A global automotive manufacturer is sourcing a critical component and has pre-qualified five suppliers. The primary driver for the award is cost, but they also need to ensure suppliers meet stringent quality and delivery-time non-price criteria. The procurement team wants a dynamic, competitive bidding process. Which event type is most suitable for this scenario?
When creating a sourcing event template for a recurring procurement need, an administrator wants to ensure that specific legal clauses are always included and that the procurement team can add their own questions but cannot remove the legal content. Which template setting should be used to achieve this?
A sourcing manager is setting up an RFP for consulting services. They want to hide a section of questions related to on-site work unless the supplier confirms in a preceding question that they can provide personnel in a specific country. Which advanced event feature should be used to achieve this dynamic behavior? (Select TWO)
A municipality is selling a fleet of used vehicles and wants to maximize its return. The assets are identical, and they want a transparent process that encourages bidders to compete openly until only one remains. Which auction type is specifically designed for this 'last bidder standing' scenario?
A computer hardware company sources components based on a multi-level Bill of Materials (BOM). When creating a product sourcing event, the consultant needs to import a BOM where costs for sub-components should roll up to the top-level assembly. How should this be configured in the event?
During an SAP Ariba Sourcing implementation, a client's procurement director insists on replicating a complex, 15-step approval process from their legacy system which requires custom scripting for specific routing logic. From a 'Managing Clean Core' perspective, what is the most appropriate initial action for the implementation consultant?
In a sourcing project, what is the most effective way to establish a dependency where the sourcing event cannot be published until the 'Legal Team Review' task is marked as complete?
What is the primary purpose of conducting a Request for Information (RFI) event in SAP Ariba Sourcing?
A consultant is building a weighted scoring model for an RFP where supplier responses will be evaluated by three separate teams: Technical, Commercial, and Legal. The business requires that the total score for each supplier be an aggregation of the scores from all three teams. How should this be configured in the event?
A user with the 'Sourcing Project Administrator' role reports they are unable to edit the master data lists for commodity codes used in events. What is the most likely reason for this issue?