| Company | Industry | Company Size | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennametal Inc. | Industrial machinery and components | 10,000 | $2.4 billion |
Executive Overview
Kennametal Inc. customers build the things that touch our everyday lives – things that enable people to drive, fly, build, and power up. Transportation, aerospace, earthworks, general engineering, and energy companies make up Kennametal’s daily customers, and they rely on the skills and innovation of Kennametal’s people to solve their biggest engineering and performance challenges.
To continue delivering transformational tools and technologies to its customers, Kennametal’s sourcing organization also required transformation. The company’s sourcing operations, while effective and tactically focused, had a cost to serve that was too high to stay competitive in the industry. To deliver the lowest overall procurement cost, Kennametal needed a touchless procurement process that optimizes commodity management and fully integrates with its enterprise software landscape.
Before: Opportunities
- Achieve an end-to-end intelligent enterprise with an integrated, collaborative supply chain
- Reduce procurement complexity to deliver the lowest overall cost of procurement operations
- Improve the speed and quality of procurement transactions with intelligent automation
- Optimize commodity management through electronic sourcing
Why SAP
- Solution and innovation partner since 1995
- SAP Ariba solutions offering intelligent sourcing best practices and full integration with Kennametal’s existing SAP software landscape
- Ariba Network for a multi-trillion dollar global supplier market that’s collaborative and cost-effective
- Availability of real-time data and embedded analytics in every sourcing transaction
After: Value-Driven Results
- Only 15% of POs and invoices requiring manual processing, down from 85%
- Fewer staff required to process procurement transactions, redeploying them for more strategic functions
- Supplier collaboration across digital channels achieved for faster customer fulfillment
- Sourcing organization established as a strategic partner in enterprise-wide planning and savings
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50%
Average year-over-year savings increase in sourcing
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>80%
POs and invoices processed touchlessly, up from 15%
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25%
Lower costs for sourcing organization
Success Story
Leveraging Strategic Sourcing to Improve Service and Increase Savings
Connected factories and Industry 4.0 are transforming the traditional manufacturing relationships between Kennametal Inc. and its customers. Customers want to transact remotely with Kennametal across digital channels, using real-time data and embedded analytics to automate processes and improve efficiency. Sourcing transformation is a key part of Kennametal’s customer transformation journey, and SAP Ariba solutions stood out among other solutions evaluated.
The sourcing intelligence functionality in SAP Ariba solutions, combined with full integration with Kennametal’s existing SAP solution landscape, made them the best choice for Kennametal’s transformation to touchless procurement. By deploying SAP Ariba solutions including SAP Ariba Contracts, SAP Ariba Sourcing, SAP Ariba Spend Analysis, and SAP Ariba Discovery, Kennametal is eliminating PO and invoice processing burdens on sourcing staff while steadily reducing the costs of sourcing operations.
Today, as Kennametal moves forward with its end-to-end intelligent enterprise journey, SAP Ariba solutions will help close the remaining gaps between suppliers, factories, and customers.
SAP Ariba solutions help us leverage every opportunity to take cost out of the business and help drive value to the bottom line. The capabilities of SAP Ariba solutions were far better than anything else that was out there on the market.Tom McKee CIO, Kennametal Inc.
Featured Solutions and Services
SAP Ariba Spend Analysis
Organize all spend data from across different systems and identify and prioritize sourcing opportunities more easily.
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Sourcing for Indirect and Direct Materials
Source services, indirect materials, and direct materials using SAP Ariba Sourcing, SAP Source-to-Contract Suite, or SAP Strategic Sourcing Suite.
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SAP Ariba Contracts
Speed up contract cycles by 50% and reduce administrative and legal costs by up to 30% when you rid yourself of the paper and ink.
SAP Ariba Contracts
SAP Ariba Discovery for buyers
A free buyer-supplier matching service, putting a world of high-quality suppliers at your fingertips to drive bids for your business up, and your costs down.
SAP Ariba Discovery
SAP Ariba Catalog
SAP Ariba Catalog defines, validates, and enriches catalog content with enterprise-grade content management tools and gives employees a simple way to get what they need.
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Ariba Network
Ariba Network is now SAP Business Network, the world's largest business network and a dynamic, digital marketplace where companies connect to get business done.
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