Case Study: Caesars Entertainment Corporation achieves faster, lower-cost, and more diverse supplier sourcing with SAP Ariba

Caesars Entertainment Finding New Diverse and Low-Cost Suppliers Reduces Time and Expenses

Caesars Entertainment, a leading global casino‑entertainment company, needed to add more suppliers to Ariba Sourcing auctions to increase competition while meeting diversity, women‑owned, veteran‑owned and local sourcing goals. Traditional discovery and vetting by phone, email and sales meetings proved slow and ineffective—especially as Caesars expanded into new regions and lacked visibility into qualified local or low‑cost country suppliers.

By using Ariba Discovery to find, evaluate and import qualified suppliers (including diverse and low‑cost country sources) and engage vendors already on the Ariba Network, Caesars centralized responses and sped sourcing workflows. The effort cut lead turnaround time by 97%, halved time-to-find low‑cost country suppliers, delivered 10% cost savings on a multi‑million dollar project, doubled supplier participation in some events, and uncovered a local woman‑owned supplier that provided the best price.

Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Kory Manley

Director, Upstream Systems & Spend Compliance