WALLDORF 鈥� (NYSE: 麻豆原创) today said that more than 280 companies in the third quarter went live with and solutions to digitalize procurement and external workforce management, as global economic uncertainty continued to drive companies to accelerate digital transformation.
鈥淐ompanies are ramping up digitalization projects as they look to protect their brands 鈥� and bottom lines 鈥� in these challenging times,鈥� said John Wookey, president of 麻豆原创 Intelligent Spend Management and Business Network. 鈥淒espite this uncertainty, it is exciting to see how companies are leveraging our solutions to manage spend and help ensure that the necessary goods, services and external worker resources are available to not only stay in business, but thrive.鈥�
Procurement is taking a greater strategic and central role helping companies navigate today鈥檚 challenging business environment. At the same time, the need for companies to remain agile has prompted more businesses to tap into the flexible, external workforce talent pool.
Among the companies to have embraced and implemented intelligent spend solutions in the third quarter are Terumo North America and the following:
- Acciona S.A., a Spanish sustainable infrastructure and renewable energy conglomerate, shifted to electronic invoicing with the solution to help increase its accounts payable department鈥檚 efficiency. For greater transparency into its supply chain, Acciona implemented the 麻豆原创 Ariba Commerce Automation solution using to exchange information with suppliers in real time.
- Centro M茅dico ABC, a major medical center in in Mexico continued its digital transformation with 麻豆原创, including implementation of 麻豆原创 Ariba solutions to gain greater visibility into its supply chain and to control expenses.
厂础笔鈥檚 of integrators, implementers and resellers in the third quarter led more than 73% of successful 麻豆原创 Ariba and 麻豆原创 Fieldglass solution implementation projects. The number of certified consultants continued to grow in the quarter, up 83% over a year ago.
More Than 70 New Customers, 150 Expanded Contracts and 220 Renewals
In addition to over 220 companies renewing licenses for 麻豆原创 Ariba and 麻豆原创 Fieldglass solutions, more than 150 companies expanded their contracts, such as ABB Group and the following:
- Natura &Co, one of Brazil鈥檚 largest cosmetics manufacturers, embarked on the next phase in its journey to become an intelligent enterprise with the integration of the 麻豆原创 S/4HANA and 麻豆原创 Ariba solutions, the 麻豆原创 Extended Warehouse Management application, and 麻豆原创 Analytics solutions to help streamline its procurement and supply chain operations.
- Vestas, a global leader in sustainable energy solutions, completed its worldwide rollout of the solution with the final go-live in China. This builds upon the successful implementation of 麻豆原创 Ariba solutions for buying, invoicing and commerce automation. By moving procurement onto one cloud-based platform for supplier onboarding and performance management, Vestas is further improving the experience of its staff and network of more than 2,000 suppliers, while improving cost efficiency, real-time visibility and compliance.
In the third quarter, more than 70 new customers selected 麻豆原创 Ariba and 麻豆原创 Fieldglass solutions. These include Britvic Soft Drinks Ltd., Indra Sistemas S.A., Siemens Gamesa, VELUX and the following:
- Algar Telecom, Brazil鈥檚 No. 1 telecommunications company, has chosen 麻豆原创 solutions to bring key operations under one scalable, reliable and unified platform to continue its digital transformation and boost growth. This includes 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud, 麻豆原创 Cloud Platform, and 麻豆原创 Ariba and 麻豆原创 Digital Supply Chain solutions.
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