Business System Crucial in Mölnlycke Health Care's Global Expansion
12 November 2001
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Sverige AB (CGE&Y) today announced that Mölnlycke Health Care, the world’s leading supplier of single-use surgical products, is continuing to invest in the business system SAP R/3. After successful implementations in the Nordic countries, in Belgium and the Netherlands, a new contract worth around Euro 8 million has now been signed for a continued roll out in 13 additional countries. CGE&Y has once again been chosen partner for the roll out.
The co-operation between CGE&Y and Mölnlycke Health Care started in the autumn of 1999. At that time, Mölnlycke Health Care took the important re-structuring decision to choose SAP R/3 as their global business system. The task of implementing the system was given to CGE&Y that had so far managed the implementation in the Nordic countries, in Belgium and the Netherlands.
The continued roll out concerns some 13 further countries in Europe, North America and Asia. The project also includes integrating the new business unit, that Mölnlycke Health Care acquired earlier this year from the American company Johnson & Johnson, into the SAP system. By quickly integrating the acquired business into the SAP system, Mölnlycke Health Care intends to achieve large direct synergies on a global basis. In the long term, the target is that the coordination of production, logistics and purchasing will provide great rationalisation profits.
“The business system is an important part of our expansion strategy and when the system is in place we will have an infrastructure that will ensure that Mölnlycke Health Care can at least double its business without further investments. CGE&Y has shown that they can deliver complex implementation projects on time. So they have our continued trust,” said Mats Nilsson, CFO at Mölnlycke Health Care.
“Mölnlycke Health Care is a very offensive company and a customer that knows what it wants. We are very pleased to continue our close collaboration with Mölnlycke Health Care and to assist in the creation of the infrastructure for their global expansion,” said Leif Jönsson, CEO of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Sverige AB.
Mölnlycke Health Care’s SAP solution encompasses all parts of the company’s business activity. The technical platform is supplied by Worldcom and Sun Microsystems.
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About Mölnlycke Health Care
Mölnlycke Health Care is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of single-use, surgical products - patient drapes, instrument drapes, surgical gowns, caps and face masks. Its products are marketed under two brand names - Klinidrape® and BARRIER® Brand.
The company also commands a strong international position in the professional wound-management sector with a wide range of products, marketed under the brand name Tendra®, used in the treatment of surgical wounds, chronic wounds and also for burns.
Mölnlycke Health Care has its corporate headquarters in Göteborg, Sweden where all staff functions and the management of the two business areas - Surgical and Wound Care - are to be found. Each product division has its own R&D, production and international marketing functions.
Sales and local marketing are operated by two organisations common to both divisions - one for the USA and one called Europe/Rest of World - which include 25 wholly-owned international subsidiaries and a number of regional and representation offices.
Total annual sales are at present app. SEK 4.500M and the group has about 5000 employees. Of these, 4000 work in production in seven factories - 2 in Finland, 2 in Mexico and one each in the USA, Belgium and Thailand.
Mölnlycke Health Care started operations as an independent company in 1998 and is aiming for a stock exchange listing in the spring 2003. Major shareholders are Nordic Capital, the 6th AP-fund and Tamro Oy.
Press contact:
Name: Bo Andersson, Director Corporate Communication
Tel: +46 31 722 30 00
E-mail: bo.andersson@molnlycke.net
