Digital Transformation

The cash merger, which is expected to close in early 2011, will create a potent combination of CRM and cross-channel commerce.

As a leading innovative company that produces products across diverse markets, 3M needed an operating system that allowed its employees to be productive, while at the same time tightening network security and reducing costs of PC management.

The company's largest distributor in South Africa adopts solutions to ensure the correct products are available at the right time.

With 400 brands spanning 14 categories of home, personal care and food products, Unilever touches many people's lives around the globe. Here, the company shares the fundamentals for getting the recall process right, including a powerful tool called the Rapid Recall Exchange.

Soon after the company's formation,the Sun Products' IT team needed establish a new IT environment. This entailedreplacing every software system, including a combination of packaged andproprietary applications, in a five-month time frame.

Historically,Land O' Lakes ran as a holding company with many separate entities. Over time,this resulted in an overly complex IT environment. In 2005,a strategic decision was made to move toward an operating company mode. Here, two company VPs give an exclusive update on Project Catalyst'sprogress.

Mergers and acquisitions have caused Foster's to have a mix of enterprise resource planning systems and different methods for defining and processing key business data, such as information on customers and products.

By enabling accelerated product innovation and time-to-market, 3M aims to realize its strategic business objectives, augment production capacity, enhance global capabilities and rationalize costs.