SAP Ariba · SAP Business Network
Ariba invoices,
in and approved.
Customers on SAP Ariba check every invoice against their rules before it reaches approval. One wrong field and it comes back rejected. Alder submits, fixes and follows every Ariba invoice so it gets paid.
Hire AlderYou set the rules. Alder follows through.
In short
Alder is an AI employee that submits supplier invoices in SAP Ariba. It signs in to your SAP Business Network account, creates each invoice from the customer's purchase order (a PO flip, which works on a free Standard account), attaches what the customer requires, and checks it against their invoice rules. When an invoice is rejected, Alder reads the reason, corrects it and resubmits it with your approval, then follows it to payment.
- PO flip invoices on a Standard or Enterprise account
- Customer invoice rules checked before submitting
- Rejected invoices corrected and resubmitted
- Status followed to payment and noted in your ERP
Why it gets stuck
Why Ariba invoices come back rejected
Invoice rules nobody wrote down
Each customer sets its own rules for tax, remit-to, ship-to and attachments. An invoice that passes for one customer is rejected by the next.
A PO line that doesn’t match
Quantity or price off the PO, or a line invoiced twice, and the invoice fails validation or waits on an exception.
Rejections in an inbox
The rejection notice goes to whoever registered the account. If no one reads it, the invoice is never resubmitted, and the customer thinks you never billed.
Approved, but not paid
The invoice shows Approved, but the payment run, the remittance and the scheduled date sit in the portal where nobody looks.
Paying for the wrong account
Suppliers often move to an Enterprise account just to save typing. PO flips on a free Standard account cover most invoices.
Too many customers on Ariba
Every Ariba customer is a separate relationship with its own rules and its own logins. The work grows with each new enterprise customer.
How Alder handles it
Alder works SAP Ariba the way your most careful AR specialist would, on every invoice and every customer.
Signs in to SAP Business Network
Alder uses your existing supplier account. Security codes come to you; Alder never sees your password.
Creates the invoice from the PO
It flips the customer’s purchase order into an invoice, so lines and customer details carry over, then adds your invoice number and the attachments they require.
Learn more: Creates the invoice from the POChecks the customer’s rules first
Before submitting, Alder checks the invoice against what that customer requires and against the PO, so it isn’t rejected for a field.
Fixes rejections and resubmits
When an invoice is rejected, Alder reads the reason, makes the correction and resubmits it, asking you first for anything that changes the amount.
Follows it to payment
It tracks the invoice through approval to the scheduled payment, pulls the remittance details, and records each status in your ERP.
Questions
How do I automate invoice submission in SAP Ariba?
Suppliers can create invoices from the purchase order in their SAP Business Network account (a PO flip), upload a CSV file, or send cXML or EDI from their billing system. Alder automates the PO-flip route with your existing account, which works on a free Standard account and needs no integration project.
How do I resubmit a rejected Ariba invoice?
Open the rejected invoice, read the rejection reason, then edit and resubmit it, or create a new invoice from the PO if the original can’t be edited. Alder does this for you and asks before resubmitting anything that changes the amount.
Do I need an Ariba Enterprise account?
Not for PO flips. A free Standard account lets you create invoices from purchase orders. CSV upload, cXML and EDI need an Enterprise account and may carry fees.
Can Alder work with suppliers who don’t want to use Ariba?
Yes. Alder does the Ariba work for your team, so nobody has to learn each customer’s portal, and your invoices still arrive the way the customer requires.
Will Alder submit invoices without my approval?
Only the ones you allow. You decide which invoices Alder submits on its own. Rejections that change an amount, credits and anything unusual come to you first.
Free tools
DSO calculator
The DSO formula, worked examples, and a calculator for days beyond terms and cash tied up in AR.
AR aging report
Paste or upload your open invoices and get an accounts receivable aging report by customer, in your browser.
Remittance advice template
Fill in the payment and the invoices it covers, then download a remittance advice as a PDF.
Payment reminder & collections email templates
Seven payment reminder and collections emails for past-due invoices, from a first nudge to a final notice. Fill in your details and copy.
More of the work
Oracle Supplier Portal invoicing
PO-matched invoices created in Oracle Supplier Portal and iSupplier, followed to payment.
Jaggaer invoice automation
Invoices flipped from the PO in the Jaggaer Supplier Portal and followed to payment.
SAP Taulia invoice automation
Invoices flipped from the PO in SAP Taulia, Incomplete invoices fixed, payments tracked.
Collections
Follow-up in the original thread, with every promise to pay tracked.
AP portals & approvals
Invoices submitted, rejections fixed, and the real approver chased.
Disputes & short-pays
Every short-pay researched, with a decision and the evidence behind it.
Cash application
Payments matched to open invoices, with the exceptions queued for review.
AR automation
Every receivables workflow Alder takes on, in one place.
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