Sourcing Savings Calculator

Strategic sourcing provides the single greatest opportunity to impact the cost, quality, and performance of your supply chain. Yet, many companies struggle with where to begin.

Our Sourcing Savings Calculator cuts through the confusion and helps you discover the potential savings for your company. The savings estimate is based on ten years of actual results experienced by hundreds of Ariba Sourcing customers across a wide range of industries and categories. Enter your company information to begin.

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2. Enter Sourcing Information

3. Estimated Savings

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Select the industry which most closely resembles yours

Your company’s annual revenue (in millions USD)
(Million)	($100 - $10,000)

Your company's annual spend (in millions USD)

Number of FTE’s (Full Time Equivalent) employees involved in the sourcing lifecycle, including operational execution, strategy, and procurement

Sourcing Operations Percent (%) of spend for which sourcing projects are currently executed electronically

Sourcing Project Management Percent (%) of spend for which sourcing projects and information are currently managed electronically

Supplier Management Percent (%) of spend for which suppliers are currently measured and scored electronically

Your Estimated Savings

Three Year Sourcing Savings Summary

Savings from Automation
Savings from Increased Productivity
Savings from Improved Processes
Total Three year Sourcing Savings (See below for detailed descriptions)

The three year sourcing savings estimate is based on deploying Ariba sourcing technology. Additional savings can be expected by taking advantage of Ariba's global sourcing services, category expertise, and supplier network. To learn more about Ariba's total sourcing solutions, please contact us.

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Your Savings Profile

These results estimate savings for companies such as yours in the industry with annual revenue and annual spending, representing the direct and indirect spend for all goods and services.

The number of FTEs involved in the Sourcing lifecycle:
Sourcing operations, percentage of spend:
Sourcing project management, percentage of spend:
Supplier performance management, percentage of spend:

Savings from Automation
Automation savings come from utilizing paperless sourcing tools. Estimated savings of by moving from manual sourcing event execution to automated, online event negotiation, operations, and supplier interaction. Includes savings from utilizing RFx or various online auction vehicles, and pursuing both contract sourcing and spot/off-contract negotiations.

Savings from Increased Productivity
Productivity savings come from your ability to Source more spend. Estimate savings of from a reduction in resources required and cycle time per each sourcing event, and the ability to leverage resources more effectively to address spend that has not yet been sourced.

Savings from Improved Processes
Process savings come from better knowledge sharing, internal collaboration and improved supplier relationships. Estimated savings of from compliance with internal best practices such as information sharing, decision making, category-specific approaches and stakeholder participation. Additional savings originate from ease of supplier scoring and use of performance metrics to optimize supplier collaboration.

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