Case Study: Barilla expands IT cost awareness with Apptio

Barilla expands IT cost awareness across 19 brands and 30 sites with Apptio

Barilla, a family-owned Italian food company, faced challenges in managing and allocating its IT costs as its business grew. Their IT department, considered a cost center, lacked a proper method for chargeback and needed greater visibility into spending to control costs and identify optimization opportunities. This led them to select the Apptio financial management software.

Implementing Apptio provided Barilla with immediate benefits even before the project was fully complete. The solution helped identify errors in cost classification and procurement, uncovered hidden shadow IT costs, and provided holistic vendor spending reports. Apptio increased awareness of IT costs across the organization and equipped Barilla with the data to pursue application rationalization and cost reductions, setting the stage for more strategic discussions about technology value.

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