Koppers Australia needed a reliable hardware platform for its new ERP system, which would enable the company to centralise its Asia-Pacific operations and report to its United States parent company.
It also wanted to lower its operational and IT management overheads and minimise downtime.
Fast-growing Queensland-based Super Cheap Auto Group has used a combination of IT leasing and close management of its IBM-supplied infrastructure to maximise return on investment and system uptime.
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Gary Obbes
Financial Management Consulting Lead
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Gary trained as a chartered accountant with Deloitte South
Africa. Most of his career has been in the UK where he worked with
internationally reputed organisations such as GE, Barclays, Abbey
National, Dixons Stores Group, British Telecom and Marks &
Spencer. He has held line management, consulting and project roles
in Finance and Operations. His diverse experience has included all
aspects of the Finance function and his operational experience has
given him unique insight into the practical alignment of Finance to
Operations to support the achievement of organisational strategic
objectives. Gary joined IBM NZ two years ago and currently leads
the Financial Management consulting practice.
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