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Baldor Transforms Its Business Model With Super Service, Helped by SAP and IBM

Overview Electric motor manufacturer Baldor has turned its US location into a major competitive advantage, despite intense competition from low-cost offshore manufacturers. Very fast delivery timescales could turn into an unbeatable proposition if order process efficiency could be transformed to exploit the delivery advantage offered by the location. To tackle this Baldor created a new Customer/Supplier Connect solution based on SAP software that enables both suppliers and customers to gain a direct view of product order status. This new process brings delivery service levels that offshore competitors find impossible to match, and Baldor's US location has become a key competitive advantage.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	IBM	File Format	PDF
Date Published	April 2007
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Mainframes, Storage Management, Linux - Open Source

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