Ariba has announced that ICG Commerce, the world’s first comprehensive Procurement Services Provider (PSP), will become an Ariba channel partner and will use the Ariba Marketplace NE solution to power RealExchange migrating its global customer base onto the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform. Simultaneously, ICG Commerce’s pre-sourced content, aggregated pricing, and services will be made available to the Ariba Commerce Services Network(Ariba CSN).
Ariba will provide ICG Commerce its B2B commerce platform including procurement and marketplace technology solutions amplified by the Ariba CSN. ICG Commerce will offer its comprehensive procurement services that combine content and category expertise, extensive supply-base management, flexible Internet-based technology and aggregated purchasing data from its global customer base.
The Ariba/ICG Commerce alliance will help drive significant liquidity by giving Ariba customers access to at least 30 ICG Commerce pre-sourced aggregated supplier catalogs along with extensive supply-base management expertise, helping customers to reduce their ROI cycle time. With the addition of ICG Commerce’s pre-sourced aggregated content catalogs, our complementary solutions will dramatically help customers to more rapidly achieve ROI. stated Larry Mueller, Ariba’s president and chief operating officer.
For ICG Commerce’s global customer base, the partnership provides access to B2B technology, including critical global functionality. We chose ICG Commerce as our Procurement Services Provider because they have the resources worldwide to deliver effective strategic sourcing services, said Frank van den Heuvel, Purchasing and Outsourcing Director at Sara Lee, a current global customer of ICG Commerce. Through their partnership with Ariba, we’ll now have access to its leading Ariba B2B Commerce Platform which includes support of our multi-language and currency needs in this global market.
The Ariba/ICG Commerce partnership is already impacting companies that are looking for a combination of leading B2B eCommerce technology and eProcurement services. We are thrilled that two key strategic partners of Transora like Ariba and ICG Commerce are working so closely together, said Rick Herbst, chief business officer of Transora. This will certainly enhance and accelerate the value that can be delivered to Transora and our participants.
The Ariba/ICG Commerce alliance allows companies like Alltel to further leverage the Business Internet to drive down costs and improve overall supply chain performance, said Jerry Fetzer, vice president of Shared Services for Alltel.
