SAP Spend Management Solutions

Reinvent your approach to procurement to drive innovation and business value, taking advantage of spend management, strategic sourcing and potential cost savings

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Digitally transform your procurement operations

From consultation through implementation of SAP Ariba solutions and IBM Watson®, we are your digital transformation partners who will help reinvent your procurement operations, decision making and contract management processes.

IBM helps clients emerge stronger in procurement with the established platform of SAP Ariba and IBM’s own innovative solutions in the areas of AI, blockchain and RPA. Learn how to implement SAP Ariba solutions quickly and economically with our IMPACT for SAP Ariba accelerator and increase functionality with our Cognitive Procurement Platform.

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Improve source-to-pay

Our procurement solutions are integrated with IBM Watson, including robotic process automation for source-to-pay activities to handle purchase orders, send invoices, and receive payments.

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Supplier management

The SAP Ariba Network provides a single point of integration to thousands of suppliers for more effective and efficient supplier management.

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Intelligent procurement

Deep procurement expertise from IBM Services® includes extensive category and sourcing intelligence across all industries.

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IBM Garage
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Co-create with IBM Garage™

Ideate, build, measure, iterate and scale solutions seamlessly with our end-to-end framework of design thinking, agile and DevOps practices. Achieve speed-to-value and adopt breakthrough business technologies through the partnership created with your team and a diverse set of IBM experts in business, design and technology.

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Case study Edison (part of EDF Group) and IBM

Edison digitalized their processes and introduced new SAP functionalities using SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba and SAP BTP.

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ABB modernizes procurement with help from IBM and SAP® Ariba® Solutions

The global technology company’s new SmartBuy program provides employees with an enhanced self-service method to purchase indirect materials and services, guiding users to preferred suppliers, processes and policies.

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Reimagine your procurement operations from source to pay with data and emerging technologies to empower your teams.

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IBM Watson

Watson is AI for business. IBM’s portfolio of enterprise-ready pre-built applications, tools and runtimes are designed to reduce the costs and hurdles of AI adoption while maximizing outcomes and responsible use of AI.

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Services for SAP Solutions

The strategic pairing of IBM and SAP experts helps worldwide organizations, of all sizes and across all industries, with custom plans that lower costs, increase agility and improve results.

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SAP S/4HANA Services

End-to-end consulting helps implement SAP S/4HANA to transform mission-critical business systems.

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Act with speed and confidence to mitigate disruptions and build resilient supply chain solutions.

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