Leading European Firms Drive Better Commerce with Ariba

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--In todaya�s economy, ita�s all about doing more with less. And doing it faster, better and cheaper than ever before. Ita�s a tall order. But with a little help from Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA), leading European firms are delivering on it. Of the eight winners of the 2010 Procurement Leaders Awards, seven rely on solutions from Ariba to control their costs, minimize risk and improve cash flow and operations, including: AP Moller-Maersk, Sainsbury's, AstraZeneca, Siemens, BT and Johnson & Johnson.

"Over the last decade, procurement has proven its ability to drive savings and efficiencies using technology-based solutions and processes"

aOver the last decade, procurement has proven its ability to drive savings and efficiencies using technology-based solutions and processes,a said Mike Arenth, General Manager, Ariba, EMEA. aBut to reach the next level, companies must attack the inefficiencies that remain between businesses to enable more effective collaboration among trading partners and fuel better commerce. The 2010 Procurement Leaders Award winners understand this and are tapping a new breed of solutions to help their organizations get there. We are honored to be working with so many of these visionary companies and congratulate them on their success.a

Designed to recognize and reward excellence, innovation and leadership across the procurement, sourcing and supply chain community, the annual Procurement Leaders Awards aim to:

Provide recognition to procurement departments and key individuals
Promote procurement as a strategic contributor to the organization
Enhance the profession in the eyes of senior management
Highlight world-class achievements to a wider audience
Help companies benchmark against other top performers

And the 2010 winners are:

Best use of Technology
A.P Moller-Maersk

Best Procurement Team
Sainsbury's

Best-Cross-Function Project
AstraZeneca

People Development
Siemens

CSR
BT

Procurement Leader
Hans Melotte, Johnson & Johnson

Innovation
Syngenta

Procurement Excellence
A.P Moller-Maersk

aThe Procurement Leaders Awards have shown their capacity to leverage fresh ideas, approaches and strategies and we congratulate all organizations who entered this yeara�s awards,a said Alex Martinez, Managing Director, Procurement Leaders Network. aThis yeara�s winners represent an exclusive community of individuals who are spearheading innovation and leadership in the function and delivering to their organizations new worlds of excellence.a

The 2010 Procurement Leaders Award winners are among the more than 300,000 companies who use the Ariba^� Commerce Cloud to manage their business commerce activities. The Ariba Commerce Cloud is the most-efficient, effective, and universally adopted platform for global commerce between businesses and contains everything thata�s needed to drive it, including:

Market-leading applications for Spend Management, Collaborative Finance Management, and Sales Acceleration Management a" all delivered as scalable, cost-effective and burden-free cloud-based services
The Ariba Network, the worlda�s largest Web-based trading community, empowering more than 300,000 global businesses to discover, connect, and collaborate for better commerce
Ariba Exchange, the industry-leading customer community where companies can network, share best practices, and collaborate with partners and peers
Market, category, technical, strategic and other expert capabilities that can be accessed on-site or remotely via the Web as needed to support ever-changing business needs and objectives

Each day, businesses use the Ariba Commerce Cloud to:

Buy and sell more than $450 million worth of goods and services a" from raw materials and assemblies to IT equipment and complex business services
Conduct more than 100,000 purchase and sales transactions
Process more than 60,000 invoices and payments
Manage a host of other commerce collaborations a" from discovering new business opportunities to negotiating contracts to securing financing

Whether looking to control supply chain costs, increase sales, minimize risk, or enhance cash flow and operations, companies can do it better in the Ariba Commerce Cloud. To learn more about the benefits that it can deliver for your organization, visit: [ www.ariba.com/commercecloud ]

About Ariba, Inc.

Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of collaborative business commerce solutions. Ariba combines industry-leading software as a service (SaaS) technology to optimize the complete commerce lifecycle with the world's largest web-based community to discover, connect and collaborate with a global network of trading partners and expert capabilities to augment internal resources and skills, delivering everything needed to control costs, minimize risk, improve profits and enhance cash flow and operations a" all in a cloud-based environment. Whether youa�re buying, selling or managing cash, you can do it more efficiently and effectively in the Ariba� Commerce Cloud. Over 300,000 companies, including more than 80 percent of the Fortune 500, use Aribaa�s solutions to drive more efficient inter-enterprise commerce. Why not join them? For more information on Ariba commerce solutions and the results they deliver, visit [ www.ariba.com ]

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Leading European Firms Drive Better Commerce with Ariba