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Case Study: Mercedes-Benz drives procurement transformation with Icertis

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Key facts · TL;DR
Company
Mercedes-Benz
Industry
Automotive manufacturing
Challenge
A 25-year-old procurement system could not manage global supplier complexity
Headline result
Mercedes-Benz reduces contract cycle time by 83% with Icertis

Key results

83%
Faster contract turnaround
six weeks to one week
5 mo
Time to deploy
record for company IT deployments
500,000
Suppliers on the platform
6,000
Buyers using the system

The challenge

Mercedes-Benz managed hundreds of thousands of suppliers through a 25-year-old procurement system with non-integrated processes for RFPs, supplier selection, and contracting. The fragmentation created delays and made contract risks and obligations hard to track.

The solution

Mercedes-Benz implemented the Icertis Contract Intelligence platform, connecting contract information and processes to its sourcing systems so that sourcing and contracting operate together in a single tool.

Icertis gives us a single point of truth, analytics capabilities, and seamless integrations with the rest of our enterprise software.

JB
Jan Brecht
Chief Information Officer, Mercedes-Benz

The results, in context

Icertis reports contract turnaround time was reduced from six weeks to one, an 83% improvement, with the platform serving 6,000 buyers and streamlining a relationship with 500,000 suppliers. The system was deployed in five months, described as a record for IT deployments at the company.

Products used

Icertis Icertis Contract Intelligence