Category management tools, such as the new module available to SAP Ariba since its last release, are based on the main methods of classification and analysis of the purchasing portfolio. Decryption of the most used of them.
Category management tools, such as the new module available to SAP Ariba since its last release, are based on the main methods of classification and analysis of the purchasing portfolio. Decryption of the most used of them.
When asked the area in which generative AI could be most useful to them, buyers who responded to the Acxias survey were divided: risk analysis is closely followed by supplier sourcing and market research.
During its SAP Spend Connect Live 2023 conference in October, the publisher announced the linking of all of its purchasing management solutions to the Ariba brand and presented several innovations taking advantage of AI.
In a Next Content study for the E-commerce and Distance Selling Federation (Fevad), more than eight out of ten companies indicate that they have totally or partially digitalized their purchases, with benefits on several levels and some obstacles.
SAP has just presented Joule, a “generative artificial intelligence co-pilot in natural language” which will be gradually integrated into its cloud solutions, particularly in the area of purchasing, as well as its construction platform.
To set up and deploy SAP Ariba within its entities in China, the agrochemical group of Israeli origin Adama, specialized in the production and distribution of phytosanitary products, called on Acxias.
Among the main tools and models available to purchasing to implement a Category management strategy, the Kraljic matrix is popular with respondents to the Acxias survey on the subject.
According to several studies on emerging technologies, generative AI should become established permanently in the operational and functional departments of companies, particularly in the areas of purchasing and the supply chain.
In its latest release, SAP Ariba offers a new module dedicated to Category management, an approach which makes it possible to refine purchasing management by reasoning by particular type of expenditure or by grouping.
The Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, clarified during the 78th Congress of the Order of Chartered Accountants, the new timetable envisaged for the generalization of electronic invoicing in France for companies.