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EXPERTISE COMPONENTSMore than just a sotware provider, Ariba provides trainingand services to get you started and help you becomesel-sucient.

Rapid Deployment Process

Rapid implementation services allow you to go live in just

a ew weeks

No installation, on-site maintenance or unique hardware required

Supported by a highly secure network inrastructure

Best Practices

Leverage Aribas best pract ices in dening sourcing

process workfows

Product Support

A team o specialists provides global and multilingual support 24x5

by phone or email. Languages supported include English, Chinese,

French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish

Buyer and Supplier Training

Utilize comprehensive web-based buyer and supplier training

tutorials that make getting up to speed quick and easy

Empowerment Services

Empowerment Services are provided by Ariba to allow buying

companies to o-load tactical tasks related to event management

while providing strategic event guidance.

Sourcing support desk staed with experienced personnel toprovide sourcing guidance and best practice inormation

Event day management monitors events or technical problems

and air trade with suppliers

Site administration or rapid execution o administrative tasks

including updating o site text and graphics, modiying user

roles and permission levels, and adding or removing buyers

Sourcing Services (optional)

Sourcing Jumpstart Service including undamentals workshop

and event coaching

TECHNOLOGY COMPONENTSAn intuitive web-based RFX management tool that allowsyou to create, execute and manage sourcing events romyour desktop.

RFX Creation and Management

A template-driven, step-by-step wizard approach or the easy

creation o a variety o events, including RFIs, RFPs,

Reverse/Buy-Side/Forward Auctions and Public RFXA congurable dashboard that provides visibility into

events-in-progress and shortcuts to create new projects

Seamless integration with Excel or rapid and repeatable creation

o online projects

Supports buyer and supplier attachments

Sourcing library stores documents and templates or uture re-use

Drag-and-drop interace or quick customization o content

Competitive Bidding and Timing

Management o event timing during open events and fexible

timing rules or event extensions and post-bidding

Implementation o competitive event rules

Supplier Response

Email invitation to suppliers to participate in project

Simple login and easy user interace or suppliers; Excel biddingSupplier pre-bid collection beore competitive bidding begins

Reporting

Use web-based reporting to review and share results with team

members and management

Communications and Messaging

Supports timely and accurate communications between buyers

and suppliers

A variety o available messaging tools

Message center to send and receive messages

Global and Multi-lingual Capabilities

Supports RFX creation in nine languages: English, Chinese (Simplied

Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, SpanishFacilitates RFX content translation into any language

Supports online events in all major currencies (180) with

multi-currency bidding

Supplier Management

Prole management and search

Support or Public RFX

Proessional Package Only

Flexible process workfow capabilities to model and standardize

sourcing processes (projects, teams, rules, tasks, milestones)

Document and category knowledge repository, enabling easy

collaboration and consistency

Complex category support (decision support, award scenarios,

advanced pricing ormats, category playbooks)

Supplier Perormance Management (optional) (scorecard andperormance trending, surveys, workfow, KPI library/best practices)

Time to MarketMaterial CostsSourcing

Cycle TimesAdministrative

CostsFun Facts:

CompaniesusingAribaSourcing:170*

Sourcingeventsperyear:18,000

Annualspendvolume:$6B

Averagesavingsachieved:5-25%

Uniquecategoriessourced:450

Source: Strategic Sourcing in the Mid-Market Benchmark,

Aberdeen Group, December 2005

Broad Benefts o eSourcing

*Companies using Ariba hosted multi-tenant (On-Demand) Sourcing

software platform

14%

50%60%

15%

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