Suppliers

SAP Ariba is a software solution for purchasing. It offers a wide range of functions to handle business processes in a simple and efficient manner. All information is made available on one platform, which ensures a uniform and consistent user view and enables electronic collaboration between customers and suppliers. Several million trading partners in 190 different countries are already registered on SAP Ariba.

Ariba is web-based, so all you need is an Internet connection and an Internet browser. An e-mail account is also required for electronic receipt exchange via Light Enablement.

Register in the Ariba network to interact electronically with ZKW and other customers and tap into new business potential. You can register yourself using one of the following links or be invited by us or another company.
Use this link to get to the Ariba Network login page: https://supplier.ariba.com
To get information about the benefits of the Ariba Network, click this link: http://de.ariba.com/über-uns/eyjs/ariba-network

There are two options for using the Ariba Network:

• Standard account (free of charge)
• Enterprise account (subject to a charge)

Once you have received the invitation email from ZKW, you can register by following these steps:
a. Click on the link in the invitation email from ZKW
b. If you do not yet have an Ariba account, click “Register”. If you have successfully registered your Ariba account, you will be automatically redirected to register as a ZKW supplier.
If you already have an Ariba account, click “Log in” and you will be redirected to the questionnaire.
c. Fill out the questionnaire. If you scroll all the way down, you can click on the “Submit complete answer” button to submit the questionnaire for review or send a question to the registration manager via “Send message”. You can view messages that you receive from ZKW regarding the questionnaire at the top left under “Project messages”.
Note: If you do not want to complete and send the questionnaire in one go, you can log in at a later date at https://supplier.ariba.com with your supplier profile. If you have forgotten your user name, you will find it in the email from Ariba with the subject “Welcome to the Ariba Commerce Cloud”, which you received after you registered your Ariba account.
You can find the questionnaire in your supplier profile under “Tenders”.
d. You will receive a confirmation email that you have submitted the questionnaire and that it is being reviewed
e. You will be informed by e-mail whether the questionnaire has been approved or rejected by ZKW and what the next step is.

General company data (address, bank details, etc.) is collected during the registration process. The certificate status and product group-specific questionnaires are recorded as part of the qualification process.

If you have forgotten your Ariba network password or your user name, click on the “Forgot user name or password” link at https://supplier.ariba.com. Ariba will then send you instructions, e.g. to reset the password.

The Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) is a system managed by Dun & Bradstreet that assigns a unique number to each company. You can find the DUNS number of your company under the following link: https://www.bisnode.de/upik-en/

Select the products and services that your company sells. Please select only the categories listed under Purchasing material. If in doubt, consult your contact person at ZKW as to which product group should be selected. An incorrectly selected product group leads to a delay in the release of the registration.

You have 30 days to register. Before the deadline expires, you will receive a reminder to continue your registration.

Yes, all legally independent units (production sites) must be registered separately. Production sites/development sites that are not legally independent can be added to the questionnaire under points 6.3 and 6.4.

You can find everything you need to know about data protection here: SAP Ariba – https://www.ariba.com/de-de/privacy-policy and ZKW – https://zkw-group.com/datapolicy/

The Ariba account is managed by the supplier. ZKW has no access from the supplier’s Ariba account.
Ariba offers many FAQs and learning tutorials:
https://support.ariba.com/help/?locale=en
Click: Go to the Pre-Login Help Center.

You can also use this link:
https://uex.ariba.com/auc/node/248891?a_lang=en

Advantages: You are part of the Ariba network – the largest business network in the world. You can find new suppliers and customers and you can use it with other customers.

Log in with your access data and then you will find all the information about your account in the user menu under Account settings.

As soon as you have received the e-mail, please log in with your access data and complete the qualification questionnaire.

When qualifying different commodities, the qualification questionnaires must be separated for technical reasons.

In order to participate in Ariba sourcing events (e.g. to respond to RFQs and submit bids in accordance with ZKW policies and procedures), all nominated and selected suppliers must first register and complete the questionnaire in the Ariba SLP – Supplier Registration (applying for or accepting this supplier registration request does not automatically guarantee that business with ZKW will take place).

To submit the registration questionnaire, suppliers must receive a user name and password (SAP ARIBA network account) in order to access the system.

Supplier registration is for the company. During the registration process, the authorized/named user who completes and submits the Supplier Registration Questionnaire must log in to SAP ARIBA to access the company information.

“Basics for Suppliers” can be found in the Ariba Learning Center: https://uex.ariba.com/auc/node/248891?a_lang=en or
https://support.ariba.com/help

SAP ARIBA does not share supplier registration information between different companies. Suppliers who were previously registered on SAP ARIBA, but not for ZKW, must submit the registration questionnaire for ZKW separately.

E-mail notifications are sent to the supplier’s contact person. The main contact person, based on the e-mail provided during registration, will receive all status updates, notifications or official ZKW notifications. Suppliers can manage their main contact person and other assigned user roles via the SAP ARIBA network. SAP ARIBA has specific tutorials for managing SAP user roles at www.ariba.com

The supplier should not forward the invitation, but rather get in touch with the ZKW contact person named in the invitation and ask them to send the invitation to another user.

Suppliers who do not receive ZKW Ariba invitations or email notifications should contact the ZKW Procurement Contact to confirm primary contact information. ZKW can resend the invitations and e-mail notifications if required. Please also check whether the invitation e-mail may have ended up in your spam folder.

Another user has used the link (shared inboxes). If the supplier profile has not yet been accessed, ZKW can reactivate the link by resending the invitation. The supplier must also deactivate pop-up/ad blockers (see Ariba note: https://support.ariba.com/Item/view/179632)

If you already have an ANID, you do not need a second one. If you follow the link in the registration invitation, you can select “log in” with an existing ANID and log in with the existing user and password.

Suppliers should check whether the “ZKW GROUP GMBH” tab is visible.
1. if “ZKW GROUP GMBH” is not visible, the registration for the ZKW area was not successful. The supplier user receiving the registration invitation email should use the credentials associated with their email ID as the registration link in the email is personalized.
2. if “ZKW GROUP GMBH” is visible, the supplier registration questionnaire is available in the “Registration questionnaires” section in the “ZKW GROUP GMBH” tab. If the supplier only sees an empty supplier dashboard (no registration questionnaire visible), they should deactivate the pop-up/ad blocker (see Ariba note: https://support.ariba.com/Item/view/179632)

Please try to log in via http://supplier.ariba.com with your user and password to access the questionnaire.

The original invitation expires after 30 days. On request, ZKW can extend the period for completing the questionnaire for suppliers who have recorded all requirements and are ready to send the questionnaire for evaluation. To obtain an extension after 30 days, please contact ZKW and request an extension.

Please log in via http://supplier.ariba.com

Please visit the Ariba Help Center at: http://supplier.ariba.com Can you please let me know what is missing from our Ariba profile and/or why we received this email?

All companies that supply goods and services to ZKW must be registered for ZKW in the Ariba SLP supplier registration. ZKW uses SAP ARIBA to include potential suppliers (registration). Applying for or accepting this supplier registration request does not automatically guarantee business with ZKW.

Existing contracts are not affected.