Wende Burgess
Wende Burgess is an Associate Partner at CCP Global. She has led multiple global SAP Ariba and SAP S/4HANA and ECC programs related to Source-to-Pay solutions, Supplier Management, Sourcing & Contract Management, and Change Management. Wende formerly worked for SAP Ariba, where she was tasked with ensuring the success of high-risk deployments and re-deployments of SAP Ariba. She also was the product owner for Supplier Management Solutions at EY before coming to CCP Global.
Categories
- Ariba Change Management (8)
- Ariba Managed Support (AMS) (15)
- Ariba Post-Deployment Success (5)
- Ariba Pre-Deployment Readiness (8)
- Ariba Quarterly Updates (18)
- Guided Sourcing (3)
- SAP Ariba News (16)
- SAP Ariba Solutions (16)
- SAP Ariba Spend Management (3)
- SAP S/4HANA (9)
- Supply Chain Process Improvement (1)
Greenfield, Brownfield, Hybrid: S/4HANA Conversion Options
There isn’t a one-size-fits-all method when it comes to making the transition to S/4HANA and which approach you choose will depend upon your current situation. In this article we look…
SAP S/4HANA Migration: FAQ
If you have a current SAP ERP system, you already know what’s around the corner: you’re going to have to migrate to S/4HANA prior to the end of the standard…
SAP Ariba 2022 Q2 Release: Most Useful Upstream Features
SAP’s 2022 Q2 Release included 83 new features. One takeaway is the increased focus on improving Guided Sourcing to have more of the functions and features associated with standard sourcing.…
Ariba Pre-Deployment Readiness: Common Threads
There are four factors that are critical to a successful deployment of your SAP Ariba solutions, or to any transformational project. Here is an overview of our series with a…
Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG)
If you have Ariba, you must move to Ariba’s Cloud Integration Gateway, or CIG, before Dec. 31, 2023. There will be no additional maintenance provided by Ariba for CI9 after…
SAP Ariba Pre-Deployment Readiness: Buying and Invoicing
In the previous articles in this series, we’ve examined preparing for your deployment as it applies to SAP Ariba upstream modules. Now we’ll look at the Ariba downstream modules related…
SAP Ariba Pre-Deployment Readiness: Supplier Management
Supplier management is the most complex solution to prepare for from a deployment standpoint. It’s also the most crucial because your suppliers are quite literally the backbone of your SAP…
SAP Ariba Pre-Deployment Readiness: Contract Management
In this article, we delve into preparing for your SAP Ariba Contracts Deployment. The key is to identify your goal before you start preparing for deployment. There are decisions that…
SAP Ariba Pre-Deployment Readiness: Sourcing
SAP’s Activate methodology has five foundational phases: Prepare. Explore. Realize. Deploy. Run. We’d like to add one more that we call Phase Zero: Initiation. In part one of this Pre-Deployment…
SAP Ariba Best Practices: Are They Best for You?
When one of our CCP Global consultants arrives on “Day One” to assess a new client's current SAP Ariba environment, they often hear this, “We don’t want a deep dive…
Creating A Procurement Roadmap
A procurement roadmap is a way to map out the journey to reach your final destination of procurement transformation. It bridges the gap between strategy and operational execution. This is…
Adoption and Stabilization: A Timeline
There are several factors that may affect how long the post-Hypercare phase of your SAP Ariba deployment lasts. Those include company size, how many modules were deployed, and if it…