Thanks Hari
When you say it's on the roadmap , what does this mean in practical (commited) terms, from the other discussions I have seen in this forum it seems to have been on the backlog for quite some time already. Is there a specific / detailed Contracts Management roadmap that can be shared?
Also - the purging of information I.e. Disposition( if done in a defensible fashion - defensible normally means there is a structured / audit able process) is one thing ( and useful ) but it would likely be more effective if customers could apply an information management lifecycle (policy) either within Ariba or (better) have the facility to externalise this and achieved via ECM integration
It may be that Ariba supports web services that could help facilitate this , but I have no such information at my disposal so I can't confirm either way. CMIS is a well established industry standard and SAP also have a strong relationship with the likes of OpenText ( as one ECM option ). CMIS support would give customers the most flexibility and effectively offload this from Ariba.
Thanks for taking the time to respond
Ian