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SAP Ariba · AMS · Rollout

Go-live is not the finish line.

RB Tech Advisory is an SAP Ariba specialist consultancy. The focus is AMS for companies already running the platform, along with implementation, rollout and integration with SAP ECC and S/4HANA.

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The problem

After go-live is when Ariba shows whether it was well delivered

In the months that follow come the ERP integrations failing with no owner, the suppliers not transacting on SAP Business Network and the approvals stuck with nobody sure why. RB Tech's AMS exists to take operations out of that reactive mode.

Services

What RB Tech does

For companies already running SAP Ariba and for consulting firms that need to strengthen their teams with a platform specialist.

SAP Ariba AMS

Post go-live support across the full suite.

  • Incidents, configuration adjustments and continuous improvement
  • Triage between incident, adjustment and design gap
  • Supplier enablement and user training

Implementation and rollout

Suite design and configuration, and rollout to new countries and units.

  • Configuration tailored to each country's requirements
  • New waves going live without destabilizing what is already in production
  • Unit and integration testing

ERP integration

Integration of Ariba with SAP ECC and S/4HANA.

  • Via CIG (SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway)
  • Via SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway
  • Master data, suppliers and purchasing documents

Solutions and integrations supported

  • SLP
  • Sourcing (RFI, RFP and auction)
  • Contracts
  • Buying and Invoicing
  • Guided Buying
  • Catalogs
  • SAP Business Network
  • SAP Business Network for Supply Chain Collaboration (SCC)
  • CIG
  • SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway

AMS method

From go-live to operations under control

Specialist support for SAP Ariba landscapes integrated with the ERP via CIG, in four stages.

Diagnosis

  • Review of the landscape and integrations
  • Backlog and recurring tickets mapped
  • Priorities agreed with the business

Stabilization

  • Critical backlog handled first
  • Root cause, not just workarounds
  • CIG integration monitoring, with error handling and reprocessing

Operations

  • Triage: incident, adjustment or design gap
  • SLAs and a regular follow-up routine
  • Ongoing supplier enablement

Evolution

  • Controlled improvements to the landscape
  • Assessment and selective adoption of Ariba quarterly releases
  • Roadmap built with procurement and IT
  1. Reactive
  2. Stable
  3. Predictable
  4. Evolving

The goal is to move out of reactive mode without reopening the project from scratch.

Sectors with project experience

Cases

Projects by sector

Anonymized cases. Client names are not disclosed.

Multinational group

Full suite rollout and AMS across 15+ countries · Americas and Europe · 2022 to 2023

A program that brought Sourcing, Contracts, SLP, Buying with Guided Buying, Invoicing, Catalogs and SAP Business Network to operations on two continents. Rafael Barbieri, founder of RB Tech, was the lead Ariba consultant. The rollout did not happen in a frozen environment: while new waves went live, the countries already in production needed AMS, each with its own tax rules and supplier base.

  • Suite configuration tailored to each country's requirements
  • S/4HANA integration via CIG
  • Supplier enablement on SAP Business Network at every go-live wave
  • Rollout and AMS in parallel, with production countries kept stable
  • Withholding tax data added to the SLP internal supplier questionnaire

E-commerce and retail

Rollout and AMS

  • End-to-end SLP: supplier request, registration and qualification, with modular questionnaires
  • Sourcing (RFI, RFP and auction) and Contracts with approval workflows
  • Buying and Guided Buying: master data, 3 Bids and Buy, import requisitions and PR/PO types
  • Invoicing, Catalogs, S/4HANA integration via CIG and post go-live AMS

Pulp industry

Brazil and international · Implementation, rollout and AMS

  • Full suite configuration for operations in Brazil and abroad
  • S/4HANA integration via CIG, with unit and integration testing
  • AMS across all modules: incidents, continuous improvement and rollout to new units

Automotive industry

Implementation

  • SLP (supplier registration), Sourcing (RFI, RFP and auction), Contracts, Buying, Invoicing and Catalogs
  • S/4HANA integration via CIG

Mining

Implementation and AMS · SCC

  • SAP Business Network for Supply Chain Collaboration: Order Collaboration (order confirmations and ASNs) and invoice collaboration
  • Forecast & Commit, inventory visibility and supplier onboarding on the network
  • Post go-live AMS: incidents, configuration adjustments and user training

About

Rafael Barbieri, founder

Rafael Barbieri has worked with SAP for 13+ years, focused on SAP Ariba: AMS, implementation and rollout across the full suite, and integration with SAP ECC and S/4HANA.

He was the lead Ariba consultant on a full suite rollout across 15+ countries, bringing new waves live while keeping the countries already in production stable. That experience underpins the AMS method of RB Tech Advisory, founded in 2019.

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Let's talk about your SAP Ariba environment

A 30-minute conversation to understand your situation and see whether RB Tech's AMS is a fit.

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