Procure Any and All Services through Ariba

Avoiding the task of tackling company-wide services spending is no longer an option, now that Ariba Services Procurement is available. Any other course amounts to a costly missed opportunity. Of course, you can't do it alone. So Ariba built this solution with a unique combination of technology, community, and service capabilities. The resulting synergy encourages knowledge-sharing and collaboration between all stakeholders – whether they operate inside or outside your organization � and provides you with:

• Visibility into services spend
  The next step toward getting control over services spend and conserving your cash is knowing who is buying what from whom. By integrating your ERP systems through a single interface, you can dramatically improve visibility into all category and supplier spend. You'll be able to aggregate current spending data and classify it for easy analysis. Then incorporate it into user-friendly analysis dashboards and reports to make the intelligence meaningful and actionable for all stakeholders.
• Better management of all services spend
  Beyond some tools for helping with contingent labor, ERP procurement systems are not built to manage services spend effectively. Ariba's comprehensive solution enables you to handle all the services you need including, but not limited to: temp labor, consulting, marketing, mailing, legal, installation, and print services. And, Ariba's intuitive interface and tools help drive inter-department collaboration, a key factor in dramatically increasing your services spend under management.
• Compliance with processes, terms, and regulations
  Start by choosing a solution that people will use. Most ERP systems are not designed for walk-up use, and users will find a way around any system they don't like. Also essential is buyer-supplier collaboration, which lays the foundation for kept agreements. With integration to the Ariba Network, both parties have the means to negotiate, agree to, or change terms of demands and offerings. From there, automated processes and built-in tools help drive user choices that comply with rate cards, pricing targets, preferred suppliers, and payment policies.
• Greater employee efficiency and productivity
  Managing services spend needn't mean spending a lot of money and time only to realize disappointing results. When you apply the broadest and most used spend management solution to the problem � one integrated with the world's largest trading partner network � you can speed up your cumbersome ERP procurement system and finally eliminate inefficient, labor intensive activities. Through a single sign-on and user interface, your team can employ user-friendly processes to procure any services you need. And, Ariba is at the ready with implementation, training, and consulting services as needed to ensure rapid system adoption.
• The capacity to save on all services
  To reduce costs, encourage all departments across your organization to partner with their colleagues in Procurement to buy any services needed. Ariba's cloud-based technology, service capabilities, and community resources make the complexities of buying services easier. Now every department that buys services can stretch their budgets using a simplified ordering process that speeds delivery and time-to-fill. And for additional insights about procuring services, including marketing services, print, and contingent labor, be sure to review and share the webinar replays and white papers listed in the Related Resources sidebar on this page, or visit our Resource Library for even more choices.

Best of all, Ariba Services Procurement is delivered through the Ariba Commerce Cloud, a web-based platform that contains everything you need for more collaborative commerce. That means you can seamlessly integrate your goods and services procurement solution with a complete commerce management suite, including solutions for spend visibility, sourcing, contract management, procure-to-pay, supplier management, and more.

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