Case Study: Yokohama Rubber achieves US$9 million in annual cost savings and boosted procurement productivity with SAP Ariba (Ariba Network)

How the cloud is transforming procurement for a tire and rubber company

The Yokohama Rubber Company, a global tire and rubber-products manufacturer with 18 tire factories in 9 countries (about 25,000 employees), needed to modernize its procurement to boost productivity and reduce costs. Moving away from on-premise systems, the company sought a cloud-based, globally connected procurement platform to streamline purchasing and improve internal controls.

By transitioning to the Ariba Network, Yokohama reinforced its SAP partnership and gained powerful global search, PunchOut capability, and customized catalogs that cut procurement errors and made authorizations more accurate. The change freed procurement staff to focus on customer satisfaction, supported compliance and CSR goals, and is expected to deliver about US$9 million in annual cost savings.

Yokohama Rubber

Yasuo Hirokawa

General Manager