Case Study: a major industrial manufacturer reduces sourcing costs with C3 AI Sourcing Optimization

Major Industrial Manufacturer identifies $10-20M in savings with C3.ai

The customer, a major industrial manufacturer, faced significant challenges in its sourcing operations due to disjointed data and a lack of visibility into its global supplier network. This made it difficult to analyze supplier performance and react to price anomalies, causing the company to miss out on savings opportunities. To address this, the manufacturer partnered with vendor C3.ai to implement the C3 AI Sourcing Optimization application.

C3.ai configured its application to unify data from numerous sources, providing a single pane of glass for monitoring sourcing activities. The solution leveraged AI for anomaly detection and real-time alerts, enabling the sourcing team to identify savings and negotiate more effectively. The results included a 5-10% reduction opportunity in sourcing costs and a savings opportunity of $10-20 million. Following the successful initial deployment, the project was scaled out to over 100 facilities and 500 enterprise users.