Case Study: Air France-KLM boosts sourcing transparency and efficiency with SAP Ariba

Helping a Strategic Sourcing Initiative Take Flight with SAP Ariba Solutions

Air France-KLM sought to drive operational efficiencies and affordability by simplifying its strategic sourcing across the organization. The airline group needed to increase spend coverage, gain contract transparency, and manage its vast supplier base more effectively, prompting them to partner with SAP and implement SAP Ariba solutions.

By deploying SAP Ariba Sourcing, Contracts, and Supplier Information and Performance Management solutions, SAP helped the airline consolidate processes for over 3,000 suppliers and 7,500 contracts representing €6 billion in annual spend. The implementation resulted in increased productivity and visibility, lower management costs, and faster cycle times, with the company now running 300 sourcing events annually.

Air France-KLM

Dolf Mesland

Manager, Procurement Processes and Systems