Buying industrial supplies can be challenging. To make it more
easy, MSC Industrial Supply Co. (NYSE: MSM), one of the nation’s
largest maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) distributors has
teamed up with Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA), the world’s business
commerce network, to create an efficient, consumer-like shopping
experience that enables its customers around the world to quickly
find, buy and receive the goods they need. And in the process, the
company has boosted its sales by more than 100 percent.
“The Ariba® Network is an extremely effective tool that MSC uses
to facilitate the online procurement process and create a positive
experience for our customers,” said Simeon Chiger, Director,
eProcurement, MSC Industrial SupplyCo. “Leveraging the Ariba
Network, we can help our customers save time and money while
improving the efficiency of their shop floor.”
The Ariba Network is the world’s largest web-based trading
community. Using the 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.
MSC joined the Ariba Network more than a decade ago and has
since leveraged the community to provide customers an accessible
and reliable way to identify, order, and receive products quickly
and efficiently. “Through mscdirect.com, our customers can access
data and products faster and easier than they have before, with
automatic order processing now integrated fully into their
inventory management and vending solutions,” Chiger added.
The company has also been able to:
- Increase productivity
- Improve order accuracy
- Decrease returns
- Boost conversion rates by 50
percent
- Lower order-processing costs by 60
percent
“With Ariba, we can rapidly fulfill all customer integration
requests, usually without any customized programming,” Chiger said.
As a result, MSC serves more customers through Ariba than any other
eCommerce platform.
“As consumer trends continue to creep into the business world,
industrial buyers are demanding a simplified shopping experience,”
said Jason Kurtz, Vice President, Ariba Network. “By linking
mscdirect.com to the Ariba Network, MSC can enable its customers to
quickly and easily find the items they need and purchase them in
compliance with corporate processes – and in the process,
differentiate itself and drive advantage among its
competitors.”
Companies around the world use the Ariba Network to simplify
inter-enterprise commerce and enhance the results that they
deliver, For more information on the Network and the value it can
deliver to your commercial organization, visit
http://www.ariba.com/supplier/suppliernetwork/.
About MSCMSC Industrial Supply Co. is one of the largest
distributors of Metalworking and Maintenance, Repair and Operations
(“MRO”) supplies to industrial customers throughout the United
States. MSC employs one of the industry’s largest sales forces and
distributes approximately 600,000 industrial products from
approximately 3,000 suppliers to approximately 325,000 customers.
In-stock availability is approximately 99%, with next day standard
delivery to the contiguous United States on qualifying orders up
until 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. MSC reaches its customers through a
combination of approximately 19 million direct-mail catalogs, 108
branch sales offices, 1,081 sales people, the Internet and
associations with some of the world's most prominent B2B eCommerce
portals. For more information, visit the Company's website at
http://www.mscdirect.com.
About Ariba, Inc.Ariba, Inc. is the world’s business
commerce network. Ariba combines industry-leading cloud-based
applications with the world's largest web-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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