Diebold Drives Cost Savings with Ariba

Business Wire,  May 6, 2008  

Tags: Ariba Inc., cost savings, Diebold Inc.

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Company Leverages Ariba Technology, Category Expertise and Services to Fuel Cost-Reduction Initiatives and Deliver Performance Improvements

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARBA), the leading spend management solutions provider, today announced that it is helping Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE:DBD), a global leader in providing integrated self-service delivery and security systems and services, approach a significant milestone in its ongoing efforts to reduce costs and improve profits. By leveraging Ariba's technology category expertise and global services, Diebold is on schedule to drive more than $100 million in savings as part of a company-wide cost-reduction initiative launched in 2006.

"As a market leader, Diebold must diligently manage its costs and drive supply chain efficiency on a global scale in order to maintain and enhance its competitive advantage," said George S. Mayes, Jr., executive vice president, global operations, Diebold. "Through Ariba's solutions, we have been able to identify opportunities for savings and drive them to the bottom line while continuing to invest in innovation and deliver quality products and services to our customers around the world."

To support the company's efforts in moving toward its three-year target of $100 million in cost reductions, Diebold tapped a comprehensive range of Ariba([R]) Spend Management([TM]) solutions to drive a global spend management initiative, including: Ariba Sourcing([TM]), Ariba Spend Management Services, Ariba Spend Visibility([TM]) and Ariba Category Procurement([TM]).

Since 2000, Diebold has used Ariba Sourcing to streamline its sourcing and negotiation process and optimize its supply base. In 2003, the company leveraged Ariba global services to launch a low-cost country sourcing project in China to strengthen its supply chain and move closer to its customers. By 2004, similar projects were underway in Europe and India. In 2006, Diebold added Ariba Spend Visibility and Ariba Category Procurement to identify additional opportunities for savings across direct materials and indirect spend categories and drive cost and process improvements that are helping the company come within reach of its $100 million savings target.

"Diebold embraced spend management at a time when many organizations were still thinking about it," said Kevin Costello, president, Ariba. "By investing in spend management solutions and building the teams and processes necessary to support them, Diebold has not only transformed its procurement organization, but its overall business. The company is a model of spend management excellence and the results that it can deliver."

About Diebold

Diebold, Incorporated is a global leader in providing integrated self- service delivery and security systems and services. Diebold employs more than 17,000 associates with representation in nearly 90 countries worldwide and is headquartered in Canton, Ohio, USA. Diebold is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol 'DBD.' For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.diebold.com.

About Ariba, Inc.

Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of spend management solutions to help companies realize rapid and sustainable bottom line results. Successful companies around the world in every industry use Ariba Spend Management[TM] software and services. Ariba can be contacted in the U.S. at 1.650.390.1000 or at www.ariba.com.

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