Case Study: GE achieves a single global vendor master and improved compliance with Aravo Solutions

GE puts imagination to work to control the complexity of global supplier lifecycle management

General Electric (GE), a $150B diversified global infrastructure company with more than 300,000 employees, faced a highly complex supplier landscape—doing business with over 700,000 suppliers across thousands of entities. Fragmented vendor master records, rapid vendor proliferation, poor spend visibility and inconsistent tracking of certifications, contracts and compliance data made it hard to aggregate reliable supplier information and create a single, globally accessible source of truth.

GE selected Aravo Supplier Lifecycle Management, a configurable SaaS platform, to centralize and automate supplier lifecycle processes. Deployed globally in six languages with 700,000 suppliers under management, the solution created one vendor master, improved data quality and compliance tracking, reduced redundant applications and process costs, enabled supplier self-service, and delivered significant expected cost savings and a strong ROI.

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Gary Reiner

Senior Vice President and CIO