Automated Purchase-to-Pay with SAP Ariba Commerce Automation (J82)

Automation of purchase order to invoice processing in the Ariba Network with SAP Ariba Commerce Automation integration enables you to seamlessly connect from SAP S/4HANA to your suppliers in the Ariba Network. You can send electronic purchase orders to your suppliers using the Ariba Network and receive electronic order confirmations, advance shipping notices, and invoices from your suppliers in the Ariba Network in SAP S/4HANA. You can use Ariba Network integration in the procurement of direct or indirect materials and in the procurement of project-based services processes.

Digitized collaboration with your suppliers in the Ariba Network supports you in speeding up procurement processes and in reducing the number of manual process steps, reducing the cost of transactions with your suppliers.

The Automation of Source-to-Pay with Ariba Network (42K) scope item is the successor to J82, leveraging SOAP APIs and the cloud integration gateway to integrate with Ariba Network. Customers who didn’t activate J82 previously need to activate 42K instead. Customers who already activated J82 can continue to use it until further notification.

New functionalities will be added only to the 42K scope item. Presently, 42K does not fully cover all functionalities of J82. The existing gaps will be closed with future releases of SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Once the gaps are closed and 42K covers all of J82's functionalities, J82 will be deprecated.

Key Process Steps Covered

Approved purchase orders are sent electronically to the suppliers you interact with via the Ariba Network
Automatically receive digital order confirmations from your suppliers
Electronically process digital advance shipping notices sent by your suppliers in the Ariba Network into inbound deliveries in SAP S/4HANA
Automatically send goods receipt notices to suppliers in the Ariba Network
Electronically receive invoices from suppliers in the Ariba Network
Digitally update suppliers in the Ariba Network on invoice status updates

Benefits

Reduce transaction costs
Speed up procurement processes
Improve compliance
Reduce manual process steps and achieve 98% touchless invoice processing
Increase productivity of procurement and accounts payable staff

Software Products

SAP Ariba Commerce Automation

Where is Automated Purchase-to-Pay with SAP Ariba Commerce Automation(J82) being used?

This Scope item is used in the following way:

As a core function of Operational Procurement within Sourcing and Procurement Scope Item Group
As a management function of Invoice Management within Sourcing and Procurement Scope Item Group
As a core function of Inventory within Supply Chain Scope Item Group

Process flow of Automated Purchase-to-Pay with SAP Ariba Commerce Automation (J82)

Find below the process flow of the scope item Automated Purchase-to-Pay with SAP Ariba Commerce Automation as it is defined for release s4hc-2111.

Download Process Flow of Best Practice scenario Automated Purchase-to-Pay with SAP Ariba Commerce Automation (J82) - S/4HANA Cloud

Ref: Supply Chain of SAP S4HC-2111

Best Practices related to S/4HANA

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Best Practices of SAP S/4HANA Cloud *2
Best Practices of SAP Analytics Cloud *2
Best Practices of Robotics Process Automation(RPA) with SAP Leonardo *2

*1) Yearly Updates are released per September of each year
*2) The Quarterly updates are released per Februari, May, August and November
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