Intrigo Fuels Collaborative Supply Chain & Direct Materials Procurement with Ariba

FREMONT, Calif.

Intrigo Systems, a leading provider of advisory, implementation and managed services for SAP solutions, today announced that it will leverage solutions from Ariba (NYSE: SAP), an SAP company, to enable supply chain collaboration with direct material suppliers for its customers.

“Ariba is a natural extension of our core supply chain practice, from planning to sourcing,to procurement and delivery. Ariba’s business network and cloud-based procurement applications combined with Intrigo’s expertise in IBP and cloud solutions will provide accelerated sourcing and procurement capabilities to customers,” said Prabhakar Prasad, Global Vice President, Sales and Marketing of Intrigo Systems.

With Ariba’s solutions, Intrigo can provide companies the capability to connect with all their suppliers for indirect materials, services and direct materials, using one platform and also help reduce purchasing and invoice processing costs significantly. Increased touch-less operation of procure-to-pay processes in a matter of days will be beneficial to enterprises as well.

Intrigo brings its years of experience in designing and deploying integrated business planning and supply chain management solutions that can now be dovetailed with Ariba capabilities for the customer.

“Best-in-class companies are no longer talking about the cloud. They’re executing in it,” said David Johnston, Senior Vice President of Channels and Alliances, Ariba. “In leveraging Ariba’s solutions, Intrigo can help its clients turn procurement into a collaborative and informed process that delivers long-term, sustainable growth and competitive advantage.”

About Intrigo Systems:

Intrigo Systems is the premier SAP Channel Partner and a leading provider of Advisory, Implementation, and Managed Services. We develop business applications, focused on delivering customer value, in the dynamic SAP Enterprise technology landscape. Intrigo has also partnered with SAP in the design of their Advance Planning & Optimization (APO) environment and has implemented some of the largest successful projects in this area. With a hands-on leadership team, Intrigo has successfully managed over 100 SAP implementations. These include IBP-S&OP, Demand, Supply, APO, Supply Chain Analytics for industry verticals as varied as Technology, Fashion, Consumer Products, Manufacturing and Chemicals. www.intrigosys.com

About Ariba:

Ariba is the world’s business commerce network. Ariba combines industry-leading cloud-based applications with the world’s largest Internet-based trading community to help companies discover and collaborate with a global network of partners. Using the Ariba^® Network, businesses of all sizes can connect to their trading partners anywhere, at any time from any application or device to buy, sell and manage their cash more efficiently and effectively than ever before. Companies around the world use the Ariba Network to simplify inter-enterprise commerce and enhance the results that they deliver. Join them at: www.ariba.com.

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