Case Study: Orient Electric achieves increased vendor discovery and faster, lower‑cost procurement with SAP Ariba Sourcing

Orient Electric Increasing Vendor Discovery with SAP Ariba Sourcing

Orient Electric, part of the CK Birla Group and a long-standing leader in fans, home appliances and lighting in India, faced fragmented procurement across four business units that limited transparency, data access, price discovery and new-vendor identification—hindering governance and raising indirect costs.

By implementing SAP Ariba Sourcing, Orient Electric gained company-wide visibility, automated processes and enabled e-relationships with suppliers. The solution improved vendor and price discovery, cut preorder engagement and transaction times (around 2–3 hours), sped up report generation and boosted supplier performance, delivering better cost control and savings that could be passed on to customers.

Orient Electric

Binoy Subba

Senior Manager, Strategic Planning