Demystifying the Cloud: Can Procurement Really Benefit?
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Michael Freker, Vice President of Global Enterprise Systems at McGraw-Hill, presented on how procurement at McGraw-Hill can benefit from cloud computing. The presentation explored what a "Commerce Cloud" means for procurement jobs, examined whether the cloud increases or reduces organizational control and impacts system standardization. Attendees were encouraged to attend to cut through confusion around cloud computing. The presentation also reviewed how McGraw-Hill currently uses Ariba's cloud-based procurement products and services and discussed challenges, lessons learned, and future plans.
Demystifying the Cloud: Can Procurement Really Benefit?
- 1. Demystifying the Cloud - can procurement really benefit from it? Michael Freker, Vice President, Global Enterprise Systems, McGraw -Hill © 2011 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 2. Why are we here? 7a. Demystifying the Cloud - can procurement really benefit from it? The term “Cloud” has been bantered about a lot recently, creating confusion and desensitization. In this session, McGraw-Hill will explore what a “Commerce Cloud” means to you and your job in the next few years. Does the “Cloud” increase or reduce control? How does it affect system standardization? And what are the pros and cons to the organization? Attend this visionary session and cut through the fog. © 2011 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 3. Who am I? Vice president for Global Enterprise Systems Provide technology leadership and strategic direction for the corporate application portfolio Manage technology resources for all corporate groups including Finance, Human Resources, Communications, Global Manufacturing & Procurement, Corporate Affairs and Legal Lead the Testing Center of Excellence Overall, I spent half my career in professional services and the rest in industry, most recently leading Corporate Technology for the leading Web Health Information site. © 2011 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 4. Where am I from? Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a global information and education company providing knowledge, insights and analysis in the financial, education and business information sectors through leading brands including Standard & Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education, Platts, and J.D. Power and Associates. The Corporation has more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2010 were $6.17 billion. © 2011 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 5. Who We Are © 2011 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 6. What Drives Us © 2011 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 7. McGraw-Hill Ariba Relationship Sourcing Contracts P2P including invoicing and analysis Services Procurement © 2011 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 8. What is Cloud Computing? © 2011 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved. Software as a service (SaaS) Platform as a Service Infrastructure as a Service
- 9. What are the advantages of SaaS Cloud Computing to us? Focus our Technology Resources on growing our business instead of running the back office Ensures Procurement is running on standard industry “best” business practices and processes Flatten the focus from Technology Projects to extending business process Allows us to take advantages of the latest technology innovation through regular releases Provide more visible into spend before it is spent! © 2011 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 10. How do we use Ariba’s Products? Procurement to Pay Managing $ XXX in spend Sourcing Enabling electronic relationships with our suppliers Contract Management Ensuring correct pricing and reduction in invoice errors Service Procurement Establishing single spend management approach for enterprise © 2011 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 11. Challenges End-user adoption/changing behaviors Business segments incorporating the system into their current process Completely relying on Ariba’s technical resources and their knowledge Limitations on customizations © 2011 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 12. Top “Lessons Learned” Technology and Business Partnership is essential Strong Vendor Partnership is needed Understand how your Vendor does business so you can do better business with them Value in paying for premium support The Business Units must drive the initiative from an ROI and Change Management perspective Value in participating in all early access programs to stay ahead of change management and revalidate system confident © 2011 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 13. Where are we going? © 2011 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved. Jan Mar Feb Aug July June May Apr Nov Oct CTB Dec Sep Ariba 11S3 Release MCPi/SDD Modifications P2P Kelly Services Ariba 11S2 Release TCS CSP Integration Tangoe P2P Lite ECDR for Ariba Windows 7 Green Belt BPM BAU Ariba 11S1 Release Atlas SIT Testing Atlas Technical Designs Atlas Functional Design New P2P Instance Procuri to Ariba Compliance Windows 7
- 14. Questions © 2011 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 15. “Safe Harbor” and Confidential Information Statement This information reflects the status of Ariba solution planning as of January 2011. All such information is the Confidential Information of Ariba (per the contract between our companies), and must not be further disclosed, as stated in the confidentiality clause of that contract. This presentation contains only intended guidance and is not binding upon Ariba to any particular course of business, product strategy, and/or development. Its content is subject to change without notice. Ariba assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this document. Ariba shall have no liability for damages of any kind including without limitation direct, special, indirect, or consequential damages that may result from the use of these materials. © 2011 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 16. Demystifying the Cloud - can procurement really benefit from it? Michael Freker, Vice President, Global Enterprise Systems, McGraw Hill © 2011 Ariba, Inc. All rights reserved.