Multi-year agreement to enable P&GÂ’s a hybrid cloud operating environment for moving products from production to shopping baskets

Multi-year agreement to enable P&G’s a hybrid cloud operating environment for moving products from production to shopping baskets

Procter & Gamble (P&G) has signed a multi-year agreement with HP for technology infrastructure and services underpinning processes that enable the consumer packaged goods (CPG) giant to manage product flow, from production, all the way to shopping baskets in retail stores.

Under the agreement terms, HP will be accountable for the systems reliability of critical P&G processes, such as manufacturing, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, physical distribution and financial close.

Migrating processes to hybrid cloud

The IT company will automate, simplify and integrate the services it currently delivers to P&G by consolidating some of P&G’s core technology infrastructure from a private model into a hybrid cloud environment using HP Enterprise Cloud Services and adding redundant security measures and processes.

Alongside its services, HP said it will provide a range of products from its portfolio including HP 3PAR Storage, HP Networking, HP VMware virtualisation software and HP TippingPoint to provide a converged infrastructure that will lay the foundation for a move to cloud computing.

This will also enable HP Finance and Accounting Business Process Outsourcing Services to digitise P&G’s procure-to-pay process.

Standardising vendor manangement

In addition, HP will lead P&G’s Information Technology Operations Integration Service to drive transparency and consistency across P&G and its technology partners by providing standard tools, processes and an integrated dashboard.

The new model is designed to enable P&G to more easily connect with IT vendors and create a flexible environment that speeds innovation, while reducing overall cost and improving quality for P&G.

“We greatly appreciate the continuous value and service quality that HP Enterprise Services brings us,” said Filippo Passerini, global business services group president and chief information officer for Procter & Gamble. “‘Always On’ isn’t just a concept; it’s a critical business driver for us. The HP team has proven its ability to deliver with quality and flexibility.”

HP’s existing relationship with Procter & Gamble, supporting its infrastructure and applications environments, as well as some business processes, spans more than eight years.