Case Study: VELUX Group achieves streamlined supplier collaboration and 64% order automation with SAP Ariba

How Can Digitalizing Spend Processes Facilitate and Optimize Supplier Collaboration

VELUX Group, a Danish maker of premium roof windows and skylights operating in more than 40 countries with 17 production sites, needed to streamline and better integrate supplier collaboration as part of its digital supply‑chain transformation. The company sought more intelligent, efficient interactions with suppliers to improve delivery reliability and reduce manual work across its manufacturing and sales operations.

By implementing SAP Ariba solutions and Ariba Network integrated with its existing SAP systems, VELUX digitalized and simplified supplier collaboration, accelerated onboarding (reducing EDI setup from 10 to 6 weeks), and automated 64% of 20,000 monthly order lines. The project delivered advanced shipping notices and clearer supplier performance visibility, saved about one hour per day across eight sites, enabled transactions with 200+ vendors, reduced replanning and cancellations, and provided better purchasing insights and more reliable delivery dates.

VELUX Group

Philip Melchiors

Senior Director, Supply Chain Planning and Logistics