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No one screen\on screen mass upload feature for items in eventsĬonsidering above issues with classic UI SAP decided to transfer Sourcing capability to new buying experience technology aligning with SAP Ariba user experience mantra briefed below.No easy access to supplier data during the event creation.Live collaboration between buyers and suppliers is not intuitive.

There is limited or no guidance to the end user.

There is no single view of the end to end sourcing event.

This lack of navigation forces specialists to use on behalf of end users

Ariba Sourcing navigation is not suitable for end users as user need to jump repeatedly from one tab to another.

If you want to know more about Qualtrics and Ariba integration and use cases please refer to the blog post “ Experience Management for Suppliers using Qualtrics + Ariba (XM4S)”īelow are some of the pain areas most of our customers faced using the Ariba Sourcing classic UI: Image Source – SAP Ariba Readiness Feature Preview – Collect user experience feedback on creating events This feature allowed buyers to rate the usability of creating a sourcing event and add comments about their experience (using embedded Qualtrics Survey) so that SAP Ariba can improve future sourcing products. SAP introduced a feature “Collect user experience feedback on creating events” in May 2020 (2005) release. This UI though was purposeful the user navigation was painful for non-frequent users due to moving across various tabs and complexity of monitoring event statuses or assigned tasks. 1 Understand why Ariba Guided SourcingĬlassic Ariba Sourcing UI was meant for strategic needs and hence targeted for expert users like buyers. Let us understand first the strategy adopted by SAP to improve the Ariba Sourcing user experience followed by Key UI and other changes then at the end of the blog we will cover key configurations to enable this new user experience.

Findings were then analyzed by applying the user experience mantra “SIP to delight” to come up with Guided Sourcing as new UI and intelligence enriched function. SAP approached the solution to this problem by conducting user research on current classic UI, in terms of navigation, content and pain areas. As a result, buyers or category managers are looking for intelligent solution which can guide them to source Goods or services efficiently. Why What and How of Ariba Guided SourcingĬurrent global trade restrictions and the pandemic outbreak have made sourcing even more challenging and threaten business continuity.