Case Study: Vodafone achieves global supply chain visibility and cost savings with e2open

Vodafone Leverages Economies of Scale and Scope Across Its Global Trading Network

Vodafone, one of the world’s largest mobile communications companies with over 400 million customers and operations in 30+ countries, faced a fragmented global supply chain after rapid growth and acquisitions. The company needed a flexible, scalable way to align processes across diverse operating companies, gain end-to-end visibility and control, and leverage economies of scale and scope—prompting a transformation that included creating the Vodafone Procurement Company to standardize sourcing and procurement.

Vodafone partnered with E2open to deploy a cloud-based platform that consolidated demand and inventory data, enabled automated VMI and any-to-any data exchange, and supported collaborative planning and exception management. The initiative delivered lower purchasing costs through aggregated demand and global configurations, improved supply assurance and product availability, reduced excess inventory, faster onboarding of partners, and measurable ROI from better productivity and working capital management.

Vodafone

Detlef Schultz

Group Supply Chain Management Director and Chief Executive Officer