Success on Demand

New SAP Ariba CPO Dashboard revolutionizes how CPOs leverage data

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LAS VEGAS, March 20, 2017 ─ Procurement professionals need information. They need it to be

accurate. They need it to be up to date. And they need it YESTERDAY! As the discipline is

welcomed into the C-Suite and becomes part of a company’s strategic, not tactical, plan, it’s

even more vital.

As procurement becomes more complex, CPO’s responsibilities are expanding to include financial performance, enterprise growth and expansion plans, managing extended supply chains and global supplier relationships and performance and keeping an eye on—and attempting to prevent—risk. To meet those needs in this digital age of Big Data and increasing complexity, SAP Ariba has created a new CPO Dashboard. Powered by $1 trillion in spend, it’s being integrated with the SAP Ariba Benchmarking program, a free service available to all Ariba customers. Transaction data is derived from the Ariba Network, the world’s largest business network. And this is just the first step in our plan to revolutionize the way CPO’s leverage data.

The Big Picture

“CPOs must see the entire picture at a glance. Visibility is paramount and they don’t have time to wait for reports,” says Rick Collison, VP of Analytics at SAP Ariba. “Although the key performance metrics for procurement are somewhat standardized, we have the unique advantage of leveraging the $1 trillion dollars of network spend. Created in close collaboration with our Customer Advisory Board, the SAP Ariba’s CPO dashboard, delivers visibility and value, turnkey, in the cloud, including savings delivered, cost avoidance, supplier performance, supplier risk, business trends and much more.”

Combining the SAP Ariba Benchmark Program with that of SAP has created the largest benchmarking database in the world, one that includes more than:

15,000 participants

4,000 companies

60 business process assessments

2,500 KPIs

3,500 best practices

Taken all together, the resulting analysis provides the most objective way to objectively assess performance by assimilating data from across the Ariba Network, transaction data from customers’ use of the application, and user-entered survey data, then putting it through a rigorous analytical engine. The result: on-demand data you need for success. And just the start of the revolution.

The Ariba CPO Dashboard is on full display at SAP Ariba Live, the premier global commerce

event taking place in Las Vegas this week. To learn more about the solution and the value it can

deliver, visit: www.ariba.com

About SAP Ariba

SAP® Ariba® is the marketplace for digital business, creating frictionless exchanges between

millions of buyers and suppliers across the entire source-to-pay process. Our market-leading

solutions enable companies to simplify collaboration with their trading partners, make smarter

business decisions and extend their collaborative business processes with an open technology

platform. More than two million companies use SAP Ariba solutions to connect and collaborate

around nearly one trillion in commerce on an annual basis. To learn more about the company’s

offerings and the transformation they are driving, visit www.ariba.com

About SAP

As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE: SAP) helps companies of all

sizes and industries run better. From back office to boardroom, warehouse to storefront,

desktop to mobile device – SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more

efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP

applications and services enable approximately 310,000 customers to operate profitably, adapt

continuously, and grow sustainably. For more information, visit www.sap.com.

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