Maximize sourcing savings
Increase spend under management, improve the sourcing pipeline, uncover new opportunities, and see exactly where money is going.
SAP Ariba Spend Analysis
Turn complex spend data into clear sourcing intelligence.
Make trusted, faster, and more confident buying decisions with enriched supplier data, machine-learning classification, and analytics that reveal savings, risk, and compliance opportunities across your spend.
From raw spend to reliable decisions
Maximize spend visibility and turn data into actionable intelligence.
The better you understand your spend, the greater your opportunity to improve sourcing efficiency, reduce risk, and reveal new savings opportunities. Data classification and enrichment help turn fragmented purchasing records into a trusted view of what you buy, from whom, and at what cost.
SAP Ariba Spend Analysis gives sourcing teams the insight to make faster, more confident buying decisions and negotiate with greater leverage across the supplier base.
Cloud deployment
Enriched supplier data
Advanced machine learning
Fast analysis and reporting
Business impact
Benefits of SAP Ariba Spend Analysis.
Build a clearer sourcing pipeline, improve leverage, and identify the off-contract activity that erodes value.
Reduce procurement costs
Discover supplier linkages, strengthen spend leverage, and expose price-index and discount leakage across the supplier base.
Improve contract compliance
Identify maverick, off-contract, and non-PO spend while guarding against fraud and other non-compliant activity.
What the solution delivers
Features designed to make spend intelligence usable.
Classify, enrich, and analyze spend at scale without sacrificing the speed sourcing teams need.
Full view of commodity spend
- Classify spend using industry standards and custom taxonomies.
- Use up to six classification levels with machine learning, supplier intelligence, mappings, and rules.
- Reveal category insights hidden within unstructured spend data.
Enriched supplier data
- Enhance supplier records with industry codes and Dun & Bradstreet business information.
- Integrate and map enriched information automatically to supplier data.
- Identify savings opportunities while tracking supplier diversity and sustainability initiatives.
Fast, powerful analytics
- Accelerate data loading and reporting with SAP HANA.
- Run complex, user-defined analytics without time-outs or data-size limits.
- Find faster savings opportunities within existing contracts and processes.
Make the next sourcing decision with confidence
Ready to see what your spend data can reveal?
Talk with a PREMIKATI practitioner about the data, classification, reporting, and adoption work required to turn SAP Ariba Spend Analysis into a reliable decision tool.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about SAP Ariba Spend Analysis.
Understand how the solution turns fragmented purchasing data into clearer sourcing priorities, stronger leverage, and better decisions.
What is SAP Ariba Spend Analysis?
SAP Ariba Spend Analysis is a cloud solution that consolidates, classifies, enriches, and analyzes purchasing data. It gives procurement teams a trusted view of spend by category, supplier, business unit, and other relevant dimensions.
What data can be included in the analysis?
Purchasing and supplier data from multiple internal systems can be brought together and mapped into a consistent taxonomy. The exact sources and integration approach depend on your system landscape and reporting requirements.
How does SAP Ariba classify spend data?
The solution supports industry standards and custom taxonomies, with machine learning, supplier intelligence, mappings, and rules used to organize spend. Classification can extend across multiple levels for more detailed category analysis.
How can spend analysis identify savings opportunities?
Greater visibility can reveal supplier fragmentation, price and discount leakage, maverick buying, off-contract purchases, and non-PO spend. Procurement can use those findings to prioritize sourcing events and improve negotiation leverage.
Can it support supplier diversity and sustainability reporting?
Yes. Enriched supplier information can help teams track supplier diversity and sustainability initiatives when the required data is available and included in the reporting model.
How does PREMIKATI support SAP Ariba Spend Analysis?
PREMIKATI helps organizations prepare source data, design category structures, deploy the solution, develop meaningful reporting, and improve user adoption. Our procurement practitioners connect the technology to the sourcing decisions and operating processes it is intended to support.