KPMG ASSURANCE AND CONSULTING SERVICES LLP - SAP Innovation Awards 2025
KPMG has developed a solution using SAP BTP to streamline the process of generating comparative statements and note approvals for Strategic Sourcing managers. The system integrates with SAP Ariba sourcing and SAP ERP, fetching necessary data to produce analytical reports in an easily readable format. The solution provides client-specific formats, allowing for business justification and comments at every approval level, and presents data in a comprehensible format for management approval. The comparison report can be downloaded in Excel and PDF formats, significantly reducing manual work and increasing efficiency. EntryID# 5334 Download the Document
KPMG has developed a solution using SAP BTP to streamline the process of generating comparative statements and note approvals for Strategic Sourcing managers. The system integrates with SAP Ariba sourcing and SAP ERP, fetching necessary data to produce analytical reports in an easily readable format. The solution provides client-specific formats, allowing for business justification and comments at every approval level, and presents data in a comprehensible format for management approval. The comparison report can be downloaded in Excel and PDF formats, significantly reducing manual work and increasing efficiency. EntryID# 5334 PUBLIC
Entry Pitch Deck
KPMG
Ashish Shah
Professional Services
Sourcing decision making made easier
Entry Pitch Deck
KPMG
Ashish Shah
Professional Services
Sourcing decision making made easier
COMPANY NAME:
HEADQUARTERS:
INDUSTRY:
WEBSITE:
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES:
Company information
2
KPMG ASSURANCE AND CONSULTING
, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Audit, Tax and Advisory services
KPMG.com
KPMG.com/sap
273,000
KPMG firms operate in 143 countries and territories
with more than 273,000 partners and employees
working in member firms around the world. KPMG
firms have a business-led strategy, industry-specific
investments, and integrated multi-disciplinary
capabilities, combined with in-depth experience in
achieving measurable results with SAP cloud solutions,
enables KPMG specialists to offer clients improved
speed to value and help transform modern digital
businesses.
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HEADQUARTERS:
INDUSTRY:
WEBSITE:
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES:
Company information
2
KPMG ASSURANCE AND CONSULTING
, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Audit, Tax and Advisory services
KPMG.com
KPMG.com/sap
273,000
KPMG firms operate in 143 countries and territories
with more than 273,000 partners and employees
working in member firms around the world. KPMG
firms have a business-led strategy, industry-specific
investments, and integrated multi-disciplinary
capabilities, combined with in-depth experience in
achieving measurable results with SAP cloud solutions,
enables KPMG specialists to offer clients improved
speed to value and help transform modern digital
businesses.
PUBLIC
CHALLENGE: SOLUTION: OUTCOME:
Sourcing Decision making made easier
3
Unit cost reduction – better negotiations Productivity improvement with digital
Purchase order collaboration
Compliant Invoice due to PO flip and 3-way
match Invoice submitted via supplier on
business network
4%
KPMG
2x 80%
Strategic Sourcing managers must present a note
for approval to the management team containing
bids comparison from different suppliers. To prepare
these details, sourcing managers face various
challenges, such as :
• Data being distributed across different systems
• Lack of standardized format across departments
and product categories
• Lot of manual and inefficient work to submit and
process different notes for comparison and
approval.
In response to this, KPMG has developed a solution
that uses SAP BTP for generating comparative
statement and note approval.
• SAP BTP system integrates with SAP Ariba
sourcing and SAP ERP system
• Fetches necessary data from Sourcing events for
multiple round bidding, savings details, historical
sales and purchase data, and producing an
analytical report in an easily readable format as a
comparative statement.
• SAP BTP generated solution provides client
specific format for comparative statement and
note for approval
• This allows to capture business justification and
comments at every approval level in note for
approval & presents business data in an easily
understandable format for management to
provide an approval
• The comparison report can be downloaded in an
excel and PDF format.
PUBLIC
Sourcing Decision making made easier
3
Unit cost reduction – better negotiations Productivity improvement with digital
Purchase order collaboration
Compliant Invoice due to PO flip and 3-way
match Invoice submitted via supplier on
business network
4%
KPMG
2x 80%
Strategic Sourcing managers must present a note
for approval to the management team containing
bids comparison from different suppliers. To prepare
these details, sourcing managers face various
challenges, such as :
• Data being distributed across different systems
• Lack of standardized format across departments
and product categories
• Lot of manual and inefficient work to submit and
process different notes for comparison and
approval.
In response to this, KPMG has developed a solution
that uses SAP BTP for generating comparative
statement and note approval.
• SAP BTP system integrates with SAP Ariba
sourcing and SAP ERP system
• Fetches necessary data from Sourcing events for
multiple round bidding, savings details, historical
sales and purchase data, and producing an
analytical report in an easily readable format as a
comparative statement.
• SAP BTP generated solution provides client
specific format for comparative statement and
note for approval
• This allows to capture business justification and
comments at every approval level in note for
approval & presents business data in an easily
understandable format for management to
provide an approval
• The comparison report can be downloaded in an
excel and PDF format.
PUBLIC
4
SAP Ariba Sourcing along with bid comparison and note for
approval has revolutionized client’s procurement operations,
transforming it from a reactive function to a strategic driver
of value. The platform's powerful features have enabled us to
achieve significant cost savings, improve supplier
relationships, and enhance our overall efficiency. The ability
to quickly and accurately compare quotes has been a critical
component of success, saving time and preventing costly
errors. We are confident that continued investment in SAP
Ariba Sourcing will further strengthen our competitive
advantage.
Vivek Pratap Singh
Partner , SAP
PUBLIC
SAP Ariba Sourcing along with bid comparison and note for
approval has revolutionized client’s procurement operations,
transforming it from a reactive function to a strategic driver
of value. The platform's powerful features have enabled us to
achieve significant cost savings, improve supplier
relationships, and enhance our overall efficiency. The ability
to quickly and accurately compare quotes has been a critical
component of success, saving time and preventing costly
errors. We are confident that continued investment in SAP
Ariba Sourcing will further strengthen our competitive
advantage.
Vivek Pratap Singh
Partner , SAP
PUBLIC
GLOBAL CHALLENGES
Challenges
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
PUBLIC 5
• Spend management challenges due to disconnected source to
pay process & data in distributed system
• Lack of standardization & compliance in vendor comparison &
selection
• Manual & Inefficient Supplier onboarding & maintenance
• Outdated supplier data captured in ERP system
• Time consuming paper-based approval processes
• Offline Sourcing process management
• Offline purchase order to invoice collaboration
• Identified gaps in SOX audits
• Manual supplier creation process
• Paper based approval process
• Missing system driven controls
• Offline sourcing processes
• No solution for conducting auctions
• Email collaboration with suppliers for bidding
• Offline supplier collaboration for purchase order communication
• Time consuming manual invoice processing for accounts
payable team
• Complicated processes for quotation data comparison /
validation/ access/ cross-check of previous and current
conditions
Challenges
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
PUBLIC 5
• Spend management challenges due to disconnected source to
pay process & data in distributed system
• Lack of standardization & compliance in vendor comparison &
selection
• Manual & Inefficient Supplier onboarding & maintenance
• Outdated supplier data captured in ERP system
• Time consuming paper-based approval processes
• Offline Sourcing process management
• Offline purchase order to invoice collaboration
• Identified gaps in SOX audits
• Manual supplier creation process
• Paper based approval process
• Missing system driven controls
• Offline sourcing processes
• No solution for conducting auctions
• Email collaboration with suppliers for bidding
• Offline supplier collaboration for purchase order communication
• Time consuming manual invoice processing for accounts
payable team
• Complicated processes for quotation data comparison /
validation/ access/ cross-check of previous and current
conditions
PROJECT OBJECTIVES WHY SAP
Objectives
6
Client chose SAP solution since:
• SAP Solutions are Industry standard thus resulting in
• Increased automation
• Increased scalability
• Continuous improvements
• Reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
• Increased focus on automation to
• Reduce manual effort
• Increase compliance
• Increase data quality
• Sustainable Automations
• Extensible enhancement & extension as per SAP Standard
• Integrated systems – SAP ECC , Ariba Sourcing , SLP,
Commerce Automation & SAP BTP
• Adoption to cloud
Key Objectives of the projects were:
• SOX Compliance
• Contribute to sustainable/paperless operations
• Governance and tight process control
• Streamlined digital sourcing and auction process
• Automated bid comparison & note for approval process
• Data driven decision making
• Digital purchase order to invoice collaboration
• Optimized Month end Processing with invoice automation
• Improved data quality in supplier master with automation
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Objectives
6
Client chose SAP solution since:
• SAP Solutions are Industry standard thus resulting in
• Increased automation
• Increased scalability
• Continuous improvements
• Reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
• Increased focus on automation to
• Reduce manual effort
• Increase compliance
• Increase data quality
• Sustainable Automations
• Extensible enhancement & extension as per SAP Standard
• Integrated systems – SAP ECC , Ariba Sourcing , SLP,
Commerce Automation & SAP BTP
• Adoption to cloud
Key Objectives of the projects were:
• SOX Compliance
• Contribute to sustainable/paperless operations
• Governance and tight process control
• Streamlined digital sourcing and auction process
• Automated bid comparison & note for approval process
• Data driven decision making
• Digital purchase order to invoice collaboration
• Optimized Month end Processing with invoice automation
• Improved data quality in supplier master with automation
PUBLIC