Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Version: 22.08.2003
Abstract
Dr Seitz, Managing Director of BASF Greater China, had recently been assigned greater responsibility in order to introduce shared services for BASF China. Given that BASF China consisted of 12 legal entities: 1 holding company, 5 wholly-owned companies and 6 joint ventures with 2,700 employees, the organisation was considered expensive and inefficient. In order to get the regional business unit heads and joint venture partners on board, Dr Seitz had to conceive of an implementation strategy for the four service platforms to be initially introduced: (1) human resources; (2) finance; (3) logistics; and (4) purchasing.
Location:
Industry:
Size:
EUR32 billion sales in 2002
Other setting(s):
March 2003
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Abstract
Dr Seitz, Managing Director of BASF Greater China, had recently been assigned greater responsibility in order to introduce shared services for BASF China. Given that BASF China consisted of 12 legal entities: 1 holding company, 5 wholly-owned companies and 6 joint ventures with 2,700 employees, the organisation was considered expensive and inefficient. In order to get the regional business unit heads and joint venture partners on board, Dr Seitz had to conceive of an implementation strategy for the four service platforms to be initially introduced: (1) human resources; (2) finance; (3) logistics; and (4) purchasing.
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Location:
Industry:
Size:
EUR32 billion sales in 2002
Other setting(s):
March 2003