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SAP Certified Associate - Implementation Consultant - SAP Ariba Supplier Management

Implementation-consultant curriculum for SAP Ariba Supplier Management. It covers the supplier record and lifecycle, onboarding and questionnaires, qualification and preferred status, supplier performance, supplier risk, reporting, configuration, security, and integration. Product behavior can differ between classic and next-gen architecture; objectives require learners to identify the applicable architecture and enabled solution package before recommending a design.

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The syllabus

What you need to understand

The blueprint connects every published objective to the concepts you will learn, practise and revisit.

Supplier Management Portfolio and Supplier Data

2 objectives
  1. SM-1.1Distinguish Supplier Management capabilities and architecture dependencies
    • Supplier Management portfolio
    • Architecture and feature applicability
  2. SM-1.2Govern supplier profiles, contacts, relationships, and sensitive data
    • Supplier 360° profile
    • Supplier data governance

Supplier Onboarding and Information Collection

2 objectives
  1. SM-2.1Design and manage supplier request and registration workflows
    • Supplier request
    • Supplier registration
  2. SM-2.2Apply modular questionnaires and certificate controls
    • Modular supplier management questionnaire
    • Supplier certificate management

Qualification, Process Projects, and Preferred Suppliers

2 objectives
  1. SM-3.1Manage qualification, disqualification, renewal, and eligibility
    • Supplier qualification
    • Qualification renewal and disqualification
  2. SM-3.2Design process projects and govern preferred status
    • Supplier management process project
    • Preferred supplier status

Supplier Performance Management

2 objectives
  1. SM-4.1Manage the SPM project lifecycle
    • SPM project lifecycle
    • SPM master documents and recurrence
  2. SM-4.2Configure and interpret surveys and scorecards
    • Supplier performance survey
    • Supplier performance scorecard

Supplier Risk and Engagement Risk

2 objectives
  1. SM-5.1Interpret supplier risk exposure and alerts
    • Supplier risk exposure
    • Supplier risk alert
  2. SM-5.2Manage control-based engagement assessments and issues
    • Control-based engagement risk assessment
    • Supplier risk issue management

Configuration, Integration, Security, and Reporting

2 objectives
  1. SM-6.1Configure templates, roles, data mappings, and integrations securely
    • Supplier management template
    • Supplier field mapping
    • Supplier data synchronization
  2. SM-6.2Build and interpret supplier-management reports
    • Supplier 360° profile
    • Supplier Management analytical reporting
Explore concept graph24 concepts · 14 prerequisite links
Supplier Management portfolioArchitecture and feature applicabilitySupplier 360° profileSupplier data governanceSupplier requestSupplier registrationModular supplier management questionnaireSupplier certificate managementSupplier qualificationQualification renewal and disqualificationSupplier management process projectPreferred supplier statusSPM project lifecycleSPM master documents and recurrenceSupplier performance surveySupplier performance scorecardSupplier risk exposureSupplier risk alertControl-based engagement risk assessmentSupplier risk issue managementSupplier management templateSupplier field mappingSupplier data synchronizationSupplier Management analytical reporting

Prerequisite relationships

  1. Supplier performance surveySupplier performance scorecardHelpful
  2. Control-based engagement risk assessmentSupplier risk issue managementHelpful
  3. Supplier risk exposureSupplier risk alertHelpful
  4. Modular supplier management questionnaireSupplier qualificationHelpful
  5. Supplier field mappingSupplier data synchronizationHelpful
  6. Supplier requestSupplier registrationHelpful
  7. Supplier 360° profileSupplier Management analytical reportingHelpful
  8. Supplier Management portfolioSupplier 360° profileHelpful
  9. Supplier qualificationQualification renewal and disqualificationRequired
  10. Modular supplier management questionnaireSupplier certificate managementRequired
  11. Supplier management templateSupplier field mappingRequired
  12. Supplier qualificationPreferred supplier statusRequired
  13. Supplier 360° profileSupplier data governanceHelpful
  14. SPM project lifecycleSPM master documents and recurrenceRequired

Who this is for

Implementation consultants preparing to participate in SAP Ariba Supplier Management design and implementation projects. The supporting material is also relevant to supplier managers, category managers, risk managers, template creators, administrators, and reporting specialists.

Before you begin

No formal prerequisite is established by the current official learning journey. Helpful prior knowledge includes SAP Ariba source-to-pay processes, supplier master data, project templates and approvals, organizational master data, SAP Business Network, and ERP integration fundamentals.

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