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.
Companies will spend $6 billion on complying with Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) requirements in 2006, on par with the $6.1 billion that will be spent in 2005, estimates AMR Research.
Consumer durables giant LG Electronics India Ltd (LGEIL) expects to reduce overhead costs by at least $3.5 million annually now that its Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning 'E-Business Suite' implementation is compete.
Recent research of best practices leads AMR Research to synthesize the nine winning Demand Driven Supply Network behaviors that are key in driving a business transformation.
