Strategic Sourcing Suite

The digitization of business interactions is an essential step on the way towards Industry 4.0. We want to take this step together with our suppliers. Therefore, we are now using the Strategic Sourcing Suite (SSS) by SAP Business Network to handle the sourcing, supplier management and contracting process. The registration and qualification with ABB as well as the participation in tenders will be free of charge.

Supplier Onboarding Process – ABB

Each potential ABB supplier must undergo a two-step verification process:

Registration

(Ariba Account Creation & ABB Registration Questionnaire)

To complete the registration, you will receive, on behalf of ABB buyer, a system generated invitation letter with login link if you have not received, please get in touch with your ABB Buyer.

Qualification

Once successfully registered with ABB, You will receive Qualification invite to complete further onboarding process which includes multiple Questionnaires which needs to be filled and submitted withing the stipulated time.

After you submit the qualification form back to ABB, we will internally review, assess and confirm on your Qualification status.

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Process Flow Supplier Registration

1. Receive invitation

To start the registration proces, please click on the registration link in the e-mail invitation.

2. Sign up / Log in

Click on sign up to create a new user account or click on login if you already have an Ariba account with any of your customers (provided ABB email invitation is sent to same email ID connected to the existing ANID).

3. SAP Ariba & ABB Form

Fill out the SAP Ariba form & all the mandatory questions in the ABB Registration form and submit.

4. Registration completed

Congratulations! You are now part of the SAP Ariba Network, shortly you will be receiving Qualification forms in order to get yourself Qualified to transact with ABB.

Process Flow Supplier Qualification

1. Receive Qualification invitation

To start with Qualification proces please click on the link received via email notification or login to ABB Ariba account.

Under Questionnaire section you will find Qualification questionnaires, please fill all the questions and submit.

2. Reviewing the questionnaire

ABB will review the questionnaire and ask for additional information if required and take necessary mitigation actions, such as audit or financial review.

3. Qualification completed

Congratulations! You are now part of the ABB SAP Ariba Network. You will be able to transact with ABB now.

Process Flow Supplier Registration

1. Receive invitation

To start the registration proces, please click on the registration link in the e-mail invitation

2. Log in

Click on "Log in" to enter your acount and find the Registration questionnaire there

3. ABB Form

Please fill out at least all mandatory questions in the ABB specific questionnaire and submit the form

4. Registration completed

Congratulations! You are now part of the SAP Ariba Network. You are now able to receive tenders from ABB.

Process Flow Supplier Qualification

1. Receive Qualification invitation

To start with Qualification proces please click on the link received via email notification or login to ABB Ariba account.

Under Questionnaire section you will find Qualification questionnaires, please fill all the questions and submit.

2. Reviewing the questionnaire

ABB will review the questionnaire and ask for additional information if required and take necessary mitigation actions, such as audit or financial review.

3. Qualification completed

Congratulations! You are now part of the ABB SAP Ariba Network. You will be able to transact with ABB now.

FAQs & Support

The following list describes common registration issues and how to resolve them:

Duplicate username: You can access your existing account or create a new user account with a unique username by deselecting the Use my email as my username box under the Email field. Your username does not need to match your email address.
Duplicate D-U-N-S (Data Universal Numbering System) number: You can leave the DUNS Number field empty during registration or contact the administrator of the account that already uses the same number. You can also add your D-U-N-S number on the Marketing tab of your Company Profile after registration. Note: Applicable to US Suppliers only
Account already merged when registering with an existing account: This occurs when you try to link to a sourcing buyer with an account that is already used on the buyer's site. You can contact your buyer to find the linked account and deactivate any duplicate account(s). Alternatively, you can create a new account.
Different username and password expected when registering with an existing account: This occurs when you try to link to a sourcing buyer with an account that is different from the accounts used by others in your company. You can try to find the existing account by contacting your colleagues and/or the buyer. Alternatively, you can create a new account.
Error: "There has been an issue connecting to the Sourcing Server. Please try to connect to the service later.": If you experience this error repeatedly, there is a conflict between information in the registered account and in the sourcing buyer's site. Your buyer might have some of your account information stored in a different account. Contact Ariba Customer Support to review the possible conflicts.

Answer: Minimum supported browser requirements with effect from 2nd March 2024 –

Apple Safari (15 or above)
Google Chrome (88 or above)
Microsoft Edge (88 or above)
Mobile Safari on iPad (15 or above)
Mozilla Firefox (87 or above)

The invitation link that the supplier clicked to access the event is likely expired. Invitation links are de-signed for one time use only and they will expire after they have been used successfully. If the supplier have successfully accessed the event before, the supplier can use the following link to sign into your Ariba Sourcing dashboard: http://supplier.ariba.com. It's recommended that you bookmark this site in your browser for future use.

If the supplier have not accessed the event and is receiving this error, the link the supplier is clicking is bro-ken and was likely never working as it should. In this case, the supplier will need to contact the Project In-vitation links that have never been used are typically designed to be valid for 30 days.

The supplier entered an incorrect username or password. They might also receive this message in the following scenarios:

The password contains part of your username
The browser is automatically filling in an invalid character or the incorrect username/password
The supplier entered a username that is not currently valid for your account
The supplier entered an incorrect password
The supplier is not using a certified browser
Computer cookies have not been cleared

The supplier is receiving this error because the username they are attempting to use is already connected to an existing user in the buyer's Sourcing site, and a duplicate user has been created and invited to this sourcing event by the buyer. Ask your Buyer resend the invitation to your Registered ANID.

If the supplier is trying to access the event using the invitation which was sent to another public contact or if the supplier is trying to access the event using a different ANID from the one which was connected to the supplier pro-file.

The supplier is receiving this message because the username they are entering is already associated with an Ariba Network, Ariba Discovery, or Ariba Sourcing supplier account. They still be able to register a new user account, but the new username will need to be unique to satisfy Ariba's system requirements.SAP Ariba requires that all usernames be formatted like an email address, but they do not have to be a valid email address. For example, if your username of example@ariba.com was not accepted, you can try using example1@ariba.com.

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Supplier Onboarding Process – ABB

Registration

Qualification

Process Flow Supplier Registration

1. Receive invitation

2. Sign up / Log in

3. SAP Ariba & ABB Form

4. Registration completed

Process Flow Supplier Qualification

1. Receive Qualification invitation

2. Reviewing the questionnaire

3. Qualification completed

Process Flow Supplier Registration

1. Receive invitation

2. Log in

3. ABB Form

4. Registration completed

Process Flow Supplier Qualification

1. Receive Qualification invitation

2. Reviewing the questionnaire

3. Qualification completed

FAQs & Support

1. What are the common issues when registering an account?

2. What browser versions are certified for SAP Ariba cloud solutions?

3. Why is the supplier is receiving the below error when trying to access an event from the invitation? “The link you clicked has expired. Please contact your Project Owner and request that they resend you the event invitation email”

4. Why does the supplier receive this message on the SAP Ariba Login page? “The username and password pair you entered was not found”

5. What does this error message mean? “The username and password entered has already merged to another Ariba Sourcing user account”.

6. Why does the supplier receive the following error when they click Proposals or Contracts from the solution naviga-tor? “You do not have the appropriate permissions to access this page. Contact your account administrator to request access to this page”.

7. Why supplier is getting this Error "User already exists. Please enter a different username."?

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