C_ARSOR_2208 SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Ariba Sourcing Questions and Answers

Request for proposal

Reverse Auction

Quick Quote posting

Request for Information

Notifications will need to be enabled

Content items must be set for offline responses

Alternative responses must be enabled

The template must be published and set to allow offline responses

The event must have bidding rules enabled for offline responses

The system limit is 30 terms per line.

The system limits the bidding through Microsoft Excel only.

The system limit is 2000 line items.

The system limit is 125 suppliers.

Lots/line items

Tier

Pricing

Bundles

Terms

Gather competitive information without revealing feedback to the supplier

Collect information about supplier qualifications and pricing information

Narrow the supply base by identifying which suppliers are most likely to respond

Allow suppliers to market their qualifications to project owners

SAP Ariba reports

Sourcing requests

A Microsoft Excel file

Past sourcing events

Create project announcements

Review quick links

Mark the project complete

Add a task

Upload a document

Allow participants to see scoring weights

Enable blind grading on participant responses

Default grading method

Enable scoring on participant responses

RFY Data Collection Template

Process design Matrix

Custom Header Fields

Eneblement Workbook

Name

Visible to Participant

Description

Prerequisite Value

Status: Private or Public

Approval Status: Approves or unapproved

Type: Enabled or Not Enabled

Username: Contains Data or Empty

A document sent to a supplier to obtain information prior to a sourcing event

A project that automatically becomes a full sourcing project upon approval

A copy of an existing sourcing project used as a staring point for a new sourcing project

A document that is used to ask the company authorized sourcing team to bid a product or service

The Customer Engagement Executive

The Ariba Buyer Discovery adoption team

The program manager

Another customer who has used SAP Ariba Discovery

Supplier registration questionnaire

Knowledge project

Contract workspace

Sourcing project

Sourcing request

RFI events

inRFP events

Large-capacity events

Auctions

Line Item

Requirment

Section

Attachment

To verify if suppliers can meet the specifications

To narrow the list of suppliers to invite to later events

To gain a preliminary bid from each supplier

To gather pricing and capability information

Display size is 30 pixels high and required size is 60 pixels high

Should be uploaded in administration only in a suite-integrated realm

Should have transparent background

Can be managed by customers

User licence for each licensed solution

User licence applicable only to SAP Ariba Supplier information and Perfomance Management

User iD for each licensed solution

User licence applicable only to SAP Ariba Sourcing

Bid agreement rules

Market feedback rules

Supplier eligibility criteria

Bidding rules

Assign contract manufacturers to BOMs.

Enter estimated pricing for materials.

Create quote requests for materials.

Create quote requests for materials they own.

Sourcing Library

Sourcing Project

Project Manager

Sourcing Project Template

Include in Cost: None

Apply to cost for: Per unit

Include in Cost: Adder

Apply to cost for: All units

Include in Cost: Adder

Apply to cost tor: Per unit

Include in Cost: Total Cost

Apply to cost for: Quantity

There are wide variations in product standards

Participants are bidding in multiple currencies

The supply base is competitive

Raw material prices for the suppliers are rising

Sourcing stakeholders

Requisitioners

Sourcing managers;

Invoice managers

Suppliers;

Index-based auction

Traffic light auction

Total cost auction

Reverse auction with a bid transformation

Suppliers can be restricted from participating in an action until they submit a starting price;

Suppliers can verify if they can supply the items at or below the starting price

Suppliers can see their rank before the auction opens

Supplier can verify if they can supply the items as designed;

Suppliers can review the number of suppliers participating in the auction

Serve as the escalation point for project issues.

Manage the project timeline

Drive the change management effort;

Provide the overall project vision;

Serve as the primary point of contract for the project

Set an access control on the folder

Add the users to Team tab in the Sourcing Library

Set a password on the folder

Hide the folder in a subfolder

Units of measure

Documents

Teams

Groups

Comoddity codes

After publishing, while monitoring

On the summary step before publish

When a test event is set to YES

When the event is in draft status

Customers can specify time periods for which they need a quote

Customers can schedule Simple RFx events for materials

Customers can capture pricing information on an ongoing basis

Customers can use Simple RFx event within auctions

Supplier can specify for how long are their quotes are valid

Update task settings

Update the dForm

Update system parameters

Update the template with an ad hoc create limit

Supplier submit decreasing bids within staggered lots that do not include overtime

Supplier submit decreasing bids within serial lots with durations displayed via color coded icons

Supplier must pass an access gate with prerequisites before participating in the full auction

Supplier submit decreasing bids and receive feedback on whether their bid will be considered via color coded icons.

Incumbent suppliers

Supplier research posting

Supplier response team

Mass invitation

SAP Ariba Spend Alanysis

SAP Ariba Contract

SAP Ariba Buying

SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance

Price breakdown

Bid transformation

Total cost

Alternative responses

Customer administrator

Customization administrator

Project mass edit administrator

Project Administrator

There are many suppliers invited to the auction

The market for the product on auction is higly competitive

Price data is highly sensitive

You expect a wide variation in bids

Adding new rows

Editing the column headers

Sorting and filtering the excel file

Creating a system ID for new rows

Editing the tab labels

Approval

Review

ToDo

Notification

They submit technical qualifications only with no pricing data

They watch the buyer increase the price periodically and bid at their lowest acceptable price

They read the buyers specifications and submit their best price

They submit progressively lower bids to beat their competitors

Bid decrement

Protect lead bid with front buffer of

Protect lead bid with back buffer of

Bid guardian percentage

Overall percentage

Weight

Importance

Target grade

Component inventory data

PO confirmation

RFP responses

Supplier registration form

Purchase order

To transfer updates from an ERP system to SAP Ariba in real time

To transfer updates from an ERP system to SAP Ariba on scheduled basis

To eliminate the need to manually update data in Ariba to match ERP

To ensure data is synchronized across all SAP Ariba applications