The premier conference for procurement executives and finance professionals, Ariba LIVE 2008 is designed for leaders charged with shaping and creating spending strategies that enhance corporate performance and competitive advantage. At this event, you’ll gain insights into spend management technology and best practices, network with other spend management executives, and hear from leading practitioners who are pushing the boundaries to realize positive and innovative change within their organizations.

Ariba LIVE 2008 Europe, June 10

Additional information is available at Ariba LIVE 2008.

The second Ariba User Conference will provide Ariba users with two days of ample networking opportunities with other users as well as numerous invaluable sessions and occasions to interact with Ariba product managers, engineers, and solution strategists. From buyers, sourcing managers and enablement leaders to procurement analysts and technical project leads, you will gain the first-hand information you need to be successful with your Ariba solution.

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Designed for executives and practitioners, the Ariba Spend Management Days are one-day complimentary events that focus on providing practical, actionable information you can use to evolve your spend management initiatives and advance the way you do business.

Additional information is available at Ariba Spend Management Days.

Ariba Webcasts are live scheduled events led either by an Ariba specialist or customer and are designed to provide you with insights on how to rapidly and efficiently engage, manage, and leverage every aspect of your enterprise-wide spend.

With the right sourcing expertise and category knowledge, companies can effectively position themselves to take control of freight costs, gain visibility into accessorial charges, contain rising fuel costs and implement industry best practices into their supply chain. During the webcast, Ariba will share current market conditions for Truckload, Less than Truckload, Air Freight, Ocean Freight and Small Parcel, along with how companies can maximize savings opportunities from softened market conditions while minimizing the impact of high fuel costs.

Procurement expenses go directly to the bottom line and can quickly overrun the budgetary floodgates. By leveraging the power of buyer-supplier collaboration, compliance and coordination, a single PO becomes part of a much larger cost-savings initiative. This webinar will explore ways of leveraging leading solutions and best practices to cut costs and create a positive impact on profits.

NEW!
Ariba now offers weekly Live Online Demonstrations. These highly informative and interactive sessions will enable you to very quickly understand the capabilities of Ariba’s solutions. You’ll be guided through the key functional components of each solution and also have the opportunity to ask questions in real-time.

Ariba User Groups are created for and hosted by Ariba Customers. User Groups are typically aligned by region, industry or solution. UG members meet at least twice a year to network, share best practices, and provide industry and product input to our future releases. All Ariba customers are welcome to participate in any of our User Groups. Each user group will focus on topics of high interest to the customers participating.

Ariba User Groups are intended for Ariba Licensed Customers only.

Ariba customers can view additional information at the Ariba User Groups Networking Portal.