In trading network Ariba 730 thousand companies work, the total amount of transactions already exceeded $319 billion.Īccording to fall of 2013 Ariba integrates already more than 1 million companies in 186 countries of the world. The staff of the company makes 2600 people. Thirdly, ARIBA allows to transfer all document flow between the customer and suppliers to an electronic form that not only leads to considerable acceleration of processes of signing of the contract and its subsequent execution, but also allows to make relationship of the customer and the supplier more transparent and managed.Īriba revenue in 2011 made $444 million. Secondly, ARIBA allows to automate a number of important internal processes of customer company with the minimum costs: the organization and preparation of procurement procedures, including internal procedures of approval and also the repeating procurement processes of the same goods according to directories of suppliers (for example, purchases of stationery, fuel and lubricants, supplies), and other services offered by suppliers for satisfaction of different customer needs that gives significant economy for the geographically distributed companies. Suppliers, in turn, receive free of charge the ARIBA services allowing to trace and take part in real time in tenders worldwide and also to receive invitations from Customers, new to itself.

The customer gets access to global base of suppliers, their directories and price lists and also possibilities of comparison of suppliers and carrying out their preliminary qualification. First, it is the world's largest specialized global network integrating customers and suppliers on all planet. ARIBA services are of potential interest to all participants of the market of electronic procurement: both for customers, and for suppliers.

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