Ariba Inc is a leading provider of eprocurement software sol

Ariba, Inc., is a leading provider of e-procurement software solutions. Go to http://www.ariba.com and

a. describe the key products and services that the firm offers to its customers, and

b. review a case history that describes a particular customer and how it has applied one of Ariba\'s procurement solutions.

Solution

Answer:

a. The Key product of Ariba Inc., is SAP Ariba. The services is broadly under this four categories:

b. For reviewing a case history, lets take the case with \"Dole Food company\". It is one of the biggest food producers with over 300 products and presence in over 90 coutries. Since the company is growing big and to maintain quality it wanted to standardize quality, centralized, automated and speedy procurement process. So Dole decided to use SAP Ariba. By doing so there will be a save in time and money. The result of implementation of SAP Ariba reduced the PO processing time from weeks to hours. The Key points of this success is pointed out below:

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