Ariba Supply Lines, Insights, news and tips for today's e-enabled supplier.
Vol.11 | 2008
In This Issue
Business Insights
>Find Customers with Active Purchasing Projects: Announcing Ariba Discovery
>A Revamped User Interface Helps You Navigate Your Way to More Business
>Driving Results in the B2B Channel
>Should I Become Ariba Ready?
Tips & Technology
>How cXML Can Benefit Your Business

This issue of Supply Lines covers two exciting developments: the launch of Ariba Network Discovery—a new online service that connects you with quality buyers for more business opportunities—and a revamped user interface designed to make your Ariba® Supplier Network™ experience faster, easier, and more productive. Both were designed using your input, and we think you’ll be pleased with the results! You can read more about Ariba Discovery here and the new user interface here.

Don Darby,
Director of Supplier Solutions

Ariba Discovery
BUSINESS INSIGHTS

Find Customers with Active Purchasing Projects: Announcing Ariba Discovery
The effort and expense required to find new customers can be prohibitive, yet winning business is crucial to your success. The solution? Ariba Discovery. This free web-based service lets you automatically receive RFP notifications from quality buying organizations already interested in what you have to sell. Buyers can also search for you by commodity, sales territory, and more. Learn how you can make the most of this valuable tool. >Read more

A Revamped User Interface Helps You Navigate Your Way to More Business
If you’re eager for more benefits from Ariba Supplier Network, the news is all good. Release 46 heralds a major development you’ve been clamoring for: a totally transformed user interface with a supplier dashboard that helps you manage transactions and relationships better than ever. Read about these improvements plus many others. >Read more

Driving Results in the B2B Channel
The second article of our series on driving effectiveness of your eBusiness channel focuses on ways to maximize the benefits of a faster order-to-cash cycle. Explore tips on how to reduce errors and integrate orders and invoices to your back-end systems so you can save time and money while improving customer service. >Read more

Should I Become Ariba Ready?
Looking for ways to garner greater value from your eBusiness efforts? Earning the Ariba® Ready™ designation is a great place to start. Becoming Ariba Ready validates your eBusiness solution, boosts your B2B credibility with current and potential customers, and makes it easier to market your capabilities and win more contracts. Discover exactly what this program can do for you. >Read more



TIPS & TECHNOLOGY

How cXML Can Benefit Your Business
Curious about cXML...and whether it’s a good choice for you? If you get lots of orders and want to save time and money by integrating them (along with invoices, ship notices, and other documents) directly into your back-end systems, cXML could be the answer. Find out how this easy-to-implement protocol can help you grow your business, reduce errors, and get paid faster. >Read more

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