DuPont streamlines logistics and IT costs with centralized, Web-based system.(Case-In-Point)

MSI, April, 2004 by Turner, Angela

Four years ago, DuPont was struggling to manage its global transportation and logistics functions. The Wilmington, Del.-based company, which offers a diverse product line ranging from abrasives and adhesives to polymers and plastics, was running disparate transportation and logistics applications.

It also was outsourcing tasks that it wanted to do in-house. Transportation costs were escalating, and the mainframe systems supporting its applications were limping toward obsolescence. By May 2000, DuPont management decided something had to be done, and Identifying the first logical step as the formation of a strategy team to explore all possible solutions. "The team looked at all the options and came out with the strategy of driving toward a single...

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