West North West Homes Leeds Builds Savings with Ariba
08 Februar 2011 - 2:30PM
Business Wire
Faced with rising costs, volatile currencies and continued
economic instability, organizations around the world are stepping
up their efforts to save money – and save it quickly. And
innovative outfits like West North West Homes Leeds are leveraging
the Ariba® Commerce Cloud to do it. Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA), the
leading provider of collaborative business commerce solutions
announced that West North West Homes Leeds (WNWhL), an Arms Length
Management Organization (ALMO) that manages and maintains council
housing stock on behalf of Leeds City Council in the United
Kingdom, is successfully using its solutions to quickly lower its
operating expenses and enhance its procurement capability. Within
days of implementing Ariba Sourcing On-Demand™, WNWhL generated
savings of more than 20 percent in a single event.
“West North West homes Leeds is continuously looking for ways to
achieve value so that we can focus our resources on delivering our
objective of ‘putting customers first’,” said Claire Warren, CEO,
WNWhL. “In light of the current economic climate, in which public
spending is under more pressure than it has been in generations,
the use of modern procurement methods to achieve quick results is
essential.”
A subscription-based solution designed to improve the complete
sourcing lifecycle, Ariba Sourcing On-Demand combines
industry-leading technologies embedded with vital market
intelligence and the world’s largest trading network to help
companies quickly discover, connect and do business with key
partners around the globe.
Using the solution, WNWhL can quickly and easily structure and
execute effective online markets for a wide range of goods and
services, negotiate best-value agreements and drive compliance with
them to ensure that all the business’s stakeholders are
satisfied.
“The global economy may be improving, but companies can’t take
their eye off the cost reduction ball. In order to drive growth and
competitive advantage, they must continue to implement solutions
and processes that allow them to optimize their performance and
profits,” said Mike Arenth, General Manager EMEA, Ariba. “As WNWhL
has found, Ariba’s cloud-based collaborative commerce solutions
deliver everything needed to rapidly achieve these goals.”
About West North West Homes Leeds
West North West Homes Leeds (WNWhL) is an ALMO (Arms Length
Management Organization), a company that is 100% owned by Leeds
City Council. Set up by the Council in April 2007, WNWhL is one of
the three non-profit making ALMOs managing and improving Leeds
housing stock. We are an autonomous, self-governing organization
with a Board of Directors made up of customers, independent members
and local councilors. For more information visit:
www.wnwhl.org.uk
About Ariba, Inc.
Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of collaborative business
commerce solutions. Ariba combines industry-leading technology with
the world's largest web-based trading community to help companies
discover, connect and collaborate with a global network of partners
– all in a cloud-based environment. Using the Ariba® Commerce
Cloud, businesses of all sizes can buy, sell and manage cash more
efficiently and effectively. Over 340,000 companies around the
globe use the Ariba Commerce Cloud to simplify inter-enterprise
commerce and enhance results. Why not join them? To get on the path
to Better Commerce visit: www.ariba.com/commercecloud/
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