SUNNYVALE, CA — Fleet management specialist AmeriQuest Transportation Services has inked a deal to use spend management solutions from Ariba as the platform for an aggressive strategy to generate savings and process efficiencies that increase its competitive advantage, the solutions provider has announced, according to www.sdcexec.com.

The Cherry Hill, N.J.-based AmeriQuest, a provider of fleet management services in North America that has recently been named to Inc. Magazine's list of fastest growing private companies, is something of a pioneer among mid-market companies that are embracing spend management to transform their businesses.

"At AmeriQuest Transportation Services, we believe that spend management is a key priority for us to aggressively move towards improving our spend visibility, sourcing and contract management needs," said David Nitzsche, vice president of supply management at AmeriQuest.

"Ariba's knowledge about supply management and category expertise along with its desire to be a strategic business partner will allow us to focus on deploying its industry-leading solutions to the benefit of our members and customers."

Under the terms of its agreement with Ariba, AmeriQuest will implement a combination of Ariba Spend Visibility, Ariba Sourcing and Ariba Contract Management On-Demand.In leveraging Ariba Spend Visibility, AmeriQuest is looking to gain a clear and comprehensive view into its spend across categories and identify opportunities for savings. Using Ariba's sourcing solution, the company will working to drive these savings to the bottom line, and the contract management solution will be leveraged to create and manage contracts across categories and functions, including sales, marketing, real estate, legal, procurement and IT, as well as to drive compliance with those contracts.