Breakout Session Tracks

Ariba LIVE features more than 42 practitioner-led breakout sessions across six different tracks on practical approaches and best practices for managing spend management for competitive advantage.

Track Descriptions

Ariba Spend Management Solutions
Ariba delivers the most comprehensive suite of innovative solutions and services to help companies like yours optimize spend management processes and results. Enterprises of all sizes, geographies, and industries are using Ariba Spend Management Solutions to speed and sustain dramatic improvements in sourcing, procurement, invoicing, contract management, and supplier management. This track will highlight the Spend Management strategies and experiences of organizations that have taken full advantage of Ariba's solutions. Whether your company is actively evaluating a solution or simply interested in learning more about available functionality, this is your opportunity to hear from those who have achieved significant benefits.
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Industry Best Practices
Each industry is presented with its own set of spend management opportunities and challenges. Recent globalization, economic, and regulatory changes have only amplified these unique challenges. In these sessions, spend management leaders will discuss the trends, challenges, and success strategies for their industry sector and how their companies employed innovative spend management and contract management techniques and solutions to capitalize on the global opportunity. Ranging from financial services, manufacturing to retail and mid-market (and more!), these sessions will provide an interactive best practice exchange and networking opportunities.
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Global Warriors
Increased globalization and outsourcing are forcing companies to compete and manage supply in all corners of the globe. These dynamics have raised opportunities for lowering costs and penetrating new markets. Yet, they've also introduced new challenges for supplier management and risks for performance. Developing and sustaining a successful global spend management program requires new management and organizational approaches as well as technology. Whether your company thinking about going global or already has operations on every continent, this track is for you.
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Industry Pioneers
Once in awhile you'll come across a true pioneer: A person or organization that has employed a unique or innovative strategy or approach to transform operations or business processes to deliver momentous results. This track will highlight those that have forged new territory only to uncover the endless possibilities of spend management. Whether embracing On Demand technology or making organizational transformations - these pioneers will present lessons applicable to all attendees.
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Breaking Barriers
Spend management touches every major function of an organization - from finance and IT to marketing and training. If you are involved in these functional areas, you know the importance spend management plays. If you work with these teams, you know the significance of establishing interdepartmental relationships in order to improve communication and, ultimately the overall spend management process. This track will spotlight the different roles and departments that touch the spend management and provide insights into their priorities and concerns.
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Network Community
Buyer and supplier collaboration is imperative for a trading relationship success. Trading partners can range from Fortune 10 organizations to local and regional companies that recognize new opportunities and challenges when implementing best practices. This track will focus on technology and strategies that enable companies to elevate their discovery, purchasing and financial processes and embrace Ariba's powerful network community.
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Procuri Customer Integration
In addition to the best practice case studies and thought-leadership sessions permeated throughout the two-day agenda, this track is dedicated to you. These sessions will address expanded spend management solutions available as well as highlight customers who have made the transformation from Procuri to Ariba’s platform. Regardless if you use TotalSource or TotalContracts, you’ll have the opportunity to network with your peers and talk with executives about your journey to spend management excellence.
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