The Ariba B2B Commerce Platform includes the Ariba Buyer solution, which will enable Zurich’s procurement to be aggregated from each employee desktop and directed to preferred suppliers, B2B marketplaces and exchanges, resulting in cost savings, increased efficiencies and improved trading partner relationships. The signing of Zurich Financial Services reaffirms Ariba Buyer’s leadership in the Financial Services industry.
The introduction of the Ariba Buyer solution forms a significant part of Zurich Financial Services Group’s overall eBusiness strategy and demonstrates how Zurich is using the latest Internet technology to bring greater efficiencies not just to its customer-facing activities, but also its internal processes.
As an Ariba Buyer customer, Zurich Financial Services will have access to thousands of suppliers worldwide through the Ariba Commerce Services Network (Ariba CSN), allowing for transparent collaboration between buyers and suppliers. Ariba CSN is Ariba’s network infrastructure for delivering commerce services to companies in the B2B ecosystem. These open services extend and redefine interaction and collaboration between B2B trading partners globally and include directory and registration services, transaction management, catalog services, content delivery and discovery services, financial services, sourcing services and logistics and supply chain management.
