Spend Management Learning Center
Ariba WebcastsThe Ariba Knowledge Series webcasts cover Spend Management topics. Each one-hour webcast is recorded and archived here for viewing at your convenience.
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NEW! Pioneer Your Sourcing Vision: How to Lead the Charge | |
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Ariba and Purchasing invite you to this informative webinar where you’ll hear how today’s best-in-class companies are pioneering efforts well beyond basic sourcing initiatives to achieve a more strategic spend management vision. Learn how VeriSign, the leading provider of Internet infrastructure for the networked world, has expanded their sourcing vision to go beyond basic sourcing. Also hear industry experts discuss trends, strategies and technologies that other leading companies are using to expand their sourcing efforts to include capabilities such as spend visibility, supplier performance management and contract management.
Speakers: Steve Wilson,VP, Global Source to Pay, VeriSign Andy Rubinson,Sourcing Solutions Marketing Manager, Ariba David Hannon, Managing Editor, Purchasing Register | |
Connect with Suppliers and Shift your SAP Investment into High Gear | |
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Is your Procurement and AP automation initiative not getting enough traction? Learn from the industry leaders how SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) along with a robust supplier network can seamlessly integrate with your existing SAP infrastructure and deliver the desired cost savings. Join a panel of technology and business experts who will share best practices and provide practical insights into making your Procurement and AP automation initiative a success.
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Successfully Embarking on the Supplier Performance Management (SPM) Journey | |
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Originally presented: September 20, 2007 at 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time Do you realize the importance of effectively managing your suppliers and the potential risks they pose if they fail to deliver in critical areas of their performance? If you are considering taking the next steps in creating a more formal Supplier Performance Management program, you won’t want to miss this webcast. You’ll hear from content experts from Ariba who will explore:
Plus, a special guest from Amgen will share that company’s story, including the business rationale and challenges that led them to take the next steps in creating a robust Supplier Performance Management program. | |
IT Leadership – Moving from Cost Management to Value Creation | |
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Originally broadcast on: Thursday, June 21, 2007 Today's IT leaders are challenged to implement new technologies and process improvement, reduce business costs, and enable innovation, all while meeting the technology needs of individual stakeholders across the organization. Learn from Ariba, USi, and client PPG how CIOs can work successfully with CPOs to implement a best of breed spend management system, while reducing total cost of ownership and freeing IT resources to focus on strategic IT initiatives. Register | |
Eliminate Supplier Enablement Headaches... ...and maximize returns on mySAP investment | |
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Originally broadcast on: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 Is your spend management initiative not living up to its promise? Lacking critical mass of enabled suppliers to drive ROI? Don’t fall for snake-oil; you need a proven medicine that has worked every time. Join a panel of technology and business experts who will share best practices and provide practical insights into accelerating supplier adoption and making spend management initiative a success. Rob Brooks, B2B Specialist/Program Manager, IBM Dianne Kibbey, Director, Ecommerce Business Development, NewarkInone Chris Eyerman, Director, Network & EIPP Solutions, Ariba, Inc. Ashish Deshpande, Product Marketing Manager, Network & EIPP Solutions, Ariba, Inc. Register |
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NEW! An Ounce of Prevention: Managing Supply Risk in Increasingly Longer Supply Chains 5/8/08 | Spend Management |
Supply risk is not just a supply chain issue. It's a core facet to many aspects of an organization. With the abundance of product recalls that have recently surfaced - contaminated fo... | |
NEW! Deploying Sourcing Capabilities for Breakthrough Results | Spend Management |
Conflicting market pressures and cost objectives are driving on sourcing organizations to align their objectives with those of the broader company’s in order to achieve results. In this webinar, learn... | |
NEW! Contract Management Automation: Legal's Perspective and Role | Spend Management |
More organizations are recognizing the value of contract management automation in today's competitive and global environment. Automating contract management has proven to both mitigate risks and provi... | |
NEW! A Penny Saved with Ariba | Spend Management |
Benjamin Franklin once said, "A penny saved is a penny earned." He obviously understood the benefits of managing spend. Can your company say the same? Or do you still have questions about how to strat... | |
NEW! Generate Cash for your Company through Working Capital Optimization | Spend Management |
Need to lower supply chain costs, extend your DPO's, and generate greater returns for your company's cash, all while making your suppliers happy? In this Lunch Box webinar, learn how Ariba's Working C... | |
NEW! Generate Working Capital with No Out-of-Pocket Costs March 27, 2008 – 2:00 p.m. EDT / 11:00 a.m. PDT | Spend Management |
In this webinar, learn how to maximize your working capital through leading supply chain financing solutions to extend payment terms, negotiate lower prices, and strengthen your supplier rel... | |
NEW! Maximizing Profitability and Minimizing Risks with Supplier Performance Management | Spend Management |
With the right Supplier Performance Management (SPM) solution, companies can define, measure, and enhance supplier performance to meet their business goals. While it will not eliminate risk, SPM can ... | |
NEW! Sauver des arbres et améliorer les relations fournisseurs avec la Facturation Électronique! | Spend Management |
This webinar, presented by Ariba, Ecovadis and Amalto, discusses how companies can have a positive impact on the environment and improve their supplier relationships through electronic invoicing.This ... | |
NEW! Ariba on Demand: Accelerating Spend Management Success | Spend Management |
Today's economy is challenging businesses of all sizes and it is in these difficult times that the need for an effective spend management program becomes a competitive necessity. In this webcast, Ari... | |
NEW! March 5: Connect with Suppliers and Shift your ERP Investment into High Gear | Spend Management |
Supplier adoption is key to getting traction for eProcurement and AP automation initiatives. In this webcast, Ariba will share insights into how you can shift your eProcurement and AP automation init... | |
NEW! Overcoming Challenges in Catalog Management | Spend Management |
The success of an eProcurement implementation is largely dependent upon getting quality content from suppliers into your eProcurement solution. Managing suppliers and their catalogs successfully throu... | |
NEW! World-Class Accounts Payables - What Does It Really Mean? | Spend Management |
The term world class is often used without any benchmarks or standards to back up the claim. So how would you know whether your Accounts Payables (AP) organization is functioning optimally? To gain t... | |
NEW! The New Face of Travel Procurement | Spend Management |
A summarized overview of a new philosophy in managing travel under the spend management platform, in conjunction with our new technology partner, KDS International. This session will cover the fundam... | |
NEW! Jumpstart Your Procure-to-Pay Initiative by Getting Internal Stakeholder Buy-In | Procurement |
View this webcast where you will listen to panel members from Gensler and Axcess Financial Services share valuable insights and experience in working with internal organizations to articulate value an... | |
NEW! How to Gain Rapid and Broad Spend Compliance with Ariba Express Content | Supplier Network |
Presented on January 24, 2008 The Ariba Express Content Program provides buying organizations with the ability to easily access and use supplier-provided standard and private catalo... | |
NEW! World-Class Accounts Payables - What Does It Really Mean? | Invoicing |
The term world class is often used without any benchmarks or standards to back up the claim. So how would you know whether your Accounts Payables (AP) organization is functioning optimally? To gain t... | |
NEW! Managing SOX Compliance issue around Ariba Buyer at Chevron | Spend Management |
In the wake of numerous corporate scandals the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was enacted to restore investor confidence in the integrity of financial reports issued by public companies. Section 404 requires comp... | |
NEW! Maximizing Savings Goals with Spend Visibility | Visibility |
Presented January 9, 2008 For those interested in Spend Visibility best practices, be sure to join this installment of the Ariba Lunchbox Webcast series. Among the topics to be disc... | |
NEW! The Importance Of Change Management | Spend Management |
Ariba Lunch Box Webcast, presented on December 12, 2007 What are your biggest obstacles to a successful implementation? In fact, once the system is "turned on", how do you know if i... | |
NEW! Print Marketing Spend - Sourcing Best Practices That Drive Results | Sourcing |
Presented on Jan. 17th 2008 In the complex services spend management journey, the Print Marketing Spend category and its unique supply chain have been a historic challenge for Chief... | |
NEW! Six Keys to AP Automation Savings | Invoicing |
Presented on December 4, 2007 AP automation is a journey. Whether you are just starting your journey to automating your AP processes or are well on your way, you need to know if yo... | |
NEW! Green Sourcing | Sourcing |
Presented on November 28, 2007 Green Sourcing and Environmental Sustainability are increasingly high on CEO's priority list. Are you prepared to support the CEO Green mandate? How... | |
NEW! Product Safety and Supply Chain Management | Sourcing |
Presented on November 7, 2007 Ariba’s Category Management team will explain why the recent recalls and product safety concerns are not a China problem or a toy-industry problem, but... | |
Strategies for Mobile Telephony Spend Management Success | Spend Management |
Originaly presented: October 2, 2007 The mobile telecommunications market expanded to more than 2.6 billion mobile subscribers worldwide in 2007 with some global markets such as Weste... | |
Driving World-Class Results with Strategic Sourcing at MeadWestvaco | Sourcing |
In the Spend Management journey, eSourcing provides a strong foundation for achieving results and impacting your bottom line. But many companies are realizing that eSourcing alone is not enough and a... | |
The Facts, Fables and Fictions of Invoice and Payment Automation | Invoicing |
September 18, 2007 Before you begin your search for an AP automation solution, you need to separate the Facts from the Fables and Fictions. Without a guide to which features and serv... | |
Implications of China's VAT Rebate Reduction | Sourcing |
Presented on August 21, 2007 at 11:00AM ET, 8:00AM PT The short- and long-term effects of the changes, and what it means for your sourcing strategies During 2006, C... | |
Ariba Sourcing Expertise: Using Advanced Sourcing Strategies to Enhance your Sourcing Program and Drive Results | Sourcing |
Presented on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 11:00 A.M EST Interested in learning how advanced strategies can have a significant impact on your sourcing activities and improve your bottom-... | |
How to Ensure the Success of Your AP Transformation Initiative | Spend Management |
The benefits of moving to paperless Accounts Payables (AP) are clear - it enables enterprises to harvest significant cost savings and adds strategic value. However, the requirements to attain those be... | |
Navigating the Spend Management Journey: Your Guide to Spend Management Excellence | Spend Management |
When it comes to spend management, strategy and transformation plans are where the largest gap in capabilities exist between top-performing and lower-performing organizations. In order for a spend man... | |
Driving Sourcing Success with Ariba | Sourcing |
Are you faced with aggressive savings targets for this year and not sure if or how you'll meet them? Do you want to drive more savings and value for your organization? Are you taking full advantage o... | |
How to Make the Promise of eSourcing a Reality | Sourcing |
This event explores and addresses the challenges that companies face in adopting a new eSourcing tool. Not achieving best results and taking too long to reach savings goals can be indicators of poor ... | |
Five Ideas to Decrease Order to Pay through Integration | Supplier Network |
To get the full benefit of your electronic transactions with your customers, end-to-end integration is a must. It is how you can drastically cut processing time, reduce related internal costs, and shr... | |
Spend Visibility: Fueling Your Sourcing Pipeline | Visibility |
Presented January 30, 2007 The role of an effective spend visibility program is to identify and prioritize sourcing opportunities and build sourcing flight plans and strategies. Duri... | |
Spend Management Vision at Hallmark Cards | Spend Management |
Participate in this session to find out more about Hallmark Cards' sourcing and procurement strategies and how they were carried out successfully in 2006 and their plans for 2007. It includes a detail... | |
Procure-to-Pay Solutions - What You Really Need to Know | Procurement |
Learn how a true Procure-to-Pay solution connects your purchasing and accounts payable organizations with your suppliers. Find out why your ERP system is only part of the process and how Procure-to-Pa... | |
Low Cost Country Sourcing Revisited | Sourcing |
In this informative presentation from Supply Chain Digest and The Supply Chain Television Channel, we explore recent trends that are showing that near shore suppliers are becoming net beneficiaries of... | |
Spend Visibility - Beyond the Data | Visibility |
Spend visibility is having an aggregated, detailed view of what you are buying from your suppliers. However, an effective spend visibility program goes one step further adding layers of supplier and c... | |
The Need for Contract Management is More Urgent Than Ever | Spend Management |
A recent report from the Aberdeen Group, Contract Management in the Mid-Market, uncovered many interesting trends, issues and challenges. Ariba has invited the author, Vishal Patel, to be our k... | |
Why Buy On Demand? | Spend Management |
As a segment of Ariba's On-Demand offerings, we hosted a session to cover the "Buyer Selection and Criteria for On-Demand Solutions". Mickey North Rizza (AMR Research Director) presented key research ... | |
Spend Management Success at Johnson & Johnson | Spend Management |
Johnson & Johnson, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, achieved great spend management savings and benefits with visionary leadership and unparallel execution. In this informative Sup... | |
