SAP connects the Bayer “global village”

Bayer, one of the world’s leading companies in the areas of health, nutrition and high-grade synthetic materials, is to build a standardized software platform for its global IT strategy using SAP.

A global enterprise agreement (GEA) was finalized today.

Under the agreement, the two companies will focus on supporting Bayer’s IT strategy based on the comprehensive, long-term deployment of standardized SAP solutions across Bayer’s worldwide operations.

A unified, global IT strategy is vitally important to Bayer in order to increase market share and profitability in an environment of global supply chains and a high degree of international competitive pressure.

Bayer also wants to profit in the future from reduced operational costs by means of a scalable and efficient software landscape within the company.

Maintenance and Support
The GEA encompasses software, maintenance and strategic consulting services, as well as customer-tailored, on-site support through the SAP MaxAttention support option.

As part of the agreement, Bayer can call upon SAP solutions, technologies and services as needed at any time.

Bayer will primarily rely on SAP software for IT processes, which underscores the great strategic significance of SAP for the company’s IT.

Strong Relationship
The close partnership between these two companies has existed since 1984.

As part of a developer partnership agreement in 2000, SAP became Bayer’s most important strategic software partner.

Global enterprise agreements such as this five-year GEA are targeted toward large enterprises that choose SAP as their preferred software provider.

SOURCE: SAP

Edited by Ellie Duncan