Case Study: KSB achieves significant savings and instant market-price visibility with JAGGAER eAuctions

How KSB Achieves Significant Savings with eAuctions

KSB, a global manufacturer of pumps and valves, faced slow, labor‑intensive price negotiations across a wide range of commodities and needed faster price transparency. To shorten negotiation cycles and get immediate market visibility, KSB chose JAGGAER’s SaaS Auction solution (eAuctions/Auction module), which offered intuitive usability and deep ERP/SAP integration without changing existing processes.

Using JAGGAER, KSB implemented different auction formats (e.g., English and Dutch ticker), set clear award guidelines, and began auctioning items such as electric motors and valves. The JAGGAER solution gave KSB an instant overview of market prices, stronger negotiating leverage and significant savings across various procurement categories — benefiting procurement of roughly €1 billion in annual purchasing volume — and has been in successful use since 2014.

KSB

Thomas Ihli

Global Category Manager