Solve your cash flow problems in the Ariba Commerce Cloud.

With the end of the Easy Credit Era, keeping enough cash on hand for operating expenses and business growth is a challenge. Currency, credit, and capital market volatility, along with ever-lengthening supply chains, make this harder than ever. Success is going to take a two-pronged approach: you must achieve greater operational efficiency, and drive greater collaboration between Treasury, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable – and with your trading partners.

Both AP and AR are being crushed under paper-heavy, manual processes. Time is wasted fielding calls, resolving invoice disputes, and correcting errors. Poor process visibility leads to missed discounts deadlines and short-payment write-offs; in other words, lost cash. While DPO are deteriorating, DSO are increasing, leaving Treasury caught in the middle, struggling with a lengthening cash conversion cycle.

And as credit and capital sources tighten their purse strings, it's getting harder and harder to meet quarter- or year-end cash requirements, fulfill debt covenants, and manage currency and foreign exchange. This is compounded by the increasing number of banking relationships you have to manage as the business grows more global.

Your answer to this three-way cash-flow conundrum lies in the Ariba Commerce Cloud. On a single, web-based platform, you and your colleagues can deploy collaborative finance management solutions that automate and streamline invoices and payments, improving cash flow, visibility, and efficiency. And that's just for starters. The Cloud gives you access to the Ariba Network. It's the world's largest trading partner community, with more than 300,000 suppliers and the industry's fastest growing financial partner eco-system. Not only does that make trading partner collaboration easier, it also opens the door to sources of affordable financing. Oh. Did we just say the magic words?

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