Contract Management Solutions - Enterprise

Contract compliance enforcement is a critical component of effective contract management because it ensures the realization of negotiated savings.

Ariba Contract Management - Enterprise Package is designed specifically for organizations seeking enterprise-class contract management capabilities-including the structuring of item pricing terms, conditions and service level agreements in support of buyer and supplier contract compliance.

Ariba Contract Management - Enterprise Package is also useful for companies looking to achieve contract compliance through Ariba's procurement modules, software customizations or integration with back-end or ERP systems. Beyond the Professional Package, additional capabilities in Ariba Contract Management - Enterprise Package include contract pricing, preload accumulators, real-time procurement enforcement, Excel integration, and contract forecasting and savings.

For customers not requiring a packaged solution, Ariba Contract Management is also available as separately licensed modules. These include Ariba Contract Workbench - the repository and authoring components, and Ariba Contract Compliance - the compliance and execution components:

Ariba Contract Workbench ensures better visibility and control over the contract authoring and management processes. Using Ariba Contract Workbench, companies can more efficiently manage process challenges and regulatory guidelines using features that address contract search, template selection, clause negotiation, document and process management, and smart workflow technology. A global contract repository with powerful search functionality enables access to purchase contracts and related terms, conditions, and pricing. Extensive document libraries allow companies to create and store standardized templates and clauses to be used during contract negotiations, and document management capabilities provide seamless integratation with the powerful redlining and authoring functionality in Microsoft Word while contract language is tracked and controlled according to corporate standards.

Ariba Contract Workbench is available only as a licensed solution.

As buying organizations deepen their supply relationships, their business contracts multiply and grow increasingly intricate. Ariba Contract Compliance enables comprehensive, cross-enterprise modeling and management of contract pricing and terms, and helps streamline and optimize the handling of complex categories of spend.

Using Ariba Contract Compliance, companies can model detailed pricing and terms including formula-based pricing, milestone-based payments, and volume and amount-based tiered pricing, in support of both internal compliance as well as supplier invoice compliance. Companies have the ability to enforce contract compliance by ensuring that transactions are executed according to negotiated terms. Ariba Contract Compliance also contributes to the centralized repository of contracted products and services, which in turn accelerates the re-sourcing and contract renewal processes. Additionally companies can significantly reduce purchase order and invoice processing expenses through centralized visibility of contract terms and spend against contracts.

Ariba Contract Compliance is only available as a licensed solution.