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Make a list of the features of the joint team and the major success factors that helped Ahlstrom and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young compete the project successfully.

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Ahlstrom Establishes a Global Company Enabled by SAP R/3
Ahlstrom, headquartered in Finland, is a leader in high performance, fibre-based materials serving global niche markets.
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Industry
Manufacturing
Country
Finland
Alliance partner
Cisco
SAP
Solution
Finance & Employee Transformation
SAP
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The company wanted to consolidate and establish shared processes and information systems. SAP® R/3® was the preferred ERP platform, where effective change management was critical to success.
Through a partnership with Capgemini the required business objectives were achieved. Best practices and experience gained allows Ahlstrom to support developed applications now, and in future.
Client Profile
A variety of products for health-care, transport, filtration, labelling and packaging consists of Ahlstrom's fibre-based solutions. With 7,000 employees, the company operates in more than 40 production sites on four continents, with posted annual net sales of about ? 2 billion.
Ahlstrom went through significant changes based on a strategy to focus attention on high-performance, fibre-based materials.
Following a merger of administrative functions for disparate business units, the former Ahlstrom Paper Group became a core business. The objective was for Ahlstrom Corporation to be ready for a public listing.
Business Requirements
Integrated processes and systems would improve management control, operations efficiency and reduce costs. It would also pave the way for a ...

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