Case Study: Deutsche Bank achieves €50M centralized catalog procurement and 8,000-user adoption with Informatica

Catalog Shop handles purchasing volume of 50 million euros for indirect goods

Deutsche Bahn, the German railway company and a leading passenger and logistics operator, faced a fragmented, high‑volume indirect procurement challenge: millions in C‑parts spend, thousands of occasional buyers, and inefficient legacy processes. The organization needed a simple, company‑wide way to consolidate ordering, reduce process costs and errors, and better integrate suppliers for low‑value items (under €1,000).

The answer was an enterprise catalog shop built with Informatica and SupplyOn—an Amazon‑style, centralized catalog and shopping cockpit using BMEcat/EDIFACT and standard classification. The platform now holds 70 catalogs (800k articles, 100k active), serves ~8,000 users, automates goods receipts and supplier credits, and provides BI for strategic purchasing. Results include €50M in managed spend (28% of group orders), lower process costs, faster supplier integration, quicker payments and growing adoption—about one‑third of eligible orders routed through the system within six months.

Deutsche Bank

Thomas Haag

Head of E-Services