Case Study: Cubist Pharmaceuticals achieves 117% year-over-year realized savings with Zycus iAnalyze & iSave

Savings Delivery Gets a New Potency at Cubist Pharmaceuticals

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, a public biopharmaceutical company focused on acute-care therapies, needed a user-friendly, systematic way to track and report forecasted and realized procurement savings in real time. The Strategic Sourcing team had relied on manual Excel spreadsheets and struggled with simultaneous access, executive reporting cuts, auditing and archiving backup documentation. To address this, Cubist turned to Zycus and its spend analysis and financial savings management modules (iAnalyze and iSave).

Zycus implemented iAnalyze and iSave (iSave deployed in January 2013) to provide role‑based approvals, reliable data analysis, real‑time savings tracking, reporting and auditable documentation. The solution drove measurable impact: year-over-year realized savings rose 117% from 2012 to 2013, strategic sourcing programs grew from 136 to over 200, the tools achieved 100% team adoption and Cubist expanded savings into higher‑complexity categories—outcomes that earned Cubist Zycus’ Ace Organization Adoption Award.

Cubist Pharmaceuticals

Mary Kachinsky

Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing