Case Study: Sandvik achieves automated export controls and new global business opportunities with e2open

Sandvik Shields Against Export Risks and Automates Restricted Party Screening

Sandvik, a Sweden‑based high‑technology engineering group with 50,000 employees and operations in more than 130 countries, faced escalating trade‑compliance complexity: roughly 600,000 trading partners and over 3 million shipments and orders per year required screening. Reliance on manual, fragmented processes and a limited screening tool left the company exposed—especially as fast‑changing regulations (such as new EU sanctions rules) forced time‑consuming, company‑wide reviews—and Sandvik needed centralized, automated export controls to reduce risk and unlock new market opportunities.

Sandvik implemented E2open Export Management for its global coverage, hosted architecture and scalable trade content, rolling out first in its Mining and Construction divisions and integrating the solution with legacy ERPs to automate alerts and blocks. The result: standardized, automated restricted‑party screening, significantly reduced compliance time and risk, cost savings, improved control quality and visibility into trade duties—enabling better use of free‑trade agreements and the ability to expand into countries previously out of reach.

Sandvik

Mattias Lövensjö

Manager, Group Trade Compliance