Case Study: Orkla ASA achieves $100 Million in savings with Zycus Spend Analysis

Spend VisibilityEnables Orkla to Save $100 Million

Orkla ASA, a Norway-based conglomerate with operations in more than 40 countries, needed accurate, granular visibility into globally dispersed, multi-lingual spend data across dozens of ERP systems to support its LEAP strategic-sourcing program and a target to reduce spend by approximately 850 M NOK. To tackle this challenge, Orkla engaged Zycus and its Spend Analysis solution to centralize, harmonize and analyze complex transactional data under an aggressive timeframe.

Zycus implemented its AI-based Spend Analysis to power Orkla’s SMART spend-management platform, harmonizing about 2 million annual transactions from 40+ ERP platforms and 15 languages into a common taxonomy in under six months. By revealing supplier and category opportunities and enabling phased sourcing waves, Zycus helped Orkla realize roughly 850 M NOK (approximately 100 M USD) in spend reductions and deliver sustainable, enterprise-wide procurement transparency.

Orkla ASA

Edgar Heitmann

Sr. Project Manager