We use basic features like getting quotes. 

Ariba allows us to manage our suppliers seamlessly. It allows us to manage our relationship with the suppliers, the contracts, and invoices. It makes life easier for our organisation. It is a good application to use.

The solution's most useful feature is the procurement tool. It collects all the data in one place.

The best features are the ease of use and the workflow management that allows me to understand every step in the approval process so that I can forecast the time through my request and its approval.

I like the guided buying features.

The PunchOut functionality is fantastic as it makes shopping very easy. This has saved us a lot of time in that employees can look directly on a vendor's website, see what's available, and order it.

The Precision Time Protocol (PTP).

SAP Ariba's Sourcing cloud based solution has the greatest quantifiable ROI of its solutions, which typically occurs within the first six months after acquisition for most companies. The ability to perform online auctions and RFPs has real savings implications which are incremental to traditional approaches and otherwise would be difficult to obtain.