The message was delivered by Barry Padgett (SAP Ariba and Fieldglass - President) in his keynote speech to those in attendance where he outlined how a combined focus would help companies to utilise the SAP Cloud Platform and Machine Learning to provide business solutions (as opposed to use of isolated specific technologies). This week at SAP Ariba Live, it was announced that SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass will no longer operate as separate entities, rather, SAP is pushing intelligent spend with its integration of the two companies. One particular announcement from Austin (Texas, USA) this week at SAP Ariba’s Live Conference centred on the integration of two neighbouring SAP solutions.

So in order for SAP Ariba to continue to evolve solutions and offerings that drive connectivity between businesses for procurement and supply chain the company is seizing multiple opportunities to realise new solutions that further push the borders of what we can achieve in the cloud and with disruptive technologies.

To put that into perspective… take the annual figures for eBay, Amazon and Alibaba, combine them together, now treble that number it still does not meet SAP Ariba's figures!įor SAP Ariba, the value of remaining atop the Procurement Solution Tree is as critical as ever, especially given the chasing pack of alternatives (with Coupa widely considered the nearest contender). This is a notion that SAP Ariba have grabbed by the scruff of the neck and looked firmly to build upon as we become a society that increasingly communicates through globally connected networks.Ĭurrently SAP Ariba boasts the World’s largest B2B marketplace where over $2.3 Trillion in commerce occurred last year, and is predicted to exceed $3 Trillion this year according to Tifenn Dano Kwan (SAP Ariba Chief Marketing Officer). And the solutions used to drive it need to be too”.

Sudhir Bhojwani, Chief Product Officer (CPO) for SAP Ariba, has previously stated moving through 2019 that “Procurement today is a connected, global activity. 2018 was a strong year for SAP Ariba globally, as the Procurement Solution of choice for many large enterprises finished the year atop of Gartners’ 2018 Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites.

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