Spend management software selected

An Ariba product story

Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team Feb 16, 2007

World's largest technology distributor taps Ariba's on-demand software and services to drive strategic sourcing initiative.

Ariba, the leading spend management solutions provider, has announced that Ingram Micro, the world's largest technology distributor, has selected its on-demand software and services to power an enterprise-wide strategic sourcing initiative and accelerate the speed with which it delivers results.

Under the terms of a recently signed agreement, Ingram Micro will utilise Ariba's on-demand sourcing software, deep commodity expertise and services to drive savings and efficiencies that will benefit its operations and customers.

A robust and flexible offering, Ariba Sourcing On-Demand integrates the technology, expertise and services needed to create effective markets for a wide range of direct materials and indirect goods and services with best practice processes that companies can implement to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their procurement operations and create value across their entire organisation.

A hosted solution that can be quickly and cost-effectively deployed, it can be easily scaled to meet evolving spend management objectives and business needs.

"When we launched our strategic sourcing program, we knew we needed a sophisticated tool that could be quickly implemented to improve our cost structure and enhance the value we deliver to customers," said Peter Nguyen, sourcing operations manager, Ingram Micro "With Ariba, we not only have access to leading technology that's easy to roll out, but category expertise and services that we can use to drive savings and efficiencies that translate into bottom-line results".

Chief Commercial Officer, Ariba, Kevin Costello, said: "Ingram Micro is in the business of identifying innovative technologies and making them available to companies around the world.

In evaluating solutions to fuel its spend management initiative, Ingram Micro applied the same rigorous criteria it would use in serving customers".

He concluded: "In choosing Ariba, the company gained access to a unique combination of technology, expertise and services delivered in a single, integrated platform which it can exploit to advance its spend management initiative and achieve its strategic business goals".