The reality is that most companies are disappointed with the actual results from first generation e-procurement deployments. The vast majority of companies faced a challenge during initial supplier on-boarding and the subsequent management of supplier information was more complex than they expected.

What was supposed to be a simple process of automating requisitioning and catalog management turned out to be far more complicated. The results - regardless of whether organizations picked software from their ERP provider or an independent vendor - often looked the same: limited spend under management, few suppliers enabled, and adoption levels well below original expectations.

Fortunately, there is a straightforward solution to the enablement challenge: Aravo SIM. Regardless of whether an organization is looking to enhance its returns from an existing eProcurement implementation or enable a larger percentage of suppliers and spend from the start in a new roll-out, Aravo is the solution.

Aravo SIM:

• Provides a platform for companies to pro-actively manage and take control of the entire supplier on-boarding, enablement and catalog management process
• Centralizes the collection of supplier and catalog information
• Enables supplier self-service
• Delivers Web-based, on demand dashboards to track progress and status
• Provides executive-level and project-level reporting
• Includes standardized process management and best-practices and automation
• Provides flexible, configurable rules and validation