Technology Magazine January 2026 | Page 162

TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
“ This upgrade will help us build multi-year innovation pipelines, more agile production and digital-first marketing and sales platforms for areas like cold coffee, therapeutic pet food and modern cooking aids,” she says.
The company operates on a single SAP ERP template across three geographical regions, covering 185 countries. Nestlé transitioned from on-premise systems to SAP S / 4HANA Cloud Private Edition in 2022, establishing the foundation for the current upgrade.
Nestlé’ s streamlined architecture enables rapid SAP rollout timeline The company plans to complete the upgrade across its remaining global operations within two years, with the system processing supply chain, manufacturing, sales, finance and human resources operations through a unified platform.

“ WE NEED TO COMBINE GREAT CONSUMER INSIGHTS AND INNOVATION WITH FLEXIBILITY AND SCALE”

Anna Manz, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Integrated Business Services, GFT
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