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.

Visit our Webcast archive to find a comprehensive guide of available webinar replays.

Many sourcing organizations are now well into their Low Cost Country Sourcing journey. However, tight supply capacities in Asia, currency fluctuations, and high profile supply failures, among other issues, have all made this sourcing strategy challenging for large and small companies alike. Join us for on July 23 as Ariba unveils the results of a comprehensive LCCS study of both Canadian and American purchasing executives examining topics such as:

• Future geographies of interest to find the 'right shore' for your LCC initiative
• Managing overseas supply risk
• Best practices in establishing and managing international purchasing offices (IPOs)

Contract management automation has revolutionized the contracting process for thousands of companies by providing the opportunity to reduce contracting cycle times, better manage contract renewals, and significantly improve compliance, thereby minimizing organizational risk.

But for many contract management professionals, the missing piece of the puzzle has been in contract execution. A majority of organizations continue to rely on wet ink signatures of paper documents due to limitations in technology and internal barriers, resulting in delayed contracting cycles, high shipping costs, lost audit trails, and an unnecessarily high environmental footprint. But advances in technology now allow companies to complete the contract automation puzzle with electronic signatures.

Ariba, the leader in contract management solutions, and DocuSign, the leading electronic signature service provider, have teamed up to present an informative webinar to help your organization understand more about electronic signatures–what they are, how to build your business case, and how they can benefit your organization.

According to the latest Fortune 500® rankings, six of the world’s top 10 insurance providers, five of the top 10 securities firms and six of the top 10 commercial banks use Ariba solutions to drive savings and process efficiencies that improve their profits and competitive advantage. MetLife, the nation’s largest life insurer and leading provider of employee benefits, is one of the leading financial services firms that relies on Ariba® Spend Management Solutions™ to conduct nearly all aspects of its strategic sourcing process virtually.

Join us for a live interactive webinar as Roy R. Anderson, vice president of Global Procurement at MetLife, which ranks 37th on the Fortune 500®, discusses how MetLife’s procurement function evolved from a transaction-based organization to a strategic global procurement operation focused on bottom-line results.

Anderson will also discuss the use of technology-based solutions and processes, such as those offered by Ariba, which have helped to serve as vehicles for change during MetLife’s global procurement transformation. By leveraging new technologies, MetLife has been able to implement more stringent controls over the spend management process, while at the same time expediting the purchasing function and recognizing significant cost savings. Take away tips and knowledge to help your organization achieve similar spend management success.

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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.