GM and Ariba Operating Resource Management System
15 March 1999
General Motors Drives Reductions in Corporate Spending With Ariba Operating Resource Management System
World's Largest Auto Maker Signs Client Agreement with Ariba
SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 15 -- Ariba Technologies, Inc., the
leader in network commerce solutions for Operating Resource Management (ORM),
today announced that General Motors Corporation will implement the
Ariba Operating Resource Management System(TM) (Ariba ORMS(TM)) to reduce
corporate spending and improve delivery times on IT goods and services. GM,
the world's largest auto maker, will deploy the intranet-based Ariba system
first in North America and eventually globally.
Ariba ORMS is an integrated suite of applications that connects buyers to
suppliers and provides a solution for the acquisition and management of
non-production goods and services, collectively termed "operating resources."
These include capital equipment, services, maintenance, repair, and operating
(MRO) supplies, and travel and entertainment expenses, essentially the
products and services that companies acquire to run their day-to-day business
operations.
GM will use Ariba ORMS to facilitate the procurement of standard IT
commodities, to track the metrics of turn-around times, and to gain a
comprehensive view of all related spending. Ariba ORMS is a sound foundation
for other eProcurement applications, as GM continues to implement eCommerce
solutions.
"Through its sophisticated e-commerce capabilities and decision support
tools, Ariba ORMS will allow us to identify significant opportunities for cost
reduction," said Bob Chaffin, corporate director of finance and contracts at
GM. "By replacing our manual, paper-based system we can optimize our
procurement processes and more closely control our spending while leveraging
company-wide economies of scale."
"By adopting Ariba ORMS, General Motors and our other Global 2000 clients
indicate that eCommerce applications are no longer only the purview of early
adopters," said Keith Krach, president and CEO at Ariba. "Because Ariba's
enterprise-class eCommerce solutions have continually proven themselves by
delivering significant benefits to all our clients, the system is now being
implemented at numerous mainstream companies like GM."
About Ariba
Ariba is the leader in network commerce solutions for Operating Resource
Management (ORM). The company's eCommerce products deliver a high return on
investment by improving the acquisition and management of operating resources,
the goods and services required to operate a company. Ariba's comprehensive
ORM solution leverages the Internet, corporate intranets, and an advanced
network application architecture to efficiently connect requestors to
approvers, buyers to suppliers, and the Ariba system to enterprise
applications. Ariba and its strategic partners offer consulting and
implementation services, training, and technical support that enable rapid
deployment of scalable, flexible, enterprise-wide Operating Resource
Management solutions. Ariba can be contacted at 408-543-3800 or at
http://www.ariba.com.
NOTE: Ariba is a registered trademark of Ariba Technologies Inc. Ariba
Operating Resource Management System, Ariba ORMS, and Walk-Up User Interface
are trademarks of Ariba Technologies Inc. All other products or company names
mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of
their respective owners.