Daniela Howell
Daniela Howell is Director of Ariba Managed Support at CCP Global Inc. She has broad experience as a project manager and consulting professional working with business process and technology implementations in a variety of global industries. With over 20 years of SAP and supply chain experience, she brings diverse solutions to our clients.
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Ariba Network Customer Management: Standardizing Business Practices across Accounts
There’s a lot of focus on Supplier Management in SAP Ariba. But another facet in that relationship is Customer Management. Sometimes, just as with suppliers, your Ariba customer accounts can…
SAP Ariba Catalog Management: An Overview
If you’re not taking advantage of SAP Ariba Catalog Management capabilities, you’re missing out on one of the most effective – and simplest – centralized procurement software solutions.
End of Support for SAP ITK: FAQ
As of December 31, 2023, SAP will no longer support SAP Ariba's Integration Toolkit. What your organization will need to do to replace it depends upon what technologies you're using…
Ariba 2022 Q4 Release: Best Downstream Features
This feature update includes 89 new features. On the downstream side, the biggest takeaway for us is in the number of updates and improvements to buying and invoicing and the…
SAP Ariba 2022 Q3 Release: Best Downstream Features
The focus on this particular release seems to be communication and efficiency. Many of the updates allow buyers and suppliers to be able to track their own orders, confirmations or…
Required SAP Ariba Updates with Expiring Support
There are a couple of crucial modules that SAP Ariba is upgrading to more cloud-based functionality. It's important to make a plan now before the standard support for these modules…
SAP Ariba’s 2022 Q2 Release: Most Useful Downstream Features
There's a lot to love in the downstream updates of SAP Ariba's 2022 Q2 release: improvements to the mobile app, more convenience features in buying & Invoicing, and enhanced accessibility…
SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration (SCC)
There’s been a growing interest in the topic of Supply Chain Collaboration (SCC) lately, and with good reason. It automates every step of the supply chain process to improve flow,…
Guided Buying: Simplifying the Procurement Process
If your company already uses SAP Ariba Buying or Buying and Invoicing, and you’re not taking advantage of the included Guided Buying feature, you might want to reconsider. Guided Buying…
Change Management for SAP Ariba Success: Transformation
The buzzword “transformation” is everywhere. Procurement Transformation. Supply Chain Transformation. Finance Transformation. P2P Transformation. That’s because implementing an automated procurement system like SAP Ariba is a big change. As we…
Change Management for SAP Ariba Success: Training
People tend to push back on training: it's boring, it's time-consuming, it takes them away from their "real" jobs. But proper training is a crucial component in both the initial…
Change Management for SAP Ariba Success: Alignment of Roles and Processes
Switching from a manual procurement process or more antiquated system to SAP Ariba involves big, long-term changes. Because Ariba automates procurement, meaning you need fewer workers performing manual tasks, one…