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Ariba & Concur

Procurement and company spend under control: the buying supply chain on Ariba, travel and expense reports on Concur.

FOCUS · GOVERNED SPENDFrom sourcing to expense reports: the purchase-to-pay cycle integrated with the ERP
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01 · What it is

SAP Ariba & Concur, made clear.

Ariba brings procurement onto a global supplier network: sourcing, contracts, orders and invoices in a governed flow. Concur does the same for travel and expenses: requests, receipts and reimbursements without paper. Both close the loop inside S/4HANA.

Network
millions of suppliers on Ariba's Business Network
Touchless
invoices automatically reconciled with orders and contracts
Mobile
expense reports from your smartphone, with the receipt photographed
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02 · How to use it well

The things that make the difference.

The spend cycle

Request & approvalthe flow that starts governed
Ariba · procurement
Concur · travel
Fieldglass · external workforce
three kinds of spend, one logic
Reconciliation with S/4orders, goods receipts, invoices
Spend analyticswho spends, where, why
Every euro with its reason

Catalogs and policies

Spend is born compliant: catalogs, limits and approvals designed around your signing powers.

Supplier onboarding

The network pays off if suppliers are on it: the adoption plan matters as much as the software.

Accounting integration

Every document lands right in accounting: mappings and tax specifics included.

Travel compliance

Travel policies enforced by the system, not by reminders.

03 · In depth

Frictionless source-to-pay and travel

On Ariba the cycle goes through Sourcing (tenders and auctions), Contracts, Buying (catalogs and requisitions) and Invoicing on the Business Network, with S/4 integration via the Cloud Integration Gateway. On Concur: Request for prior authorization, Expense with receipt OCR and reconciled corporate cards, Travel with policies in the search results. Compliance rules (limits, receipts, VAT) live in the engine, not in memos.

  • Guided buying — the requester experience: catalogs, forms and policies in one place
  • CIG — Cloud Integration Gateway: the official way to talk to S/4 without custom code
  • Business Network — orders, confirmations and invoices with the supplier in the same tracked channel
  • Concur Expense — local tax rules: allowances, thresholds, VAT and corporate cards
  • Audit rules — automatic pre-approval checks: exceptions surface by themselves
  • Analytics di spesa — categories and variances: procurement guided by numbers
04 · Numbers and lifecycle

The numbers that matter.

<48h
from receipt to approved reimbursement in well-configured flows
100%
of invoices reconciled with order/goods receipt in the touchless flow
3-way
the automated order-receipt-invoice match
SaaS
continuous releases: configuration is maintained, not reinstalled
Governed spend is configuration plus adoption: we bring policies and catalogs into the engine and suppliers onto the Network — the flow does the rest.
05 · Use cases

Where it really pays off.

Procurement departments

Sourcing and contracts with total spend visibility.

Companies with travelers

Expense reports that write themselves.

Purchase-to-pay audits

The traceability auditors dream of.

Governed spend frees up margin: procurement and expenses integrated, not glued together.