This Letter Is to Inform You That Our SUPPLIER MANAGER TEAM Will Be Working to Enable More

Hello All,

This letter is to inform you that our [SUPPLIER MANAGER TEAM] will be working to enable more suppliers on the Ariba platform. Our [SUPPLIER MANAGER TEAM] has been working with the Ariba Network team to identify suppliers that prefer using the Ariba Network and catalog functionality.

The suppliers identified for this initiative have been strategically selected based on one or more of the following criteria:

 The supplier is a “committed “or a “managed” supplier. This means that the supplier has expressed that they prefer the Ariba network as their e-commerce channel or they have a managed relationship with the Ariba team.  The supplier already supports catalogs. This means more value for us as well as the supplier. Accurate product information and pricing yields efficiencies in both the procurement process as well as the invoice-reconciliation process

In the coming days our [SUPPLIER MANAGER TEAM] will be reaching out to you to review the suppliers that have been selected. Your full support of this initiative is [EXPECTED -or- APPRECIATED].

To recap, this initiative to improve our procurement process delivers benefits that include:

 Lower purchase-order processing costs through the elimination of hard-copy and manually transmitted documents  A better shopping experience for you, and better invoice-matching for your suppliers, through more catalog content  Minimized spend leakage by automating our workflow

We will introduce our supplier base to the Ariba Network in waves between now and [TIME FRAME END DATE]. If you receive questions from suppliers, you may direct them to our [SUPPLIER MANAGER TEAM] at [PHONE/EMAIL]

If you have any questions, please contact [SUPPLIER MANAGER TEAM].

Thank you.

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