Western Digital has acquired two major competitors in recent years: HGST and SanDisk.
The company ended up with three ERP systems across three Fortune 500 companies—which drove Western Digital to look to cloud ERP as a solution. They wanted the ability to quickly integrate and onboard any future acquisitions.
Integrated the IT systems of three Fortune 500 companies
Reassigning finance talent to more value-added work
Moving ERP to the Cloud allowed Western Digital to:
Integrate acquisitions
Automate and streamline finance processes
Close the books faster
Free up time for more analytical work
The move to a single cloud ERP “allowed us to really streamline the number of banks, number of suppliers, our ways of doing business, which I think limits the risk that we have in the overall business."
Learn more about how Western Digital is supporting growth with cloud ERP. Download an executive summary of Agile Finance Unleashed: The Key Traits of Digital Finance Leaders.