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1. • Extended value of ERP
investments by enabling
purchasing of all goods
and services through existing
SAP SRM system
• Increased order accuracy
and reduced non-catalog
orders
• Increased efficiencies
allowed Procurement
to focus on higher
value-add activities
• Improved collaboration
both internally
(purchasing/finance) and
externally (with suppliers)
• Ariba invoicing business
rules dramatically reduced
AP exceptions
Company
Clariant
Profile
International Specialty
Chemical Company
Ariba Solutions
Ariba Procurement Content
Ariba PO Automation
Ariba Invoice Automation
Ariba Network
Challenges Solutions Results
• Dispersed procurement
organization, with operations
in more than 70 countries
• Struggled to maintain
accurate catalogues in SAP
with global supply base
• Desire to forge more
strategic and collaborative
supplier relationships
• Invoice cycle times not
meeting internal SLA and
payment schedules
• AP department swamped with
paper - described as the “roof
was on fire”
• Deployed Ariba
Procurement Content™ to
manage 300+ catalogues
(1.5M SKUs) and enable a
consumer-like shopping
experience, seamlessly
integrating to the existing
SAP SRM system for
order initiation
• Deploying Ariba PO
Automation ™ and Ariba
Invoice Automation™ for
a paperless
order-to-receipt process
• All countries in scope
will be covered with one
user-friendly and tax-
compliant solution
• Leveraging Ariba global
services to enable
catalogs and suppliers
on the Ariba® Network
Increased Inter-Enterprise Productivity
and Extended SAP Investment Value
“As a company committed to operating at the highest levels of
efficiencies, Clariant is taking action to fuel an automated process through
which we can improve our cost structure and performance.”
Peter Beyeler, Global eProcurement & Automation Manager, Clariant
“We recognized early on that the key to user adoption of any
procurement system is providing an easy-to-use tool with
current content. Ariba Procurement Content lets us deliver a
simple and intuitive shopping experience so that we can drive
more spend through our system, ensure compliance with our
contracts, and realize greater savings.”
Peter Beyeler, Global eProcurement & Automation Manager, Clariant
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