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Case Study: Merging IT at DaimlerChrysler



By Paul A. Eisenstein


  Table of Contents:
  1. Case Study: Merging IT at DaimlerChrysler
  2. ' Sluggish Acceleration '
  3. ' Repair Work '
  4. ' The Road Ahead '
  5. ' Focus'
  6. ' CIO Roadmap '
  7. ' Resources '

Three years after the merger of Chrysler and Daimler-Benz, the marriage has run out of gas and the company is leaking red ink. Can technology come to the rescue?

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Case Study: Merging IT at DaimlerChrysler - ' CIO Roadmap '


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CIO Roadmap

  1. Size up management issues, systems, budget and application needs

  2. Collect data, identify key personnel, and cite best practices

  3. Design ideal architecture; assess costs, choose which systems to integrate

  4. Create IT transition teams, prioritize key IT projects and set up joint IT-business task forces

  5. Design new IT department; determine dominant IT organization and develop migration plan

  6. Work on communications systems first and plan next steps, including long-term integration roadmap

  7. Combine key systems, pilot new processes, monitor progress and seek new synergies

Source: Daimlerchrysler Corp.



 
 
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