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The Ariba SupplyWatch is a quarterly category trend report created by category managers within the Ariba Global Services Organization. Made up of approximately 400 strategic sourcing professionals, the Global Services Organization offers knowledge-based, adaptive services that easily plug into a company's spend management program while providing maximum flexibility to support program success.

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Ariba SupplyWatch: Q4 2008 10/30/2008 (8 MB)
In our 20 years in Sourcing and Procurement we have never seen a market turn this quickly and dramatically. Not only has the bottom dropped out of the stock market, ...
Ariba SupplyWatch: Q3 2008 09/02/2008 (10 MB)
Another quarter has gone by, and discussions continue to surround the struggling U.S. dollar, skyrocketing steel prices, and the endlessly volatile oil market. Certainly, the overall global economic environment remains ...
Ariba SupplyWatch: Q2 2008 06/04/2008 (10 MB)
We are starting to sound like a broken record. Oil is still above $100 per barrel, the U.S. dollar continues to push historic lows against other major currencies around the ...
Ariba SupplyWatch: Q4 2007 02/01/2008 (12 MB)
The importance of managing sourcing strategies and adjusting procurement practices appropriately is the main focus of the Q4 2007 edition of Ariba SupplyWatch. With the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the ...
Ariba SupplyWatch: Q3 2007 11/20/2007 (11 MB)
In the Q3 2007 issue of Ariba SupplyWatch, Ariba’s Category Managers consistently discuss the following the falling U.S. Dollar, the construction slowdown, raw material price volatility. ...
Ariba SupplyWatch: Q2 2007 06/15/2007 (9 MB)
Ariba’s category managers focus on a number of interesting and impactful industry trends in this quarter’s Ariba SupplyWatch. In direct materials, the hot topics include the reduction in the Chinese ...
Ariba SupplyWatch: Q1 2007 01/15/2007 (11 MB)
The first quarter saw overall steady growth in most categories, as most of the trends established in the previous quarter have carried over into 2007. In direct materials, some initial ...
Ariba SupplyWatch: Q4 2006 11/15/2006 (10 MB)
The past quarter marked the end of 2006 and, once again, we saw strong growth in sourcing projects in most categories. While this issue of Ariba SupplyWatch goes into extensive ...
Ariba SupplyWatch: Q3 2006 11/01/2006 (8 MB)
Ariba continued to see strong growth in sourcing projects in most categories during the third quarter of 2006. With overall economic growth rates in 2006 outpacing those rates achieved in ...
Ariba SupplyWatch: Q2 2006 08/01/2006 (10 MB)
The second quarter of 2006 saw an overall increase in sourcing projects in most categories, with a focus on mitigating risk and hedging against future price increases. Aribas customers continue ...