Integrated Business Challenge for Colgate-Palmolive Limited

Integrated Business Challenge
Name of the Student

Overview
• The business case a project plan for Colgate-Palmolive Limited.
• The company wants to develop their CSR activities and upgrade
their technical aspect to increase their market in the given country.
• The development of SAP has been suggested which will prove to
be a better management system for the company`s initiative to be
technologically advanced and CSR prepared.
• The company wants to initiate a digital core in their global
platform, which would help the firm to reach out and integrate
their global systems.
• The company, Colgate Palmolive currently deals with the various
domestic care products like tooth brush, soap, paste and others
• The annual revenue of the firm is around 20billion$.

Cont..
• With its operations in more than 220 countries, the
company has divided its operations in various regions.
• For CSR, the company often implements certain short
term projects to benefit the society
• Oral Health Month, Palmolive Clean Hands Good
Health, Protex Hand Washing Day and many others
• However, the company is unable to keep track of it.
• With the new proposed system of SAP and ERP, the
business system plants to become centralized on a
shared digital platform.

The new SAP ERP System
• The company will be able to get all its operations in a single platform and extend its CSR
projects as the company will have access to better monitoring as well as controlling options
over various expenses and profit analysis.
• All unnecessary expenses will also be reduced and the profitability of the branches ill
improve.
• Possible benefits:
– Centralized Control- There will not be a requirement for separate regional units and the
management will become easier. It ill lead to reduced operational costs and the
company will be able to invest more into CSR projects.
– Business Intelligence- The SAP ERP ill also provide business intelligence to the processes
of the company. The operations ill become computerized and automated.