Case Study: The Dow Chemical Company achieves transformed global HR and actionable insights for 5,000 leaders with Oracle Cloud HCM and BI solutions

The Dow Chemical Company Moves to the Cloud to Transform Global Human Resources Processes and Empower 5,000 Business Leaders with Actionable Insights

The Dow Chemical Company, a global materials and specialty chemicals leader with about 49,500 employees operating in roughly 180 countries, needed to modernize HR to support continuous innovation and better align talent with business priorities. Its challenge was to establish a comprehensive human capital management solution that reduced costs, provided secure, on‑demand access to HR and talent data, and delivered enhanced reporting so leaders could make faster, more informed decisions.

Working with KPMG and Oracle, Dow deployed a cloud-enabled HCM stack—integrating PeopleSoft with Oracle Development Planning and Performance Management Cloud services and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition—across 5,000 managers and 180 countries. The solution created a secure single source of truth for HR reporting, brought external people data into analytics, enabled leaders to drill into problem areas (driving millions saved through overtime reductions), and simplified ongoing rollouts while lowering total cost of ownership.

The Dow Chemical Company

Don Gaertner

Global Director, Human Resources Systems