ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:
IBM) today announced that Vivo Energy, a market-leading company
that distributes and markets Shell branded fuels and lubricants in
Africa, has selected IBM Services
for its digital transformation journey based on SAP S/4HANA®.
A rapid start to the relationship using agile methods has already
led to the completion of a major project milestone with two out of
fifteen of Vivo Energy's country locations transferred to SAP
S/4HANA to help boost efficiency and unlock operational
insights.
Since its establishment in 2011, Vivo Energy has rapidly grown,
adding more than 500 service stations to its retail network between
2012 and 2017, while opening more than 450 convenience retail and
quick service restaurants between 2014 and 2017. In 2018 the
company operated over 1,800 service stations and employed around
2,360 people. It's because of this rapid growth that Vivo Energy
needed to make changes to its existing IT environment and improve
its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
IBM solutions have started to transform Vivo Energy's
operations, enabling it to streamline processes, enhance employee
productivity and improve data visibility. Using the embedded
analytics engine of SAP S/4HANA, Vivo Energy will be able to track
the performance of each of its locations to help drive
decision-making and help create an intelligent enterprise that
responds actively to customer demand. As the deployment expands to
more locations the organization will be able to conduct more
detailed analytics, empowering employees to make fact-based
decisions.
Vivo Energy's retailers will also feel the benefits from the
company's new solution. SAP S/4HANA will predict demand for
particular products and automate replenishment at the service
stations, which will also allow the company to reduce its fuel
distribution costs.
Mike McCormick, CIO, Vivo Energy,
said, "We are focused on continuing our remarkable growth story,
and to achieve this, we decided to transform our approach to
business management and look for ways to enable the comprehensive
operational insight that we desired. IBM was the best partner to
support the implementation, taking the time to get to know our
business needs in depth."
Keith Costello, Global Vice
President and General Manager, SAP Global Business Services Leader,
IBM, said, "Vivo Energy was one of the first oil and gas
companies of its size to deploy the full suite of SAP S/4HANA
applications alongside SAP SuccessFactors solutions, SAP Cloud for
Customer and SAP Integrated Business Planning in one integrated,
end-to-end platform. IBM Services and Vivo Energy took an agile
approach to the implementation, with a focus on fast
decision-making. This approach on implementation can help ensure
that the business transformation program has a global template for
the solution, with minimal local customization in each business
unit."
Using the SAP Activate implementation methodology, Vivo Energy
and IBM chose a 'Big Bang' approach, with multiple application
components enabled simultaneously. With the SAP S/4HANA solutions
currently active in two countries, Vivo Energy has plans to roll
out the solutions across other locations by the fourth quarter of
2019.
IBM Services implemented SAP S/4HANA, powered by IBM Power
Systems servers and IBM Storwize V7000 storage systems, with SAP
SuccessFactors solutions, SAP Cloud for Customer and SAP Integrated
Business Planning, helping to create an intelligent enterprise.
About Vivo Energy
Vivo Energy is a market-leading pan-African fuel retailer,
operating and marketing its products under the Shell brand in
countries across North, West, East and Southern Africa. In 2018 the company had a
network of more than 1,800 service stations in 15 countries and
exported lubricants to other African countries.
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