Case Study: Grace Co., Ltd. speeds global fashion growth with IBM and SAP Business One on SoftLayer

Targeting worldwide growth with a tailor-made cloud solution from IBM and SAP

Grace Co., Ltd., a global fashion accessory design group, faced the challenge of standardizing its complex international operations without incurring the high capital cost and complexity of an on-premises IT infrastructure deployment. They needed an integrated system to unify business processes across its offices and numerous consignment factories.

IBM, with its partner Lotus Business Consulting, provided a solution using SAP Business One software running on IBM's SoftLayer cloud infrastructure. This pre-configured, cloud-based ERP system enabled Grace to integrate its global business processes, drastically reducing initial costs and deployment time. The results included a 50% faster time-to-market for new product designs and the ability to scale its operations cost-effectively to support continued worldwide growth.

Grace Co., Ltd

Takeo Tsuchida

Global Controller, Information Systems Department