Case Study: Sprint achieves $2B in savings and $1B+ annual auction revenue with Ivalua

Driving Savings and Revenue Growth With Supply Chain Transformation

Sprint, a major U.S. communications provider, faced fragmented and inefficient sourcing: manual spend analysis, poor tracking of savings and supplier performance, and legacy systems that couldn’t scale for high‑volume global auctions—critical given the large volume of used mobile devices and the need for project‑level transparency and cycle‑time measurement.

By deploying Ivalua’s procurement platform (supplier management, sourcing, contract management, invoicing and analytics) Sprint standardized sourcing workflows, enabled scalable reverse and forward eAuctions, linked savings tracking, and established a project pipeline to measure and remove bottlenecks. The transformation delivered measurable results: $2B in savings in 2018, $1B+ annual revenue from forward handset auctions, 16% average price improvement in eAuctions, and $8.3B managed across 2,054 projects, alongside improved supplier visibility and faster sourcing cycles.

Sprint

Ben Lizak

Manager, Sourcing Lifecycle