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Streebo Inc.
Faster, cheaper, smarter — the next evolution of chatbots
Wanting to make the creation of chatbots a much simpler endeavor, IBM Business Partner Streebo created a chatbot accelerator. The new solution, built with IBM® Watson® and IBM Cloud Pak® technology, allows users to quickly assemble robust, AI-powered chatbots from a catalog of existing templates and widgets.
UMBRAGROUP S.p.A.
To outsmart some manufacturing challenges, you need more than human analysis
Concerned with the level of non-conforming parts in its high-precision manufacturing processes, UMBRAGROUP worked with IBM and IBM Business Partner Nodes S.r.l. to create a modeling and prediction solution based on IBM® Watson® Studio technology. The platform helps to identify previously unknown factors that can hamper successful production runs.
Syniti
Smarter data migration — from lift and shift to automate and transform
Syniti, one of the world’s leading enterprise data management specialists, used the Skytap on IBM® Cloud® solution to help clients move business-critical data to the cloud more quickly, securely and cost-effectively. This was especially important for moving to SAP S/4HANA®. Reducing risk, complexity and cost by taking advantage of cloud-based migration software, with RPA, AI and ML capabilities, ensures a significant ROI.
MINES ParisTech
Helping French industry accelerate innovation with advanced hybrid computing
Business thrives on innovation, and the convergence of classic computer simulation with new deep learning techniques presents a world of new opportunity. To help its industry partners seize the initiative, MINES ParisTech is building hybrid modeling and analytics tools on an IBM® Power® Systems AC922 server with IBM POWER9™ CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs.
Kuantum Papers
Preparing for growth with scalable, cost-efficient business processes, supported by IBM and SAP
Leading paper manufacturer Kuantum Papers has set its sights on expansion. To ensure its business processes can scale efficiently to match its growth ambitions, the company selected integrated SAP S/4HANA® solutions running on IBM® Power® Systems and IBM FlashSystem® storage, delivering reduced operational costs and greater production control.
Tamilnadu Newsprint and Papers Limited
Achieving growth, operational efficiency, quality and environmental goals with IBM and Oracle
TNPL aims to become the number-one paper and packaging board manufacturer in India. As its mill expansion projects drove up IT workloads, TNPL’s legacy infrastructure experienced capacity and performance bottlenecks. By moving its Oracle solutions to IBM® Power® Systems S922 servers and IBM Storage, TNPL is ready for fast growth.
The Ticket Fairy
A cloud-based database is just the ticket for disrupting the event industry
A few large sales and distribution companies dominate the event ticketing industry. And their virtual oligarchy comes with big service fees, scalpers and exclusive contracts that many believe exploit venues and artists. The Ticket Fairy sought to change that by using a fully managed database service for hybrid multicloud applications called IBM® Cloudant®.
TBCASoft
Creating a new paradigm of trust across telco and financial services markets
TBCASoft is changing this paradigm by helping launch a cross-carrier blockchain network that allows anyone who has a mobile phone to conduct financial transactions on their mobile device.
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Syniti
Syniti, one of the world’s leading enterprise data management specialists, used the Skytap on IBM® Cloud® solution to help clients move business-critical data to the cloud more quickly, securely and cost-effectively. This was especially important for moving to SAP S/4HANA®. Reducing risk, complexity and cost by taking advantage of cloud-based migration software, with RPA, AI and ML capabilities, ensures a significant ROI.
Kuantum Papers
Leading paper manufacturer Kuantum Papers has set its sights on expansion. To ensure its business processes can scale efficiently to match its growth ambitions, the company selected integrated SAP S/4HANA® solutions running on IBM® Power® Systems and IBM FlashSystem® storage, delivering reduced operational costs and greater production control.
Regional health agency
To meet the needs of an aging population, healthcare service providers seek to cut costs even as they strive to improve care. This health agency partnered with IBM® Services™ to enable data-driven decision-making with SAP S/4HANA® on IBM Power® E870C servers and IBM FlashSystem® 5030 storage, releasing budget to enhance tomorrow’s services.
Salling Group A/S
With over 1,500 store locations, Salling Group is one of the largest retailers in the EU. It relies on an SAP ERP system running on the IBM® Db2® data management system supported by IBM POWER® servers and IBM Global Technology Services® (GTS). As a result, Salling Group keeps costs low, minimizes downtime and outpaces its competitors in terms of efficiency.
Prysmian Group
After merging with the US company General Cable, Italy-based Prysmian Group needed to integrate two complex IT environments and support new SAP system workloads. By engaging IBM to build a new environment on IBM® Cloud™, the company gained a reliable and scalable infrastructure to support its North American SAP landscape and anticipates cutting infrastructure costs by 20%.
ARAUCO
ARAUCO is one of the world’s leading renewables producers, including lumber, engineered wood, and energy. To sharpen its competitive edge and enhance its environmental performance, ARAUCO used IBM® Rapid Move for SAP S/4HANA® to slash the time required to gain advanced analytics capabilities: helping it boost efficiency, reduce waste and cut costs.
PT ABM Investama Tbk
ABM Investama’s mining operations can be buffeted by volatile commodity prices and distribution challenges. To help flex production, cut waste and protect margins, IBM® Services™ worked with ABM to move to SAP S/4HANA® on AWS for advanced data analytics, enabled by IBM Rapid Move for SAP S/4HANA, delivering crucial insights 90 percent faster.
Bestway Cement Limited
To help enhance efficiency and reduce waste, Bestway Cement wanted to access accurate, timely data on every detail—from raw materials to final product. By deploying SAP S/4HANA® on IBM® Power® Systems servers and IBM FlashSystem® storage, Bestway Cement gains real-time insights, offering outstanding business and environmental results.
TM International Logistics
Today’s consumers expect the ability to track their orders from warehouse to doorstep. TM International Logistics is building real-time insights into its offerings, working with IBM® Services™ to deploy SAP S/4HANA® on Microsoft Azure™, boosting efficiency and offering global delivery tracking to consumers and businesses, worldwide.
St Marche
Retailer St Marche relied on spreadsheets to manage sales, inventory, logistics and more—critical for delivering fresh, quality products to supermarket shelves. By deploying SAP solutions powered by SAP HANA® and IBM® Applications Management for SAP Solutions, St Marche gains fully integrated operations, with super-scalable capacity for future growth.
Hoffmann Neopac
Hoffmann Neopac innovates packaging solutions, driven by consumer trends, regulations, and sustainability. Working with IBM Gold Business Partner WAGNER AG, the company moved to SAP S/4HANA® in a private cloud based on IBM® Power® Systems servers and IBM Storage, enabling deep data insight that helps optimize operations, cut waste, and go green.
Grupo Zapata
For manufacturers, fluctuating raw materials costs can have a major impact on profitability. How could Grupo Zapata react fast enough to buy when prices are low? By deploying SAP S/4HANA® on IBM® Power® Systems servers and IBM FlashSystem® storage, Grupo Zapata makes data-driven decisions to help minimize materials costs and maximize profitability.
System Design Analysis, Inc.
With SDA as their technology architect, a large Canadian city and a large Canadian retailer chose IBM® Power® Systems and Storage systems to support SAP S/4HANA®. SAP-certified IBM systems saved money for SDA clients on hardware acquisition and infrastructure costs while delivering the highest performance required by SAP S/4HANA.
Sypsoft360
Many companies seek the benefits of cloud: low cost and low complexity, combined with high levels of security and reliability. IT services provider Sypsoft360 helps its clients to success with managed SAP Business One® services hosted in the IBM® Cloud™, offering consistently high performance and stability—and sending sales soaring.
WorkMerk
Using the SAP Cloud Platform, single tenant edition on IBM® Cloud™ solution, WorkMerk developed custom solutions that enable a large transit police force to share critical information between dispatchers and officers securely, in real time. Increased productivity helps improve public safety without adding additional officers to the force.
Familiprix
Familiprix wanted to gain greater efficiency and benefit from retail industry best practices by implementing SAP S/4HANA Retail processes running on IBM® Power® Systems and IBM Storage. Taking advantage of process maturity and eliminating a legacy system would be key elements in this transformation.
Performance iN Lighting
Performance iN Lighting knows its manufacturing expertise makes it an ideal partner for major worldwide infrastructure and architecture projects. To capitalize on these global growth opportunities, Performance iN Lighting is working with IBM® Services™ to move its mission-critical solutions to SAP Applications Management on IBM Cloud™.
Bulutistan
Enterprises across Turkey are in the midst of digital transformation, moving to SAP HANA solutions to gain deep business insight. To help clients achieve maximum benefit, managed service provider Bulutistan created a high-performance private cloud for SAP S/4HANA, based on IBM® Power® E950 servers and IBM Storage.
UMB
As enterprises harness business data to drive smarter, faster decision-making, they rely on high-performance, cost-effective analytics. To support its clients, IT service provider UMB launched a new cloud solution delivering SAP HANA® as a service, enabled by IBM® Power® Systems servers, delivering seamless scalability for analytics workloads.
Vodafone Germany
Vodafone, Germany’s leading telecoms provider, aimed to drive its transformation by creating a Digital Logistics Hub. To achieve its goals, Vodafone is using IBM® Rapid Move for SAP S/4HANA to move from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA®—accelerating the transformation by 50 percent compared to traditional methods.
Hyundai Nishat Motor (Private) Limited
New auto company Hyundai Nishat Motor (Private) Limited looked for critical advantage to win customers in Pakistan. By driving integrated operations and digital workflows based on SAP S/4HANA® and on IBM® Power® Systems with IBM POWER9™ processors and IBM Storage, the company can deliver vehicles up to 66 percent faster than the national average.
Hellenic Glass Industry S.A.
Born in the turmoil of the global financial crisis, Hellenic Glass Industry (HGI) has vaulted from fragmented operations to integrated international success. To drive lean, efficient operations, HGI worked with IBM® Services™ to deploy SAP S/4HANA® applications using IBM Services for Managed SAP Applications, based on IBM Power Systems™ servers.
Phillips Carbon Black Limited
Aiming for global growth, specialist manufacturer Phillips Carbon Black Limited realized many of its existing processes could not scale cost-effectively. The company engaged IBM® Services™ to move from SAP ERP on-premises to a next-generation SAP S/4HANA® platform hosted on AWS, creating an integrated, scalable, fully digital business.
India Glycols
India Glycols wanted to improve manufacturing and business efficiency, but in an app-driven world its users were stuck with inflexible legacy systems. By moving to SAP S/4HANA® powered by IBM® Power® Systems H922, India Glycols is enabling digital transformation based on robotic process automation, AI and SAP Fiori apps.
Consumer products manufacturer
To manage a complex global supply chain with limited IT resources, this leading consumer products manufacturer uses IBM® Services™ for Managed SAP® Applications to run its SAP® ERP workloads on the IBM® Cloud™; helping it deliver the right product at the right time to consumers and free up IT resources for innovation.
StarKist Co.
StarKist is the canned tuna market share leader in the U.S. How could it manage a complex global supply chain with limited IT resources? By using IBM Services for Managed SAP Applications to run its SAP ERP workloads on the IBM Cloud, StarKist delivers the right product at the right time to consumers and frees up IT resources for innovation.
Pharmaoverseas
To drive sales, specialist pharmaceuticals distributor Pharmaoverseas wanted to offer new products and personalized promotions to pharmacists. By moving to SAP S/4HANA® applications powered by IBM® Power Systems™ and IBM Storage, the company is enabling a breakout growth strategy delivered by AI, conversation chatbots and operational excellence.
Dilip Buildcon Limited
Dilip Buildcon is creating the infrastructure that underpins India’s economic ambitions. With costs up to 50 percent of revenues, tighter control of spending would be vital as it took on capital-intensive projects. With integrated processes based on SAP S/4HANA in a managed IBM® Cloud™, the company is driving savings of USD 7 million in year one.
C.Vale
C.Vale trusts SAP ERP applications to run its food and distribution operations efficiently. To power new applications and analytics, C.Vale moved to IBM® Power Systems™ E980 servers and IBM Storwize® V7000 storage, boosting compute capacity by 42 percent while cutting operational costs by 23 percent, all designed to produce better food for Brazilians.
Cementos Pacasmayo
As the construction industry in Peru booms, leading cement producer Cementos Pacasmayo wanted to offer value-added services to direct-sales customers. With IBM® Services™, the company deployed SAP S/4HANA® on-premises and in IBM Cloud™, gaining operational excellence and insight to help drive strategic transformation, and reaching new markets.
Valorec Services
Valorec Services offers energy, maintenance and recycling to industrial enterprises, relying on efficiency and excellence to win clients and grow its business. By adopting IBM® Services for Managed SAP Applications, Valorec Services has cut IT costs by 60 percent, reduced administration workload, and focuses time and budget on future innovation.
Whirlpool Corporation
Seeking to improve consumer experience with innovative solutions, Whirlpool Corporation turned to IBM® Services™ for Managed SAP Applications. It migrated its SAP® ERP powered by SAP HANA solutions to IBM Power Systems™ in the IBM Cloud™, using the opportunity to modernize its global SAP ERP environments and drive business growth.
Tapal Tea
Tapal Tea wanted to improve manufacturing efficiency, cut costs and boost sales. To unlock deeper insight into operations and sales, the company implemented SAP® S/4HANA®, IBM® Power Systems™, and IBM Storage, delivering real-time information dashboards that drive opportunity and growth.
Porrúa
To compete against online retailers, Porrúa, a publisher and the largest bookstore chain in Mexico, relies on efficient inventory, logistics and business management. By implementing SAP® ERP powered by SAP HANA® on IBM® Power® Systems and IBM Storage, Porrúa can focus on enhancing the unique bookstore experience that builds loyalty and sales.
Volkswagen Sachsen
E-mobility heralds a new environmentally conscious era for the automotive industry. To ensure that manufacturing is fully profitable and eco-friendly, Volkswagen Sachsen worked with IBM® Services™ to deploy SAP S/4HANA®, helping it standardize and streamline its financial processes, unlocking insight into manufacturing costs and efficiency.
Sona BLW
Sona BLW makes precision gears and driveline technologies for cars, with production spanning two continents, relying on just-in-time manufacturing. To optimize its critical supply chains, Sona BLW implemented SAP® ERP powered by SAP HANA® on IBM® Power® Systems and IBM Storage, helping it identify and analyze its performance, and tune up its business results.
Sensor Manufacturer
Disruptive digital technologies have kick-started a fourth industrial revolution, and with companies looking to gain the benefits of automation, business is booming for this leading sensor manufacturer. To support operations, the company upgraded its SAP® applications to SAP HANA® running on IBM® Power Systems™, supported by IBM Storage.
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® (now known as IBM FlashSystem®) storage that can be securely shared between clients – enabling the company to deliver top performance and reliability at enticing rates.