AmeriQuest Transportation Services Selects Ariba For Spend Management
Ariba, Inc., the leading spend management solutions provider, recently announced that it has signed an agreement with AmeriQuest Transportation Services, a leading provider of comprehensive fleet management services in North America that has recently been named to Inc. Magazine's list of fastest growing private companies. A pioneer among mid-market companies that are embracing spend management to transform their businesses, AmeriQuest has selected Ariba's on-demand spend management solutions as the platform for an aggressive strategy to generate savings and process efficiencies that increase its competitive advantage.
"At AmeriQuest Transportation Services, we believe that spend management is a key priority for us to aggressively move towards improving our spend visibility, sourcing, and contract management needs," said David Nitzsche, Vice President of Supply Management, AmeriQuest Transportation Services. "Ariba's knowledge about supply management and category expertise along with its desire to be a strategic business partner will allow us to focus on deploying its industry-leading solutions to the benefit of our members and customers."
Under the terms of its agreement with Ariba, AmeriQuest will implement a combination of Ariba Spend Visibility Ariba Sourcing and Ariba Contract Management On-Demand. Leveraging Ariba Spend Visibility, AmeriQuest can gain a clear and comprehensive view into its spend across categories and identify opportunities for savings. Using Ariba Sourcing, these savings can be driven to the bottom line. And with Ariba Contract Management, AmeriQuest can create and manage contracts across categories and functions, including sales, marketing, real estate, legal, procurement and IT and drive compliance with them.
"AmeriQuest is leading the charge among growing enterprises that are beginning to realize that by making spend management a priority, they can drive improvements that positively impact their bottom lines," said Jeff Wilson, Vice President and General Manager, Growing Enterprise Business, Ariba. "In selecting Ariba's on-demand solutions to power their spend management initiative, AmeriQuest has the technology, expertise and services they need to quickly and cost effectively move along the path to business excellence."
About AmeriQuest Transportation Services
AmeriQuest is a leading provider of comprehensive fleet management services in North America. By leveraging the strength of over 700,000 vehicles, AmeriQuest delivers savings, expertise, and opportunities to its private fleet, truckload carrier, and NationaLease members. For more information, please visit www.ameriquestcorp.com
About Ariba, Inc.
Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of Spend Management solutions to help companies realize rapid and sustainable bottom line results. Successful companies around the world in every industry use Ariba Spend Management software and services. Ariba can be contacted in the U.S. at 1.650.390.1000 or at www.ariba.com.
SOURCE: Ariba, Inc.