Commodity Trading · Global Supply Chain
Sourcing Teams See One Inventory View Across 40+ Countries in 8 Weeks
A global commodities group spanning 40+ countries replaced disconnected systems with one connected Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform. We integrated SAP Business ByDesign with SAP ECC and mobilized inventory and procurement across regions. Inventory visibility rose 45%, procurement efficiency 32%, and the whole thing went live in eight weeks.
8 wksImplementation timeline, start to go-live
45%Better inventory visibility
32%Higher procurement efficiencyThe Challenge
Disconnected systems across 40+ countries meant supply chain teams were making sourcing and inventory decisions on incomplete information. That drove excess safety stock, missed procurement discounts, and slow responses to supply shocks. Every region worked from its own data, and no one held the whole picture. Manual, disconnected inventory processes meant every new country added headcount instead of making the next one cheaper to run. The risk sat with regional teams working from stale data, discovering problems only after a stockout or a missed discount had already happened. The growth ceiling sat with a model that could not scale past the next market.
What We Did
We integrated SAP Business ByDesign with SAP ECC so the group ran on one platform instead of a patchwork. Sourcing and inventory data landed in a single place, which meant regional teams and the center were finally reading from the same numbers. We mobilized inventory and procurement processes across regions, then connected regional operations through standardized cloud integrations. That combination took a network spanning 40+ countries to 98% process standardization. The full implementation ran start to go-live in eight weeks.
The Solution
One connected ERP now carries sourcing and inventory for the entire network. Regional teams see the same numbers before decisions are made, not after a stockout or a missed discount. Procurement and inventory processes run to one standard across 40+ countries.
The Outcome
Inventory visibility improved 45% and procurement efficiency 32%. Process standardization reached 98% across the network. The whole implementation ran from start to go-live in eight weeks, across an operation spanning more than 40 countries. Supply chain teams stopped working from stale regional data. Sourcing and inventory decisions now start from one shared view, so problems surface before they turn into stockouts or missed discounts. Adding a market no longer means adding headcount to keep up.
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