| COMPANY: | IBM Corp. |
| HEADQUARTERS: | Armonk, NY |
| SIZE OF COMPANY: | 1,000 or more employees; more than $1B in revenue |
| INDUSTRY: | Miscellaneous manufacturing |
| PRIMARY PRODUCT LINE: | Servers and systems, software, storage, OEM systems, Internet security, semiconductors, point-of-sale and self-service offerings |
| NAME OF PROJECT: | Procurement Transformation |
| PROJECT OBJECTIVE: | To establish common processes and common technologies; eliminate unnecessary work; introduce strategic sourcing in an organization that conducts business in 62 countries and manages more than $40 billion in spending |
| TECHNOLOGIES EMPLOYED: | Model-Driven Business Transformation Tool-Kit |
| ACCOMPLISHMENTS/ROI: | $1 billion in efficiencies over the past five years; $250 million in benefits in 2008; total cost reduction of $6.4 billion in goods, services, and spending |