Given the fragile state of the global economy, businesses are
increasingly focused on reducing costs, managing risks and
improving profitability. According to AMR Research, supply chain
efficiency and effectiveness are key attributes required to not
only survive, but thrive in this environment. And when it comes to
driving these objectives, supply chain leaders rely on Ariba, Inc.
(Nasdaq:ARBA), the leading spend management solutions provider.
Twenty-one of the world's best-performing supply chain
organizations recognized in the recently released AMR Research
Supply Chain Top 25
(http://www.amrresearch.com/Content/View.aspx?compURI=tcm:7-43469)
use Ariba solutions to manage costs and risk and drive operational
and innovation excellence including: Apple, Dell, IBM, Cisco
Systems, Nokia, Wal-Mart Stores, PepsiCo, Toyota Motor,
Schlumberger, Johnson & Johnson, The Coca-Cola Company, Nike,
Walt Disney, Hewlett-Packard, Texas Instruments, Colgate-Palmolive,
Best Buy, Sony Ericsson, Unilever and Intel.
"In today's economy, cost reduction is job number one. Yet
companies must continue to invest in building and managing global
supply chains that enable them to deliver on their strategic
business goals," said Kevin Costello, President, Ariba. "Ariba
would like to congratulate all of the organizations in the AMR
Research Supply Chain Top 25 - including the 21 companies that have
made Ariba solutions and services a cornerstone of their supply
chain strategies - and acknowledge their vision and leadership in
applying innovative solutions and processes to drive operational
excellence and position themselves for future growth."
Designed to identify manufacturers and retailers that exhibit
superior supply chain capabilities and performance, the AMR
Research Supply Chain Top 25 ranks companies across basic metrics
related to execution, including return on assets, revenue growth
and inventory turns. It also factors in opinions from peer
companies and AMR Research staff.
�Since 1986 AMR Research has studied and fostered the revolution
in supply chain as a professional discipline and as a competitive
weapon for companies in the post-industrial economy,� said Kevin
O�Marah, Senior Vice President of Research, AMR Research. �The
governing principle guiding this emerging discipline is global
supply chains built to serve customers with both operational and
innovation excellence. Our annual Supply Chain Top 25 identifies
those Fortune Global 500 companies that have best demonstrated
leadership in applying this principle to drive business
results.�
Ariba provides a comprehensive range of technology, service, and
network solutions that enable companies to holistically source,
contract, procure, pay, manage, and analyze their spend and
supplier relationships. To learn more about Ariba Spend Management�
solutions and the results they are generating for companies around
the world, visit: www.ariba.com
About Ariba, Inc.
Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of on-demand spend
management solutions. Our mission is to transform the way companies
of all sizes, across all industries, and geographies operate by
delivering technology, service, and network solutions that enable
them to holistically source, contract, procure, pay, manage, and
analyze their spend and supplier relationships. Delivered on
demand, our enterprise-class offerings empower companies to achieve
greater control of their spend and drive continuous improvements in
financial and supply chain performance. More than 1,000 companies,
including more than half of the companies on the Fortune 100, use
Ariba solutions to manage their spend from sourcing and orders
through invoicing and payment. For more information, visit
www.ariba.com
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Ariba Safe Harbor
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act 1995: Information and announcements in this release
involve Ariba's expectations, beliefs, hopes, plans, intentions or
strategies regarding the future and are forward-looking statements
that involve risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking
statements included in this release are based upon information
available to Ariba as of the date of the release, and we assume no
obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. These
statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual
results could differ materially from our current expectations.
Factors that could cause or contribute to Ariba's operating and
financial results to differ materially from current expectations
include, but are not limited to: the impact of the credit crises on
Ariba�s results of operations and financial condition; delays in
development or shipment of new versions of Ariba's products and
services; lack of market acceptance of Ariba's existing or future
products or services; inability to continue to develop competitive
new products and services on a timely basis; introduction of new
products or services by major competitors; the ability to attract
and retain qualified employees; difficulties in assimilating
acquired companies, long and unpredictable sales cycles and the
deferrals of anticipated orders; declining economic conditions,
including the impact of a recession; inability to control costs;
changes in the company's pricing or compensation policies;
significant fluctuations in our stock price; the outcome of and
costs associated with pending or potential future regulatory or
legal proceedings; the impact of our acquisitions, including the
disruption or loss of customer, business partner, supplier or
employee relationships; and the level of costs and expenses
incurred by Ariba as a result of such transactions. Factors and
risks associated with its business, including a number of the
factors and risks described above, are discussed in Ariba's Form
10-Q filed with the SEC on May 6, 2009.
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