Transforming Industry

46 47 ENERGY Sustainable Teams evangelism Dutch manufacturing company DSM implemented Microsoft Teams for its 23,000 employees through Microsoft partner Wipro. DSM has transitioned over its 100-year history from its roots in the mining industry to become a global entity active in nutrition, health, and sustainable living. The Teams implementation was aimed at improving virtual meeting facilities for staff working across 50 countries and regions. The project included launching an innovative evangelist program that provided 300 employees with Surface Pro devices with Teams installed. Building on the Teams platform, Wipro developed a chatbot for key departments to use. According to Peter Dew, Chief Digital Officer, Chief Marketing Officer at DSM, a key feature of the Teams integrated platform is its capacity to drive more effective virtual meetings. “Sustainability and being mindful of our carbon footprint are very important to us at DSM,” he explains. “Those values are fueling our Teams efforts. With Teams, we’re able to have quite an immersive experience at a reasonably low cost.” Read the full case study > HEALTHCARE Fit for franchise growth With the help of IBM Services, an international leader in fitness updated its ERP system using Microsoft Dynamics. The company needed to drive growth by enabling greater financial automation, innovation, and efficiency. The cloud-based Microsoft Dynamics 365 application that IBM Services helped it select is backed up by worldwide rollout and support services. Through a network of franchises and other business associates, the company licenses group fitness programs in a range of exercise categories to nearly 20,000 health clubs in 100 countries. It wanted to achieve more powerful ERP capabilities alongside a consistently excellent user experience for employees, business associates and customers, regardless of their location. As part of an IBM Microsoft Dynamics Value Assessment, IBM consultants guided the company through an in-depth ERP software evaluation and helped align the organization’s business- driven solution requirements with best practices. Since implementation, the solution has generated 50% savings in on-premises management costs and significant savings on software licensing fees using IBM’s insights into the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider program. > Read the full case study