We unite communities of solvers in cross-company alliances to deliver breakthrough outcomes for clients
We bring the best of PwC together with our external alliance partners to create transformational outcomes for clients. By partnering, collaborating, and innovating with these global alliances, we have the right tools for tomorrow’s transformation. We've developed strong global alliances with a number of firms including SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Google, Guidewire, Workday and Adobe. And as another example of our community of solvers, we also have alliances with many more technology companies at a regional or country level.
Microsoft alliance - Smart factories: PwC Germany partnered with Microsoft to help global manufacturer ZF Friedrichshafen AG reduce costs in their factories while improving quality, efficiency, and output. Alongside the client, we built a scalable digital manufacturing platform to drive digitisation at 192 production sites and support the client’s transformation journey. The platform is expected to produce annual cost savings of several hundred million dollars. The lessons learned at ZF Friedrichshafen AG can be used to accelerate any large-scale smart factory transformations. The project was made possible by our operation, process, and technical expertise paired with Microsoft’s engineering and tech expertise - a true community of solvers.
Oracle alliance - Digital transformation: During the COVID-19 pandemic, Chipotle Mexican Grill had to go digital to serve their customers which required new delivery partners and a large input of data from multiple sources. Chipotle needed a more modern technology footprint and the ability to scale. PwC US collaborated with Chipotle on their digital transformation, working with our global alliance partner Oracle’s Cloud Technology. The team was able to implement the cloud based programme in just seven months, enabling Chipotle to share information with many entities along their supply chain, increase digital sales and better plan for their future growth. PwC brought our Oracle expertise, knowledge of the industry, as well as our security and controls and tax teams together to create a complete cross competency team to deliver the programme for Chipotle.
Microsoft Azure alliance - Cloud for Legal: This year, PwC US introduced Cloud for Legal, a first of its kind set of solutions powered by Microsoft Azure, that enables law departments to work more effectively, efficiently and strategically - increasing the pace of innovation while unlocking the potential of data. Proprietary PwC technologies include, for example, a legal data lake, intelligent automation, legal natural language processing (NLP), and other AI-powered legal solutions, all of which are built on the Microsoft Cloud, to help clients draw even more value from their existing technology investments and law department’s operations.
SAP Alliance - Digital and process transformation: PwC Singapore and global alliance partner SAP Concur collaborated with medical technology company Terumo to help in Terumo’s digital transformation. Terumo was looking to digitise and integrate their travel and expense policies, processes and systems across all Terumo Asia Pacific companies in the ASEAN Region. The issue was that Terumo was using a manual process for its travel and expenses which led to an increased risk related to fraud and policy compliance. PwC Singapore worked closely with Terumo to implement SAP Concur to align travel and expense policies, processes and systems. As a result of the collaboration, Terumo was successful in rolling out SAP Concur within a short six-month timeline. Now, the process is simple for Terumo employees to navigate, easy to maintain, and provides visibility to leadership on spending, costs and potential fraud.
Here are a few examples of our award winning work with our alliances this year: