DXC Technology Case Studies Bluescope Steel on Path to Digitally Transform Operations and IT

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	Bluescope Steel on Path to Digitally Transform Operations and IT DXC Technology

Bluescope Steel on Path to Digitally Transform Operations and IT

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Private Cloud
Applicable Industries	Metals
Applicable Functions	Sales & Marketing
Challenge	Increasing competition and fluctuations in the construction market prompted BlueScope Steel to look toward digital transformation of its four businesses, including modern core applications and IT infrastructure. BlueScope needed to modernize its infrastructure and adopt new technologies to improve operations and supply chain efficiency while maintaining and updating an aging application portfolio. Read More
About Customer	BlueScope Steel has significant manufacturing operations on three continents supported by some 16,000 employees who make industry-leading metal-coated and painted steel products for buildings and construction. Read More
Customer Name	BlueScope Steel Read More
Solution	CSC provides Bluescope with application support services, including Big Data and Analytics platform support services with CSC's BizCloud private cloud solution. By deploying a service model, CSC has helped to increase the amount of collaboration between BlueScope’s business units. Implementing a service-oriented model across BlueScope's organization will increase focus on end-to-end service delivery as they integrate four different business units. Software Components - BizCloud private cloud solution Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Communication Performance, Logistics Cost, Operation Performance, Security and access, Supply Chain Optimization Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Private Cloud

Applicable Industries

Metals

Applicable Functions

Sales & Marketing

Challenge

Increasing competition and fluctuations in the construction market prompted BlueScope Steel to look toward digital transformation of its four businesses, including modern core applications and IT infrastructure. BlueScope needed to modernize its infrastructure and adopt new technologies to improve operations and supply chain efficiency while maintaining and updating an aging application portfolio.

About Customer

BlueScope Steel has significant manufacturing operations on three continents supported by some 16,000 employees who make industry-leading metal-coated and painted steel products for buildings and construction.

Customer Name

BlueScope Steel

Solution

CSC provides Bluescope with application support services, including Big Data and Analytics platform support services with CSC's BizCloud private cloud solution. By deploying a service model, CSC has helped to increase the amount of collaboration between BlueScope’s business units. Implementing a service-oriented model across BlueScope's organization will increase focus on end-to-end service delivery as they integrate four different business units. Software Components - BizCloud private cloud solution

Data Collected

Communication Performance, Logistics Cost, Operation Performance, Security and access, Supply Chain Optimization

Impact #1	[Data Management - Data Analysis] Cloud solutions enable aggregation of 'big data' to enable more robust analytics.
Impact #2	[Data Management - Data Analysis] CSC transformed BlueScope’s current IT systems to an end-to-end IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS) environment.
Impact #3	[Management Effectiveness - Internal Collaboration] Deeper integration of information across departments and business units improves internal collaboration and end-to-end customer service.

Impact #1

[Data Management - Data Analysis]
Cloud solutions enable aggregation of 'big data' to enable more robust analytics.

Impact #2

[Data Management - Data Analysis]
CSC transformed BlueScope’s current IT systems to an end-to-end IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS) environment.

Impact #3

[Management Effectiveness - Internal Collaboration]
Deeper integration of information across departments and business units improves internal collaboration and end-to-end customer service.

Benefit #1	Real-time automation improved tracking and customer service, saving $2 million annually on staffing and logistics costs.

Benefit #1

Real-time automation improved tracking and customer service, saving $2 million annually on staffing and logistics costs.

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Bluescope Steel on Path to Digitally Transform Operations and IT

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