Switzerland's Zurich Financial Services has selected the Ariba B2B commerce platform to introduce automated e-procurement capabilities with its suppliers via the Internet.
The platform includes the Ariba Buyer solution, which will enable Zurich's procurement to be aggregated from each employee desktop and directed to preferred suppliers, B2B marketplaces and exchanges.
As an Ariba Buyer customer, Zurich Financial Services gains access to an established network of suppliers through the Ariba commerce services network.
Zurich Financial says the introduction of the new platform marks an attempt to use Internet technology to bring greater efficiencies to its internal processes, as well as to its customer-facing activities.