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Dataport
Four federal state authorities in Germany rely on SAP applications hosted by Dataport to help them provide best-value services to taxpayers. To cut operational costs and improve system availability, Dataport migrated 82 SAP databases to just two IBM® Z® servers and DS8886 storage systems, ensuring cost-efficient delivery for every citizen.
Ryerson
How could leading U.S. metals company Ryerson differentiate its offerings in a competitive market? By deploying SAP® Business Suite powered by SAP HANA® on IBM® Power® Systems, Ryerson enabled its customer services to shine, paving the way for advanced digital self-service and mobile capabilities that drive business success.
Evoqua
For Evoqua, a global leader in water technologies, the top priority is ensuring safe water supplies to municipalities and companies – but its IT environment was holding it back. Evoqua leveraged the renowned expertise of IBM® Services™ to implement SAP S/4HANA®, gaining greater operational insight and data visibility, and improving performance.
Electricity Company
In today’s digitally-driven business world, timely decision-making driven by reliable data is critical for every company. To lead the fight against power theft, an electricity company selected SAP HANA® on IBM® Power Systems™, providing analytics-driven fraud detection that helps to ensure customer satisfaction.
Aceros Arequipa
Aceros Arequipa set out to reinforce its position in the Latin American steel market. To improve data visibility and streamline processes through business transformation, the company engaged IBM® Services™ to convert its SAP® ERP to SAP S/4HANA® on IBM® Power Systems™ and IBM® Storage, driving efficiency and enabling deeper insight into operations.
Vivo Energy
Vivo Energy is a leading fuel retailer in high-growth African markets. The company engaged IBM Services™ to implement SAP S/4HANA®, powered by IBM® Power Systems™ servers and IBM Storwize® V7000 storage systems, with SAP® SuccessFactors®, SAP Cloud for Customer and SAP Integrated Business Planning, creating an intelligent enterprise.
Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd.
Mitsubishi worked with IBM® Services to migrate its SAP® infrastructure to IBM Cloud™. Now, the organization’s infrastructure scales automatically, seamlessly handling natural fluctuations in automotive sales volume. The solution also improves disaster preparedness and allows salespeople to spend more time on the sales floor.
BRF
Launching operations across the globe, Brazil-based food producer BRF has expanded rapidly over the past decade. To improve application performance and ensure compliance with new Brazilian regulations, the company migrated its SAP® ERP Central Component (ECC) environment to SAP HANA® on IBM® Power® Systems and IBM System Storage® solutions.
Groupe Bastide
When delivering medical devices to the healthcare sector, consistent quality is essential. Fast-growing provider Groupe Bastide preserves exceptional standards while pursuing its expansion strategy with help from IBM® Power Systems™ servers running SAP® ERP powered by SAP HANA®, enabling it to onboard new users without loss of performance.
itelligence Malaysia
As companies stretch to keep up with digital transformation, itelligence Malaysia supports them with slick, agile IT services. The company uses IBM® FlashSystem® A9000 solutions to provide its clients with ultra-fast data storage that is also highly flexible, compact and efficient, enabling high performance and competitive fees.
APL
How could pharmaceuticals distribution company APL win and retain new clients and better serve the people of the world’s largest island nation? By building digital workflows based on SAP HANA® applications running on IBM® Services for Managed SAP Applications, APL cuts costs and enables deep insight into healthcare needs.
Trung Nguyên Legend Corp.
Vietnamese coffee company Trung Nguyên Legend Corp. is targeting business growth on an epic scale with its sights set on becoming a global brand. To gain the agility and flexibility to support international expansion, the Group migrated its SAP® ERP business applications from on-premises infrastructure to IBM® Services for Managed SAP Applications.
itelligence Denmark
To stand out in the crowded IT service provider market, itelligence Denmark needed a differentiator. To spice up its SAP hosting services, the company deployed IBM® Power Systems™ servers and IBM Storwize® storage that can be securely shared between clients – enabling the company to deliver top performance and reliability at enticing rates.
CTE
CTE sells, rents and services construction and industrial machinery, and its Carolina CAT unit focuses on Caterpillar products. To enhance customer loyalty, CTE wanted to offer value-add services. With IBM® Services, CTE deployed SAP S/4HANA®, building a unified view of performance and enabling detailed analytics.
Aryzta
Consumer habits are changing, with people paying greater attention to the ingredients in the food they buy. To provide supermarkets and restaurants with detailed ingredients sourcing information, Aryzta worked with Freudenberg IT (FIT) and IBM to deploy SAP HANA® on IBM® Power Systems™ in a private cloud, for rapid data analytics.
Techwave
Managed services provider Techwave saw that legacy processes and systems often prevented enterprises from reaching their digital transformation objectives. By migrating clients’ infrastructures to IBM® Cloud™ bare metal servers, Techwave equips them with the agility, performance and scalability they need to evolve their businesses.
D+P, Dosier- u. Prüftechnik GmbH
D+P, Dosier- u. Prüftechnik GmbH builds high-precision dosing systems that measure and deliver grease, oil and other pasty media. To handle increased demand, D+P wanted to grow its SAP® ERP landscape, and chose to migrate to IBM® Services for Managed SAP Applications – enjoying seamless digital processes at greater efficiency than ever before.
Entegris
Specialty chemicals and advanced materials solutions provider Entegris serves the semiconductor and high-tech sectors, where precision and purity dominate. How could Entegris scale operations to meet massive demand? Entegris deployed SAP® Business Suite powered by SAP HANA®, using IBM® Cloud™ for SAP Applications and IBM Cloud Managed Services to build a new digital future.
Southwire
To transform the customer experience, Southwire worked with IBM® Services to launch a new online portal based on SAP® Commerce. This gives customers access to a rich online catalog, path to purchase, plus real-time order information on a self-service basis. Customers enjoy better service, and employees can devote more time to other tasks.
Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan
Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan’s iconic products bring bright smiles and clean clothes. In order to strengthen its capabilities, the company upgraded its SAP® ERP applications and migrated to the SAP HANA® database, powered by IBM® Power Systems™ servers.
Hayleys PLC
To maintain its market-leading position, Sri Lankan conglomerate Hayleys needed a clearer view of performance across its diverse lines of business. To adopt leading practices, Hayleys teamed with IBM® Services to deploy SAP S/4HANA®, running on IBM Power Systems™ servers and IBM Storwize® storage in four of its sectors.
SIFI
Ophthalmic firm SIFI targeted global expansion, but its ambitions were hindered by sluggish manual processes. Working with IBM Business Partner H.T. High Technology, SIFI deployed leading-edge SAP® solutions hosted on IBM® Cloud™ bare metal servers certified by SAP, which deliver speed, automation and cost-efficiency to drive international growth.
Papel San Francisco
Mexican paper manufacturer Papel San Francisco looked to grow its business – but to do so, it would need to adapt to huge seasonal peaks in demand. By moving its SAP® applications to IBM® Cloud™ bare metal servers, Papel San Francisco has gained the perfect combination of flexibility and cost-efficient operations to meet its business ambitions.
EDF Energy
As competition heats up in the UK energy sector, powering a nation with clean, low-carbon energy is becoming much harder. To stay ahead in tough market conditions, EDF Energy worked with IBM® Services to streamline HR processes with SAP® SuccessFactors®—achieving dramatic efficiency savings and helping the company prepare for the challenges ahead.
Asahi Kasei Group
Expanding fast, Asahi Kasei Group was looking for ways to streamline and optimize its back-office IT systems. How could it support growth without the cost and complexity of infrastructure refreshes? Asahi Kasei developed a scalable platform that transforms operational agility by migrating to IBM Power Systems.
Ctac
The IT services market is notoriously crowded, with competitors jostling for share, but Ctac has a trick up its sleeve. IBM® Power Systems™ and IBM Storwize® storage enabled Ctac to launch new hosting services at ultra-competitive rates – including the next-generation SAP® S/4HANA® solutions – backed by outstanding SLAs to win new business.
Deufel
Deufel has been manufacturing high-precision medical instruments for over 75 years. To continue to thrive in the digital age, the family-run company worked with trusted partner Zimmerer to move its critical SAP® applications to IBM® Cloud for SAP Applications, gaining faster insights and optimizing business processes to improve customer service.
Technical University of Munich
The ProteomicsDB at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) offers vital support to researchers and medics developing radical new life-saving treatments. Working with IBM, the team moved the underlying SAP HANA® database from a cluster to the IBM® Power Systems™ platform, dramatically accelerating the analysis that helps fight deadly diseases.
itelligence Poland
As IT service providers jostle for market share, victory will come to the companies that outperform on cost-efficiency and service quality. By running SAP® ERP powered by SAP HANA® hosting services on IBM® Power Systems™ and IBM FlashSystem®, itelligence Poland can offer first-class SLAs at ultra-competitive prices, shaking off the competition.
Global Omnium
Global Omnium is dedicated to clean, fresh drinking water. The company looked for ways to optimize performance and maintenance, realizing that digital technologies could hold the answers. To manage the flood of data from new IoT sensors across its network, Global Omnium migrated its SAP® ERP applications to SAP HANA® running in the IBM® Cloud™.
Specialty chemicals company
Growing organically and through acquisition, this chemicals company’s business processes had become overly complicated. To reach a new target operating model based on fresh digital processes, the company required a new strategy. With SAP® S/4HANA® offering the enabling technologies, how could it maximize business value from this major investment?
Fulcrum
As change sweeps through the global legal industry, firms struggle to keep pace. Fulcrum offers digital legal business platform solutions, built using tailored SAP® applications hosted on IBM Cloud™ bare metal servers certified by SAP for production SAP HANA® and SAP NetWeaver workloads, helping lawyers to focus on delivering world-class legal services.
Corning
Glass, ceramics and optics specialist Corning saw HR costs creeping up. How could it better manage the skills, resources and capabilities of its 45,000 employees? By deploying SAP® SuccessFactors® with assistance from IBM® Services, Corning gained crystal-clear visibility of its global workforce, cut operational costs, and boosted HR performance.
Large Latin American insurer
By migrating its SAP® ERP and SAP Business Warehouse applications to the SAP HANA® database and deploying IBM® Power Systems™ servers and IBM Storwize® V7000 storage, this Latin American insurer realized 30 percent cost savings, releasing funds for investment in client-facing activities.
Cascades
A happy workforce equals a flourishing business. To compete more successfully with other big players in the packaging industry, Cascades engaged IBM® Services and SAP SuccessFactors to transform its approach to HR, focusing on raising employee engagement and satisfaction.
I-D Foods
Business processes that served family-owned I-D Foods in the past were now strained to the breaking point and bursting at the seams. How could the company streamline and optimize operations to make huge growth a reality? Using SAP S/4HANA®, IBM® Power Systems™ and IBM Storwize®, I-D Foods is transforming its business to deliver better customer service.
Logoplaste
How could plastics packaging manufacturer Logoplaste deliver perfection and optimize the business? Working with IBM® Services to integrate SAP® S/4HANA®, SAP Leonardo, SAP Ariba® and SAP Fiori® solutions, Logoplaste created scalable, zero-touch business processes, helping to satisfy the world’s thirst.
OSRAM
OSRAM has rapidly transformed from a traditional lamp manufacturer to a state-of-the-art lighting specialist, providing solutions for autonomous driving, facial recognition, entertainment and more. To adapt its business to meet fresh requirements, OSRAM harnesses superb agility from the IBM® Cloud™ and the IBM Cloud for SAP Applications.
Credendo
Every day, enterprises rely on Credendo to protect trade ventures against commercial and political uncertainty—but how does this leading credit insurer safeguard its own success? Credendo engaged IBM® Services to harmonize group-wide financial reporting on SAP® applications, delivering insight to help plan an even brighter future.
Granules India
Granules India is targeting ambitious growth, expanding its portfolio and entering new markets. To drive profitability, the company sharpened its decision-making by unlocking new insight into margins across products, manufacturing facilities and regions, thanks to SAP S/4HANA® deployed by IBM® Services.
Construction materials supplier
Have you ever given up on a purchase because the ordering process was a nightmare to navigate? This building materials supplier has transformed its digital strategy to make it simple for customers to buy and browse 24/7—online, in store and on mobile—thanks to SAP HANA® on IBM® Power Systems™.
Carhartt
To steer its transformation into a fully digital business, Carhartt worked with IBM Services to deploy IBM and SAP solutions. In doing so, the company released employees from manual working, enabling them to devote more time and energy to strategic initiatives.
Clothing retailer
As this clothing retailer undergoes a radical transformation to create a new, nimble business, its focus on the customer experience is paying off – with shoppers buying clothes every five months (rather than every two years previously), and web traffic up by 80 percent.
WMF Group
When you sip a foamy cappuccino at a luxury hotel, there’s a fair chance your beverage was made by a WMF coffee machine. To spur innovation while keeping production running, WMF Group shifted its SAP® ERP applications to the latest IBM® Power Systems™ and IBM FlashSystem® solutions, and migrated its SAP Business Warehouse solution to SAP HANA®.
Centria
To grow its business and help its parent company Grupo Breca achieve even greater economies of scale, Centria set out to provide its shared services to a broader range of industries. To meet new clients’ demands for enhanced support in logistics, inventory and more, Centria worked with IBM® Services to deploy SAP S/4HANA®.
LiquidPower (LSPI)
When LSPI planned to become a standalone company within Berkshire Hathaway, how could it migrate systems and processes with zero disruption to customers? With IBM® Services and IBM Cloud Migration, LSPI migrated to the IBM Cloud for SAP Applications – a transition overseen by one internal IT manager – all in a year of growth.
The Kraft Heinz Company
To seize a bigger slice of the Russian market and to address new customer segments, The Kraft Heinz Company purchased a baby-food factory in Ivanovo. To onboard the new acquisition, The Kraft Heinz Company engaged IBM® Services to migrate the factory to SAP® ERP, unlocking deeper operational insight and major time savings on reporting.
Juhayna
Developing new products was the key to Juhayna’s growth – but adding new manufacturing processes and systems to an aging IT infrastructure threatened to harm efficiency and eat into margins. Today, Juhayna can onboard new manufacturing facilities seamlessly and without disruption, enabling it to bring new products to market and support its growth objective.
Würth Group
To ensure the highest levels of customer satisfaction and to sharpen its competitive edge, Würth Group improves business efficiency by leveraging the latest technologies from IBM and SAP. The company aims to generate game-changing sales insights, to help drive increased revenues and further enhance customer service.
Saint-Gobain CPS
With limited visibility of delivery processes, Saint-Gobain CPS could not give clients precise information on when shipments would arrive. Today, using a mobile app fed directly with updates from SAP® ERP and the company’s delivery drivers, clients have instant access to real-time information for efficient planning and operations.