Air Liquide, the world leader in gases for industry, health and the environment, confirmed the successful completion of its European process harmonisation and SAP implementation program for ALBV, its subsidiary in The Netherlands with the help of Infosys Technologies, The deployment was completed in seven months, making it one of the fastest implementations at any Air Liquide subsidiary.
Infosys studied data from over 30 custom built applications across various domains and combined these into one integrated system. The engagement was completed with a savings on the original budgeted cost.
Air Liquide moved swiftly to complete the OPERA roll-out in Netherlands within seven months, instead of the standard 18 months it had taken in many previous implementations.
ALBV, the company’s Dutch subsidiary, wanted an accelerated plan to retire legacy applications to support its goals to streamline its operations and avoid prohibitive maintenance costs. In fact, many of Air Liquide’s European offices had already implemented the company’s OPERA solutions, consisting of SAP ECC 5.0 and SAP SRM 5.0.
“By working with Infosys we’ve been able to develop a standardised business process model and reap the benefits of having a common IT landscape for Air Liquide in Europe,” said Alain de La Rocheterie, CIO Europe. “We’re now able to close our books significantly faster than before.”
Air Liquide is the world leader in gases for industry, health and the environment, and is present in over 75 countries with 42,300 employees. Oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and rare gases have been at the core of Air Liquide’s activities since its creation in 1902. Using these molecules, Air Liquide continuously reinvents its business, anticipating the needs of current and future markets. The Group innovates to enable progress, to achieve dynamic growth and a consistent performance.
