Case Study: BC Hydro saves more than US$1 million per year with SAP Ariba solutions

BC Hydro: Saving More Than US$1 Million Per Year with SAP Ariba Solutions

BC Hydro, a major Canadian electric utility, faced challenges with noncompliant invoices and untimely payments to suppliers, which strained relationships. To address this, they turned to vendor SAP to implement the SAP® Ariba® Payables solution and Ariba Network to automate and streamline their invoice processing.

SAP's solution provided a supplier portal for self-service tracking and enabled electronic processing, which eliminated errors and exceptions. This allowed BC Hydro to ensure compliance and dramatically improve on-time payments to 93%. The implementation saved the company over US$1 million per year in accounts payable costs and significantly improved supplier relationships.

BC Hydro

Hanif Dhrolia

E-Commerce Manager, Supply Chain Central Services, Operations and Enterprise Supply Chain