Nouveau partenariat entre Colgate et
IBM pour réaliser des économies substantielles
sur les services achats et comptabilité fournisseurs.
Paris, le 11 Avril 2006. Dans le cadre des efforts
réalisés pour optimiser ses opérations
au niveau global, la société Colgate-Palmolive
a annoncé la signature d’un accord d’une
durée de sept ans avec IBM qui prendra en charge
les achats de matériaux et de services dans
le monde et les services de comptabilité fournisseurs
pour l’Europe et l’Amérique du Nord.
NEW COLGATE PARTNERSHIP WITH IBM TO DELIVER SIGNIFICANT
SAVINGS FROM PROCUREMENT AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SERVICES
New York, April 11, 2006. As part of its worldwide
efforts to generate global efficiencies, Colgate-Palmolive
Company (CL) today announced a seven-year agreement
with IBM to provide procurement services for designated
materials and services worldwide and to provide accounts
payable services for Europe and North America.
The agreement builds upon Colgate’s current global
best practices for raw and packaging materials purchasing
and for the first time extends this approach to all
goods and services. Increased purchasing effectiveness
is expected to generate more than $30 million annually
in incremental aftertax savings by 2008.
The purchasing and accounts payable changes are a meaningful
part of the overall four-year restructuring and business
building plan Colgate announced in December 2004. Total
savings from the plan are projected to be in the range
of $250 to $300 million after- tax.
Relying on innovative and unique purchasing tools developed
for its global SAP systems, Colgate will oversee all
global purchasing carried out both by internal Colgate
procurement teams and IBM specialists. This arrangement
will provide Colgate an extraordinary capability to
deliver industry-leading purchasing expertise to all
its global locations.
Under the new agreement, IBM will also manage Colgate’s
accounts payable function in North America and Europe,
streamlining this process and generating additional
savings from IBM’s best practice capabilities
and innovative technologies.
“
Colgate is uniquely positioned to benefit from this
relationship with IBM, generating continued operating
profit growth and investments in driving our growth,” said
Ian Cook, President and Chief Operating Officer. “Combining
Colgate and IBM resources will provide an extraordinary
mechanism to increase the efficiency of our purchasing
and accounts payable, allowing our subsidiaries to
increase their focus on serving consumers and the trade.”
“
Embracing new ways of managing key business processes,
such as procurement and accounts payable, allows leading
companies like Colgate to uncover significant new sources
of value within their operations,” said Ginni
Rometty, Senior Vice President, IBM Global Business
Services. “We’re pleased to help Colgate
move its business forward using our organization’s
expertise in procurement innovation coupled with IBM's
well established group of supply chain and accounting
professionals.”
About Colgate-Palmolive
Colgate-Palmolive is a leading global consumer products
company, tightly focused on Oral Care, Personal Care,
Home Care and Pet Nutrition. Colgate sells its products
in over 200 countries and territories around the world
under such internationally recognized brand names as
Colgate, Palmolive, Mennen, Softsoap, Irish Spring,
Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, Elmex, Ajax, Axion, Soupline,
and Suavitel, as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's
Prescription Diet pet foods. For more information about
Colgate's global business, visit the Company's web
site at http://www.colgate.com.
Source : IBM
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