IBM (IBM) and Whirlpool (WHR) announced that Whirlpool will use IBM Cloud to manage and provide 24/7 access to the company's critical enterprise applications including enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, and business warehouse to help provide worldwide operations efficiency. As Whirlpool Corporation purposefully innovates its smart appliances to fulfill real human needs, it must increasingly rely on growing amounts of data to achieve what consumers expect from the world's leading manufacturer of major home appliances. In working with IBM on a cloud-based approach, the Benton Harbor, Mich., based Whirlpool Corporation will leverage the flexibility and scalability of the IBM Cloud to run Whirlpool's SAP HANA environments, including around the clock insights into its 70 manufacturing global sites, its distribution and call centers, and other systems to provide worldwide access and increased efficiencies. "Whirlpool Corporation is a manufacturing leader, and we have moved our work to the cloud aggressively," said Mike Berendsen, vice president of IT for Whirlpool Corporation. "This collaboration with IBM will continue to allow us to leverage the capabilities of SAP on HANA as we continue to be a tech-forward company in the products we design and our global work environments."
