SAP SPECTRUM Ausgabe 1 | 2010
Need to Get Users Excited About Software
Following its new mantra of solutions with instant value, SAP is transforming itself to be faster and more customer-oriented. SAP Spectrum talks with Jim Hagemann Snabe to find out how the company aims to achieve this.
Touching Lives With Technology
Some of the people who work the phones for Deutsche Post DHL’s human resources hotline are blind. Along with special resources for the visually impaired, they use the SAP ERP Human Capital Management solution to carry out their daily tasks.
Grabbing the Tiger by the Tail
The financial crisis, the drive toward internationalization, and SAP Enterprise Support services were three topics weighing heavily on the minds of SAP user companies in Japan last year.
19.12.2008
Unilever Increases Sales by 7.4 Percent
Harmonized SAP system drives sales increase: Sales at consumer goods group Unilever have risen by 7.4 percent to U.S.$23.7 billion, during the first nine months of 2008.
“This is because of our IT system conversion,” says Unilever Chairman Patrick Cescau when the latest quarterly figures were announced. As part of the “One Unilever” program, the group is currently implementing a harmonized IT system in Europe based on SAP. 80 percent of all locations are already using the new system.
Furthermore, Unilever has also implemented its SAP strategy in Asia and has centralized its supply chain in Singapore.
The “One Unilever” program started in 2006 and is due to be completed by January 2009. The benefits of the SAP implementation for Unilever so far include:
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- An improved allocation of resources in marketing, customer management, development and research
- Faster decision making
- Reduced IT costs
Unilever is implementing the project in all key countries to ensure that all locations can use common services in the areas of IT, human resources management and finance.
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