Welcome to Lenovo General Procurement supplier information site. General Procurement is responsible for procuring & managing spend for all non-production goods or services used internally by enhancing stakeholder experience, driving procurement value-add & savings, and ensuring control & compliance.

In alignment with Lenovo's customer-centric transformation, General Procurement's top priority is to enhance your procurement experience while gaining efficiencies. All information below has been developed in an effort to help you work with us as a trusted supplier.

Below information covers training documents from Ariba Overall (Ariba support, account type changing, and others), upstream (sourcing), and downstream (PO confirm, invoice submission, and payment)

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 Function Area Item Training material/video link
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Overall How to contact Ariba customer support? (English) Click here for information(EN)
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Overall How to contact Ariba customer support? (Chinese) Click here for information (CN)
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Overall How to contact Ariba customer support? (Japanese) Click here for information (JP)
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Overall How to contact Ariba customer support? (Spanish) Click here for information (ES)
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Overall How to contact Ariba customer support? (default English, support multi languages) Ariba Supplier Support Link
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Downstream Full Enablement Vs. Light Enablement Ariba account (English) Click here for information (En)
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Downstream Ariba Network Light Account info pack (English) Click here for information (En)
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Downstream 限定アカウント登録方法について_v0.1 (Japanese) Click here for information (JP)
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Downstream Supplier downgrade from Full Enablement(FE) to Light Enablement/Light Account (LA) Click here for information (En)
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Downstream Aribaカスタマーサポート(Lenovo supplier downgrade) (Japanese) Click here for information (JP)
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Overall Lenovo Ariba Supplier FAQ供应商常见问题 (CN) Click here for information
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Overall How to find the email address for PO send as supplier? Click here for information (En)
Ariba Upstream functionality : (Sourcing and Contracting)
Function area Item Training material/video link
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Upstream How to register an Ariba User account (English) Click here for information (EN)
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Upstream How to register an Ariba User account (Chinese) Click here for information (CN)
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Upstream How to notify Lenovo about a change in Suppier Diveristy Status
TBD (New SPQ Design, go live in October)
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Upstream How to response RFP (English) Click here for information (En)
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Upstream How to Update Supplier information in Lenovo Ariba (ex: location change or bank account updates) TBD (Supplier guide to update SPQ)
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Upstream How to responding a RFP (English) Click here for information (En)
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Upstream How to responding a RFP (Chinese) Click here for information (Cn)
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Upstream How to responding a RFI (English) Click here for information (En)
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Upstream How to responding a RFI (Chinese) Click here for information (Cn)
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Upstream How to responding an Auction (English) Click here for information (En)
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Upstream How to responding an Auction (Chinese) Click here for information (Cn)
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Upstream Understand more about Ariba sourcing Event (English) Click here for information (En)
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Upstream Understand more about Ariba sourcing Event (Chinese) Click here for information (Cn)
Ariba Downstream functionality : (PO confirm, invoice submission, and payment)
Function area Item
Training material/video link
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Downstream 1View_Purchase_Orders
 Online link (Click)
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Downstream 2Send_Order_Confirmations
 Online link (Click)
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Downstream 3Send_Ship_Notices
 Online link (Click)
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Downstream 4About_Invoices
 Online link (Click)
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Downstream 5Send_a_PO-Based_Invoice
 Online link (Click)
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Downstream 6About_Credit_Memos
 Online link (Click)
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Downstream 7View_a_Payment
 Online link (Click)
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Downstream 8Participating in events
 Online link (Click)
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Downstream 9Responding to RFIs
 Online link (Click)
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Downstream 10Responding to RFPs
 Online link (Click)
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Downstream Supplier Remittance ID (English) Maintenance is only “necessary” for Light Account. Full enablement suppliers will have their remittance ID maintained by SAP ARIBA Click for information (En)
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Downstream Supplier Remittance ID (Chinese) Maintenance is only “necessary” for Light Account. Full enablement suppliers will have their remittance ID maintained by SAP ARIBA Click for information (En)
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Downstream Supplier Remittance ID(Japanese) Maintenance is only “necessary” for Light Account. Full enablement suppliers will have their remittance ID maintained by SAP ARIBA Click for information (JP)
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Downstream Invoice Submission guide Light Account (LA) (English) Click for information (En)
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Downstream Invoice Submission guide Light Account (LA) FAQ (English) Click for information (En)
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Downstream Invoice submission guide Full Enablement account (FE) Click for information (En)
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Downstream Invoice tips for AN Supplier_v0 1 Click for information (En)
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Downstream Create Invoice in Ariba (Japanese) Click for information (JP)
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Downstream Multi language training documents in Ariba website Go to Supplier.ariba.com → Help Center( Upper right corner)→ Documentation (Lower right corner area). In the new window, you will see more training videos
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Downstream How to register if a supplier is already have an Ariba account with other company? (English) Click for information (En)
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Downstream How to resend orders from ARIBA platform, basically for Light Account suppliers? Suppliers can receive interactive email. Short instruction
1.Login to supplier’s Ariba account
2.Click on inbox (upper right area)
3.Search for Purchase order (PO)
4.Click on purchase order
5.Webpage opens, user can find the "Resend" button on top