Case Study: Newark achieves order processing in minutes with SAP Ariba

Order Process Reduced from Days to Minutes

Newark, a leading electronics distributor, faced slow, inconsistent customer onboarding and integration for order-to-cash processes and needed to adopt electronic communication standards (XML, cXML, EDI) to scale efficiently.

By deploying Ariba solutions—online catalogs, paperless invoicing, automated status updates and ship notices—and achieving Ariba Ready platinum certification, Newark used the Ariba Network’s scalable “connect-once” model to standardize integration. The result: average order processing times dropped from a day to minutes, re-keying was eliminated, payable processing costs improved, and the company uncovered new business opportunities through the network.

Newark

Anne M. Dalton

Manager, eProcurement