Anheuser-Busch InBev Extends Deal with IBM

At the Smarter Commerce Global Summit, IBM

today announced that Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has expanded its relationship to make use of the company's global supply management capabilities in cloud-based e-sourcing solutions. A consumer-centric, sales driven organization, AB InBev has operations across six geographic zones and manages a portfolio of more than 200 beer brands, holding the No. 1 or No. 2 market position in 19 countries. In its procurement operations, AB InBev is a leader in embracing and embedding best practices in eSourcing as a way of ensuring process consistency and auditability around the world with its supply base, completing more than 25,000 eAuctions in seven different languages during 2011 alone.