Hi Karthika--
The short answer is yes! Internal departments can be treated as Suppliers and Catalogs can be created and enabled.
A sample configuration might be:
- Your company creates a Supplier account on the Ariba Network, and receives a Network ID (ANID)
- Your Catalog team logs on to the Network account and loads Catalogs
- The loaded Catalogs are assigned to your company
- Your buyers can access the Catalogs from your buying application
These internal department Catalogs would be maintained by your staff.
Ariba has two main Catalog types, Catalog Interchange Format (CIF), and PunchOut.
- CIF Catalogs are easy to create, comma-delimited files that are uploaded to the Network. These Catalogs appear in the Ariba Catalog using the Catalog's native interface
- PunchOut Catalogs reside on the Supplier's website, and the Catalog 'punches out' to their site. These Catalogs appear in the Ariba Catalog as they appear on the Supplier's website
Thanks for your question.
Mark Davis
Ariba Catalog Team