2007

2007 Winner Profile

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

  • Project Description: For its business units in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Goodyear integrated manufacturing processes with sales, supply chain and financial processes under a single instance of SAP. The Atlas project allows Goodyear to prepare more accurate forecasts, reduce back orders and obtain better budget control. Centralization has resulted in better volume prices and better visibility into costs. IT operations benefited by eliminating 50 interfaces and 36 local applications, bringing application maintenance down 50 percent.
  • Project type: Technology/Applications
  • CIO: $model.cio100.cioFirstName Wernet, VP Information Technology and CIO
  • CEO: Robert J. Keegan, Chairman, CEO and President
  • Headquarters: Akron, Ohio
  • Industry: Automotive/Transportation
  • Revenue (2006): $20 billion
  • Website: www.goodyear.com
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