Hello, my company is implementing Ariba P2P and in the phase of design. We using a separate Financial system (GL/AP). The system implementer mentioned Ariba is never a System of Record for Supplier Master, reason given is because Ariba only capture small set of data.
And design given are SIM form process for supplier information input --> push to on-premise Financial AP as supplier master --> push to Ariba P2P
I find reason given lack clarity and questionable. Can SIM be Supplier Master technically speaking? And if yes, are this common practice or recommended? What would be the drawback of having SIM as Supplier Master?