DoD EMALL is the DoD’s single entry point for its customers to find and acquire off-the-shelf, finished goods and items from the commercial marketplace and Government sources. The DoD will leverage the Ariba Network Connect program and Ariba CSN to significantly increase the number and types of suppliers particularly small and disadvantaged suppliers supported on the site. A Network Connector, developed by the DoD will enable the agency to connect its buyers and suppliers to ERP and other procurement applications.
We’re really looking forward to working with Ariba, said Don O’Brien, DoD Emall program manager, Defense Logistics Agency. It will enable the DoD EMALL to quickly and easily access the many Ariba suppliers. They will be able to use the same Ariba- enabled catalog content and business processes for the DoD that they use with their commercial customers. The resultant efficiency will provide benefits to both parties.
Ariba CSN maximizes the ability of buyers such as the DoD to attract and rapidly enable all of their target suppliers, regardless of the complexity of their eCommerce project, said Shannon Lynch, vice president and general manager, Network Solutions, Ariba. Ariba CSN supports the industry’s largest network of value chain partners, including thousands of suppliers registered and transacting on the network. This established supplier community will enable the DoD to gain access to their strategic suppliers and continue to ramp their entire supplier base.
Ariba CSN is one of the most widely adopted and liquid global networks of its kind for B2B commerce and collaboration, allowing businesses of all kinds, anywhere in the world, to connect and trade. Ariba CSN is integral to Ariba’s Value Chain Management (VCM) solutions, providing the scalable, global network infrastructure customers require to connect to and collaborate with their trading partners. The Network Connect program allows any non-Ariba buy-side procurement, marketplace, and ERP system to connect to the Ariba CSN.
