SAP Ariba’s Discovery was created to address supply challenges today it directly addresses the challenges forced on us by the Coronavirus, and in a timely way. It’s a global effort and, as SAP shows with this offer, technology is playing its part. We at Spend Matters for example have unlocked our subscription Pro series - Coronavirus Response - to offer advice on getting through the outbreak as unscathed as possible. The cynical among us might see moves such as this from providers as a backdoor effort to sell more services once the crisis fades – but we like to believe that safety and well-being are the top priority across the world at the moment as more and more of us are putting our shoulders to the wheel as we face a deepening crisis. Being able to use this service, for free, means more buyers will be able to fill a disruption or gap in supply to make sure critical goods reach the people and places where they are needed. It’s good to see solution providers take responsibility to help maintain continuity in the supply chain when the market needs it most.

Today all businesses are connected in a way never thought possible before, and at this critical time, they are facing challenges they have never come across before as the impact of Covid-19 on supply chains, logistics, travel, events, just about everything that touches business, not to mention the global economy, faces severe disruption.

SAP Ariba has announced that its SAP Ariba Discovery service, which helps suppliers find and be matched with purchase-ready buyers, is unlocking access for free so that any buyer can post immediate sourcing needs and any of the 4 million suppliers on the network can respond with their ability to deliver the goods and services required.

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