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Ariba Enterprise Consulting

Unparalleled in its ability to deliver concrete and practical solutions, our experience in Ariba Spend Management™ allows us to identify and prevent common mistakes and pitfalls which diminish the promise of ROI in an Ariba implementation.  The practical approach we take combines a broad knowledge of best practices and technology expertise necessary to deliver successful solutions to our clients. 

Global Rollouts – Any Ariba implementation we work on is an exacting mix of our experience, leadership, and technical acumen - it is this blend that drives our clients’ expectations and sets the tone for their success for an Ariba implementation. Our level of experience in Ariba combines best practices and proven methodologies in all aspects of implementations such as strategy planning, project management, business process design, technical development, integration testing, and change management. From localization and compliance issues to global architecture and technical integration, our consultants are veterans at global implementations.

Technical Upgrades – Shelby consultants are well versed in the Ariba technical upgrade process with experience in developing detailed project plans, executing and managing the technical steps, and coordinating all the necessary resources throughout the entire upgrade. Shelby provides guidance to management on upgrading and deploying Ariba modules in all development and production environments. Our team helps you plan and develop your Ariba footprint in areas including: phased rollouts, patches, technical hurdles, success criteria and future upgrade planning for the Ariba 9r1 release.

Spend Health Checks – At any point after an Ariba Enterprise or On Demand deployment, you need to understand how your system is performing and the extent to which it is being utilized. To ensure ROI for your Ariba investment, we help you assess system usage and provide recommendations on increasing and improving your spend throughput and user adoption. Shelby provides these services to identify key areas of improvement, assist in internal and external resource planning, and serve as a basis for next steps in your Ariba deployment.

Performance Tuning - If there is one area of need in every enterprise system environment, it is performance tuning. Traditionally, system performance is affected by work distribution, kernel usage, memory allocation, and database maintenance. To improve the performance of your Ariba system, Shelby’s technical experts deliver comprehensive and holistic reviews of your environment by first assessing the problem and establishing numeric values that categorize acceptable behavior. We then isolate and resolve bottlenecks critical to improving overall performance in key areas including your network, web server, application, and database layers.

ERP & Custom Integration - Each integration project has its own challenges, depending on the software involved. At Shelby we recognize that getting your purchasing data in and out of Ariba, and moving other data in, is a task that should be easily accomplished. Shelby has integrated Ariba with numerous packaged and legacy ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, and PeopleSoft) asset management systems, inventory systems, warehouse systems, and MRO systems. Our expertise is broad in configuring packaged and legacy integration points with in - depth expertise in IBM Websphere, TIBCO Active Enterprise and BEA WebMethods toolsets, as well as flexible Shelby custom solutions developed by our technical research development team.

Change Management - As part of any project implementation, communicating the vision and value of the impending organizational changes is critical. To facilitate successful change requires knowledge of your audience – be it role-based or technology-oriented. Paramount to this level of communication is identifying the right mix of instructor-lead and distance-learning solutions. And implementing new or altered business processes or enterprise implementation has an impact at many levels of an organization. With Shelby training experience in train-the-trainer, technical and end user approaches, our consultants work with you tying the project lifecycle together and making a tactical success a business success.