ArcelorMittal Capitalizes on Ivalua Buyer

After the successful deployment of the Ivalua Buyer solution in 2007, steel giant ArcelorMittal upgrades its Supplier Performance Management (SPM) application to the latest Ivalua Buyer V6.

Over the last 3 years, more than 1,300 ArcelorMittal suppliers have been thoroughly evaluated on about 30 criteria covering various domains such as compliance, safety and environment, quality, sustainable development, etc.

Every year, close to 2,700 surveyors spread over 113 company sites, collaboratively evaluate a selection of suppliers in a given purchasing category.

"Through questionnaires tailored to each purchasing categories, SPM allows to collect the views of many users who are in touch with our suppliers, and to obtain rapid and detailed results that support a meticulous analysis." said Helene Poletaeff, Supplier Performance Management Project Leader, Global Purchasing.

The data is then consolidated and analyzed, and the result sent to each supplier; when non-compliance instances are detected, the supplier is requested to implement a corrective action plan and measured again later for improvement.

With this update, new languages will be supported in SPM, including some using the Cyrillic alphabet – in addition to the 7 languages already supported (English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish).

About ArcelorMittal

ArcelorMittal is the world's leading steel company, with operations in more than 60 countries.
ArcelorMittal is the leader in all major global steel markets, including automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging, with leading R&D and technology, as well as sizeable captive supplies of raw materials and outstanding distribution networks. With an industrial presence in over 20 countries spanning four continents, the Company covers all of the key steel markets, from emerging to mature.