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Boliden Group: Delivering Comprehensive Insights on
Supplier and Spend Data with SAP® Ariba® Spend Analysis
Company
Boliden Group​
Headquarters
Stockholm, Sweden​
Industry
Mining​
Products and Services
Metals​
Employees
4,800​
Revenue
€3.8 billion​
Objectives
• Create a single source for all spend and supplier information
• Improve sourcing and procurement strategies based on insights gained from spend analytics
• Drive continuous improvement through benchmarking and comparison of spending patterns between business units
Why SAP® Ariba® solutions
SAP® Ariba® Spend Analysis solution, which served as a stepping stone to drive strategic sourcing initiatives
Resolution
• Classified spend data using a blend of custom and industry-standard taxonomies
• Used the unified database offered within SAP Ariba Spend Analysis to enrich all supplier data
• Enabled rapid user adoption through an intuitive user interface and training
340,000
Transactions classified​
€2 billion
Total spend analyzed​
6,000
Supplier records enriched​
Benefits
• Aggregated a view of spend data across all seven procurement sites, resulting in identification of spend-reduction
opportunities
• Identified linkages and parentage hierarchies across a portfolio of 6,000 suppliers, thus enabling supplier optimization and
better negotiation clout
Web Site
www.boliden.com​
• Increased data quality standards and analytics coverage for spend data spanning €800 million annually
"Using SAP Ariba Spend Analysis, Boliden was able to apply a baseline for performance improvement
across all of our procurement sites. With this greater visibility and a user-friendly approach, we are able
to identify the cross-site and cross-business-unit leverage that will lead to reduced spend
and greater efficiency."
Simon Miller, Sourcing Project Manager, Boliden Group​
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