, supply chain, and finance professionals and recommendations for improvement.

With global supply chains gaining a combined $56B in extra costs annually due to supply chain disruptions, resilience is as important as ever.  Listen in to this podcast to hear strategic consultancy firm Grant Thornton UK share their thoughts on the current state of supply chain resilience, the root causes of poor management, buffers used to hide inefficiencies and the lack of flexibility/ adaptability in the supply chain, recommendations for improvement, and the benefits of acting on those recommendations.

Picking back up on our conversation about Hackett Group’s 2017 Working Capital Survey, we continue our discussion of accounts payable maturity and improvement opportunities. We conclude with some thoughts on supply chain finance’s impact on working capital and requirements for success.

In the first of two conversations with Hackett’s Veronica Wills, we’ll take a closer look at their 2017 Working Capital Survey with a focus on the role of Days Payable Outstanding in the overall improvement of the Cash Conversion Cycle. We’ll also begin a discussion of how to gauge an organization’s AP maturity as a means to guide future improvement planning.

In this episode, we welcome back SAP Ariba Treasurer Jerry Bernard to continue our conversation about the issues most important to Treasury. Tune in to hear his take on managing bank relationships, assessing lines of credit, and navigating the ever-evolving world of technology.

From investment decisions to monitoring regulations and managing currency fluctuations, the Treasurer’s life is never boring. Join us in this conversation with SAP Ariba’s own Treasurer, Jerry Bernard, to hear about a day in the life of a corporate treasurer and to get an idea of which issues he feels are most important in the field.

Listen in to this podcast to hear strategic consultancy firm The Hackett Group share the results of their study Working Capital Efficiency: It’s Impact on Profitability and Operational Performance. It reveals a 7 day improvement in the cash conversion cycle adds up to 1% in sustainable EBITDA margin.  For a company with an EBITDA margin of 5%, this is roughly the equivalent to a 20% increase in profit. Organizations should take this into consideration when valuing the return on investment for a working capital optimization program and to gain support of operations leadership.

Management consulting working capital specialists, The Hackett Group, join us to explain the results of their annual working capital survey which highlights a $1T working capital opportunity left on the table and an ignored proven opportunity to increase profits by as much as 20% by North American corporations.  Join Veronica Wills of The Hackett Group and Derrick Steiner of SAP Ariba as they discuss all things working capital, cash flow, and the cash conversion cycle and how it’s relevant to procurement, supply chain, and finance professionals.

Learn how Spot Buy is changing the game for procurement organizations looking to manage tactical and tail-spend.  Amina Anderson hosts this lively conversation with Spot Buy experts from around the globe including James Tucker from North America, Richard Downs from Europe, and Damian Edelberg from Latin America.  Spot Buy provides instant content for an amazing user experience with procurement controls for compliant buying.

This recorded podcast contains insights and trends from the 2015 - 2016 SAP Ariba Benchmark Program. Each year SAP Ariba conducts a large scale benchmark program where we extract data from the solutions and the Ariba Commerce Network and combine it with a survey question set from our customers. This year’s benchmark survey revealed some interesting trends that indicate how top performers drive better outcomes than their peers. By taking a deeper dive into the data, we’ve identified key differentiators that make top performers stand out. 

Most companies struggle with managing change. A recent study by management consultancy Bain & Company states most corporate change efforts fall short with only 12% achieving or exceeding expectations.  Join Sharon Ashcroft and Derrick Steiner of SAP Ariba as they discuss how 12 keys are vital to successfully preparing for awesomeness.