


An overview of Ariba Network Catalogs for suppliers

PunchOut catalogs are better choice for complex, service-oriented or highly configurable products, large catalogs with many SKUs and line items, goods that require constant content and prices updates.īenefits of catalogs in SAP Ariba Network

Users can search for, compare, and select what they want to buy, then return shopping cart items to their procurement application for approval and purchase. PunchOut catalogs are interactive catalogs that reside on supplier's website and customers are provided with a URL to access it.BMECat (Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik e.cXML (Commerce eXtensible Markup Language) format,.Buyers upload catalog files received from suppliers to their procurement applications.The administrator designates a catalog as either private for a customer that has an active trading relationship on SAP Business Network or public for all buyers. Supplier's administrator uploads the catalog files in SAP Business Network using catalog wizard creation and available templates.SAP Ariba Catalog gives employees a user-friendly environment and shopping cart functionality so they can easily buy what is needed. Simplified and centralized procurement catalog brings companies greater compliance and control of transactions. Catalogs are text files that describe the products and services with their prices and pictures.
