Case Study: Medical Consumer Product Company achieves significant global cost savings and elevated procurement impact with SAP Ariba Spend Visibility

Bottom-Line Impact Elevates Role of Procurement

A leading medical consumer products company known for a comprehensive portfolio of eye health products faced fragmented, localized procurement across multiple ERPs and more than 20 systems with inconsistent commodity classifications. This siloed data limited global sourcing opportunities, undermined credibility of spend data in some countries, and constrained the company’s ability to drive greater sourcing leverage and savings.

The company deployed Ariba Spend Visibility (supported by Ariba Sourcing and Contract Management) to create a single spend-visibility platform that automated manual work, produced “one version of the truth,” and enabled global analysis in minutes. The initiative delivered a consistent sourcing pipeline, significant savings events that elevated procurement’s strategic role, and a cloud-based implementation that shortened time to benefit and produced measurable bottom-line impact.