Ariba Execution Services

You've got a major project deadline looming. Or maybe it's a minor project. Regardless, you're not sure how it's going to get done because you're struggling with capability gaps in your team while simultaneously juggling multiple projects that all needed to be done yesterday. No worries. Ariba Execution Services can provide the resources and support you need. Assistance can range from implementing full turn-key procurement departments to periodic assistance with more tactical activities, managing trading partner connections and content. You'll quickly have the help you need to address new categories of spend, accelerate sales, or manage working capital. Choose from:

Managed Commerce Solutions
Complete strategic management of indirect spend, from data analysis and category strategy through contract negotiation and procure-to-pay.

Advanced Spend Services

• Commerce Program Management
• Demand Management - a fact-based, structured methodology, from data assessment and hypothesis testing through implementation and measurement.
• International Purchasing Offices
• Marketing Spend Services - driving value through a well-defined and tested procurement process, including supplier and market research and category knowledge-sharing.
• Spend Management Certification - a customized, three-phase certification program to improve your team's adoption of the software; including classroom training, on-the-job activities, and testing.
• Spend Organizational Transformation
• Sub-Tier Sourcing - an advanced strategy that increases collaboration with your suppliers and positively impacts both your bottom lines through their use of Ariba spend management tools.
• Supply Risk

Content and Connectivity
Catalog Maintenance - you tell us which supplier catalogs you need managed and maintained, and to what extent, and we'll handle updates, enrichment, validation, migration, and more.

Sourcing Execution Solutions

• Event Engineering – Support for the end stages of sourcing projects, including technology set-up, testing, and management; supplier outreach; training; and more.
• FullSource - Deep sourcing and category knowledge, sourcing technology expertise, and support for all phases of the sourcing process.

Sourcing Expertise Services

• Category Management Services - Category strategies and activities to optimize value, service, efficiency, and cost.
• Supplier Enrichment - Identifies and validates new suppliers for a given category; includes information outreach, validation and delivery.
• Supplier Site Assessment - On-site assessment and formal report of supplier facilities and programs.

Technology Services

• 9r1 Upgrade – analyzes your current deployment against 9r1 features, and your future business requirements, to develop a 9r1 migration strategy.
• Application Management - a tailored solution to handle user needs and oversee daily maintenance, thus allowing your IT folks to focus on other areas of your business.
• Hosting Services - provide deployment and operational maintenance of Ariba solutions in a secure, fully managed data center.

Working Capital Services

Turn-key programs for uncovering the substantial value latent in your working capital situation.

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