Case Study: Leading Consumer Food Processing Company achieves automated global supply-chain transactions and $346M in electronic spend with SAP Ariba

Automating Global Supply Chain Transactions through the Ariba Network

A leading consumer food-processing company, in the middle of a staged global SAP rollout, faced the challenge of electronically enabling roughly 450 suppliers across 17 countries to transact on scheduled go-live dates while reducing errors and the administrative burden on its supply chain team.

The company deployed the Ariba Network and worked with Ariba to choreograph regional rollouts; the seller portal blocked noncompliant documents and training and translation tools reduced internal workload. As a result, the company now handles US$346 million in annual spend electronically, with significantly fewer errors and smoother supplier enablement.