SAP solutions are helping organizations around the world meet the needs of current and emerging regulatory issues. Here are just a few of the organizations taking advantage of SAP solutions for governance, risk, and compliance (SAP solutions for GRC):

Customer Successes

• Adaptec (PDF, 219 KB), United States – Learn how this provider of storage solutions chose SAP software for managing global trade to consolidate and improve multiple import/export and shipping systems.
• Bacardi (PDF, 250 KB), Bermuda – Read how this world-renowned spirits and liquor company enforces segregation of duties for Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance by using SAP software to monitor transactions across the enterprise, detect violations, and resolve exceptions and deficiencies.
• Bayer (PDF, 265 KB), Germany – Review why Bayer opted for SAP GRC Global Trade Services, a flexible, state-of-the-art application supporting all aspects of international trade management, including compliance management, customs management, and risk management.
• E.ON Benelux (PDF, 287 KB), Netherlands – Find out how this subsidiary of energy giant E.ON Energie is meeting the challenge of complying with complex environmental regulations – from local to international – with the SAP xApp Emissions Management packaged composite application.
• GlobalSantaFe (PDF, 370 KB), United States – Read why one of the world's largest oil and gas drilling contractors implemented access control software form SAP to automate the company's compliance processes and comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
• Kaeser Kompressoren (PDF, 145 KB), Germany – Consider why this leading supplier of systems, engineering, and services for compressed air handled the growing demands of its global market with an innovation management process supported by SAP software.
• Microsoft (PDF, 236 KB), United States – Examine how Microsoft integrated SAP GRC Global Trades Services with its own Microsoft .NET technology to help comply with new security regulations for overseas trade – improving its processes and compliance while maintaining efficiency.
• NVIDIA (PDF, 222 KB), United States – Learn how this market leader in graphics and digital media processors deployed SAP solutions, assisted by SAP Consulting and SAP Education, to drive the evolution of a virtual manufacturing monitoring system – for real-time visibility across global locations.
• Sigma-Aldrich (PDF, 95 KB), United States – Learn how Sigma-Aldrich used SAP GRC Global Trade Services to automate its processes for European-wide customs clearance – achieving the reliable information necessary to maintain its status as an authorized consignee for European Union's New Computerized Transit System.
• Tesoro (PDF, 240 KB), United States – Explore how this independent refiner of petroleum products monitored emissions output and complied with governmental regulations using the SAP xApp Emissions Management (SAP xEM) composite application – reducing compliance risk and costs and optimizing work flows.
• Xerox Europe (PDF, 219 KB), United Kingdom – See why Xerox Europe turned to SAP access control software to automate its compliance processes and enable a projected 89% reduction in third-party administrative costs due to self-service workflow.

Case Study

• Brown-Forman Corp. (PDF, 911 KB), United States – Find out how this leading consumer products company standardized its treasury, risk, and cash management processes to enable regulatory compliance and support global growth.

Business Transformation Studies

• Applied Biosystems (PDF, 721 KB), United States – Learn about the benefits this leading international provider of life sciences research solutions gained when it chose SAP global trade management software to help it achieve strict compliance with global trade regulations.
• Citrix Systems (PDF, 494 KB), United States – Learn how the most trusted name in on-demand access solutions is using SAP GRC Global Trade Services to help insure global trade regulations by consolidating all global trade screening within a single application.

Customer Profiles

• Canadian Pacific Railway (PDF, 325 KB), Canada – Discover how this rail transportation services company used SAP access control software to automate the segregation of duties (SOD) in order to maintain secure access to systems and comply with the Sarbanes Oxley Act.
• Halliburton (PDF, 76 KB), United States – Discover how one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the oil and gas industry implemented SAP GRC Global Trade Services to bring all of its business units and subsidiaries into compliance with import and export regulations.
• Molex (PDF, 132 KB), United States – Learn how the world's second-largest manufacturer of electronic, electrical, and fiber-optic products and systems implemented SAP software, including the SAP Environment, Health & Safety application, to help ensure corporate compliance with various worldwide regulations.