The world's ten largest ERP implementation successful cases

1, the aluminum company (Alcoa)

Company profile

The aluminum company was founded in the 1880 s, is now the world's largest aluminum oxide, electrolytic aluminium and aluminium processing products manufacturer, active in basic research and development, including technology and recycled aluminum industry, all major areas. Beautiful aluminum products used in the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building, commercial transport and industrial markets. Beautiful aluminum products include daily consumer beauty aluminium wheel (Alcoa wheels), Renault membrane (Reynolds Wrap) and baker Household membrane (Baco Household Wrap). Other business also includes vinyl sides, packaging system, precision castings, bottle caps and cars and trucks of the power distribution system. Beauty in global aluminum 43 countries a total of 131000 employees. The dow Jones industrial index aluminum become members for 45 years and in 2001 to become the dow Jones sustainability index members. The aluminum is China's largest investor and aluminum industry aluminum products trading partner, at present in China has 5 individual proprietorship, joint venture enterprise, employees 2200 people. In 2004, the turnover of the company and the products to us $23.5 billion.

ERP implementation situation

Since 2001, the company began to carry out the aluminum Oracle provide ERP system, at present has implemented successful modules including financial management, human resources management, Order to cash (Order to cash, OTC) business process management and demand to payment (Requisition to pay, RTP) business process management. Beauty in all countries of the world of aluminum branch is various, the implementation of the ERP is also very complex, therefore according to different regions in stages. Their first 50 branches in Europe of the implementation of financial and demand-payment process module, the module currently including Europe, North America, Australia, Asia and South America, the branches of the widely used. HR module has been completed in Australia branch, and Europe and Latin America, is expected to end at the end of the year. OTC module in the aluminum company is all the global offices at least 60% complete.

At present, the aluminum company use ERP and the number of employees has more than 10000.

2, Germany BASF company (BASF Aktiengesellschaft)

Company profile

Germany basf is the world's leading chemical company, to provide customers with a series of high performance products, including chemicals, plastic products, agricultural products, characteristics, fine chemicals and crude oil and natural gas. Its distinctive consortium strategy (namely the German "Verbund") is the company's advantage. It makes basf realize low cost advantage, so as to ensure great competitive advantage. Basf follow the principle of sustainable development to carry out business. In 2002, basf sales to 32 billion euros ($34 billion) in the world, has more than 89000 employees.

ERP implementation situation

The basf company ERP implementation began in the 1980 s, and with the beginning of the 90 s by SAP provides complete the complete set of ERP system. In the past 10 years, the company to the old system upgrades nearly 10 times, a recent upgrade is the SAP R / 3 V4.7 version. The first in the enterprise internal application procurement, sales, inventory management, financial management, equipment maintenance cost management module to the enterprise internal resources after optimization, and introduced in supply chain management, customer relationship management, business business intelligence software application. Basf company in many aspects in the successful application of SAP solutions: application in the global supply chain module implements the supply and demand balance, through the electronic procurement and suppliers for collaborative, such as automatic purchasing, automatic replenishment, application business intelligence module help enterprise decision-making.

At present, basf use ERP of more than 35000 employees.

3, the first Capital Financial company (Capital One Financial Corp.)

Company profile

In 1995, Capital One company as a bank of America branch company Signet, began to enter credit card business market, and will own strategy called "based on information of strategy". At present, it has become a bank of America credit card company of the top ten enterprise, employees more than 15000 people in 2004, the total turnover of $1.5 billion.

ERP implementation situation

Since 2000, the company began to carry out the Capital One by former PeopleSoft provide ERP system, has used modules including financial management, human resources management, supply chain management and asset management. Implementation of the early days, the company focuses on British branch of financial management module implementation, and then implemented a human resources management module, after the American branch to promotion. In 2002, when the first implementation of the ERP system become stable after, Capital One company started the second leg of the human resources management module and the implementation of the financial management, and improve the corresponding business process. In 2004 the company also BEA systems based on the successful implementation of the ERP portal system, all of these systems have tens of millions of dollars into the total cost, and at present the number of users, more than 18000.

4, Colgate-palm company (Colgate-Palmolive)

Company profile

Colgate-palm is one of the world's top consumer products company, based in New York, USA, in more than 200 countries and regions set up branch companies or office, a total of 40000 employees. The company in oral care, personal care, household care and pet food provides the high quality for the consumer, among them are familiar to the consumers of global famous brand, such as Colgate, palm, clean teeth white, Ajax, Protex, Fab, Irish Spring, Mennen and Science Diet, and so on. The company since the 1930 s in several European countries established company, then continuously to foreign business expansion. By the end of 1993, the company has set up a file in more than 70 countries around the world in the business. In 2004, the total turnover of u $10.6 billion.

ERP implementation situation

Colgate company adopted SAP provide ERP system, implement successful modules including supply chain management, customer relationship management, supplier relationship management, human resources management, financial management, integrated application, order processing procedure management, materials management, production management list, self-service and other employees. The company's ERP implementation began in 1996, has already completed 2 times overall upgrade, currently include the SAP R / 3 series, mySAP senior schedule plans and optimization, CRM, SAP portal and mySAP Business Warehouse (Business Warehouse). They are in Europe, North America, South America, South Asia Pacific and branch, the Hill Science Diet brands implement the R / 3 series of five examples. In addition, the implementation of the global human resources management, and SAP business warehouse at present more than 6 TB storage (note: 1 TB is equivalent to 1024 GB) customer data. At present, the more than 15000 using ERP system.

5, DaimlerChrysler (DaimlerChrysler)

Company profile

In July 1998 by the German Daimler Chrysler and the merger of companies and into. November 17, 1998 of the merged company stock in New York and listed in Frankfurt, Germany. Before the merger, Daimler company in the world senior cars and 6 tons truck market leading position. Chrysler three large car company in the United States ranked third, in the minivan market leading. The combined company is the world's third largest car manufacturer in the world, employs 384723 people. In 2004, the total turnover of 142.1 billion euros.

ERP implementation situation

Adopted SAP ERP products, has set up a file in the implementation of the modules including finance, manufacturing and logistics management. In the 1998 years before and after, Germany Daimler Chrysler and the merger before they have implemented respectively R / 3 financial management module, after the merger, the module will still be used independently. In 2002, the Mercedes division began to separate the implementation of SAP manufacturing and logistics module, and Chrysler division of the 100 a SAP module instance, totaling more than 320 installation points, including 11 countries of Asia with a SAP examples. Later, they are still in the 15 European countries promotion, most of them are using an example of SAP R / 3 4.6 C). At present, the number of users, and more than 50000 worldwide.

6, Del have food company, Del Monte Foods)

Company profile

Headquartered in San Francisco have food company's, is a famous canned fruit and vegetables in the distribution of the enterprise. At present in the world with 8500 full-time employees, and in America, South America, Canada, Mexico and the Philippines, and so on has more than 9800 seasonal part-time employees. In 2004, the total turnover of us $3 billion.

ERP implementation situation

This company adopted SSA provide ERP products. 2003 years since the food companies combined with del after several small companies, began to implement based on IBM AS / 400 server and DB2 database of the first instances, and replacing the in different operating platform before the operation of the old system. They a recent implementation of the success of the project is in 2004 show EXE warehouse management module. At present, the number of users, more than 1200.

7, the Dow Corning company (Dow Corning)

Company profile

The DOW CORNING company (DOW CORNING?) Is the American way chemical company (dow chemical) and the United States corning company subsidiary, shares of the company by the U.S. dow chemical company and corning half-and-half hold, is the world organic silicon and solid lubricant technology most authoritative large multinational companies. Dow corning was established in 1943, and now is the world diverse needs of more than 25000 customers with performance-enhancing solutions. As silicon product technical innovation of the global leader, a company that offers more than 7000 kinds of products and services, more than half of its sales from outside the United States. At present the global employees 8800 people in 2004, the total turnover of us $3.37 billion.

ERP implementation situation

Adopted SAP ERP products provide, already use of modules including supply chain management, customer relationship management management, supplier management, human resources management, financial management, integrated application, order processing procedure management, materials management, production management list, self-service and other employees. The project implementation begin from 1996 to 1998 over. A recent upgrade is in June this year, to upgrade to SAP ERP core components 5.0, the implementation of total input to about $100 million. At the company's headquarters, dow corning operation to cover the world range of single SAP examples, its database of SAP business warehouse customer data rapidly to a few TB. At present, nearly every dow corning's staff in the use of the system, in the peak time, at the same time, the number of employees use as high as 1500.

8, FedEx air company (FedEx)

Company profile

FedEx air company (FedEx Express), the world's largest Express company, with its incomparable route right and infrastructure make it the world's largest Express company to 220 countries and region to provide fast, reliable, and timely Express transportation service. Fedex package delivery of each working day more than 3.2 million, in the world with more than 138000 employees and 50000 delivery point, 671 aircraft and 41000 vehicles. The company through the FedEx Ship Manager at FedEx. Com, FededEx Ship Manager Software and global more than 100 customers to stay close electronic communications link. In 2004, the total turnover of us $29 billion.

ERP implementation situation

The Oracle of ERP products provide. Already used modules including PeopleSoft asset management, accounting general ledger management, financial management, human resources management, electronic procurement, spending report, inventory management, project cost accounting and other. In 1997, the company began to implementation of the PeopleSoft accounting general ledger and asset management module. In a few years after the two major upgrade after, in 2004, the whole system has included 12 PeopleSoft module. FedEx 's domestic and international operation share the same examples, and cooperation services, transportation, the use of another example. At present the users and more than 20000 people.

9, the Home Depot corporation (Home Depot)

Company profile

The company was founded in 1978, listed on the New York stock exchange, is also the dow Jones industrial average and the standard &poor's 500 index constituent of, is now the world's largest home furnishing retailer, is also the second only to wal-mart's second big retailers. The employees more than 325000 people worldwide in 2004, the total sales of over 73 billion dollars.

ERP implementation situation

Adopted SAP ERP products provide. Already used modules including financial management and retail management. At first by the implementation of financial management began, in recent years gradually implement retail management.

10, Whirlpool company (Whirlpool)

Company profile

One of the world's top 500 American whirlpool company was established in 1911, is the world's largest white home appliance manufacturers, and in North America, Latin America and India the lead, sales across four continents, thirteen countries. At present, the company employees about 68000 in 2004, the total turnover of $13.2 billion.

ERP implementation situation

Adopted SAP provides the complete set of ERP products. From 1999 to 2000 in North America branch to produce product began implementing the process management (except for manufacturing process), has 98% of the business process in the platform. At the company's headquarters for the installation of a single global branches use examples, the IBM DB2 database has accumulated a number of TB data. At present, its users to nearly 10000 people.