ARIBA PROCUREMENT SYSTEM

JMA is fully integrated with the Ariba Procurement System. We are an Ariba enabled punch-out supplier. The following is a short background on what the Ariba system is all about.

In any economy, strong or slow, it is critical for companies to manage their costs efficiently. Expenses must fall faster than revenues in downtimes and grow slower than revenue in up times. Ariba Spend Management is the perfect solution to help companies successfully manage and leverage their enterprise-wide spend for significant improvements to the bottom line.

Ariba pioneered the eProcurement industry and now leads the Enterprise Spend Management (ESM) market. Enterprise Spend Management is a new class of solutions that focus on delivering closed loop control and leverage of a company's spend. Most large companies already know how to reduce their spend, the challenge is to systematically control all key procurement interactions across the enterprise to deliver deeper and more sustainable spend reductions.

Key to realizing spend management success, companies need to engage with frontline users to capture demand and ensure compliance; engage with suppliers to improve sourcing and streamline purchasing processes; and, engage with back-end systems to enable enterprise-wide spend visibility and seamless integration. Once engaged, businesses then need the automated solutions to provide effective management and leverage of all procurement interactions.

The Ariba Spend Management Solution provides an integrated and automated solution for analysis, sourcing and procurement to ensure effective management of the full spend lifecycle from plan-to-pay. Companies can now intelligently leverage spend for bottom line results through systematic processes and supplier connectivity and relationships.