Technology Magazine May 2018 | Page 22

PEMEX

POWERED BY PARTNERS

Touting potential partners was also a key objective at Pemex Drive . Indeed , a major facet of the 2017-2021 Business Plan involves the creation of joint ventures along the company ’ s entire value chain as a mechanism to increase investment and efficiency .
One example of this in action is a software factory developed with French consulting giant Capgemini . Based on mutual incentives such as delivering cost savings for one another , this initiative has already helped Pemex to begin cutting the sprawling number of costly applications embedded throughout its operations . By carefully identifying which processes could either be outsourced , merged or removed entirely , Becerra Mizuno hopes to cut 800 line of business applications down to 200-250 , which even by his admission is still high .
Accenture is another company helping Pemex to develop a digital ecosystem based on mutual benefit , while Microsoft and Emerson Work Services are helping deliver important work regarding migration of applications and processes to the cloud .
Longstanding partnerships have also been redefined , such as the
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