CGT Inside News - 12/14/2005
Unilever Transforms Procurement Services with IBM
December 14, 2005 - Unilever North America partners with IBM to transform and manage strategic sourcing and procurement operations of indirect materials and services for its North American operations. Using the same assets, methodologies and analytical tools that reduced IBM's own procurement costs by more than $6.5 billion, Unilever expects to optimize business process performance and deliver bottom-line business value. In addition to improving cost efficiency, Unilever North America will work with IBM to optimize procurement processes and deploy analytics tools and process methodologies.
"We will get access to the expertise and technology strengths of IBM to further streamline our processes and improve efficiencies" says Greg Polcer, Unilever senior vice president, Supply Chain, NA. "IBM's management of our non-production items will further free Unilever in North America to focus resources and energy around business activities that are more consumer and customer facing to add more value and drive growth." The five-year agreement commences immediately, with anticipated transition completed by June 1, 2006.
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December 14, 2005 - Unilever North America partners with IBM to transform and manage strategic sourcing and procurement operations of indirect materials and services for its North American operations. Using the same assets, methodologies and analytical tools that reduced IBM's own procurement costs by more than $6.5 billion, Unilever expects to optimize business process performance and deliver bottom-line business value. In addition to improving cost efficiency, Unilever North America will work with IBM to optimize procurement processes and deploy analytics tools and process methodologies.
"We will get access to the expertise and technology strengths of IBM to further streamline our processes and improve efficiencies" says Greg Polcer, Unilever senior vice president, Supply Chain, NA. "IBM's management of our non-production items will further free Unilever in North America to focus resources and energy around business activities that are more consumer and customer facing to add more value and drive growth." The five-year agreement commences immediately, with anticipated transition completed by June 1, 2006.
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