Ariba, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARBA), the leading spend management
solutions provider, today announced that it has signed an agreement
with The Carphone Warehouse, the world’s largest independent mobile
phone retailer. Under the terms of the contract, Carphone Warehouse
will implement Ariba’s solutions to standardize and streamline its
Goods Not For Resale (GNFR) sourcing and contract management
processes in order to drive sustainable savings and improve
efficiencies.
“By implementing Ariba’s on-demand spend management solutions we
now have a single solution through which we can manage our sourcing
and contracts,” said Michael Whitby, Procurement Director, Carphone
Warehouse. “This will provide standard, best-practice processes for
sourcing and contract management that enable us to identify
opportunities for savings on a wide range of GNFR and ensure that
the savings we negotiate actually make their way to the bottom line
on an ongoing basis.”
To achieve these objectives, Carphone Warehouse will deploy
Ariba® Sourcing™ On-Demand and Ariba Contract Management™ On Demand
across its UK operations and potentially its European operations. A
flexible, hosted solution that can be quickly and easily deployed,
Ariba Sourcing On-Demand combines the technology, expertise and
services needed to create effective markets for direct materials
and indirect goods and services with best practice processes that
companies can implement to improve the efficiency and effectiveness
of their operations. With robust buy and sell-side capabilities,
Ariba Contract Management enables companies to collaboratively
create and manage contracts across categories and functions,
including sales, finance, marketing, real estate, legal,
procurement and IT and drive compliance with agreements on an
enterprise-wide basis.
“To generate savings that are both measurable and sustainable,
companies must manage spend throughout the lifecycle,” said Mike
Arenth, General Manager, EMEA, Ariba. “By implementing Ariba’s
on-demand offerings, Carphone Warehouse can take its sourcing and
contract management efforts to new levels and drive savings and
efficiencies that create value for its organization and its
customers.”
About The Carphone Warehouse
The Carphone Warehouse is Europe's leading independent retailer
of mobile phones and services, with over 2450 stores in 9 EU
countries and 1,000 Best Buy Mobile locations in the US. Over the
past 5 years, The Carphone Warehouse has built up a significant
Telecoms business, which already contributes half of the Group's
revenue and is set to be a major driver of future profitable
growth.
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 software, 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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