Ariba Commerce Cloud

Hubspan Powers Integration for the Ariba Commerce Cloud

In today’s business world, it’s increasingly important to share information with your customers and partners, as well as collaborate on critical business processes, like procurement, eCommerce, e-invoicing, and other operations. However, achieving this close level of collaboration is easier said than done.

Integration can be challenging, with companies using a myriad of networks, applications, and standards. Most companies have invested in strategic IT initiatives and need to leverage their existing infrastructure and processes. Also, there are multiple supplier networks competing for buyers and suppliers.

Hubspan and Ariba are partnering to make it easier to achieve seamless integration and interoperability for suppliers and buyers leveraging the Ariba Commerce Cloud with integration packages aligned with the Ariba Network.

There are five Hubspan Integration Connectors available with the Ariba Network in the Commerce Cloud as well as custom processes:

• Purchase Order Connector: Enables purchase order exchanges, as well as other messages such as purchase order acknowledgements and shipping and delivery notices, in a secure environment.
• Invoice Connector:  Provides electronic exchange of invoices, as well as other invoice-related documents across systems, applications and enterprises. 
• Punchout Connector:  Offers a direct connection from a buyer’s procurement system to a supplier’s online store and catalog on the Ariba Network.
• Catalog Management Connector:  Allows suppliers to automatically manage the catalog upload process for buyers on the Ariba Network.
• Price & Availability Connector:  Enables a buyer community to access up-to-date pricing and availability information directly from supplier catalogs on the Ariba Network. 

Ariba and Hubspan Provide Seamless Integration and eBusiness

The Ariba Commerce Cloud combined with the Hubspan Integration Cloud provide end-to-end business process automation and interoperability across systems, applications and business rules. Hubspan enables integration and interoperability across all major ERP, Supply Chain, and CRM systems, including SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Siebel, Salesforce.com, Baan, and more.

Hubspan complements the vast features of the Ariba Network, with solutions that enable seamless integration for punchout, purchase orders, invoices, catalog management and other processes. Because Hubspan is delivered in the software as a service (SaaS) model, you pay a cost-effective, monthly subscription fee that allows you to start small and grow as needed. No software or hardware is needed, and Hubspan extends all existing systems.

There are five Hubspan Integration Connectors available with the Ariba Network in the Commerce Cloud as well as custom processes:

• Purchase Order Connector: Enables purchase order exchanges, as well as other messages such as purchase order acknowledgements and shipping and delivery notices, in a secure environment.
• Invoice Connector:  Provides electronic exchange of invoices, as well as other invoice-related documents across systems, applications and enterprises. 
• Punchout Connector:  Offers a direct connection from a buyer’s procurement system to a supplier’s online store and catalog on the Ariba Network.
• Catalog Management Connector:  Allows suppliers to automatically manage the catalog upload process for buyers on the Ariba Network.
• Price & Availability Connector:  Enables a buyer community to access up-to-date pricing and availability information directly from supplier catalogs on the Ariba Network. 

Expert Services to Manage the Integration for You

All Connector packages include integration services from Hubspan’s expert team of service and support professionals. Hubspan provides extensive implementation services, such as on-boarding, business analysis, process design and configuration, production testing, business rule definition, and more. Following implementation, Hubspan delivers project management, change management and tier 1/2/3 support.

Plus, Hubspan’s managed services are backed by a state-of-the-art infrastructure with the highest levels of security, reliability and scalability.  Hubspan maintains strong service level agreements (SLAs) around reliability and performance, and its ten years in the cloud integration market ensures you receive best-in-class services.