Success Stories

South American Manufacturing Company

The manufacturing company sought assistance in evaluating different strategies for sourcing some of its business and technology functions.
TPI had previously served their sister company in a similar engagement.
The manufacturing company requested use of the negotiated agreement between its sister company and the service provider as the basis for an accelerated project thereby shortening the time to contract.

IT Infrastructure
- Midrange (AS400s), distributed computing, help desk, hand-held computing, data/telecommunications and cross-functional services
- Re-platform SAP from NT to UNIX
46 full-time employees and contractors
US$35 million over five years

TPI completed the transaction start-to-finish in 12 weeks, including data collection, service provider due diligence, proposal evaluation and negotiation. Existing templates and forms saved time and were greatly appreciated by the client.
TPI helped the manufacturing company throughout all phases and in all meetings and negotiations with the service provider and with their knowledge and experiences from the previous beverage company transactions. TPI provided the manufacturing company with a structured process enabling them to take fact-based decisions aligned with their related business strategies.