Case Study: Unilever achieves global, standardized workplace management and reduced TCO with Planon's IWMS

Unilever Planon’s global IWMS enables us to achieve our goals

Unilever, a global consumer goods company with over 400 brands and more than 2,300 buildings across 114 countries, needed a single platform to support ambitious sustainability and growth targets in its corporate strategy (“The Compass”). The Real Estate and Facility Management team required a fast, international Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) that could handle real estate, space and asset management, maintenance and FM services in multiple languages, time zones and currencies to reduce paper use, cut energy per occupant and improve waste management.

Unilever implemented Planon Accelerator™ in a phased rollout, starting with Real Estate Management, to provide one web‑based, standard solution and a single database for global decision making. The configuration‑based approach avoided custom coding, sped implementation, lowered total cost of ownership and improved data quality and process standardization—delivering faster ROI, easier worldwide deployment and clearer control over orders and work across sites.

Unilever

Ian Dunning

Global Facilities Director