Enabling Global Spend Analysis Through Application Management
- Clemens Dorfer,Manager Procurement Processes & Strategy, Mondi Group
- Wolfgang Schacherl, Procurement Director, Mondi Group

Spend analysis in a global organization has many unique challenges. Data aggregation, enrichment and analysis are all complicated by factors such as multiple language descriptions and interfaces, multiple currencies and project team dispersion. Unlike most sessions at Ariba LIVE, where companies have completed roll-out of an Ariba solution, Mondi is in the midst of a multi-vendor solution roll-out based out of Vienna, Austria. Come hear the challenges and successes Mondi is wrestling with.

Spend Management at Alcoa
- Christie Breves, Chief Procurement Officer, Global Business Services, Alcoa

Listen to highlights from this Ariba LIVE 2006 mainstage presentation and learn more about Spend Management at Alcoa.

Spend Management at The Limited Brands
- Jason Dombrowski, Manager of Procurement Technology, The Limited Brands
- Scott Havens, Director of Spend Management, The Limited Brands
- David Maley, Director of Procurement Operations, The Limited Brands

Specialty retailer Limited Brands has just surpassed the two-year point in their Spend Management journey. From their early days of leveraging sourcing services to gain significant savings, to standardizing and sharing commodity management expertise across the organization by using Ariba solutions, and finally leveraging Ariba for comprehensive procurement, electronic invoice, travel and expense, spend analysis. Listen to highlights from this Ariba LIVE 2006 breakout session and explore the history of The Limited Brand's Spend Management strategy, activities, successes, and lessons learned.

Ariba QuickSource Evolution
- Mike Zaleski, Sourcing Manager, Hubbell

Listen to highlights from this Ariba LIVE 2006 breakout session, and gain insights into the benefits of moving to Ariba QuickSource 7.0 and adopting a more robust sourcing process and knowledge management through Ariba Contract Management.

Leveraging Ariba with Your ERP Systems
- Dave Beaver, Director of Procure to Pay Program, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Listen to highlights from this Ariba LIVE 2006 breakout session, and learn about Sony Pictures Entertainment's strategic consideration, business operations requirements, and best practices.

Effective Buyer - Supplier Pairs: Delivering Transaction Value
- Brock Hirschman, Director of E-Business, Corporate Express

For some companies, the value of a Supplier Network can be abstract; in application, networks drive tremendous economic value for its members. Listen to highlights from this Ariba LIVE 2006 breakout session, and learn how the Ariba Supplier Network has driven transactional value for them individually and as a paired buying entity on the Network.

Spend Management with Hewlett-Packard Company
- Larry Welch, Vice President, Indirect Procurement, Hewlett-Packard Company

Listen to highlights from this Ariba LIVE 2006 mainstage presentation and learn more about Spend Management at Hewlett-Packard Company.

Due to the increasing complexity and increasing risk of doing business in a global, litigous environment, the importance of contract management has been elevated onto the radar of business executives including Legal Counsel, CFO, CPO, CIO, and beyond. Ariba's latest podcast offers a discussion between Tim Minahan, Ariba CMO and Ken Miklos, Sr. Product Marketing Manager of Ariba's Contract Management solutions, and is based on a recent whitepaper, "Protecting the Single Source of Truth: Effective Contract Management as a Core Business Strategy," covering various facets of contract management automation including building a business case, the challenges that automation can address, and the pain points and benefits of distinct functional areas impacted by contract management.