Case Study: H.B. Fuller achieves global spend optimization with Knowde

H.B. Fuller reduces raw material costs by 1-5% with Knowde

The customer, H.B. Fuller, faced a challenge with a lack of visibility into its global spend due to poor and disparate raw material master data across multiple ERPs and regions. This inhibited strategic sourcing, prevented the consolidation of spend for better pricing, and made it difficult to manage risks associated with single-sourced materials. Knowde provided a solution to establish clean, normalized, and enriched master data.

Knowde's solution involved creating a global hierarchy for all raw materials, consolidating data into a single source of truth, and enriching records with technical properties. This clean data allowed H.B. Fuller to identify opportunities to consolidate spend and renegotiate pricing. The results included a 1-5% reduction in raw material costs and minimized risk of plant shutdowns due to material availability issues.

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