1. BPC Advanced Webinar Series Sourcing Pro Standard Sourcing Templates 101
2/13/2013
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2. BPC Advanced Webinar Series Standard Sourcing Templates 101
Presented by:
Ariba’s Best Practice Center (BPC)
Today’s Presenter:
Mauricio Roveri
Sourcing Consultant
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3. Overview
When you’re creating an event, do you ever wonder which sourcing template is best suited to meet your needs?
This session will take you through the differences between the out of the box templates, and how to make better decisions about what template to use and when to use them.
It is expected that you are already somewhat familiar with the Ariba Sourcing Technology.
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4. How strong are our incumbents?
Let’s start at the beginning…..how do you choose the right opportunity for eSourcing? Below are common questions you may ask...
Creating the Project - Selecting the right opportunity
Is the business even available?
How strong are our incumbents?
What’s the best strategy for awarding the business?
How much information do I need?
How soon can I award this business?
Can I expect any savings?
How much time do I have?
Who are my suppliers?
What are the gaps in my information?
What is the risk?
Do I have my data and specifications and are they accurate?
How attractive is this business?
How will my incumbents react?
How well do I know this industry?
Will I have internal resistance to new suppliers?
How will success be defined?
Will my suppliers be resistant to the new technology?
These questions are not unique…buyers ask them anytime they need to address a basic business need

5. Contractually Available Commercially Attractive
The easiest and quickest method for selecting an opportunity for Sourcing is the use of the “Six C’s”
Make sure your project meets all the Six C’s requirements
Contractually Available
Commercially Attractive
Competitive Supply Base
Clearly Defined Requirements
Compressible Margins
Commitment

6. When you consider projects for eSourcing, don’t be swayed by any of the following myths…..
Creating the Project - Selecting the right opportunity
Myth
Truth
Contract award is based on price alone
You as the buyer make the final award decision, and price is only one factor in that decision. The solution is designed to find market price.
Small businesses are placed at a disadvantage
Projects can be configured (i.e. lotted) in such a way to carve out parts of the business for smaller suppliers. You as the buyer make that decision.
Process works well for commodities but not complex goods or services.
The process has proven to be effective for most categories of spend… use the “Six C’s” as the litmus test for identifying projects

7. The Sourcing Process

8. Sourcing Analysis Sourcing Analysis Phase 1 Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 2
The Two Phase Sourcing Process is Recommended for All Sourcing Projects
Phase 1
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 2
Request for Proposal
Request for Proposal
Negotiate
Negotiate
Sourcing Analysis
Sourcing Analysis
Present initial requirements
Collect initial bids
Collect creative options
In-depth options analysis
Short list suppliers
Determine Phase 2 approach
RFP/Sealed Bid
Reverse Auction
Final presentation of requirements
Final Price and Performance Evaluation
Award Recommendation
Final presentation of requirements
Final Price and Performance Evaluation
Award Recommendation
Preliminary Market Assessment
Preliminary Plan
Initial Supplier List
Preliminary Market Assessment
Preliminary Plan
Initial Supplier List

9. Creating the Project: Choosing the Appropriate RFx Type

10. Request for Information (RFI)
Create a Questionnaire, gather supplier feedback and qualify suppliers based on their responses.
Items/Lots can be created for informational purposes but pricing cannot be collected at this stage, only qualitative information.
Buyers can weigh and grade supplier responses, and create an overall score for each supplier.
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11. RFPs – Non-Competitive
Request for Proposal
RFP with Total Cost
Collect Pricing Information through Line Items/Lots
Contains the Essential Features to conduct most RFPs
Buyers can weigh and grade supplier responses, and create an overall score for each supplier.
Contains features that allow the buyer to additional cost factors (terms) which will calculate additions, subtractions, multiplications, on top of an Extended Price to calculate a Total Cost per line item/lot for each supplier.
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12. Auctions - Competitive
Reverse Auction
Total Cost Auction
Competitive and Dynamic Bidding Event where suppliers compete for business
Contains the Essential Features to conduct most RFPs
Focused on Price
Time Compressed
Contains features that allow the buyer to additional cost factors (terms) which will calculate additions, subtractions, multiplications, on top of an Extended Price to calculate a Total Cost per line item/lot for each supplier.
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13. Ariba Sourcing provides you with three event types to assist you in your buying decision
Request for Information (RFI)
“In order to make intelligent purchasing decisions, factors other than price must often be considered. The RFI enables you to create a questionnaire and assign preliminary scores and grades to each question.”
Request for Proposal (RFP)
“An RFP provides an efficient means of gathering competitive market and pricing information. RFPs provide a non-competitive negotiation format.”
Auction
“…is a dynamic online bidding session in which suppliers submit legally binding bids for business. Suppliers can receive feedback about others bids…..and can then adjust their own bids.”

14. Use the RFI type when:
You need additional information about the capabilities of the supply base.
You are anticipating a future need
You are not prepared to go to market because of incomplete data

15. Use the RFP type when:
You may not be sure what you need and are asking suppliers to offer suggestion to include pricing
You want the option to award business now or in the future via auction
You know the supply base will reject an online auction

16. Use the Auction type when:
There are clear indicators of a competitive landscape
You know what you want and can satisfy all Six C’s

17. Event Process Phase 1 RFx
Execute Phase 1 RFx to determine Phase 2 approach
Draft Phase 2 RFx
Construct RFX
Internal Practice Auction
Test event settings with internal practice event
Publish RFx
Publish event for supplier review and response
Supplier Practice Auction
Conduct practice event to complete suppliers’ training
Always start with Phase 1 RFx – RFP, Sealed Bid, RFI then determine your Phase 2 Approach based on the results from Phase 1. In this training we took the direction of a reverse auction approach which should always include an Internal Practice Auction and Supplier Practice Auction prior to running the Live Auction. Reach out to the BPC for assistance with your events!
Internal
Practice Auction
Supplier
Practice
Auction
Spend
Assessment
Sourcing
Analysis
Initial Planning
Draft Phase
2 RFx
Publish
RFx
Live Bidding
Event
Prebids
Post
Communication
Phase 1

18. Recommended Sourcing Process
Always focus on Total Best Value regardless of which sourcing approach is used.
The best buyers know which Phase 2 tactic to utilize and are skilled at executing that tactic.
Avoid negotiations after Phase 2 RFP or Reverse Auction. It undermines the effect of the competitive bidding process.
The goal of all sourcing approaches is the same: Total Best Value for the company. Many problems reported about auctions all come from the fact that they have been used to make “price only” decisions. We have all seen in our personal lives the negative effects of buying goods or services based on price only. Quality and performance are worth the difference. All sourcing approaches should always be striving to deliver the best combination of price, quality, and performance: Total Best Value.
The strongest sourcing organizations develop their sourcing professionals in all three approaches. You don’t want pitchers who can only throw a fast ball. If all the pitchers on the team can throw a fast ball, a curve ball, and a change up equally well, it is a much stronger team.
It has been quite common for organizations to follow a sealed bid with 3 rounds of negotiations. This process is typically used in many competitive arenas and much of the negotiation is focused on price reduction. That process becomes well known by their suppliers. So the suppliers know that they should not give their best bid in the sealed bid. They lower their price just enough to get into the first round of negotiation. That tactic is repeated through each round. It is a time consuming process which yields widely varying results. When a buyer has competition in their favor they should use it and let the competition do the most of the work for them.

19. Wrap-Up
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10-question multiple-choice survey
Please join us for our next sessions:
February 27th, 2:00pm ET – Working with Notifications (Sourcing & Contracts)
February 28th, 9:00am ET – Administration Best Practices (Sourcing & Contracts)
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Contracts: The Contract Request Process
Sourcing: Matrix Pricing
Sourcing: Custom Offline Response Sheet
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