Leading Mobile Phone Retailer Leverages Ariba’s On-Demand Solutions
to Streamline Processes, Accelerate Savings and Returns on Investment
Ariba, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARBA), the leading spend management solutions
provider, today announced that it has signed an agreement with The
Carphone Warehouse, the world’s largest independent mobile phone
retailer. Under the terms of the contract, Carphone Warehouse will
implement Ariba’s solutions to standardize and streamline its Goods Not
For Resale (GNFR) sourcing and contract management processes in order to
drive sustainable savings and improve efficiencies.
“By implementing Ariba’s on-demand spend management solutions we now
have a single solution through which we can manage our sourcing and
contracts,” said Michael Whitby, Procurement Director, Carphone
Warehouse. “This will provide standard, best-practice processes for
sourcing and contract management that enable us to identify
opportunities for savings on a wide range of GNFR and ensure that the
savings we negotiate actually make their way to the bottom line on an
ongoing basis.”
To achieve these objectives, Carphone Warehouse will deploy Ariba® Sourcing™
On-Demand and Ariba Contract Management™ On Demand
across its UK operations and potentially its European operations. A
flexible, hosted solution that can be quickly and easily deployed, Ariba
Sourcing On-Demand combines the technology, expertise and services
needed to create effective markets for direct materials and indirect
goods and services with best practice processes that companies can
implement to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their
operations. With robust buy and sell-side capabilities, Ariba Contract
Management enables companies to collaboratively create and manage
contracts across categories and functions, including sales, finance,
marketing, real estate, legal, procurement and IT and drive compliance
with agreements on an enterprise-wide basis.
“To generate savings that are both measurable and sustainable, companies
must manage spend throughout the lifecycle,” said Mike Arenth, General
Manager, EMEA, Ariba. “By implementing Ariba’s on-demand offerings,
Carphone Warehouse can take its sourcing and contract management efforts
to new levels and drive savings and efficiencies that create value for
its organization and its customers.”
About The Carphone Warehouse
The Carphone Warehouse is Europe's leading independent retailer of
mobile phones and services, with over 2450 stores in 9 EU countries and
1,000 Best Buy Mobile locations in the US.
